When it comes to horror video games, Resident Evil tops the chart, nails the head shots, and splatters the screen with blood and gore. Although the popular series changed its mainstream viral formula with the “action horror” award-winner Resident Evil 4, fans still consider the second game a hot favorite. Leon S. Kennedy may be a teenage girl’s knight in zombie gut-stained armor now, but he wasn’t always such a looker who rolled with Umbrella’s punches as slickly as the bad puns and bingo jokes. Once upon a time in Raccoon City, he was a rookie cop whose first day on the job ended in city-wide decimation. He slogged through grimy sewers, followed a corporation’s blood trail, befriended Redfield’s sister … and fell for one dangerous lady in red.

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One decade ago, Konami left a neoteric imprint on the survival horror genre with Silent Hill, a video game that would inspire a number of future titles, a movie, and several books and comics. But Harry Mason’s investigation into the fog-covered town and its strange occurrences accomplished more than just a household name among the likes of Resident Evil. The heart-pounding adrenaline rush introduced gamers to a nightmare founded on psychological Japanese horror and an equally unnerving musical score by composer Akira Yamaoka.

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Resident Evil titles are some of the most anticipated games to come out of Capcom. The series, originally known for its haunting atmosphere and intense gameplay, is now being watched by fans for its unrelenting action and hardware-pushing graphics. Even with this shift to the series that came with the Nintendo Gamecube release of Resident Evil 4, every game under the Resident Evil umbrella has taken its cues from the original title.

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With XBLA and Wiiware titles showing up on Amazon.com it’s only fitting that PlayStation wanted in on the deal. Today Sony announced that they will be selling PlayStation Network games and add-on DLC for the PS3 and PSP via Amazon. The PSN titles and DLC can be purchased via the PSN Amazon video game store. The site will launch with 200 PSN games that include some popular titles such as Flower, Pixel Junk Monsters, Pixel Junk Eden, Super Stardust HD and Fat Princess. DLC will also be available and some of the most popular add-on content is already on the site like Little Big Planet packs and other content for your favorite PSN games. Included in the 200 games are some PSP games as well like SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo, Killzone: Liberation and Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters.

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It’s less than a month away and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has already gone gold and the first review is set to hit newsstands in a couple of weeks. In a recent PlayStation Blog post, Naughty Dog was happy to announce the review score given by PlayStation: The Official Magazine. Definitely can’t look too much into the score given it is a PlayStation exclusive title reviewed first on a PlayStation exclusive magazine but I’m sure we all know what to expect from the sequel. If you are the type of person to only look at the score and not read the review you’re in luck–Naughty Dog was so thrilled by the score they decided to announce it on the internet.

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The original Resident Evil is more or less the purest example of a survival horror video game. Set in a mansion deep in the Arklay mountains, the main character was only given one task: survive the hordes of FUBAR monsters running around. Through the rest of the game, Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine eventually figure out exactly why they found themselves in the mansion that dreadful night (and who was responsible), as well as learn the fates of the many people working in and around the Umbrella-based facility.

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I am a huge fan of the original Sony Playstation. I still play many of my PSX titles today, and tend to get very excited when I come across good deals in stores or online on some of the titles that I had played or previously owned back in the day. Some of the best PS3 exclusive and cross-platform titles today are based upon popular games that were available for the Playstation. In keeping with my unfaltering admiration for the console, and to properly respect the many games available for it, I present the Top 20 Playstation Games.
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I am a huge fan of the original Sony Playstation. I still play many of my PSX titles today, and tend to get very excited when I come across good deals in stores or online on some of the titles that I had played or previously owned back in the day. Some of the best PS3 exclusive and cross-platform titles today are based upon popular games that were available for the Playstation. In keeping with my unfaltering admiration for the console, and to properly respect the many games available for it, I present the Top 20 Playstation Games.
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