Call of Jaurez: The Cartel
Ubisoft: Techland
FPS Released: 22 July 2011

After feeling like Clint Eastwood in the previous installment, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood I was excited when this latest installment in the franchise hit the shelves and went to Blockbusters to give it a try. Did it fire the six shooting smash that the previous version delivered, leaving you friskily looking at the mrs with your best “Hey Blondie“? I gave the game the zonalcrew dissection to see if it was worth our money.

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That's right folks!! Here's yet another variation on previous posts I've been posting... [Insert number] to Wacth has now been assimilated into the ever burgeoning GONZO/Sidekick sub-brand - whatever that means!

But wha' i' was righ' was that I was prepping for a usual News Blast (thanks x360a!!) when I noticed that much of the news took the form of some truly awesome trailers! So I changed the news reader pic for a director portrait and away we go!

Ladies and gents, we have within, the cream of the trailers relased from the past 7 days. I think the E3 uber-games show in LA being just around the corner is the reason for the slew but who are we to complain?!? Just soak it all up and enjoy, Roy!

Click through for trailers for (NB - I did not realise how AWESOME this list was until I started typing it!! I had to pick 619's for each page!!)...

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Alice: Madness Returns
DiRT 3
Gears of War 3 - 619
SSX

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Metro: Last Light
WWE '12
Batman: Arkham City - 619
Dungeon Siege III

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution - 619
L.A. Noire
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Saints Row: The Third

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Lord of the Rings: War in the North - 619
The Darkness II
Call of Duty: Elite
Duke Nukem Forever

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Tomb Raider
El Shaddai: Ascension
Prey 2 - 619
Darksiders II

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Serious Sam: BFE
Soul Calibur V - 619
XCOM
Rage
FIFA 12

Phew!!

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The worst kept secret in gaming is out of the bag... Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been confirmed by Activision for release on November 8, 2011.

Mark the date on your calender and watch then watch the announcement trailer above...

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Stand by Sidekicks... The game announcement I have been waiting ages for has arrived! Soulcalibur V is on its way! Time to brush up on the exquisite art of the samurai sword!

The premiere fighting game, the Soulcalibur series launched with Soul Blade (or Soul Edge in other territories) waaaaay back on the original PlayStation in 1996. The title's unique selling point was the weapons used by the characters to beat the shinola out of each other - made a change from getting bloodied knuckles!

Details are very thin on the ground but, in famous Sidekick fashion, here's a round-up... And the teaser trailer!

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Back to business as usual following last week's Royal Wedding special, with a round-up of the week's happenings in short bursts. And what a week! For the full rules of GONZO Blast go here.

This week we've got a phoenix-like MMO, more famous Gameboys and a whole load on the Playstation Network hack, disruption, failure or whatever you want to call it.

This week's blast is brought to you by those kind people at Gamesradar, Xboxer 360, Wii Chat and BBC Technology News.

Anything can happen in the next half hour!

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Link: http://www.sega.co.uk/vanquish/

VANQUISH

Sci-Fi Third-Person Shooter for PS3 and Xbox 360
Developer by Platinum Games
Publisher by SEGA

This epic third-person sci-fi shooter will grip you as critically acclaimed game director, Shinji Mikami (of Resident Evil fame), presents you with a fast, fluid and frenetically paced journey through a world set in the not-so-distant future. Stunning visuals abound as you storm into battle to save the planet from a new security threat - the ultra-nationalist group named The Order of The Russian Star.

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Ok news-hounds! Here it is... This week's GONZO Blast! Go here for the rules. The first one of which is to, of course, not talk about GONZO Blast.

A quiter one this week in terms of volume, but there are some pearls in here... Wii 2, more cyber-terror and Michael Jackson's Gameboy.

Many thanks to Kotaku (with some added Game Informer), Nintendo Wolrd Report, Team Xbox, Playstation Universe and Foo Fighters - whilst they didn't contribute any news, they did contribute a great album, Wasting Light, to write this post too. I love you Dave!!

Click below to get going!

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Stand by folks! GONZO Blast heading right for your face! Click here to see how it works.

What's in this inaugural GONZO Blast then? Mouthy EA executives, Capcom's Captivate event, cyber-terrorists and money. Lots and lots of money.

This week's blast is brought to you by the kind folks at Xbox360Acheivments, PS3Trophies, Official Nintendo Magazine, Computer and Videogames, Game Kudos and Edge Online.

Click through to get started with the general news...

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Welcome, Sidekicks, to a new feature for the Sidekickcast...

GONZO Blast is a weekly (yeah, sure!) update on big news stories in the world of videogames. The idea is that you come here, read a headline and news snippet and then, when you inevitably something you are interested in, you Google the frak out of that sonovabitch!

The point is that GONZO Blast is just like bumping into your well informed pal who takes a few seconds to tell you a bunch of news - if you're interested, you enquire! If you're not, you smile politely, look at your watch and back slowly towards the door...

Here's how it'll pan out...

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Link: http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire

After the climax of my epic three-part review of 2010 (count 'em! 1... 2... 3...!) I thought it would be a great time to think about the future.

Due for release on 17 May 2011 in North America and 20 May 2011 in Eurpoe (apologies to all other territories!) and featured on this very blog previously, ladies and gentleman may I present to you, for a bit more of your viewing pleasure, L.A. Noire.

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