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Review: No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

February 9th, 2010 Daniel Perez 2 comments

No More Heroes 2 Review Main Review: No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

Travis Touchdown is your everyday otaku assassin living out of the No More Heroes Motel in Santa Destroy, California.  Some might consider his obsession with anime, professional wrestling, action figure collecting, and pornography borders on unhealthy.  Others would consider it’s what makes him unique among other assassins.  Regardless of what he does in his personal life, one thing is for certain: Travis Touchdown will kick your ass.

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Video: Assassin’s Creed II Gameplay Footage Makes Me Wanna Dance!

September 3rd, 2009 Daniel Perez No comments

Assassin's Creed II Gameplay Trailer

Ubisoft released a new trailer for Assassin’s Creed II today that shows off a ton of in-game gameplay footage.  Judging by the footage, it seems Assassin’s Creed II might be exactly what gamers wanted the first Assassin’s Creed to be.  Combat seems to be completely overhauled as Enzio can pull off more than just a simple block & attack.

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Assassin’s Creed II Developer Diary Gives Us A Deeper Look At Ezio

July 7th, 2009 Daniel Perez No comments

Assassin's Creed II Developer Diary 1Assassin’s Creed II will follow a new protagonist, Ezio, who is another one of the Desmond’s ancestors.  Ubisoft released the first of their developer diaries, with the focus of this video primarily on Ezio.

We learn from this developer’s diary that Ezio’s name in Italian stands for ‘Eagle’ or ‘The Flying One’, which seems like will be an ongoing trend as Altair also stood for ‘Eagle’ or ‘The Flying One’.  We also learn later on in the diary that Ezio’s journey early on is squarely on revenge for those who were once close friends with his family, but then turn on them.  From his thirst for vengeance, his purpose changes to do what’s right and just.

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TMNT: Turtles In Time Comparison Video Shows Us Foot Fighting Action In HD

July 6th, 2009 Daniel Perez No comments

Turtles In Time Comparison

If you’ve been a regular reader of PerezStart, you’ll know that we’re all big fans of old-school games.  One game in particular that has always held a special place in my gaming heart has been Turtles In Time.  With Ubisoft releasing an updated version of the title to XBLA & PSN this summer, I was overjoyed by the news.

Our friends over at GameVideos put up a video recently of both the updated Turtles in Time game with the previous version for us to check out.  The game not only has received a graphical overhaul, but the soundtrack and voice work received an update as well.

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E3 2009: Assassin’s Creed II Playthrough Demo Footage

June 2nd, 2009 Daniel Perez No comments

assassins creed ii ezio e3 581x350 E3 2009: Assassins Creed II Playthrough Demo FootageA live playthrough of Assassin’s Creed II was performed during Sony’s E3 Press Conference this afternoon and Enzio one-ups Altair in every way.  Don’t believe me?  Well, then I guess you’ll just have to watch the trailer after the break then.

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