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The Next Assassin’s Creed Features Online Multiplayer [UPDATE]
Along with new entries in the Raving Rabbids, Ghost Recon, and Driver series, Ubisoft has revealed that its fiscal year 2010-11 lineup will include a new entry in the Assassin’s Creed series – with online multiplayer. Ubisoft pulled out the big guns today to help make up for the downward financial outlook for fiscal year…
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Ubisoft Delays Splinter Cell: Conviction, R.U.S.E.
Previously penciled in for a February release, Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction and R.U.S.E. have both been postponed into the company’s next fiscal year, with Conviction now due out in April. The delays were announced in a press release today, in which the company revised its fiscal year 2009-10 performance estimates download, citing the delays as…
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You’ve Purchased $1 Billion Worth Of Modern Warfare 2
Proving once again that people really enjoy shooting virtual representations of other people, Activision announces that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has surpassed $1 billion in retail sales. According to Activision’s internal estimates, the second Modern Warfare game from Infinity Ward sold $550 million in the first five days of release. Now, two months…
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Naughty Bear Screens Just As Creepy As The Trailer
Not even disco dancing teddy bears can save this batch of Naughty Bear screens from being just as disturbing as the trailer we posted yesterday. At first I was relieved. The image of a disco dancing teddy lulled me into a false sense of security, making the scenes of bear-on-bear fisticuffs seem tame. Then I…
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Play Tekken 6 Online Co-Op Next Week
Tekken 6 gets even more online play next week, with a free update that will allow two players to play the game’s Scenario Campaign mode cooperatively via the magic of the internet. Tekken 6’s Scenario Campaign mode is pretty much your standard beat-em up, and everybody knows that beat-em ups are better with a friend.…
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Frankenreview: Darksiders
War? Good god. What is he good for? Find out in the Frankenreview for THQ and Vigil Games’ Darksiders. From the pen of comic book writer and artist Joe Madureira comes Darksiders, an epic tale that could very well have been called “There Goes The Apocalypse.” The end of days has come prematurely, and the…
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Conan And His Mario Backdrop May Leave Late Night
Conan O’Brien, the video game friendly host of The Tonight Show, could be leaving the program after only seven months in the seat of NBC’s long-running talk show. Conan O’Brien took over hosting duties for The Tonight Show on June 1st of last year, and within days he was on gamers’ radar with his Mario-esque…
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The Six Faces Of Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic
Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic hits DVD and Blu-Ray the same day the game drops in stores, with six limited edition covers showcasing Dante’s different animated looks. Six acclaimed anime directors take a stab at EA’s hero in Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic, each bringing their own look and feel to this companion piece to…
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Former Staffer Compares Rockstar NY To The Eye Of Sauron
Following a blog post last week describing unfair work conditions at Rockstar San Diego, a former Rockstar New York staffer spoke to MTV Multiplayer of the fear the East coast office instills in the developer’s West Coast employees. Last Thursday’s blog post, signed by “Determined Devoted Wives of Rockstar San Diego employees,” described mandatory long…
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Star Trek Online Boldly Enters Open Beta
Prepare to pick out your uniform, christen your starship, and boldly go where only closed beta participants have gone before, as Cryptic launches the open beta test for Star Trek Online. It feels like only yesterday that Cryptic was revealed as the developer of Star Trek Online. The game was officially announced in July of…
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Lost Planet 2’s Debouse Has a Big Mouth
These screenshots of Lost Planet 2 creature Debouse go great lengths towards explaining why they decided to lose the planet in the first place. When you’ve got a cross between those frilled, spitting dinosaurs from Jurassic Park and a Sam Keith drawing wandering around your planet, losing it is probably your best bet. Capcom’s Lost…
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BioWare Confirms Spring 2011 Release Window For The Old Republic
BioWare today confirmed the spring 2011 release window for Star Wars: The Old Republic that EA CEO John Ricitiello mentioned yesterday, promising exciting updates and reveals throughout 2010. Ricitiello spoke about the release window yesterday during an EA financial update conference call. Now BioWare’s Sean Dahlberg confirms the news via a message posted this morning…
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Naughty Bear Is Slightly Disturbing
A disheveled teddy bear casually wielding a machete is exactly the sort of thing I used to have nightmares about as a small child. When AJ previewed Artificial Mind & Movement’s Naughty Bear for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, she neglected to mention the machete. What kind of nightmare world do we live in where…
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Ace Combat Returns To The PSP
Project Aces returns to the PlayStation Portable this summer in Ace Combat Joint Assault, bringing fierce aerial battles to the skies of London, San Francisco, and Tokyo. Those are just three of the locations you’ll be swapping missiles over in Ace Combat Joint Assault, the second game in the venerable flight combat series for the…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Heading For A Spring 2011 Launch
During Electronic Arts’ fiscal year 2010 update call today, CEO John Riccitiello cited Star Wars: The Old Republic as a key driver of the company’s digital business, noting that the MMO was making “great progress towards a spring 2011 launch.” With all of the character classes revealed, new planets being added to the game’s Holonet…
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Dante’s Inferno: Behold The Ten Circles Of Fraud And Deceit
According to this developer diary covering the next to last area in Dante’s Inferno, Fraud and Deceit are where all hell breaks loose. Of all the circles of hell, it makes sense that fraud and deceit would be the most packed. As Dr. House taught me, everybody lies, and when liars die, they become part…
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Monsters Probably Stole Your Princess
Sonic the Hedgehog Level Creator creators Mediatonic are making a move onto the PSP next month with Monsters Probably Stole My Princess, a game that pushes the size limit for PSP minis. PSP minis are limited to 100MB in size, and Mediatonic is cutting it awfully close with Monsters Probably Stole My Princess, which weighs…
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MLG Win Ruined By Faulty Xbox 360
Major League Gaming team Triggers Down came close to advancing towards another tournament win this weekend in Orlando, only to have an equipment failure rob them of the Halo 3 CTF win. As you can see in the video replay, Triggers Down were mere inches away from a win over rival team Classic. All four…
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Project Needlemouse’s Character Reveals Are Trivial
The names on this image represent potential playable characters in Sega’s Project Needlemouse 2D Sonic the Hedgehog revival, and only your knowledge of Sonic trivia can help narrow down the list! Sega is ready to reveal new information on Project Needlemouse, but the company isn’t giving away the information for free. Instead, every day for…
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Frankenreview: Bayonetta
Sex sells, but what about combining sex with guns, magic hair, gigantic bosses, and over-the-top action? The results of the Bayonetta Frankenreview might not surprise you. I was sold on Bayonetta the moment I got my first glimpse of those pistol heels. For others, it took word that this was Devil May Cry creator Hideki…
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