The first Mercenaries wasn't a perfect game, but it was a hell of a lot of fun, especially for the more destructive among us. So it was a shame that the sequel seemed to be having a rough time in development, getting delayed a couple times and generally staying out of the public eye. However, Pandemic has recently released a playthrough video demonstrating the three main characters' different approaches to the same mission, proving that they do indeed have a game over there and it does appear to be playable.
Alright, so the three approaches aren't actually that different, and the vehicle hijacking minigame isn't a welcome addition. But lookit, explosions.
Industry and multi-console news
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PC and mobile news
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- Hudson has announced Diablo 3 multiplayer on supportive, cooperative play over griefing.
Nintendo news
New PAL WiiWare titles: Pop, My Pokemon Ranch -- that's, uh, two separate names
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Sony news
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Microsoft news
- Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg says the 360 "compliments the Wii experience," as Wii players will eventually "want to graduate to an Xbox 360 experience."
- Denis Dyack explains that his weird NeoGAF call-out was all a big experiment. "NeoGAF and other forums like this that don't have good management are not only hurting society and hurting the videogame industry, they're in decline, and they need to reform quickly before people stop listening to them." lol wut