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X-Blades X360, PS3, PC [SouthPeak] OK, half-naked, Ginsu knife-pistol wielding chicks rock our socks. In X-Blades, thong-wearing Ayumi goes bat-crazy battling throngs of baddies. Fans of Devil May Cry and Tomb Raider will find enough titular action to sate both shooting and slashing appetites. While X-Blades lacks depth or semblance of story, Ayumi’s violent and hot enough to make up for it. Rated M for Mature. Obviously. In Stores February 10 Resident Evil 5 X360, PS3 [CaPCom] Announced back in 2005, Resident Evil 5 takes place 10 years after the first Resident Evil game. You play as Chris Redfield, a Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance agent, and your primary goal is to investigate the origins of the virus in Kijuju, a fictional place located in Africa. Assistance will come from African agent Sheva Alomar, who will provide ammo and armed support. We’re already scared pissless. In Stores March 13 when they’re hit. If an extremity is injured, they’ll limp. If they’re on fire, foes will try to extinguish themselves either by rolling around or jumping in water. The AI acts differently every time. The world design also changed. Much of Project Origin is still closequarters combat, but the inclusion of wide-open cityscapes and other scenarios (schools, nuclear power plants) makes single-player riveting, as strategy changes with locales. The element of surprise, however, is a constant. Monolith wants players to feel uncomfortable. Multi-player received a major upgrade as well. There are six maps that support up to 16 players. To date, only three modes (Armored Front, Blitz and Failsafe) have been revealed. In Armored Front, a Conquest derivative, Monolith enables players to activate Elite Powered Armour units. Uh, mech warfare in a FPS? Amazing! We’re trembling. You should be, too. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin will hit stores in February for PS3, X360 and PC. Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection X360, PS3 [Sega] Before Little Big Planet—yes, before!—platformers like Sonic ruled the roost. Sega’s bringing the expeditious hedgehog to current-gen systems. They’re also bringing 39 other Genesis titles to the X360 and PS3. OMG! Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Shinobi, Phantasy Star and more 16-bit games upgraded to 720p. Yeah, this is just a port of Sega’s many collections, but 40 games for $30 is almost worth it. In Stores February 10 Street Fighter IV X360, PS3 [CaPCom] We can’t tell you how many quarters were plunked into coin-op versions of the Street Fighter franchise. We also couldn’t tell you how many iterations of Street Fighter Capcom’s released for consoles. What we can reveal is Street Fighter IV is a lot like Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter III 3rd Strike. Add Focus Attacks and Ultra Combos and we’ll Hadouken all night long. In Stores February 17 Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires X360, PS3 [koei] Koei won’t let its Dynasty Warriors franchise die an easy death. Hack, slash and whatever through the latest version of this Three Kingdoms period actioner. Using the Renbu system, Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires allows players to build up attack combos. That’s right. Bounce enough ancient Chinese warriors without sustaining damage and it’s possible to perform an endless chain of hits, swipes and whatever. Cue ABBA’s “Dancing Queen.” In Stores February 20 Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. X360, PS3, Wii, PC [ubiSoft] Apparently, Mr. Clancy’s tired of stealthy government conspiracy titles. So, he’s taking flight in H.A.W.X., a combat flight simulator. Fly a variety of advanced fighters (MiG-29, F-35 Lightning II, Eurofighter Typhoon, YF-23) through an increasingly dangerous warzone set in 2012. The Enhanced Reality System provides in-game realism. Up to eight players can dogfight online. Cue Kenny Loggins’ “Danger Zone.” In Stores March 3 [ february 2009 + monitorthis! + 17 ]

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