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Not even the goofy-looking cartoon alien (Shade, just the latest in the endless parade of Sonic the Hedgehog supporting characters, and looking straight out of Invader Zim) can stop this early Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood boxart from looking cool. It’s about as simple as it can be — a hand-drawn picture of Sonic, the alien thing, and the logo. But it’s proof that in the hands of a good artist, even just a picture of Sonic can be made appealing.

Though both look nice, we’re amused by how much the dark, blue- and- purple-dominated artwork contrasts with the color explosion found in the actual game.

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The super-powered open world genre is now wide open thanks to Prototype being delayed, and The Incredible Hulk is going to be all there really is in city destruction this fall. Previous screens didn’t show much else besides the Hulk himself, but these showcase the Abomination, New York and the graphics engine. Other than the screens, it was revealed that GameStop has some sort of exclusive in their package. The description on their website describes it as “Gamestop Exclusive Red Hulk” but who knows what that really means, as that description could apply to almost anything. So if you’re going to buy the game from GameStop, be aware, you could be be getting everything from a skin to a sticker to an action figure.

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Not a whole hell of a lot is known about the tactical squad based shooter, being brought to us courtesy of Gearbox and Sega. The licensed FPS, Aliens: Colonial Marines, was revealed in older issue of Game Informer, and then rather dropped off the radar until reappearing in UK’s OXM. Colonial Marines is scheduled to hit this fall and sport four-player drop-in-drop-out online coop, and the new two pieces of concept art depict the heads of the one the aliens and one of the marines. They’ll probably be used as some sort of promotional material for the game, so we’re likely to see these images again.

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