I normally avoid espousing pre-order campaigns, but all bets are off once the words "Star Wars" flashes across my screen. Now if you'll excuse me, I feel like flailing my lightsaber replica around in the nearby forest. Why? Because never question a Jedi, that's why.
Video Blips:
• Pre-orders for Star Wars: The Old Republic are here, and each of the game's eight classes awaits you. Pushee wumpah skocha-kloonkee! (That's Huttese for, "Shut up and take my money!")
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Continue after the break for the Penguin's nefarious reveal in Batman: Arkham City, the revamped hunt for the Silent Cartographer in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, and an Elm Street alum's appearance in the fighter ranks of Mortal Kombat.
• After slugging a few thugs into submission in Batman: Arkham City, the titular hero faces the Penguin, a self-proclaimed "gentleman in crime." Only someone with the ridiculous name of Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot can sport a monocle fashioned out of the bottom of a bottle so effectively.
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• Developer 343 Industries brings us back to the fateful beginning of one of the most successful franchises of all time in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. My goodness, is it 2001 again? Time to fire up some Crazy Town on the radio while whispering sweet nothings to my Dreamcast.
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• The bloody arenas of Mortal Kombat play host to a surprising new challenger: Freddy Krueger. My fears of a clumsy character shoehorn dissipated after I realized that a disfigured dream stalker wielding gloves armed with razors makes perfect sense in MK's crazy world.
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