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Rockstar Games and their multitude of Max Paynes – our favorite is Jungle Shirt Max – showcase the practical and aesthetic value of the game’s character animations and weapon combinations.

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.

Motek Entertainment and Dynamixyz are working on a CGI MoCap system which doesn’t need those silly marker dots, and produces impressive results from just raw capture data. More here.

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.

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).

More gameplay footage is the icing on the cake for this trailer showing that a staple of the Twisted Metal franchise is back with a new storyline and more ridiculous weapons than ever before.

Need to tell off a cabbie in Bulgaria? This Android app handles your international swearing needs, including over 1000 dirty words (and sound bites) from around the world. Free version here.

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 Android app that locates the best sports games in progress, along with the channel they’re on. If you have a TiVo, DirecTV or Google TV you can even use the app to switch to the right TV channel.

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.

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.

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.

The latest in personalization – user-generated soft drinks. Pick your flavors, upload your label, and share. For now, you have to go with pre-mixed sodas, but come 2012, you can choose your own.

You’re probably too busy trying to replicate that airborne bazooka kill to notice the details, but slow down for a couple of minutes and check out the sheer gorgeousness of BF3’s Frostbite engine.

In this PSVita launch title, join Drake for an action-packed adventure taking full advantage of the whiz-bang new features of the handheld, including rear touch and a motion-based sniper rifle mode.

A taste of the bigger and more action-packed set pieces teased by BioWare for Mass Effect 3. Also bigger? The enemies, like the colossal laser-eyed robot seen here. Thank goodness for alien worms.

You know the drill: 5 indie games, cross-platform, no DRM. Pay what you want and distribute your payment to developers and charity as you see fit. Pay more than the average to get 2 extra games.

Warring inhabitants lay waste to their home planet while fighting for territory and energy. Sounds familiar. If only we could transform into dinosaurs and combine to form mega vehicle robots.

The latest trailer for BioShock: Infinite has a tearjerker for a song, thrilling and lively in-game sequences and beautiful graphics. Quite the overload. The song is Will the Circle be Unbroken.