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The iPad Blows Up iPhone Apps Real Good
The iPad will run your iPhone applications and games out of the box, but you’re going to have to do a little stretching to get the full effect. Since the iPad not only features a larger screen than the iPhone, but a higher resolution screen as well, running existing iPhone apps and games presents a…
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Apple Introduces The iPad
Apple finally unveils the iPad, a touch-screen tablet device that promises to be better at gaming than any laptop or smartphone. As expected, the iPad looks very much like a larger version of the iPhone or iPod Touch, though the screen has dimensions similar to a piece of paper, rather than maintaining the widescreen aspect…
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Europe Wins The Super Street Fighter IV Box Art Battle
Compared to the European box art for Super Street Fighter IV, the North American version looks like it was thrown together using clip art. Once again, North America gets stiffed in the box art department. It happened with Heavy Rain, but Sony instituted a fix of sorts. Perhaps Capcom will do the same for Super…
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Today On XBLA: Kriss Cross Will Make You Jumble, Jumble
Crossword puzzles get jumbled today with the release of Regolith Games‘ KrissX on Xbox Live Arcade, because inside-out crosswords are wiggity wiggity wiggity whack, or so I’ve heard. KrissX, pronounced Kriss Cross, or Kriss Kross, is a relaxing little game for the Xbox Live Arcade and PC, featuring 150 levels of crossword puzzles. The trick…
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Sid Meier Keynotes GDC 2010
Sid Meier, the legendary creator of the Civilization franchise, has been tapped to deliver the opening keynote address at the 2010 Game Developers Conference, which means this could be the most addictive opening keynote speech ever delivered. Unless of course the keynote isn’t two hours of Sid playing Civilization, which it probably isn’t. Instead, the…
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Is Lost Planet 2 Doing Marcus Fenix Right?
Gears of War’s Marcus Fenix and hetero life companion Dominic Santiago are getting the Lost Planet 2 treatment, but is Capcom’s MT-Framework 2.0 treating them right? Let’s compare! First off, we’re taking an image from a brief trailer shown during the announcement of the Gears guys’ cameo in Lost Planet 2, so until we get…
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Mass Effect 2 Has DLC And Helmet Issues
The BioWare forums are being flooded with fan outcry over non-working downloadable content codes, Cerberus Network congestion, and helmet issues. If you’ve got problems, we have a few solutions, courtesy of BioWare’s Chris Priestly. The gaming masses attempting to take their first steps in Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360 and PC today have…
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Star Trek Online Beta Ends With A Klingon Invasion
With the game’s launch just around the corner, the Star Trek Online beta test ends today as many things have before it – with a large-scale invasion by the Klingons. The Star Trek Online beta test is going out on a high note, as massive Klingon fleet masses near Qo’noS, preparing to enter Federation space.…
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Record of Agarest War’s Really Naughty Limited Edition Lives Up To Its Name
Breast-shaped mouse pads make their Western debut, along with several other naughty items in Record of Agarest War’s Really Naughty Limited Edition for the Xbox 360, announced today with a slightly NSFW instructional video, in case instinct doesn’t take over. There can be no doubt what the marketing angle for Aksys’ Record of Agarest War…
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Red Steel 2: Hell Comes To Caldera On March 23rd
Welcome to Caldera, a peaceful little town in the Nevada Territories, at least until a powerful secret hidden in the town’s mines attracted the plot for Red Steel 2. There’s a lesson in this video, and that lesson is, never attract the plot for Red Steel 2 to your prosperous, peaceful town. It can only…
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Mass Effect 2’s Downloadable Companion Delayed
Aging human mercenary Zaeed, meant to join Commander Shepard’s crew in Mass Effect 2 via downloadable content, is having a little trouble making it to the Normandy. Zaeed shows up as downloadable content in the Mass Effect 2 menu on the Xbox 360, but when you try to download the grizzled warrior, he isn’t available.…
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The History Of The World Of Video Game Music
If the history of video games from the Atari 2600 to the Super Nintendo were turned into a musical, this would be its soundtrack. Remix artist Norg crafted this musical tribute to the history of video games for the MAGfest 8 Dwelling of Duels at VGmix. The video was played at the MAGfest listening party,…
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This Is Your Super Street Fighter IV Box Art
This is what you’ll be looking for at your local video game retailer once Super Street Fighter IV hits store shelves on April 27th. It makes you wonder how they decided on which characters to include on the front of the box. New characters Dee Jay, Adon, and Juri make sense, and Ryu is a…
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Halo Wars And Dead Rising Are On Demand
Something old and something comparably new join the Xbox 360 Games on Demand lineup today, with Dead Rising and Halo Wars now available in convenient downloadable form. I’ve played my fill of Dead Rising since its 2006 release, so I probably won’t be download it for $19.99 via Games on Demand. Halo Wars, on the…
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Broken Sword Polished Up For The iPhone
Fresh jokes, new puzzles, and cutscenes from celebrated Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons put the Director’s Cut in Broken Sword: The Director’s cut, an enhanced version of the beloved adventure game, available now for Apple’s iPhone. It’s been a long time since I’ve played through the story of journalist Nico Collard and American tourist George Stobbart,…
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Assassin’s Creed II PC Priced, Dated, And Spec’d
Blood flows free in the streets of Renaissance Italy anew come March 16th, when the PC version of Assassin’s Creed II hit store shelves, balancing a $60 price tag with free downloadable content. The PC version of Ubisoft’s Game of the Year contender is priced a bit steeper than PC gamers are used to, but…
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The Darwinian Invasion Of Xbox Live Begins Next Month
In 2008, independent developer Introversion announced an Xbox Live Arcade version of its innovative PC strategy action puzzler, Darwinia. Now Darwinia+ is only a few short weeks away. Introversion’s long struggle with MIcrosoft’s high standards has finally come to an end, and the XBLA release of Darwinia+ is scheduled for February 10th. 1200 Microsoft points…
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PSN This Week: Hustle Kings
The North American PlayStation Store racks its balls this week, with the debut of VooFoo Studios gorgeous pool game, Hustle Kings. While Europe’s been playing Hustle King since December, those of us in North America have had to sit and wait and look at pretty screenshots of the game. This Thursday we’ll finally have a…
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Debris Rains Down Over Bad Company 2’s Squad Rush
The action is fast and furious in this trailer for Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s four-on-four Squad Rush multiplayer mode, but I can’t take my eyes off the crumbling scenery. So enthralled by the crumbling masonry was I that I nearly missed the real news about the Squad Rush mode. It’s a four-player per team version…
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