Call of Juarez Gunslinger Reveal Trailer: Techland’s Bounty on the Mutinous

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Veteran developer Techland’s games have always been visually incredible, so it’s zero surprise at all that this latest entry in the Call of Juarez franchise is gorgeous to look at and the violence is even more balletic in its post-ballistics delivery. What’s a tiny bit surprising to me is the focus on bounty hunting some of the Old West’s well known desperadoes. I’m not going to argue historical accuracy here at all (that’s for the crankier folks out there who apply arbitrary rules of reality to games at the most inopportune times. Still, this looks like it’ll do quite well among the amateur historians and fans of the series who wanted to see it go back to the wild western days and stay the heck out of the present. You’ll be able to saddle of for a quick ride at this year’s PAX in Boston or hang out at your O.K. Corral until the game ships out later this year.

Kick-Ass 2 Trailer: Heroes And Nuts Do That Dance Once More…

 

In case you never saw the first film (or read the comic, for that matter)… drop everything NOW and do one of those two things. I’ll wait. (La la la, hmm hmm hmmmm… la la l..*ding!*) OK, got it? GOOD. Well, this isn’t quite more of the same hilarious ultra-violence, it’s just much MORE of it and a lot crazier. Which is a good thing, by the way. I’m still not convinced Jim Carrey is worth trotting out of the house over these days, but I can deal with him in something as nutty and violent as this flick, as it’s somewhat up his alley in terms of his older, wilder work. As always, we shall see… SO far, so good, though. Kick-Ass 2 should be in theaters August 16, 2013.