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Dark Horse Comics launched its digital comics storefront this week, offering a number of the publisher's comic book titles for sale. The site, which also has an iPhone-iPad app, is also offering select issues of their comics for free. One of them is the first online issue of the comic book tie-in to Dungeon Siege III.

You can check out the 10 page first issue now (free registration required) which sets up the storyline in the upcoming fantasy action-RPG title from developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Square Enix. As we have reported before, Dark Horse is also producing a 22 page print comic that's being offered as a pre-order bonus for Wal-Mart shoppers.

Another Dungeon Siege 3 trailer, another character unveiled. In this case, it's the archon known as Anjali. Turning into flame spirits, casting fire magic to wreck foes, and smacking unruly skeletons with a magical staff seem to be her fortes. As always, lots of beautiful in-game footage of the character in action, but little in the way of actually showing how they play. For example, is the transformation like switching stances, or is it a spell learned later on?

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Magicians are usually, within canon, the strongest of any character. After all, channeling the powers of the elements is a bit god-like. This trailer for Dungeon Siege 3 unveils the mage character, Reinhart, and he seems suitably powerful. Teleportation, blasting enemies with entropy, and creating natural elements seem to be his particular fortes. Much like the previous character trailers, this one gives a good look at the character from outside the player's perspective. Don't expect to see much more than some slick monster murder.

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If this trailer is any indication, we should all be augmented. While it doesn't actually show any in-game footage of Human Revolution, this video does give us a glimpse into Sarif Industries and their vision of the future. There is, however, a conspicuous lack of robotic legs. We suppose paraplegics are simply too uncouth for Sarif. Kidding aside, this trailer has plenty of style and is one of the few live action game trailers we've seen, so it's worth watching at least once.

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GoG.com had a number of announcements today at its streaming press conference including big hints about upcoming publishers:

• GoG.com is not only selling the only DRM-free version of The Witcher 2, but starting May 10 people who pre-order the game from the site can start pre-loading the fantasy RPG sequel before its released on May 17. GoG.com will be the only digital download service that will offer a pre-load of the game.
• GoG.com's sales went up 163 percent in 2010 compared to 2009. No specific sales numbers were mentioned.
• Later this spring GoG.com will get some new features including a new game downloader that will have multi-threading features for large downloads and an error checker that will check the download for corruption issues every 10 MBs. Another new feature will add private messages to the web site.
• At the end of the presentation, five big publishers were shown on the screen; Electronic Arts, Take Two Interactive, Square Enix, LucasArts and Microsoft. The press conference said that one of those five publishers has signed a deal with GoG.com to bring 25 of its classic games to the site this summer. Two more of the above publishers are in talks with GoG.com to bring some of their own games to the download service as well.

While Deus Ex Human Revolution is still several months away from its late August release date, the viral marketing campaign for the cyberpunk themed RPG is in full swing. A fictional TV commercial for the game's fictional multi-corporation Sarif Industries has just popped up on the net.

The commercial shows the "benefits" of getting cyber implants for your body including turning you into a piano master, taking pictures with your eyes and ... playing football with your son? Somehow we don't think most people would have issues with the last part but who knows? We suspected more of these TV spots might show up before the game is released.

[Via PC Gamer]

The month of May just got a little less busy for new game releases. Publisher Square Enix announced today that it is pushing the release date of the fantasy action-RPG sequel Dungeon Siege III back a few weeks.

Originally scheduled for a May 31 release in the US, the game from developer Obsidian Entertainment will now be coming out on June 21. Europeans will get access to the game a few days earlier on June 17. In a statement, Square Enix's president and CEO Mike Fischer admitted that "the final polish phase has demanded a bit more time than originally planned."

He's a man. He's a big man with a big sword and a big shield. He's Lucas and he's one of the characters you will be controlling if you decide to check out Dungeon Siege III, the next game in the fantasy action-RPG series.

The newest trailer for the game shows off Lucas in full fighting action, using his big sword, his big shield and his big magic abilities to take a number of enemies all at once. The game from developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Square Enix is still schedule to swing its big virtual self to stores on May 31.

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Redwood City, California-based game developer Crystal Dynamics is getting prepped to work on an all-original game after working exclusively as the makers of the last few games in the Tomb Raider series. Gamasutra reports that the studio has hired a new executive producer, Scot Amos, that will lead the new game IP team.

Amos comes from Electronic Arts' Visceral Studios where he helped to develop the team's Dead Space games. Currently Crystal Dynamics is working on the reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise for publisher Square Enix that's due out late in 2011. This new game will be the first all original title from the studio since the sci-fi first person shooter Project Snowblind which was released in 2006.

Guns are not something you normally see in a fantasy game, but Dungeon Siege 3 has them. Specifically, the character Katarina has them, and she's not afraid to blast her way through hordes of foes. This particular trailer gives a glimpse into her different roles, with the overall feeling being that of a ranger with companion pet. It's a character unveiling, so don't expect much except for some pretty stunning artwork and cool set pieces.

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