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Europe's Gamescom video game show is now underway in Cologne, Germany, and despite the absence of the major players in our ongoing console wars, the event has already brought plenty of news, announcements, and trailers for the games we'll be playing in the near future. Let's take a look at a few of the biggest reveals so far.
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If we got angry about this kind of thing we'd be angry all the time
This Gears of War Pistol is Made Out of Paper
I'll admit that if you want to have a pistol you can actually shoot things with, this probably isn't the pistol for you. If you want a pistol that just looks cool on your mantle, or in your gangster Facebook profile picture, this papercraft Gears of War pistol will do you just fine.
Read MoreLEGO Gears of War Lancer Fires Rubber bands, Has Working LEGO Chainsaw
Surprisingly enough, functional LEGO guns are totally a thing. This LEGO gun, however, is particularly amazing because it pretty accurately recreates one of the most iconic, menacing guns in gaming today: The Gears of War Lancer. This replica, by PLUM B, is not only life-sized (and presumably to a scale of some sort) but also fires rubberbands and has a chainsaw that can do its chainsaw-y thing. On top of all that, the LEGO Lancer seems like it would be pretty inaccurate at a distance and do minimal damage, so it's almost a perfect recreation of the in-game weapon! Now if someone could just make a LEGO M-92 Mantis my life would be complete.
Read MoreDoom and Doom 2 Were in Same Classification as Porn In Germany Until Yesterday
Germany is up there with Australia when it comes to countries that are hard on violent games. However, both have recently been making strides to become a little more accepting. Apparently starting with the backlog, yesterday Germany re-rated Doom and Doom 2, giving both a 16+ rating where before they had been indexed by the Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons, which put them in the same restrictive category as pornography.
It turns out that 10 years after something is indexed, an appeal can be entertained and Bethesda, who aquired id back in 2009, figured they might as well try. Well, it worked. It seems that this isn't just a lark either. The third Gears of War title has been granted a rating as well instead of being relegated to the index like the two previous games, and Microsoft is pushing Germany to reconsider the rest of the series. It seems that Germany might finally be lightening up on depictions of gratuitous violence, although when you put it that way, it seems a little bit weird to be celebrating it. Still, the Doom games are the historical foundation of the most popular video game genre today, so regardless of how much gibbing there is, there is certainly something to be appreciated there.
(via Joystiq)
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