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Microsoft Prices And Dates The Xbox Live Block Party
Microsoft gets its Xbox Live Block Party started right, scheduling the weekly releases of Toy Soldiers, Scrap Metal, Perfect Dark, and Game Room, with a chance for players to score Microsoft points and a month of Xbox Live Gold. The Xbox Live Block Party is a month-long celebration of….something or another, taking place over the…
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The Nintendo Download: Brought To You By The Letter F
Family Go-Kart Racing, Flipper, Faceez, and Flight Control welcome you to this week’s downloadable celebration of the letter F. We’re not sure how Nintendo’s Aura-Aura Climber for DSiWare, Gevo Entertainmnet’s Wii MotionPlus-enabled GhostSlayer, and Big John Games’ Mouse House made the cut this week. Perhaps the lack of any virtual console titles whatsoever made Nintendo…
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BioShock 2 DLC Begins With The Sinclair Solutions Test Pack
2K Games bolsters the multiplayer experience in BioShock 2 next month, with the release of the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, bringing new trials, weapon upgrades, playable characters, and a rank increase to our second dose of Rapture. The Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, due out next month for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, is…
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WeMade Brings Digimon Online
The cartoon series that’s all about battling monsters in an online virtual world is finally getting an online virtual world, as WeMade Entertainment shows off Digimon Battle, coming soon to a PC near you. Digimon Battle seems to be the North American version of the Korean Digimon RPG, which was originally scheduled to be released…
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GDC Awards Honor John Carmack’s Lifetime Achievement
id Software co-founder and one of the fathers of the first-person shooter, John Carmack is being presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Game Developers Choice Awards. John Carmack has been pushing video game technology past its limits for more than two decades, pioneering real-time 3D graphics, creating and honing countless game development…
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Does Just Cause 2 Even Need A Story?
When you can tie a man to the back of a fighter jet and take to the sky with him screaming behind you, does your game really need a plot? Developer Avalanche is obviously trying too hard. There is really no need for you to have a compelling narrative in a game where I can…
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There Are No Free Rides In Free Realms
Sony Online Entertainment continues to add everything you could ever want to its free-to-play MMO Free Realms, with the addition of dragon and dinosaur mounts, now on sale in the in-game marketplace. Free Realms is free, but only to a certain extent. If you want the coolest jobs, nicest gear, and the newly-introduced ride-able dragons…
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Preorder Final Fantasy XIII’s Epic Soundtrack
If you impatiently imported the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XIII’s soundtrack from Japan, you might want to start kicking yourself now, as preorders open for the four-disc set in Square Enix’s North American online store. I have to admit I was extremely close to paying an additional $15 for the 85-track Final Fantasy XIII…
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Dragon Age: Awakening’s Latest Character Revealed Shortly
The latest new party member revealed for the Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening expansion is Sigrun, a diminutive Dwarven warrior maiden with a gigantic chip on her shoulder. As a member of the Legion of the Dead, Sigrun has vowed to die in battle fighting the enemies of Orzammar as penance for…something I’m sure we’ll…
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Edy’s Detachment Challenges Valkyria Chronicles Next Week
Master six different classes in six new missions with The Challenges of the Edy Detachment, the fourth batch of downloadable content for Sega’s Valkyria Chronicles, coming to the PlayStation Network next week. When The Challenges of the Edy Detachment was announced back in September of last year, there was a little confusion over the release…
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Behind The Scenes With LEGO Harry Potter
How do you combine a magical, best-selling series of children’s novels with the magical, best-selling series of children’s imagination toys? I suppose game development magic would do the trick. I’ve read maybe two chapters of a Harry Potter book, and I’ve seen maybe two and a half of the movie adaptations. So no, I’m not…
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Dungeon Bandits Sneaks Into Open Beta
Customize your character, form a team, and grab the dungeon’s treasure before your opponents in Dungeon Bandits, PlayEnvy’s upcoming tournament-style MMO, now entering open beta. Dungeon Bandits is a dungeon exploration game with a competitive angle. Players select one of seven customizable character classes, choose which skills they want to bring with them into a…
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Rock Band Next Week: HIM? Marilyn Manson? Call The Police!
Finnish rockers HIM make their Rock Band debut this week, Marilyn Manson hosts “The Dope Show”, KSM gets “Distracted”, One Night Only gets redundant, and The Police go “Walking on the Moon.” Next week’s major addition to the Rock Band music store is a three pack of music from Finnish band HIM, with “Wings of…
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All The Super Street Fighter IV Dudley, Makoto, And Ibuki You Can Stand
Now that Capcom has officially outed Makoto, Ibuki, and Dudley as new playable characters in Super Street Fighter IV, the flood of new screenshots, art, and versus videos can begin! Sagat versus Dudley! Ibuki versus Makoto! Ready, fight! These new screens, concept art, and videos should give Street Fighter fans something to do while we…
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Preordering The Dawn Of War II Expansion Is So Gangsta
Real-time strategy fans who preorder Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II’s Chaos Rising expansion online will score a free copy of Saints Row 2, which I’m sure makes sense to someone, somewhere. I know there have to be PC gamers out there who enjoy a real-time strategy game as much as they do an open-ended…
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Mario & Sonic Winter Games Sells Six Million
If you folks really want Sega to stop making fluffy Sonic games that don’t revolve around simply running fast, it would help if you didn’t buy six million copies of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. Just sayin’. We can’t blame this all on the Mario fans, and we can’t blame it all…
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World Of Warcraft Plushies: On The Wings Of Cuteness
Unsure how to handle the Gryphon Hatchling and Wind Rider Cub plushies from World of Warcraft that arrived at my house for review today, I hugged them. The verdict? Snuggable goodness. These two dangerously adorable little critters are the first shots fired in Blizzard’s bid for complete and total MMO plushie domination. For such small…
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New Splinter Cell: Conviction Trailer Has Hollywood Blockbuster Written All Over It
While I’m still not sure if I’ll be buying Splinter Cell: Conviction when it drops in April, I’d sure as hell drop $10 on a Sam Fisher movie with a trailer like this one. It’s not that I am some sort of Splinter Cell hater. It’s just that time and time again I’ve purchased new…
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Break Down Doors With These Medal Of Honor Screens
EA seems particular fond on the door kicking-in scene in its re-launch of the Medal of Honor series, showcasing it in the game’s debut trailer as well as this new set of screens. Perhaps the image of armed soldiers kicking-in doors is EA’s way of communicating its intentions to Activision and its Modern Warfare series,…
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