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We Break Down the Biggest VGA Trailers

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 07:48 PM PST

Following the biggest trailers revealed at this year's Spike Video Game Awards, Jeremy, Ryan, and Matt sat down to discuss the highlights -- most notably, Naughty Dog's The Last of Us, Platinum Games' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Epic Games' Fortnite, and Irrational's BioShock Infinite.

Click the links in the above paragraph to see the trailers themselves, and scroll down to see our reactions.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

The Last of Us in Development at Naughty Dog

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 07:19 PM PST

For a week now Sony has been teasing a new PlayStation 3 exclusive called The Last of Us. It's all been very mysterious and strange, with teaser trailers focused on things like ants. It was unclear what it would be like, but we know have a better idea of what's in store from this new game coming from Uncharted developer Naughty Dog.

The trailer above aired during tonight's Spike TV VGAs and was reminiscent of the Dead Island trailer that made a splash earlier this year. It showed an older man (accompanied by a young girl) fighting off zombies and scavenging for equipment. A lot was left unsaid in the trailer, though Naughty Dog has since shared a few details including the characters' names, Joel and Ellie. A plague has swept the nation and the two are forced to rely on each other and whatever supplies they can find as they make their way across the United States.

Gears of War Developer's New Game is Called Fortnite

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 06:47 PM PST

Epic Games promised it had a new IP to debut tonight at the Spike VGAs, something that was unlike the space marine-filled game it's focused most of its time on in recent years, Gears of War. Based on the first trailer shown for the new game, it wasn't lying.

Fortnite is about exploring, scavenging, and building, all in the name of survival. The trailer showed a cartoony, almost Team Fortress 2-like graphic style of characters pushing around a carriage filled with various objects made out of metal. That metal was then used to build a fort of sorts which was then attacked by monsters.

BioWare's New Game is Command & Conquer Generals 2

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 05:42 PM PST

 

The newest game to come out of BioWare is quite a bit different from the Mass Effects and Dragon Ages we're used to seeing it produce. Command & Conquer Generals 2 has been officially announced as the title that was first teased with the image above last month.

There was very little information shared; a brief trailer shown during the Spike VGAs revealed this to be what a new BioWare studio is at work on. The game runs on the Frostbite 2 engine (the same DICE-developed engine powering Battlefield 3 and Need for Speed: The Run) and is due out in 2013. And... well, that's all we know.

Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD Revives Parts of the First Two Games in 2012

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 03:58 PM PST

Retired professional skateboarder Tony Hawk teased earlier this week he would have a videogame-related announcement of some sort to make today. Ahead of what's sure to be the official reveal during the Spike TV Video Game Awards tonight, Hawk has revealed two of the more adored games in his skateboarding franchise are getting the high-def treatment. Sort of.

Speaking with Joystiq today, he explained that the new game is called Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD. It is comprised of levels from the first two Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games (which were released in 1999 and 2000, respectively) and, as the name suggests, they'll be in HD. Besides sharing that School and Downhill are among the levels included, he didn't mention anything else specific like what game modes are available or if online multiplayer support is present.

Metal Gear Solid: Rising Being Developed by Platinum Games

Posted: 10 Dec 2011 02:28 PM PST

One of the rumors going around prior to E3 was that Metal Gear Solid: Rising was being developed not by Kojima Productions, but by Platinum Games. During the Spike TV Video Game Awards tonight, that will be revealed to be the case, although we've gotten a sneak preview of what's to come thanks to a trailer being leaked earlier today.

The trailer -- which has been published on YouTube numerous times and then been quickly pulled -- looks nothing like a Kojima product. Towards the end of the three minutes, the Kojima Productions logo is shown under the words "Produced by," followed by Platinum's logo beneath "Developed by." Platinum's previous work includes MadWorld, Bayonetta, and Vanquish, and it's currently at work on Anarchy Reigns.

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