A couple weeks ago (October 28 to be exact), Electronic Arts was nice enough to invite me to see a pre-alpha build of Skate 3 to show off some of the tweaks that the game was going through long before its May 2010 release. This being my first time heading out to a publisher, I was a little nervous, but my love for the Skate series created a lot of anticipation for what I would be able to see.

At its core, Skate 3 still contains what makes the series different from other skateboard games. I got to sit down with both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 pre-alpha builds and have a chance to experience the new focus of the game, Teams.

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Need For Speed: Shift is a great game. You can read about that here. Another great thing about the game is that it’s still getting love in the form of unlockable cars, expanding the already impressive garage of cars that are in game.

Check out this new video of the Coke Zero Dodge Viper SRT10, some screens and how to get the code to unlock the car.

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The Need For Speed series recently celebrated their 100 million mark in the sales of titles in the series.

To highlight this event, the NFS community had Vehicle Styling Director Andy Blackmore on the new podcast, 100 Million Special. Interested listeners can find that here.

Also an extra, United States players can get a code for the Coke Zero Dodge Viper SRT10 from MyCokeRewards by going to the Need For Speed: Shift Facebook page.

When most people think of Dante’s Inferno, they think of the epic poem by Alighieri and how strange The Divine Comedy is. Now when people think of Dante’s Inferno, they might have a much different opinion of how an adaptation can be presented.

The movie industry has been translating many books into movies, but using the video game format is something new.

Check out these PlayStation Portable screens for what should be a title that will have people talking.

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Need For Speed: Shift left the arcade-style gameplay and ventured into new territory focusing on the simulation gameplay made famous by Gran Turismo. Did it succeed in defeating the reigning king of simulations with its first entry?

Not entirely, but it came close.

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Since receiving a copy of Need For Speed: Shift, I’ve come to realize two things.

1. Need For Speed: Shift is fun.
2. Need For Speed: Shift is difficult.

As I work through the game, working through various courses, I never really get into the groove of a track until the second lap. Well now, the track for Brands Hatch has been revealed through a new video walkthrough.

Check it out after the jump.

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With a Metacritic score of 84 on the PlayStation 3, Need For Speed: Shift is a great game. But considering the aggregation of individual scores of respective sites into a new system can skew the ratings, the 84 could actually hold more weight.

For those who haven’t picked up the game yet, the demo has been released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In High Definition, the game looks amazing. The deep simulation mechanics come alive and the cockpit perspective brings a new whole level of difficulty.

Check out this new trailer about tuning.

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