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This Bonkers Baseball-Fighting Flash Game is Getting a Proper Release
I had never heard of Lethal League before reading about it in this NeoGAF thread, but apparently the single-projectile fighting game made a splash during the grand finals of Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 9′s mystery game tournament back in May. Now its developer, Reptile Games, has announced that a standalone version of the Flash game…
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Is Miyamoto Really Responsible For Unrealistic Dual-Wielding in Games?
Did you know the infamous pirate Blackbeard (I hear he’s scarier in real life) carried no fewer than six flintlock pistols with him at any given time because they took so long to reload? You wouldn’t know it from playing Assassin’s Creed—Connor is really good at reloading those pistols—but that’s what Youtuber XboxAhoy says in…
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Tim Schafer Just Showed Off These Psychonauts Figurines in a Vine
If you’re at PAX and you’re a fan of Tim Schafer’s funny platforming classic Psychonauts, you’re going to want to stop by the Double Fine booth and pick up a few of these figurines. Schafer tweeted about the Psychonauts figurines today, linking to a 6-second Vine video in which he shows them off in quick…
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‘I Am Street Fighter‘ Doc Explores the Fighting Franchise for an Hour
Just in case Street Fighter didn’t get enough love during last year’s 25th anniversary celebrations, Capcom yesterday published the 72-minute documentary “I Am Street Fighter.” And it’s a doozy. Created by Area 5, the video was actually originally included as part of the $150 Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set. This is the first time…
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Call of Duty: Ghosts Riffs Off Titanfall‘s Cinematic Multiplayer
Infinity Ward this week showcased the pre-order bonus for its upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts, a multiplayer map called “Free Fall” that the developer claims will add a touch of the cinematic single player campaign to the game’s deathmatch modes. Does that sound familiar to anyone? Yes, that’s the exact thinking behind Titanfall, the first…
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The Unknown Curse Of The Immortal Barry Steakfries
I’ve been playing Jetpack Joyride for what seems like a long time, but the other day I encountered something so strange and different that it set my mind spinning. It was just a glitch, but it was something that I’d never seen before, and my Googling revealed no forum threads or other users mentioning the…
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The Best Halo 4 Players in the World Are Competing This Weekend at PAX
The battle for supremacy in Halo 4 that kicked off at the Rooster Teeth Expo earlier this month and continued at Gamescom will conclude at PAX Prime this weekend. The Halo 4 Global Championship Finals began yesterday at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, and they continue today. Tomorrow’s finale will be live streamed from 4 to…
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Plants vs. Zombies 2 Already Beat the Original’s Lifetime Downloads
You’re in good company if you’ve been playing Plants vs. Zombies 2 for the last couple of weeks. In fact, your company is nearly 25 million strong, according to figures published yesterday by PopCap. That’s how many people have downloaded the sequel since its release earlier this month, and according to the developer that’s more…
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Report: Wii U Early Adopters Won’t Get Special Treatment From Nintendo [UPDATE]
When Nintendo dropped the price of the 3DS mere months after its release in 2011, it offered a mollifying “Ambassador Program” to early adopters of the handheld system. That program included 20 free games available to players who bought the 3DS before a certain date. Now that the Wii U’s price is dropping $50 on…
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Joel And Ellie Originally Had A Puppy Companion In The Last Of Us
Like any game, The Last of Us went through a lot of changes during its development. Unlike with most games, though, fans got a taste of those changes during a PAX Prime panel yesterday called “Pitching The Last of Us.” Be warned: there are spoilers below. It turns out that the infected were almost much…
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The First Trailer For Mew-Genics Is A Honky-Tonk Science Experiment
Team Meat’s Edmund McMillen emailed out the first-ever trailer for Mew-Genics in the wee hours of the morning, and while he admits it’s a bit of a tease—nope, no gameplay yet—he does hope it will convey something about the upcoming Super Meat Boy follow-up. Specifically it’s that it has something to do with cats, I…
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Here, Have Some Rare Borderlands 2 Loot
There were plenty of delicious Borderlands announcements at PAX East today, but those who weren’t present for the revelry may be feeling left out. Thus, a treat is in order! Gearbox was apparently handing out SHiFT codes, which give players access to special golden keys. Predictably, golden keys open golden loot chests. Also predictably, golden…
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Kickstart This Documentary About The LGBT Gaming Community
David Gil wants to make a documentary about the ever-growing community of LGBT gamers, and you’re going to help him. Isn’t that what Kickstarter is for? Gil’s project, Gaming in Color, aims to “take a closer look at the challenges and the growth of these communities in the gaming world.” Gil himself is billed as…
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Halo 4 Will Soon Get Its Own ‘Forge Island,’ Plus Other Tweaks
343 Industries announced during a PAX East panel yesterday that Halo 4 will soon get its own version of Halo: Reach‘s Forge World map (pictured above), a feature that has been missed since 4 launched. Called “Forge Island” and releasing for free on April 11, the map will provide a series of open spaces in…
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Nintendo’s Efforts To Explain The Wii U Just Took A Turn For The Absurd
It’s no secret that Nintendo has had a major problem marketing the Wii U. Most non-gamers (and even some gamers) I speak with have no idea that it even exists. Even Jimmy Fallon couldn’t quite figure it out—and he was supposed to be showing it off that night. Now Nintendo has apparently ramped up its…
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Watch Gearbox Punk People With A Borderlands Midget Hiding In A Vending Machine
Gearbox has been pulling this stunt at PAX East this weekend, and today during their panel they showed this video of a whole bunch of people getting punked. I’ll tell you one thing: if I ever see a Dr. Zed vending machine in a mall in Baltimore, I’m staying the hell away from it, no…
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Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Adventure Game Revealed: Meet Broken Age
It’s been quite some time since the internet gave Tim Schafer a whole bunch of money and unknowingly started the Kickstarter revolution, for better or worse. Today, at PAX East, the name of that game was finally revealed: Broken Age. There’s a tad more info on the game’s shiny new official site: Broken Age is…
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