Diablo III Beta is Now Live, ZOMG! [UPDATED]

Go check your email right now and see if you have been invited! I just checked and I… was not invited. Yet? Who knows. This is one of the most anticipated games of the last decade just like StarCraft and it’s coming so close to reality. Don’t worry just yet if you haven’t received a beta key because Blizzard is rolling everything out in phases starting today. Blizzard also said that they will have contests giving away beta keys. Read the rest of this article…

Zynga Launching Mafia Wars 2

There is nothing official from their website but I got an email from Zynga saying that I’m in the founders club, yay? It’s a smart move for Zynga because Mafia Wars is slowly declining in usage. Right now only about 5.5 million people play the game. Mafia Wars at it’s peak had over 28 million people playing and I quit playing when everything just turned into the same thing. Read the rest of this article…

Review Time – Gears Of War 3 Campaign Mode

Well, I’ve just sat down and started playing Gears Of War 3 so I’m going to review as I go. The game fired up and did a quick update and then I was in. One thing I liked, straight away, is that there’s a video you can choose to watch which catches you up to the current events. It talks about everything from Gears 1 to current day – 18 months after the events of Gears 2 – with a nice cut-scene.

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Gears Of War 3 Launch Event Underway

I’ve arrived at the Gears 3 launch party here in Glendale, a Phoenix suburb. It is a hot, muggy night -clocking out at a sucky 90f at 10pm – but quite a few people have shown up for the pre-launch festivities.
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Game Review: Renegade Ops

It’s been a year and half since Avalanche Studios’ last game, Just Cause 2, stole my heart. Taking the open world genre and opening it up for massive gobs of fun (in one of the largest slabs of real estate in a video game ever), the game was endearing well past its niggling flaws, robbing me of many, many hours. With Renegade Ops, it seems their previous opus was a guiding light – build a fast, fun, exciting action game – and as a result you need to own this game pretty quick.

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Netflix To Begin Video Game Rentals

Well, it seems to be official…After years of rumors flying around and being dispelled time and again, Netflix will start doing video game rentals in the very near future.

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I Never Asked For This – Top 3 Deus Ex: Human Revolution Videos [ADDED VIDEOS]

Did you know the term “deus ex” is Latin for bad ass? It’s true and we here at FleshEatingZipper can prove it. Picked fresh from the Youtube vine are three delightful Human Revolution videos depicting how fun the game can be when you’re not actually playing the game. Be indulged after the break!

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Mortal Kombat Sells 3 Million Worldwide, Fighting Games Still Not Dead?

Well, so, surprise? Warner Brothers just announced that the latest installment in the Mortal Kombat series has now sold three million copies around the world. This comes after a variety of important milestones, namely it’s the first MK game released since Midway went belly up and the series was snapped up by Warner, and this is the first game in the series after the relatively polite Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, in which the violence was toned down a bit. (Can you imagine Superman being shredded to bits in a fatality? Scary.) Personally, it made sense that fighting games like Street Fighter, Soul Calibur, and Marvel vs. Capcom have done so well because they didn’t, y’know, almost single-handedly cause the formation of the ESRB rating system.

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Game Review: Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Let’s be fair, even as eleven years have worked hard to ravage the mechanics it was built on, an epic task lay before anyone attempting to top the original Deus Ex, the ultimate in cyberpunk shooter/RPG greatness. I’ve made my thoughts known on Human Evolution‘s legendary predecessor and its, uh, not quite as good sequel, but Eidos Montreal (not involved with the development of either game) have worked many long years now to create a worthy follow up that wisely pulls from the strengths of both games, but in adhering so close to a winning formula, ends up inheriting some of their flaws. Still, Human Revolution is a solid title with one of the most riveting presentations I’ve seen in years.

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Half An Hour of Dead Island Co-op!

Nick and Kelly just got into some zombie smashing with the latest and greatest from Poland! Check out its co-op action right after the break!

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