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Italian Teen Stabs Father Over FIFA 2009
An Italian man giving video game advice to his son Sunday evening was repaid with a 15-inch kitchen knife to the neck. A 46-year-old storekeeper identified as Fabrizio R. was watching his 16-year-old son, Mario, play EA’s FIFA 2009 on the PlayStation Sunday evening. According to reports, the father began giving his son advice on…
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The Game Industry In 2185
Mass Effect 2 pokes fun at Second Life, sports games, and traditional role-playing games, with a candid glimpse of the intergalactic game industry in the year 2185. Those of you avoiding Mass Effect 2 spoilers might want to go read up on this week’s Nintendo downloads, which contain nothing Mass Effect 2 related whatsoever. One…
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The Nintendo Download: Uno!
Too late! I shouted it first, so you folks all have to draw two cards while I tell you all about this week’s releases for WiiWare, DSiWare, and the Wii Virtual Console. Can you guess what this week’s biggest WiiWare release is? That’s right! It’s “Aha! I Found It!” Hidden Object Game by Ateam Inc.…
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The Secret World: Postcards From The Edge Of Madness
A mysterious postcard pointed me towards the outwardly unassuming website of a small New England town, where I am invited to become an honorary citizen “by being dunked in the Miskatonic River.” Wait, what? With the back of the postcard reading “Dark Days are Coming,” there can be no doubt that this is a viral…
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Samurai Shodown Sen Coming To Europe
Rising Star Games has snapped up publishing rights to SNK Playmore‘s fourth 3D installment of Samurai Shodown, releasing it in Europe this spring as Samurai Shodown Sen. Already released in Japan as Samurai Spirits Sen, the latest 3D installment of the classic series was supposed to hit North America sometime last November, last we had…
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SOE Raises $25,000 For Haiti
Sony Online Entertainment rallied its players in support of earthquake-ravaged Haiti last weekend, leveraging the allure of exclusive in-game items to raise $25,000. MMO players are as charitable as they are in-game exclusive crazy, as SOE proved over the weekend. From January 15th to the 18th, players of EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Free Realms were…
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Vandal Hearts: Flames Of Judgment In Motion
Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment is now available on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, and here’s a peek at what it looks like in action. If you’re looking for a downloadable turn-based tactical action role-playing game for the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, then look no further than Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment.…
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GameStop Launches Mass Effect 2 And MAG At Midnight
Video game retailer GameStop has deemed both Mass Effect 2 and Sony’s MAG worthy of keeping its employees up past midnight to get them into gamers’ hands. More than 2,500 GameStop stores will be opening late on Monday night to dole out preordered copies of Mass Effect 2 and MAG to eager fans, with certain…
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The Best Role-Playing Games Of 2009
While the jury may still be out on our Game of the Year, we’ve already rolled the dice on the Best Role-Playing Games of 2009. Why are we doing a best Role-Playing Game award and not a Best Shooter, Best Driving Game, etc.? Because this is an Editor’s Choice category, ladies and gentlemen, and role-playing…
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PS3 Just Cause 2 Has Video Capture Built Right In
A game like Just Cause 2 is filled with explosive moments you’ll want to share with your friends, and PlayStation 3 players will be able to do just that, thanks to a PS3-exclusive built-in video capture feature. Just Cause 2 is all about emergent action, letting the player decide how he or she wants to…
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A Closer Look At NieR
Square Enix‘s NieR is more than just suggestive pictures of a woman’s rear end as evidenced by this latest batch of screenshots for the Cavia-developed action-adventure. Okay, so maybe these screens aren’t nearly as compelling as the ones Ash has been posting, but we couldn’t have folks expecting the entire game to be about ass,…
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Final Fantasy XIII’s PAL Collector’s Edition Is Lovely
It might not have exactly the same content as were listed on GameStop’s Italian portal, but the PAL region Collector’s Edition of Final Fantasy XIII is nothing to scoff at. For the most part, the official PAL Collector’s Edition for Final Fantasy XIII is very similar to the one Luke wrote about earlier this week.…
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G1 Transformers Awaken On The iPhone
For Transformers fans craving more of the original robots in disguise, Glu Mobile sends us a single screenshot of Transformers G1: Awakening to light our darkest hour. All the information we have on Transformers G1: Awakening comes from this screenshot, so we know that Optimus Prime and Soundwave will be involved, and someone is getting…
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Aliens Vs. Predator, Then And Now
The more a vicious conflict between human Marines, stealthy, methodical Predators, and relentless Aliens changes, the more it stays the same. Developer Rebellion talks about what’s changed and what’s remained in the new version of Aliens Vs. Predator. I like how Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley puts it in this clip. “What we’ve tried to do…
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Dethklok Wants To See You Play Guitar Hero
Dethklok has a new song in Guitar Hero today, and Metalocalypse creator Brendon Small is eager to see you give “Laser Cannon Deth Sentence” a try. “Laser Cannon Deth Sentence” is now available in the Guitar Hero music store for the Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 3, part of a triple pack of metal, along…
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Get A Little Depressed With The Heavy Rain Demo
Buried deep within comment contest replies in a post on the European PlayStation Blog, SCEE PlayStation Store team member Mike Kebby reveals a demo for Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain is heading our way February 11th. Today’s PlayStation Store update on the Euro PlayStation Blog contained a comment contest to win free dynamic themes, so finding…
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Boy Loses Girl, Boy Chases Girl Through Hell
Dante and Virgil race through the City of Despair in order to save Beatrice from the evil clutches of Lucifer, in this clip from Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic. This is just a very brief clip from the animated adventures of Dante, coming to Blu-Ray and DVD on February 9th in your choice of six…
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Frankenreview: Dark Void
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? A plane? The Rocketeer? No! It’s our Frankenreview for Capcom’s Dark Void. Developer Airtight Games plunges players headlong into the mysterious Bermuda Triangle in Dark Void. Cargo pilot William Augustus Grey crashes on a remote island, soon finding himself teleported to a parallel world where evil…
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Star Trek Online Boldly Goes To Del Taco
Atari teams with Del Taco to deliver free trial-laden limited-edition Star Trek Online collector’s cups, with a free Type-8 Shuttle pet for those opting to supersize to the full game. Visitors to the nation’s number 2 Mexican fast foods restaurant will be able to procure one of four Star Trek Online collector’s cups with purchase…
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