Teenaged Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley) has intercourse for the first time with her new husband, the much older Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes). Imagine this scene for a moment if you can. Ordered to strip naked and lie on the bed, Georgiana trembles with positive terror as her husband enters her with all the wordless efficiency of a man fulfilling a prescribed brief; Knightley’s exquisite face gradually crumbles as it dawns on her that this is how it shall always be.

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The PlayStation Network is on fire lately, releasing strong unique titles that truly set it apart from its competition. The Last Guy doesn’t sway from this formula of success. This “quirky” title from Sony Japan Studios is a simple yet complex little game that is haplessly fun to play.

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You really have to give Incognito appropriations when it has gone the extra mile with bringing fresh and game-changing content to the never ending fun that is Warhawk through Warhawk Operation: Fallen Star, Incognito’s third expansion pack to a blasting series. The expansion is short and sweet, and has everyone wanting more from Incognito to see what they can accomplish. Players can navigate the skies in a different way and take the air with the new Icarus MK.1 Rocket Pack accessory that players can use with newly added map, Tau Crater. Players are given the star treatment with an introduction through a fog dense smokey forest island filled with wreckage. With many more surprises under the downloadable package, players will get a taste of a new Warhawk in a better and enhanced way.

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Watch out. The lion is attacking a gazelle. Don’t get too close, there will always be other pictures. Afrika is a world full of promise and everlasting excitement for photographers and advocates who enjoy the relaxing sensation of a blissful calm in nature’s beauty. For PlayStation 3 owners, this exclusive title by Rhino Studios is undeniably one that shouldn’t be missed out on. As photographers stationed in Africa, players will be equipped with ironically only Sony camera’s and secure laptops in order to embark in a journey to collect evidence of how animals interact and form the community that amazes so many. Run around in the open landscape that stretches for thousands of miles capturing photos of all sorts of animals, impressing the sheer scope of size and power that comes from the innovation that is Afrika and a duty as simple as capturing the wild for what it becomes as the game progresses. Not being good with the camera doesn’t need to be your forte to appreciate the vast wilderness that the circle of life’s habitat has to offer and imbue yourself into the most enlivening title for the PlayStation 3 by far.

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Grab your pints and get ready to get competitive in PDC World Championship Darts which has finally arrived for the Xbox 360.

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The horror genre has always been somewhat of a parody in films, from the overly obvious storyline to the antediluvian protagonist of the outmoded and depleted performances that make an unremarkable concerto. The constitution that Eden Games derived from Alone in the Dark doesn’t falter notwithstanding some technical issues in minor places. Life isn’t easy for the paranormal investigator Edward Carnby who finds himself in a night where he must fight to survive and in doing so, learns the horrible truths behind New York’s Central Park. Contented with wide-screen cinematic, including decent environmental interaction and physics, really amazing visuals with a storyline meshed in with an easy to follow interface, Alone in the Dark is doing a lot of things that most games fail to do in this generation.

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We received some exclusive details at GC 2008 regarding Sony’s exclusive safari photo adventure for the PlayStation 3 console. The sad news is that it’s pretty much a given that the title will not be making a debut to Europe especially America anytime soon or ever.

Afrika won’t be releasing in Europe or America as it’s currently planned. -Sony Representative, Todd Bäcker

The good news?

The game developers, Rhino Studios, are working on planning future content that will allow the Japanese players to jump in with a friend in the Safari world of Afrika. Anyone who is in Japan and has this game will be able to explore the world of Afrika with a friend, without the need for Home when it’s functional. Any player can drive and the other can take pictures or both can take pictures. One player can just walk around while the other is taking a picture, or be swerving in a jeep around the area for an extreme shot. Either way, Afrika is looking to be one very unique and adventurous title that’s a confirmed Japan only release from GC 2008. In the future, anything can happen.

For now: This one is for you Japan.

Twenty years ago, many of you weren’t even born. For many longtime gamers of the original NES classic Bionic Commando, this clingy title still holds a warm place in the heart. Cherished for its difficulty, Bionic Commando: Rearmed is a 8-bit classic revamp that comes in the form of a next generation tune up that keeps all the greatness from the days gone by to modernize it, and adds various new bad ass challenges for you to shoot, swing, and grapple. Remakes are usually never enough, and Capcom realizes this to undeniably recreate one of the best remade downloadable games on XBLA and PSN to date.

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Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty just invaded home PlayStation 3 consoles on the PlayStation network with all familiar features we have grown to love from this high-profile series developed by the highly-acclaimed independent developer Insomniac Games. Picking up soon after the events of Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction with an unfortunate turn of events, Ratchet heads out to discover his friend Clank, a level headed robot that was taken by small blue BaBaDeeda aliens called Zoni. Eventually, Ratchet ends up on the shores of a small island where he must overcome life-threatening challenges. Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty adds several new gameplay elements, new worlds to explore, and more puzzles for everyone that all  leads into the next epic adventure currently scheduled for Autumn 2009.  For those anxious for great action platforming again, decent production values and clever dialogue all in a tiny bite size portion, Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty is the way to go. Looking for something newer, you’re out of luck.

Fracture is one tumultous, earth shattering, mind numbing game in the best sense. Having played it at E3 previously, we loved it and so did 1,000 other industry specialists to nominate it for several of our Best of E3 Awards Prize. Fracture features a world which can dynamically change according to what the user does to it. Nothing goes as far as to dent just a texture, but the entire scope of reality is bent along with merciless player combat.

LucasArts, the developer of Fracture (FYI for those of you under a rock), has revealed to us multiplayer details regarding the game and several weapons. The self-explanatory modes with 12 people supported online are:

• Free For All: Free For All! Do anything.
• Capture The Flag: Capture the flag with lava in middle
• Break In: Break into a base of a team inside a huge building structure.
• Excavation: Spikes give points per team. Team with most points at end wins.

The PlayStation Store Update for Aug. 21st, 2008 just went live!

Downloadable Games

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty ($14.99)
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 2.33 GB

EA SPORTS Live Score Tracker ($0.99)
ESRB Rated E
File size: 71.8 MB

Add-on Game Content

Hot Shots Golf Out Of Bounds: Kratos Character ($1.99)

HAZE Domination Pack (free)

File size: 312 MB

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Dragonforce Track Pack ($6.25)
“Heroes of Our Time,” “Revolution Deathsquad,” and “Operation Ground and Pound” as performed by Dragonforce.
File size: 140 MB

Rock Band

* “Through Being Cool” – Devo ($1.99)
* “Girl U Want” – Devo ($1.99)
* “Rio” – Duran Duran ($1.99)
* “Girls on Film” – Duran Duran
* “Get Your Rock On” 1 The Janitors ($0.99)
File sizes: 16.1 MB – 44.3 MB

Game Demos (free)

The Last Guy Demo
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 210 MB

STAR WARS The Force Unleashed Demo
ESRB Rated T
File size: 1.32 GB

NFL Head Coach 09 Demo
ESRB Rated E
File size: 1.26 GB
Leipzig Game Videos (free)

SCEE Leipzig Software Compilation
File size: 68 MB (HD)

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Launch Trailer
File size: 68 MB (HD), 111 MB (1080)

inFamous Leipzig Trailer
File size: 65 MB (HD)

Warhawk Fallen Star Video
File size: 66 MB (HD)

Game Videos (free)

The Last Guy Cities Trailer
File size: 104 MB (HD)

PAIN Clown Toss Mode Trailer
File size: 59 MB (HD)

PAIN Hot n’ Cold Mode Trailer
File size: 41 MB (HD)

Vampire Rain Altered Species Trailer 5
File size: 112 MB (HD)

Vampire Rain Gameplay Trailer #2
File size: 64 MB (HD)

BiA Hell’s Highway Making of #1: Operation
File size: 66 MB (SD), 242 MB (HD), 343 MB (1080)

Brothers in Arms Hell’s Highway Making of #2: Roll Call
File size: 68 MB (SD), 246 MB (HD), 349 MB (1080)

Madden NFL 09 Backtrack Video
File size: 77 MB (HD)

Madden NFL 09 Rewind Video
File size: 69 MB (HD)

Madden NFL 09 Virtual Trainer Video
File size: 69 MB (HD)

PS3 Themes (free)

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Theme
File size: 5.84 MB

inFamous Theme
File size: 3.65 MB

PS3 Wallpaper (free)

Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Wallpaper
File size: 286 KB – 1.34 MB

Motorstorm Pacific Rift Leipzig Wallpaper
File size: 789 KB – 956 KB

TNA iMPACT! Wrestling Wallpaper (x3)
File size: 166 KB – 422 KB

PLAYSTATION Store for PC

Here is this week’s content release for the PLAYSTATION Store for PC. To download these games to your PSP, navigate to http://store.playstation.com. There, you’ll find descriptions of the content and directions on how to get started. For more on the PLAYSTATION Store for PC, please click here.
Downloadable Games

* Jeanne D’Arc ($22.99) (also downloadable via PS3)
Game Videos (free)

* Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty Launch Trailer
* Jeanne D’Arc trailer
* Yggdra Union official trailer

PSP Wallpaper (free)

* Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2 Wallpaper (x2)
* Yggdra Union Wallpaper (x3)