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Preorders and their exclusive-content bonuses have become a mainstay in the game-buying process, and they're really annoying.

Time's up on our latest Bitmob Wants You community prompt, and it's time to get reckoned. And by that I mean it's time to take a look at the articles you wrote about open-world action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

Last weekend I delved deep into the world of Dark Souls and escaped with only a small shred of my confidence intact

RECKONING KICKS ASS!! Yes you read me textually shout that right, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning kicks ass, like an arrow to the knee or Chuck Norris' foot. Here's why...

I like Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning for what it attempts rather than what it accomplishes. Big Huge Games clearly wanted to maximize player agency by creating a highly polished hack & slash. Unfortunately, Reckoning doesn’t quite deliver. What should heighten immersion instead diminishes it.

Ever wonder what's being dumped unto the shelves of video game stores every week? Wonder no more! Karli Winata will attempt to bring to light the many releases that come out each week. Won't you join him in his self torture? Check out what's coming out on the week of 2/20/2012.

We're extending our Bitmob Wants You writing prompts for Final Fantasy 13-2 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning through next week. Join us!

Kingdoms of Amalur recalls the best parts of being a kid at play: feeling powerful, in control and living out a fantasy. Motion controls remind us of the worst parts of childhood: feeling limited, unskilled and struggling to perform basic tasks.

A million-dollar offer from Markus Perrson (Minecraft) to fund Psychonauts 2 inaugurated a whole new way to create video games...one that bypasses the traditional gatekeepers: publishers.

Are you ready to weave your own fate? Good...because Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning hit shelves Tuesday, and we want you to write about it as part of our latest Bitmob Wants You prompt.

Ever wonder what's being dumped unto the shelves of video game stores every week? Wonder no more! Karli Winata will attempt to bring to light the many releases that come out each week. Won't you join him in his self torture? Check out what's coming out on the week of 2/6/2012.

Bad writing has been a part of video games since their inception. But good stories are starting to sneak their way into our beloved medium.

News Blips for Monday, January 30, 2012: Studio founder Curt Schilling defends the decision to lock some Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning content behind an online pass; two builds of the canceled Resident Evil remake for Game Boy Color could be uploaded online; and a hate group chides BioWare for including same-sex relationships in The Old Republic.

Video blips for January 25, 2012. The Darkness 2 launches, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning's audio director apologizes, Darksiders 2's Death gets around, and more.

Believe it or not, there are really ten multiplatform games for 2012 that aren't sequels.

Video Blips for January 12, 2012. Fend off a swarm of vicious Rakghouls in the first content update for Star Wars: The Old Republic, nab some sweet promotional weapons and armor by playing the demos for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and Mass Effect 3, see a goth teenager's plans for ending the world in Lollipop Chainsaw, and more.

News Blips for Wednesday, January 11, 2012: BioWare and 38 Studios are planning a cross-over promotion for Mass Effect 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning; Sony won't reveal a PlayStation 4 at E3; and a Gaikai executive thinks that Sony or Microsoft will drop out of the console race.

Video Blips for January 10, 2012. Ply your craft and spread your will in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, vicariously relieve some stress with the Asura's Wrath demo, check out the new content heading towards Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer, and more.

Video Blips for November 15, 2011. Sanctity dies today with the release of Saints Row: The Third, drive for your life in Need for Speed: The Run, shape your character with the power of destiny in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and more.

We did it! One more E3 without handing out traditional awards like so many county-fair blue ribbons. We do, however, have a whole stack of our Non-Award Awards to bestow on a variety of sort-of-lucky or not-at-all lucky recipients....