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The robotic uprising draws nigh.

We’ve all heard the story before.  Man creates machines, machines become self aware, machines rise up against man, and Keanu Reeves saves the day.  This is the basic stuff that sci-fi horror and technological apocalypse stories are made of, but as we draw closer and closer to reaching the singularity, these hypothetical doomsday scenarios creep deeper into the collective consciousness.

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16:9 and online play will be added to the last generation fighter.

On their website, Arc System Works announced their plans to port their fan favorite fighter, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, to both PSN and XBLA. Originally released on PS2, PSP, and Wii, the fighter is getting a visual upgrade by moving to a 16:9 aspect ratio, while adding online play. Currently there's no known time frame for the release, but it was recently revealed that the game will be receiving an arcade port as well. As such, it's likely that Arc System Works is putting a large scale effort into the port and rerelease of the title.

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In the three years since the release of Flower, thatgamecomplany has been working on a new video game experience that makes it clear that it’s not the destination that matters, but the path you take to get there.  Journey, a PSN exclusive, is described by Creative Director Jenova Chen in the Official PlayStation Blog as an, “interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person’s life passage their interactions with other’s.”

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I really wanted to start this review with the My Cousin Vinny "deer" quote.

Whenever a franchise switches hands to a new developer, it's never clear what you're going to get. Some adhere to the source material too closely, others don't manage to capture the essence of the original, but a select few manage to supersede the achievements of their predecessors. The Darkness II falls into the latter category – borrowing some of the concepts laid out by the original, but establishing a number of its own, creating a much faster-paced and memorable experience.

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The publisher goes to the social network to test the waters.

UPDATE: Ask and you shall receive.  Atlus has announced that due to popular demand, they will be running a second printing of Radiant Historia.  The second printing will go live sometime in March and will be available at EB Games and Amazon.com.  It is possible that the game will be made available through other outlets, but we cannot confirm that at this time.  Below is the original story as it was reported on February 3, 2012.

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