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STUFF VIDEO GAMES
Video Game
Blowout!
fallout: new vegas
PS3, Windows, Xbox360
Special sauce: Original
developers!
After taking over the defunct
franchise in ’08 with its own
massively successful entry
in the RPG series (Fallout
3), Bethesda smartly hired
former staffers from Black
Isle—the studio behind Fallout
I and 2—to help on their
sequel, New Vegas. Those
developers bring old-school
authenticity to an already
awesome edition. As senior
designer Chris Avellone,
formerly of Black Isle, says,
“There’s even stuff from the
pen-and-paper role-playing
game.” You just overdosed on
dork juice, didn’t you?
call of duty: black ops
PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
Special sauce: Gambling!
How did the developers at
Treyarch improve the most
popular fi rst-person shooter
in the world’s multiplayer
mode? Betting! In four wager
match types, players can
choose to ante up penny
stakes or tens of thousands
of units of in-game currency,
which is used to purchase
upgrades. “Some people
would call the sheer number
of game modes alone
ludicrous,” says game design
director David Vonderhaar.
“And they’d probably be
right.” Why he had to get a
rapper involved beats us,
but the game’s good!
medal of honor
PS3, Windows, Xbox360
Special sauce: Realism!
MoH’s designers worked so
hard to create a realistic
and respectable Special
Forces experience in their
fi rst-person shooter, they
enlisted real Tier 1 operators
as consultants. Guys
who, according to one, “Are
dedicated to the art of war
like an Olympian is dedicated
to gold.” As to how it gets
real, the still-active soldier
says, “The sequence where
a ranger calls home, making
everything sound boring
while getting ready to go into
the fi ght of his life…when my
wife saw that, she said, ‘Oh,
my God, I’ve had that call.’ ”
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HERE’S WHAT MAKES THREE SEQUELS TO
OUR FAVORITE FRANCHISES SUPER SPECIAL.
AT LONG
LAST
FOUR MORE
FOLLOW-UPS
WE’VE WAITED
FOR WITH
SWEATY-PALMED
ANTICIPATION.
Castlevania:
Lords of Shadow
PS3, Xbox 360
The Dracula-baiting
Belmont clan makes a
comeback. Playing as
Gabriel, gamers wield the
classic whip in a mashup
of God of War–style
action and timeless
’Vania platforming.
Gran Turismo 5
PS3
After fi ve long years,
Gran Turismo returns with
70 tracks in 20 countries
and, for the fi rst time,
vehicle damage! Realistically
crashing Lambos and
the more than 100 other
cars will never get old.
Star Wars: The
Force Unleashed 2
PS3, Xbox 360
As Starkiller you use dual
lightsabers and new Force
powers, like Jedi mind
trick, to fi ght stormtrooper
hordes in a galaxy far,
far away. This is the game
you’re looking for.
Fable III
Xbox 360
The RPG is back with
an improved co-op mode
that allows players to
adventure together in
Victorian-age Albion, open
business ventures, and
even marry. Fight to see
who wears the pantaloons
in the family!