That’s right boys and girls it’s Friday and that means that its time for another look at some wicked game art. This week we take a look at the exciting looking reboot of the Thief series. Take a look at this sweet concept work!

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This job stinks

Not the best holiday spot this city

Black is not a stealthy choice in the snow

Can you find Garret?

Batman, eat your heart out!

I smell gold…

There you have it gang! Kudos to the team at Eidos for their amazing work.

What do you think? Are you a fan of the series? Is this your first Thief game?

Chuck a comment below and let us know your thoughts!

This week the guys take an incredibly in depth look at the Xbox One console reveal. Josh gets tech heavy and Dave gets irrational and ranty. The duo pray for a future for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and review the brutal sleeper hit Metro: Last Light.

Cold AND irradiated. Russia is now even more inviting

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Roasting marshmallows Russian style

Special thanks to Kevin MacLeod for supplying the intro track.

Big ups to Deep Silver for review copies of Metro: Last Light.

When his son makes a momentary but extreme error in judgment and finds himself looking at a ten year stretch behind bars John Matthews (Johnson) takes desperate measures working with the DEA to ensure his son’s safety and early release.

We loves us some Barry Pepper here at rawDLC

He strikes a deal with a U.S. Attorney and agrees to go undercover to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring. Enlisting unlikely ally Daniel James (Bernthal), an ex-con trying to go straight, he convinces Daniel to make the introduction on his behalf to his former partners in crime and starts running drugs across the US/Mexico border.

When an exchange goes bad Matthews’ cool head prevails and puts him on the radar of Juan Carlos ‘El Topo’ Pintera (Bratt), a criminal far higher up the Cartel’s ranks than he or the DEA expected. Chasing the collar of a lifetime, the kind that political careers are made of, U.S. Attorney Keegan (Sarandon) alters the deal offering Matthews his son’s freedom in exchange for El Topo. As events start to spiral out of control both Matthews and James show the extreme risks each man is willing to take to protect his family.

Director Ric Roman Waugh’s steady pacing and slow tension building work to great effect in Snitch. By taking the time to establish the main characters, their motivations and the nature of their family relationships it gives the audience time to connect with each father, identify with their situation and feel great empathy to their plight.

The action sequences are used sparingly and feel completely within the realms of possibility. This isn’t Dwayne Johnston playing the ultimate bad-arse or super-soldier. This is a regular guy, a loving father taking desperate measures to protect his son. There’s a sense of frailty to Johnson’s portrayal of John Matthews, so much so that you forget about his towering size and impressive physique.

Omar and The Rock in the same flick? Can you handle this much badarsedness?

Jon Bernthal brings an equally layered performance as the ex-con trying to do right Daniel James. Struggling to support his family, avoiding lapsing back into a life of crime and desperate to keep his son from heading down the same path, Bernthal’s conflict is apparent. His previous violent tendencies are bubbling just beneath the surface, but he holds them in check to make a better life for his family. The difficulty he has wrestling with what his conscience tells him is the right thing to do and genuine fear for his family’s safety comes across brilliantly and he provides a rock solid counterpart to Dwayne Johnson.

The supporting cast ably backs up the leads with another short but sweet turn by Barry Pepper as a veteran DEA agent Billy Cooper, the typecast but who cares Michael K. Williams as ruthless drug dealer Malik and the power hungry ‘soon to be running for office’ U.S. Attorney Keegan played by Susan Sarandon. Even Benjamin Bratt’s brutal and uncompromising Cartel kingpin Juan Carlos ‘El Topo’ Pintera isn’t a mere caricature reinforcing the realistic characterisation and grounding both the plot and tone.

Far more of a thriller than a balls-to-the-wall action extravaganza, Snitch offers significantly more depth than you’d expect with Dwayne Johnson proving there’s a lot more to him than just muscle. The measured pacing and character development is a welcome change from the more explosions, less exposition formulaic Michael Bay styled fare all too familiar these days.

(This review is courtesy of and was originally posted on Australian Penthouse’s website. The NSFW link can be found here)

While CG trailers are hardly anything to get over-hyped about, as gamers have had their hearts broken before, *cough cough* Killzone, the look and tone is in keeping with original franchise developer Rocksteady’s vision and I have to admit, I’m pretty amped about Batman: Arkham Origins.

This will not end well… for them

Looks like Gotham’s criminal element is giving The Dark Knight “Just Cause”

I was really hoping for a look at Joker’s origins as Red Hood. We’ll have to wait and see

Batman was a huge fan of Assassin’s Creed and played it every change he could

I’ll reserve judgement until I see gameplay or get a hands-on, likely to be in the next few weeks with E3 just around the corner. Until then, this trailer and the above accompanying screens will keep me going, and salivating.

What do you guys think? Digging the new direction? Give us your thoughts in the comments below.

The rawDLC podcast is like no other.

It’s all about giving no-nonsense raw opinions and gaming wisdom from a couple of Australian games writers.

The podcast is recorded live at 8pm on Wednesday nights (AEST) via Ustream with chatroom interaction, so come and join the fun as your hosts realistically break down the latest from the gaming world.

The podcast is uncensored, explicit, honest and doesn’t burden itself with political correctness.

An audio-only version of the podcast can be found by searching for ‘rawDLC’ in iTunes.

Please take a moment to rate our show, it helps us build a stronger community

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Poor bastard sat through the whole fifth Die Hard movie…

Special thanks to Kevin MacLeod for supplying the intro track.

Big ups to Deep Silver for review copies of Metro: Last Light.

Metro: Last Light hit shelves this week, grab an irradiated look at the launch trailer

The pirate led Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag aims to misbehave

Let’s keep the pirate vibe going with a look at Capt’n Jack Sparrow in Disney Infinity

Get your Raphael on in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

This looks totally bad arse. Scribblenauts meets the DC universe in Scribblenauts Unmasked

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I vill only ask you one more time, who tooken mine Sauerkraut?

Production begins on Iron Sky II’s Death Star

Exterminate!

Filthy Kraut must’ve been three days to retirement

The city design is a tribute to German efficiency and functionality

Sorry guys, no amount of armour will save you from B.J. Blazkowicz

Woof!

There you have it peeps, another round of awesome concept work. Props to the team at MachineGames.

What do you think? Is now the right time for a new Wolfenstein game? Are you liking what you see?

Throw a comment in the field below and give us your two cents.

Graffiti vandals were bolder post-apocalypse. Screw tagging the train, they tagged the whole freaking tunnel!

We’re pleased as punch to give away our first R18+ title. Take note all entrants must be over 18 years of age.

Want to win a copy of the game and the novel? It’s simple. Just write a caption for the screenshot below and email your answer, name, address and phone number to dave@rawdlc.com.

Four dudes, one pipe-bomb? T-minus 3 seconds to achievement unlocked

‘Sup?

Utilising great special effects, parkour parlour tricks and inventive camera techniques these guys have produced some outstanding tributes to classic video games as you’ll see embedded below. Recently they seem quite taken with Ubisoft with their antics including some spectacular Far Cry 3 and Blood Dragon inspired offerings (also embedded below).

With Splinter Cell; Blacklist only a few months away the franchise fan favourite multiplayer mode Spies versus Mercenaries gets the Digital Corridor touch and man oh man do these guys deliver.

As mentioned, below is a collection of some of Corridor Digital’s finest to get you up to speed with what a talented group of game loving enthusiasts can do with a little bit of backing and a lot of hard work and determination.

First up is a love letter to the 1980s action hero and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

We used to be an adventurer like you… until we tried to mug The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s Dovahkiin

This one goes out to all those selfless engineers out there in Battlefield 3

We leave with a psychedelic look at a boys night out of drinking and poker in Far Cry 3

To win all you had to do was caption the below screenshot in 25 words or less.

Chill brah, chill! No need to Hulk out on us.

Here are the three winning captions.

“Take him down quick, he was sent by the network to cancel the show!” – Michael Towns

“Shit… I guess Pacific Rim was a documentary after all!” – Jade O’Shea

“Kill it! Kill it with fire! Why the fuck are you two not firing!! This blue pew-pew laser is just not working!” – Matthew White

Great job guys. Congratulations to you all. The rest of you who didn’t win, fret not and stay tuned…

We have a brand new competition kicking off tomorrow!