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Games

NBA 2K13

Title: NBA 2K13
Publisher: 2K Sports
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 10/1/2012
Overview: Forget stepping into the shoes of your favorite players, NBA 2K13 lets you create a shoe of your own! Use an intuitive new Control Stick scheme in play boosted by executive producer Jay-Z, who’s lent some of his own music and rounded up some of his friends to provide pre-game highlight montages and other production enhancements. Hardcore hoopheads can settle one of the all-time debates: Dream Team 1992 vs Dream Team 2012. From there, the deepest basketball experience yet gets even better, with new features including a Shoe Creator and a blown out My Career Mode. Live the full life of a superstar, right down to demanding a trade to a superteam and calling for your coach to get fired.

Dishonored

Title: Dishonored
Publisher: Bethesda
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/6/2012
Overview: Revenge is a dish best served as creatively as possible in this sinister blend of mayhem and magic. Part stealth-action challenge, part steampunk apocalypse, and part demonic rampage, Dishonored is a built-from-the-ground-up original that blends a city environment grounded in realism and a storyline dripping with the supernatural. Play as Corvo, an assassin mysteriously given powers of magic after taking the fall for the murder of an empress. Use your dark powers to teleport between buildings, slip into the bodies of animals, or sic a pack of rats on your enemies. Use your assassin skills and a clever array of gadgets to eliminate your targets one-by-one as you craft your own distinct combat style.

Resident Evil 6

Title: Resident Evil 6
Publisher: Capcom
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 10/1/2012
Overview: The sixth Resident Evil begins in the Oval Office. Leon Kennedy is about to decide whether to shoot the leader of the free world, as the C-virus has just infected the President of the United States. That sets the tone for the franchise’s most ambitious saga yet. The story unites Kennedy, Chris Redfield, Jake Muller and their partners in an intertwined battle against the undead that spreads across three continents. Use new controls that give more options in battle, play the returning Mercenaries Mode, and more. Underlying the action is the eerie vibe of early Resident Evil games, with more moments that make you wonder what’s lurking in those shadows.

Angry Birds Trilogy

Title: Angry Birds Trilogy
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Arcade/Puzzle
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: Experience Angry Birds on the big screen as the worldwide hit mobile game gets the HD treatment! The Angry Birds Trilogy combines Angry Birds Seasons, Angry Birds Rio, and the original that started it all, and gives them new cinematics, visuals, and bonus content made for HDTVs. Battle the pesky pigs with smooth PlayStation Move motion controls that have you swiping through the air to launch your birds and smash the pigs who stole your eggs. Take the battle to the colorful surroundings of Rio, and celebrate festive occasions around the world in Seasons. In all, the games include more than 290 levels of pig-pummeling action!

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

Title: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: Solving one mystery plunges Sherlock Holmes into a plot that’s even darker in this sinister saga where the prime suspect is Holmes himself! The detective’s downward spiral begins when he returns a missing necklace, only to find out the necklace he returned is a fake, and all signs soon point to Holmes as the one who took the real jewels. Examine crime scenes, find clues, question witnesses, pursue suspects, and use your dizzying detective intellect and deduction skills to choose which leads to follow. Experience a story that brings out Holmes’ darker side, with the entire city of London turning against its once-beloved mystery-solving hero.

FIFA Soccer 13

Title: FIFA Soccer 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

There is no more thrilling outcome than the one that no one saw coming. FIFA 2013 takes the all-world football experience you expect and adds intrigue by amping up the unexpected, making each match play out with the anything-can-happen feel of real life football. Key refinements improve first-touch capabilities with more realistic physics and intensify battles for ball control with a new Player Impact Engine. The sharpened AI attack is more versatile and relentless, while a tweaked dribbling mechanic with true 360-degree mobility lets you chart a path through the defense with more precision. You’ll also find more free-kick options on both sides of the ball, new Skill Games, and much more.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2013

Title: Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Dominate the pitch with total ball control in Pro Evolution Soccer 2013! The new FullControl system lets you choose the pace and direction of your ball and gives you more command over how your players trap passes. Put moves on the defense and add flair to your dribbling with the touch of a button. New Player ID gives individual players signature moves and personalities that make them stand out. Master the moves of your best striker or win the crowd with the play of an eccentric keeper. Action unfolds at a quicker pace, with refined balance between attacking players and defenders so your team moves with the skill of a championship side.

Dead or Alive 5

Title: Dead or Alive 5
Publisher: Koei
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 9/24/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title. A 2-day online trial is available via your Xbox LIVE gamertag or PSN ID while renting this title.

The warriors of Dead or Alive return for another round of hard-hitting, hand-to-hand combat in explosive stages that feel like scenes from a Hollywood movie. Weaken your opponent by hurling them into new cage Danger Zones then punish them with new moves including Critical Stuns, Combos, and Bursts. Check out the new Move List mid-fight to help decide how to finish off your opponent. Take a break and take in the action in Watch Mode, where you can view replays of your matches or watch fights featuring two computer controlled opponents. Use a fully-controllable camera to capture your favorite action shots and view them later in Album Mode.

Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WW2

Title: Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WW2
Publisher: Mad Catz
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 9/20/2012
Overview: For the United States, World War II began at Pearl Harbor. This WW2 flyer begins on the day that lives in infamy and continues in the skies all across the Pacific Theatre. Experience 23 of history’s greatest missions packed with over 100 mission objectives in air-to-air, air-to-ship, and air-to-ground scenarios. Take out your targets in the same combat situations that made heroes out of many, including dogfights, aircraft carrier takeoffs and landings, and torpedo-and-dive bombing runs. Complete the thrilling single-player campaign or play it with some wingmen in four-player co-op. Stare down additional challenges in a variety of multiplayer modes where you’ll fly alone or with a team.

F1 2012

Title: F1 2012
Publisher: Codemasters
Platform: PS3
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 9/17/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Immerse yourself in the adrenaline-charged world of F1 racing with the official game from the globe-trotting chase for the checked flag. Choose any driver and team from the 2012 season and compete on every one of the circuits on the F1 race calendar. In addition to presentation and technical fine-tuning, the 2012 edition adds a new Young Driver Test Mode that offers tutorials on driving F1 vehicles then challenges you to earn a spot on a team. The 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Austin, Texas makes its video game debut, and the famous German Hockenheim circuit makes a triumphant return to the competition to be 2012’s best.

Borderlands 2

Title: Borderlands 2
Publisher: 2K Games
Platform: PS3
Genre: Shooter
Release Date: 9/17/2012
Overview: Borderlands 2 combines a love of firepower with a thirst for treasure in this sequel to the rowdy first-person looter. Return to Pandora and rampage through a chaotic wasteland, playing as four new Vault Hunters trying to stop the maniacal mastermind Handsome Jack. In co-op or split screen for up to four players, you’ll fight enemies that attack with more intelligence, precision, coordination, and determination than before. Whether they’re robots or creatures, they’ll keep coming until there’s nothing left for you to shoot. Blast them with your choice of thousands of weapon configurations, all lovingly rendered with remarkable detail, in relentless run-and-gun action that blows right past trigger happy and into trigger euphoria.

NHL 13

Title: NHL 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 9/10/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

NHL 13 shakes the game’s foundation with the biggest reboot to hit the ice in six years! New True Performance Skating matches the speed and explosiveness of the sport’s top stars. A rebuilt Hockey I.Q. system makes every player aware of every other player on the ice for more realistic reactions, and adds a customizable set of NHL-caliber hockey strategies. Compete in the incredible new GM Connected Mode, which allows you to play, manage, or coach in a league where you and 29 friends can each control one of the NHL’s 30 franchises. Experience the 2012-13 seasons’ top highlights with NHL Moments Live, which lets you replay some of the year’s greatest moments just after they happen.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Title: Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Publisher: Namco
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 9/10/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 brings a new tag team combo of customization. This time, you’ll be able to customize not just your fighter’s look, but your fighter’s moves as well! Up to four players can join forces in tag-team two-on-two, one-on-one, or one-on-two battles. Choose from the largest Tekken roster of playable characters, including legendary Tekken warriors and some interesting new additions like a boxing raptor and a disco destroyer. Visit the all-new Fight Lab where you’ll be able to alter your character’s look and hand-pick his trademark moves. You’ll fight in new locations, experience new online features, and flash back to your first crackback kick as you relive classic Tekken Arcade Mode.

Ratchet & Clank Collection

Title: Ratchet & Clank Collection
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 8/27/2012
Overview: NOTE: Code required to access Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time demo is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

The Ratchet & Clank Collection goes three for three, updating three classics for an exclusive appearance on PS3! Relive the original Ratchet & Clank trilogy with recharged 3D-compatible HD versions of Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, and Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal!, all with full trophy support. Start with the original and blast through the galaxy with over 36 gadgets and weapons, blowing up everything in your path. The bigger the explosions you cause, the bigger the weapons you’ll get in Going Commando, which expands the story with a variety of side challenges. Up Your Arsenal brings in new exciting ways to play, including an online mode for up to 12 players!

Journey Collector’s Edition

Title: Journey Collector’s Edition
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 8/27/2012
Overview: NOTE: Code required to access bonus content is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

This inventive collection from thatgamecompany combines three unconventional gaming experiences. The star of the show is Journey, a multiplayer experience where you undertake a quest to reach a mountaintop visible on the horizon. The anonymous online desert world is filled with other players, but you’ll encounter them only one at a time. Choose to help them, ignore them, or walk a while together. In flOw, you’ll guide a simple organism through a surreal underwater world. In Flower, the background becomes the center of the action as you explore varied environments at a pace and rhythm you set. The collection also includes a 30-minute documentary, soundtracks to all three games, three exclusive mini-games, and more.

Madden NFL 13

Title: Madden NFL 13
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: PS3
Genre: Sports
Release Date: 8/27/2012
Overview: NOTE: This game requires an EA Online Pass code to access online content. The Online Pass code is included with purchase, but not with rental of this title.

The NFL is a league dominated by quarterbacks. With a new pass-ready system, Madden NFL 13 lets the men under center – and the new read-and-react defenses that oppose them – take center stage. Experience ultra-realistic impact and player momentum with the all-new Infinity Engine. Jim Nance and Phil Simms call the action in a presentation that feels just like what you see on Sunday. Hear the quarterback’s cadence, on-field player chatter, and real gridiron sound effects with real game audio from the vaults of NFL Films. Experience the 24-7 spotlight as your every move is dissected from every angle in a Connected Careers Mode, play with expanded social integration, and much more.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Title: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Publisher: Activision
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 8/20/2012
Overview: You might survive the war, but your home planet won’t in this explosive saga that chronicles the final days of Cybertron. Play as powerful Transformers like Optimus Prime, Megatron, Shockwave, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Starscream, and other favorites, and experience the Fall of Cybertron through missions geared to your robot’s unique abilities. With the end of the world in the balance, the game brings out the biggest firepower Cybertron has to offer, including the giant Dinobots, the combined-robot power of Bruticus, and the city-sized Autobot Metroplex. The franchise’s most powerful character creator lets you enter 12-robot multiplayer battles with the ultimate weapon: a totally customized Transformer of your own creation.

Darksiders II

Title: Darksiders II
Publisher: THQ
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 8/13/2012
Overview: On a list of people you don’t want to make angry, Death has to be high on that list. The second Horseman of the Apocalypse returns to crush those who would banish his brother War into oblivion. Follow Death through hell and beyond in order to clear his brother’s name in this sequel that continues the events of the original Darksiders. Unleash Death’s fury using thousands of weapons, armor, and spell combos. Travel through the realms of light and dark as you uncover a shocking plot that spans the worlds of angels, demons, and men.

Sleeping Dogs

Title: Sleeping Dogs
Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: PS3
Genre: Action Adventure
Release Date: 8/13/2012
Overview: To go undercover inside one of the most brutal criminal organizations on the planet, a cop must not only break the law, but break it in the most brutal ways possible. Sleeping Dogs plunges you deep inside the Hong Kong underworld, where every second will test your will and a moment’s hesitation will blow your cover. Infiltrate the Triads, a criminal organization that demands you live by their code…or else. Experience explosive gunfights, bone-crushing martial arts, and high-speed chases as you cross one uncrossable line after another. An open-world Hong Kong is yours to explore, and it’s filled with all the vices a would-be-criminal could want: gambling, illegal street racing, and…karaoke.

Persona 4 Arena

Title: Persona 4 Arena
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: PS3
Genre: Fighting
Release Date: 8/6/2012
Overview: The makers of Persona team up with the studio behind all-out action of fighting games like BlazBlue and Guilty Gear to create the franchise’s first-ever fighting game! A rumor ripples across town about a mysterious TV show where high school students battle in deathmatches. It can only be seen on rainy nights when your TV is off. When the Investigation Team peers into their screens, they see themselves being introduced as contestants. The team dives into the TV to solve the mystery…and to fight! Experience a hand-drawn 2D presentation and gameplay built with custom, hardcore fighting mechanics. Each character battles with special attacks based on the inner powers of their unique persona.