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Chris and Paul rejoin Josh and Chase for this week’s Limitcast, in which the crew attempts to decipher the overarching, overwhelming, and perhaps even overrated storyline in Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid series.

In addition to discussions regarding Arkham Asylum and Demon’s Souls, we touch briefly on the topic of Heroes of Newerth – a highly anticipated Defense of the Ancients clone that’s caught the attention of much of the Gamer Limit staff.

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Tower defense titles hold a special little place in my heart – there’s a unique kind of joy that comes from passively slaughtering hundreds of enemies as they mindlessly leap into a series of well placed defensive turrets. Yet, the genre is swiftly becoming stale. For as long as it’s been around, we’ve yet to see much in terms of innovation.

Fortunately, Defense Grid manages to break the mold in a series of subtle, yet impressive ways that help it establish itself in the tower defense world.

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In a recent interview, Valve’s Chet Faliszek revealed that Microsoft is behind the 560 Microsoft Point ($7) price tag on the “Crash course” Left 4 Dead DLC on the Xbox 360. Faliszek stated, “We own our platform, Steam. Microsoft owns their platform. They wanted to make sure there’s an economy of value there.”

Slated to arrive sometime this month, the “Crash Course” DLC brings a new campaign focused on, but not exclusive to, versus mode as well as new survival mode maps. Originally “Crash Course” was suppose to be free on both Xbox 360 and PC, however now only PC gamers will reap Valve’s generosity. Read more… »

[Just a reminder: the Facebook Binder Art contest is live for one more day, ending on Wednesday, 9/9 at 11:59pm PST!]

Coming this Rocktober, Brütal Legend is going to take the nation by storm. In a recent interview with Gamer Limit, Tim Schafer referred to his creation as the “heavy metal trojan horse” for non-metal fans.

In an effort to increase product awareness, EA has partnered up and created a pretty fun fanart contest. Hit the jump for details! Read more… »

Some of you may remember when ZeniMax Media, owner of Bethesda, bought up id Software a few months ago. Today ZeniMax announced that it has obtained the rights to the gravity distorting first-person shooter Prey.

In case some of you missed out on Prey, which originally came out on the PC and Xbox 360 in 2006, the game follows Tommy, a Cherokee mechanic who lives in Oklahoma. When Tommy, his girlfriend, and his grandfather are all abducted by aliens, Tommy must rise to the occasion and fight his way off the mother ship while trying to save his family. Prey was famous for its use, or rather misuse, of physics. As gamers work their way though the alien ship, various gravitation fields and portals make for a vomit inducing experience, at least for gamers who are prone to motion sickness. Read more… »

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Ghostfire Games sure knows how to deliver hype: trickle content out on a weekly basis! Considering the game consists entirely off boss fights, it’s pretty easy to unveil one enemy at a time, and today, we get Ixthid, the floating beholder.

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Puzzle solving games are usually plagued with a stale and lifeless story that has little to no relation with what you’re playing on screen.

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box combines solid puzzle solving elements with a charming storyline to make it appealing to fans of the original as well as new comers to the series.

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After several months of uncertainty, Apple has finally announced that the Commodore 64 emulator app has been accepted for release.

Manomio’s program was originally rejected by Apple because it “launched other executable code”, but now Apple Insider has reported that the app is official, and you can pick it up at the App Store now for US$5.99.

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Following the release of the PS3 Slim, it looks as if the console is starting to get the kickstart it so desperately needed. According to VGChartz, preliminary worldwide sales figures have accumilated to over 500,000 over the last week, which is certainly a promising feat for the once struggling console. Consumers had been practically begging for a price cut in order to sway them, and that is exactly what they got.

Around 200,000 units have been sold in other territories (i.e. Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia) and over 150,000 in Japan. At the time of reporting, America has sold over 125,000.

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Eidos appears to have laid a sneaky bat-trap, for those pesky pirates to trying to enjoy Arkham Asylum without paying.

Apparently the all-important Glide ability gets disabled if you aren’t running a legit version… As a  pirate recently found out on the forums.

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Today brings some sad news to the gaming world. Independent developer BottleRocket (Xiaolin Showdown, Rise of the Kasai) has closed shop for good. According to studio founder Jay Beard, “After fighting to keep the doors open for the past six months we have decided to close and move on.”

This past year was particularly rough on BottleRocket. The developer was working on a title based on the DC Comics character The Flash, but when publisher Brash went under, BottleRocket was left with an incomplete and unfunded game. Also, this past year BottleRocket was working on the upcoming horror brawler Splatterhouse, but when Namco decided to finish up development internally BottleRocket was left behind. Read more… »

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Microsoft has been kind enough enough to give us a copy of the XBLA game Trials HD to giveaway.

To snag it you just have to be the first person to guess all four games from their soundbites.

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