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Reiner and I were both big fans of the sometimes frustrating, always intriguing dark mystery introduced in the first Alan Wake in 2010. Now Remedy has released a new downloadable game starring Wake in a new setting. Join us for a quick tour of the creepy locale of Night Springs.

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Taco Bell said today that some winning participants in the recent Unlock the Box promotion did not, in fact, win a PlayStation Vita.

Read more: Taco Bell Says Some Of Did Not Win A Vita

The Game Informer monthly staff page is a forum where we all come together and talk about what's cool right now. We'll get the ball rolling and would love to hear everyone's current interests, dislikes, and favorite games.

AndyMcNamara

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Interests:Austin Hill Country Biking, Timberwolves Basketball, DICE Speeches By Todd Howard, Tim Sweeney, and Many Others, Getting To Know My PS Vita (Not Sure It Is A Hit Yet But I'm Enjoying My Time Quite A Bit), The Hunger Games, Nook

Dislikes:Bad Internet, Texas Drivers And Crappy Shoulders For Bikers, The Vita Browser

Current Favorite Games:Pinball FX 2, Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational, Super Stardust Delta, Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning

AndrewReiner

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Interests:Firing Up Mass Effect 3 (I'll See You In April!), Breaking In My Vita (The Sexiest Handheld Yet…Yes, I Like It More Than The iPad), Getting Back Into The Pinball Swing (Many High Scores Have Fallen And Many More Will In The Days Ahead), The Return Of Baseball Season (Go, Cubs!!!), The Darkening DreamBy Andy Gavin

Dislikes:The Usual Software Lull After A System Launch (Here's Hoping The Vita Doesn't Suffer The Same Fate), Day-One DLC (Let's At Least Wait A Few Weeks, Publishers), No Longer Getting Manuals With Games (This Bums Me Out Whenever I Open Up A New Game)

Current Favorite Games:Mass Effect 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning, Asura's Wrath, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational, Fairway Solitaire, Alan Wake's American Nightmare, Pinball FX 2

MattHelgeson

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Interests:Jacked: The Outlaw Story Of Grand Theft AutoBy David Kushner, JustifiedSeason 3, The Walking Dead, The Minnesota Timberwolves Playing .500 Basketball

Dislikes:Being So Behind On Movies I Will Never Catch Up,

Read more: GI Staff And Reader Interests, Dislikes, And Favorite Games: Issue #227

Among the many arcade ports and re-releases on Xbox Live Arcade, the service has also played host to numerous innovative titles like Braid, Limbo, and Splosion Man. At first glance, Warp appears to possess similar qualities as those hits. It features unique gameplay mechanics and a distinct art style, but the experience becomes tiresome after the first couple of hours.

You play as Zero, a cute alien creature that awakens on a lab table to find himself being experimented on by humans. The sterile laboratory environments and the “escape the facility” endgame both call to mind Valve’s popular puzzle game Portal. All you have to work with initially is Zero’s short-range warp ability, but it’s enough to teleport through doors and other obstacles.

Many sections of the game are puzzle-based, but most don’t require a lot of brainpower. Typical puzzles include blowing up power nodes to open new paths, warping through walls while avoiding power-draining water, and taking down a few bosses with newly acquired abilities.

Stealth also plays a role in escaping the facility. Guards with simple A.I. patterns are on patrol throughout the facility, and you can warp inside barrels to stay out of their line of sight. Silently moving onto the next room is an option, but you can also take the violent route by warping inside the guards and bursting through them in a shower of blood. Having options is always nice, but the A.I. is too simple to make stealth rewarding.

Zero earns other abilities as he progresses, which help to shake up the gameplay. You can spawn a controllable hologram of Zero, swap places with objects, and eventually launch barrels at enemies, land mines, or other hazards. While these powers add variety, they aren’t very entertaining or interesting.

Warp is charming at first, but

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Starting next month, Nintendo will bring classic Game Gear games to the 3DS eShop.

Read more: Game Gear Titles Come To 3DS In March

Naughty Dog has always been a studio about teamwork. Originally founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin, the duo expertly guided the company until their departure in 2004, when they made room for Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra to take the helm and become co-presidents of the legendary studio. Game Informer editor-in-chief Andy McNamara sat down with the co-presidents to talk about their history, the studio's emphasis on storytelling, and what it has been like to hand the reins of a second team over to Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann for the Last of Us. Watch the video below and let us know what you think in the comments.

Read more: New Tricks: An Interview With Naughty Dog's Co-Presidents

The smaller, more casual approach to the MotorStorm franchise is due out next month, Sony announced.

Read more: MotorStorm RC Release Date Announced