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This game craves brains because it clearly has none.

Dead Island is a game in the midst of an identity crisis.  It’s not sure if it wants to be Dead Rising 2 with its customizable weapons and biting humor, Left 4 Dead with its multiplayer focused gameplay, or Borderlands with its RPG elements and zombies that bleed numbers.  Dead Island wants to be all of these things and in trying to do so fails to do anything well, the result of which is an overly flawed experience that just months ago looked so promising.

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As with other high profile fighting games, Soulcalibur V will get its own branded fighting stick.

Hori announced on Facebook today that Soulcalibur V will have a fighting stick peripheral made. Hori is making the Soulcalibur V Joystick and it will be available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in January 2012. No pricing or information was included but a screenshot was made available. Hori is known for making quality arcade joysticks and they usually make one for each big fighting game release.

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However, it'll have to fix its problems first.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released today for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. If you aren't sure which version to get, maybe this will help: Skyrim's first two DLC packs will be timed exclusives to the Xbox 360. Gamers will get them on the 360 a month before they're released on the PC and PS3.

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Two new bundles with PlayStation Move are coming just in time for the holidays.

The first bundle includes the PlayStation Move, PlayStation Eye camera, Sports Champions and Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest. It'll retail for $99.99. Sports Champions is a title in the vein of Wii Sports and allows players to compete in various challenge events like Archery, Volleyball, and Gladiator Duel. Medieval Moves is an action-adventure game in which you use the Move to sword fight, shoot arrows and fling throwing stars.

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