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The survival series seems more action-packed than ever. The game will have three main story branches – one each for vets Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy and one for a new character.

The newly confirmed characters for Street Fighter x Tekken include Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law, aka the world’s strongest comedy duo. Be sure to watch the whole thing for a wakka wacky suprise.

The UFC returns to the video game octagon after sitting last year out. Undisputed 3 adds two new weight divisions – bantamweight and featherweight – plus Pride, beefing up the roster to 150 fighters.

Like the soldiers and assassins in other games, the ninjas of the online multiplayer mode of NG 3 level up, unlock weapons and are customizable. What sets them apart is that they are freakin’ ninjas.

Raccoon City cops and soldiers clash with Umbrella Corp.’s clean up crew and the undead in the latest trailer for team-based shooter Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. More info here.

Randy “Macho Man” Savage may have passed away last year, but his legend lives on as he channels the dragon from the opening of Skyrim in this rather amusing mod. Yeeeah! (Thanks Casey!)

EA flaunts the praises that gaming publications have heaped upon their upcoming snowboarding game. And if words don’t convince you, more footage of SSX’s gameplay should do the trick(y).

The Retrode 2 USB adapter turns your computer into an SNES and Sega Genesis. It even has ports for Sega and SNES controllers. You’ll have to download emulators, but those are easy to find.

Gary Oldman – the voice of Viktor Reznov, a character in Call of Duty – on an idiosyncrasy of voice acting in games that proves Egoraptor’s point: sometimes games think we’re idiots.

Force Dance! In the recently launched MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic, typing “/getdown” makes your character dance. It also bestows invincibility. Skip to 0:25 to see the funky moves.

(NSFW: Language) Mighty God King photoshopped the cover art of Atari 2600 games, interpreting the art in the titles and poking fun at the generation’s simple gameplay and primitive graphics.

(NSFW: Language, Spoilers) Old Grandma Hardcore is back, and having fun with The Elder Scrolls V. If you want to know more about her, read her blog, especially these two posts.

2011 was a wallet-emptying year for gamers. Here’s a look at some of the year’s best. It has too much Uncharted 3 – missing out on others like Forza 4 and NBA 2K12 – but is still worth watching.

The creepy trailer for upcoming adventure game STASIS reminds us more than a little bit of Alien, while the game’s isometric style reads like Fallout or Diablo. More gameplay here.

An upcoming action-oriented RPG from EA and Big Huge Games, Reckoning promises dynamic, free-flowing combat, thanks to solid design and a variety of weapons, magic and classes.

DoctorOctoroc returns with a 16-bit holiday greeting, a fictitious Christmas level for the SEGA classic, complete with the perfect holiday chiptune which could have come straight from the game.

There’s no story in this Battlefield 3 machinima. It’s more of an FPS gamer’s daydream, as YouTuber JackFrags rambos his way through the Davamand Peak map. Song is Departure by Ed Harrison.

An old Final Fantasy feature returns. In FF XIII-2 you’ll be able to capture some enemy monsters and turn them into allies. You can use them in combat, power them up and combine them.

Your Sunday afternoon games of Go Fish and Bridge will never quite be the same with this dramatic deck of cards with inverted white on black details, red hearts and diamonds optional.

EA reveals a bit of Alpha gameplay footage from revamped SSX, which is starting to look just as fun the classic games, but with better graphics and more dramatic trick opportunities. And wingsuits.

Hate those damned mud crabs in Skyrim? Modder Snoopey0 makes taking them down just that much more satisfying, grafting the likeness and annoying voice of Futurama’s Dr. Zoidberg onto them. Woop.

While we thought the graphics in Battlefield 3 were pretty impressive, they can never approach the detail of this level, shot with actual humans and realistic locations.

(NSFW: Language) Egoraptor is like Ashton Kutcher on crank, but if you’re a gamer, this video is required viewing. TL;DW: Mega Man X is awesome because it doesn’t think we’re idiots. Also lemons.