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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Teased Right Here, Right Now

Ubisoft's just announced Ghost Recon: Future Soldier gets its first trailer, a teaser if we've ever seen one. Don't expect gameplay as you hit the play button, but prepare for radical invisibility cloaks! More »

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Game-Inspired Lawsuit No Longer About Video Games

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Star Trek MMO Log, Stardate 2010.09

Join us for the second installment of my weekly Star Trek MMO log, in which we explore the depths of unknown space and gain a taste for blood as the fiery Orion battle maiden, Verdania.

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Analyst: 15-20 Console Games In 2010 To Be In 3D

Is Avatar-style Sterescoppic 3D going to be big in video games? A report in Consumer Electronics Daily finds few video game publishers ready to sound excited about 3D gaming, except Disney, but that doesn't mean there aren't 3D games coming. More »

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A Heads Up On Gran Turismo 5's Online Race Interface

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Dante's Inferno Review: Big Ideas, Small Problems

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Ron Jeremy: Sex, Not Violence, Is Beautiful and Natural

At the CES show in Las Vegas in January, I was debating Craig Gross, a pastor at the XXX Church, about the merits of porn. More »

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Imagine Town Spearheads Ubisoft's Online Game Initiative

Imagine Babies? Imagine Doctor? Try Imagine Town, the virtual world based on the successful game series, spearheading Ubisoft's online gaming lineup for fiscal year 2010-11, with Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms, Trackmania 2, and two unannounced titles in the works. More »

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Ghost Recon: Future Soldiers Coming to the Wii

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Ezio Goes To Rome In The Next Assassin's Creed

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Silent Hunter 5, Anno Headed to iPhone

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Reviewing the Reviewers: Or How To Break A Broken System

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The Daddening Of Video Games

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This Dragon Ball Commercial Is Catchy, Classy

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