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Yes, it's true. It looks like we are all going to have to wait a little bit longer to continue Max's journey through the night. After teasing us with a March release date, we can now expect to experience Max's metaphor-laden monologues on May 15, 2012. The word from publisher Take-Two is that the two-month delay is to ensure Max Payne 3 is the top-notch product we are all expecting. Furthermore, one may infer that the May release date is a mark of approval by Take-Two. After all, Grand Theft Auto IV launched on April 29th, 2008, followed Red Dead Redemption and L.A. Noire in May of 2010 and 2011, respectively. Take-Two owns that release window, and moving Max Payne 3 can be seen as a show of faith in the title, that they expect it to perform throughout the summer, and into the holiday window.

Besides, May is only a few months away. Stay tuned to vgtribune.com for more of our awesome Max Payne 3 coverage, and then head over to Rockstar's Max Payne 3 page and check out part two in their Design and Technology video series, which shows off just how incredible this game is shaping up to be.

Jesse, Zack, and special guest host Jonny Metts from Nintendo World Report and CrossTawk discuss the latest in gaming news.

Links to articles referenced in this episode:

• Nintendo States They Have No Plans To Fix Mario Kart 7's Maka Wuhu Glitch
• Nintendo Working On Two New Zelda Games For Nintendo 3DS?
• Leaked Nintendo 3DS Zelda Games Confirmed To Be Fake
• Yahoo! Answers - In what ways does the Wii stand up to the competition (for a gamer)?

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Captain MacMillan, "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare"

You've heard him in games like Mass Effect 2, the Dragon Age games, several Call of Duty games, and that's just scratching the surface of his IMDb. Zach Hanks not only lends his voice acting talent to the games you play, but he also the casts and directs the talents that bring your games to life.

Ever wondered what it takes to voice a video game character? How about what it's like to cast and direct voice talents for video games?

Find out in this exclusive interview, after the break!

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It all looks nice, but it's nothing we haven't seen before, that probably has something to do with it essentially being a GOTY edition of the game. If you're like me and already have Fallout: New Vegas, it's not going to be worth buying, but it's a nice trailer with new music. Very good new music. I think we can give them time to make Fallout 4, as long as it runs on a fixed version of the Skyrim engine.

A behind the scenes video popped up on youtube yesterday for an upcoming Deus Ex fan film seemingly sharing the same name, simply titled Deus Ex. While it may look extremely cheesy now, this is what it looks like before a movie goes into editing, and most of these are just practice shots anyway. Some costumes can be seen in the trailer and seem to point toward it being based on Human Revolution, the latest game in the series. It already looks fantastic, I look forward to the release and will post it when it becomes available.

The latest trailer released by Square Enix shows off the main hook of the newest installment in their Final Fantasy series, the time-travel machine. It simply wouldn't be a Final Fantasy game without a large strange-looking piece of machinery.

These pieces of technology allow your characters to travel through time to different areas to continue their adventure, though you must first locate the hidden "artefacts" to unlock the gates. This feature will give the players the chance to see how time has changed the world of Gran Pulse.

Time-travel usually makes for a pretty convoluted story, but it will be most interesting to see what Square Enix comes up with. Who knows, maybe you can visit 600 A.D. and meet up with Crono and his obscure entourage from Chrono Trigger. I sure hope so.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be hitting store shelves in North America on January 31st, 2012, and February 3rd in Europe. We're probably just going to use the time gates to travel to the release date to save us the wait.

Guess what? You can now play Dustforce on Steam! The folks here at VGTribune have been pretty darn excited for this game, even more after it got an Honorable Mention in IGF 2012's Excellence in Visual Art category! So you bet we got in touch with the wonderful team behind it all to find out how this work of art came together!

Meet Hitbox Team, and check out their answers to our questions in this exclusive interview, after the break!
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Title: All Zombies Must Die!
Developer: Doublesix
Publisher: Doublesix
Platform:  PSN, XBLA
Review Platform: PSN
Released: December 27, 2011

You know what we haven’t seen in a while? If you guessed ‘another zombie video game’ you’d be very wrong, but that’s what we got anyway. ‘All Zombies Must Die!’ is a downloadable action game from Doublesix that pits you and 3 of your friends against hordes of, you guessed it, zombies. It is essentially a top down twin stick shooter that has some RPG elements thrown in, and while it’s interesting at first, we'll see how long that'll last.

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Jesse, Zack, and special guest host Markus from BrokenFuse.com discuss the latest in gaming news.

Links to articles referenced in this episode:

• Diablo 3 Release Date Not Actually February 1, Blizzard Confirms
• Diablo 3 Coming To Consoles? Not So Fast, Blizzard Clarifies
• Club Nintendo Update Brings 4 New Downloadable Titles!
• Nintendo Of America President Says Wii U Information Will Be Shared Throughout The Year, Not Just At E3
• Pushmo Level Editor for PC
• 2011 VGTribune Awards Part 2: The Best Multiplayer Experiences
• Mega64: Rusty Hearts OFFICIAL COMMERCIAL
• "This is Handheld PC Gaming" Image
• Pachter Says Wii U Is Just An Xbox 360 With A Tablet Controller And Not Next-Gen

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It's been a long time coming, but Max Payne is back, and his righteous vengeance will once again fall upon the criminal underworld, this time in sunny Sao Paulo, Brazil. For those of you who have not been following the news on this highly-anticipated title, or for those who just want arecap on what we at VGTribune already know, hit the jump as we dissect everything we know about Max Payne 3. Also, for those who really want something new, we have brand new screens from the game, so hit the jump to see those. Just hit the jump. Hit it. You know you want to.

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2011 was an absolutely phenomenal year for games. BioShock's creator Ken Levine told Eurogamer earlier in the year that 2011 was "The best year for games since 2007" and we here at VGTribune have to agree with him. Whether you're an action-adventure buff, someone who loves to build stuff out of pixelated blocks, or the one and only Dovakiin, there was probably something released this year that peaked your interest and ate up more of your time than you wanted it to. Those are the games that we're looking to award this year.

This week, we're focusing on the best multiplayer games of 2011.  Read the rest of this entry »

Club Nintendo has updated this morning with four new downloadable games. The list includes Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask for 150 coins, Dr. Mario Online RX for 100 coins, Kirby's Dream Land for 100 coins, and Dr. Mario Express for 150 coins. You have until January 31st to claim your digital goodies.

Are you excited with these new Club Nintendo rewards? Which games will you be picking up? Let us know in the comment section below.