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Sony Brings Up Monthly Fees Again
During an interview with Nikkei Japan, Sony’s CTO Masayuki Chatani touches on the growing number of ways the PlayStation 3 has to accept payment, including the dreaded “monthly fees.” Last month during a Sony investor presentation, the company made mention of a potential subscription service for the PlayStation Network. While there’s still nothing to announce…
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Start Fist-Bumping Early With The Army Of Two: The 40th Day Demo
Take a stroll through war-torn Shanghai with a friend this Thursday, when EA Montreal releases a cooperative demo for Army of Two: The 40th Day for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The Army of Two: The 40th Day demo will let players experience the majority of the first level of the game, after the…
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Nothing Says I Love You Like Pink And Blue Wii Remotes
While announcing its early 2010 software lineup this morning, Nintendo also announced a February 14th North American release date for the pink and blue Wii remotes, giving the significant others of Nintendo fans the perfect Valentine’s Day gift idea. Sure, Japan got them first, but here in North America we get the pink and blue…
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SweetRobot Pits Pets Against Monsters
Here’s a closer look at the kid-friendly Pets vs. Monsters, the first game from Funcom’s new casual studio, SweetRobot, heading for open beta testing before the month is out. Pets vs. Monsters is a free-to-play MMO targeted at children between the ages of 8 and 12. Kids create an avatar, select between dogs, cats, and…
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Fans Are Shearing For Mega Man 10’s Sheep Man
Only two days after his big debut, Mega Man 10’s Sheep Man has already generated more fan art than you can shake a shepard’s crook at. We’ve only known about Capcom’s retro-riffic Mega Man 10 since Nintendo Power revealed the WiiWare title on Wednesday, introducing the world to the glory of Sheep Man, Rock’s latest…
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Frankenreview: The Saboteur
The Saboteur is the story of an Irishman living in the back of a burlesque house helping liberate World War II Paris from the Nazis. Nothing could possible go wrong with this scenario. Pandemic Studios set about making a different sort of World War II game with The Saboteur, and it is decidedly different. Whether…
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Peek Into Dante’s Inferno Gates Of Hell Demo
The Dante’s Inferno Gates of Hell demo is now available for download on the PlayStation Network. Here’s a glimpse of what Xbox 360 owners will be missing until the 24th. Yes, I tend to harp on the fact that Xbox 360 owners have to wait two weeks for the demo, but it just seems so…
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Happy Holidays From The Sims 3
EA’s Top 10 Reasons to Give The Sims 3 this Holiday video shows that its much easier to get away with arson, peeping, murder, and sleeping with your friends mom in The Sims 3. How festive! The video does make a good point, however, especially to those of us who begin playing The Sims games…
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Target Doles Out The Holiday Game Bargains
Target’s goes video game bargain crazy this Sunday, with gift card cash back on the Wii and DSi, $88 bundled games, and select Nintendo DS titles for only $25 – including The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Why did we rush out on to retailers on Black Friday again? This holiday season the retailers are…
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ARMA II Patch 1.05 Packed With Free DLC
Bohemia Interactive‘s ARMA II is getting patched up later this month, with a free bonus campaign and new warfare mode included as a way of saying thanks for putting up with all of the bugs. Okay, that’s not exactly what the developer is saying, but it’s certainly implied. ARMA II, the sequel to ArmA: Armed…
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Are You Bad Enough To Buy A Hannah Montana PSP?
Right now you can visit your local U.S. Walmart and pick up a PSP-3000 with a 2GB memory card for only $139.95. It’s a pretty amazing deal, except for the potential humiliation factor. Would you buy a Hannah Montana PSP? This question was raised by one Mr. Raccoon, a Kotakuite who found himself faced with…
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The Beatles: Rock Band Completes Rubber Soul
The Beatles: Rock Band is one step closer to being complete next week, when MTV Games and Harmonix release the eleven tracks necessary to complete one of the band’s greatest albums, Rubber Soul. Rubber Soul isn’t just one of The Beatles’ best albums. It’s perhaps one of the greatest albums of all time, constantly making…
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Resident Evil 5 Alternative Costumes Are Shameless
Two new Resident Evil 5 Mercenaries Reunion gameplay clips showing off Chris and Sheva’s alternate costumes in the upcoming Alternative Edition DLC display a ridiculous amount of bare skin. And Sheva’s is pretty revealing too. Actually the costumes aren’t too shabby, though Chris could use a messier hair style to go with the warrior look…
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Funcom Assembles SweetRobot For Casual MMO Games
Age of Conan developer Funcom wants to explore the world of social and casual MMO titles, but to break out of the high-end MMO segment the company is going to need one SweetRobot. Well now they’ve got one. SweetRobot is Funcom’s newly established subsidiary, focused on the casual and social MMO business, which is a…
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Metacritic Names PS3 The Best Gaming Platform Of 2009
Media review aggregator Metacritic has released a list of the top games and consoles of 2009, with the PlayStation 3 coming out on top of the site’s first annual Game Platform Power Ranking. The Game Platform Power Ranking isn’t just about the average review score of games across the various platforms. Metacritic takes into account…
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Looking For Group Expo: A Massively Multiplayer Offline Fan Event
As much as they’d love to, not all MMO publishers can be a Blizzard or even Sony Online Entertainment, holding massive annual fan gatherings. That’s where the Looking for Group Expo comes in. The Looking for Group Expo is planned as a fan gathering for everyone who plays massively multiplayer online games, from the most…
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EA Reveals Profitable New Releases Of 2010
Speaking at the 37th Annual Global Media Conference, EA CEO John Riccitiello detailed the games with the most profit potential in fiscal year 2011, with new Crysis, The Sims, and Need for Speed titles and paid DLC making the grade. Riccitiello’s presentation focused heavily on the profit potential of EA’s existing franchise and upcoming titles.…
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Preorder Just Cause 2, Download Fabulous Toys
Putting money down on Rico Rodriguez latest island-hopping adventure earns you exclusive in-game goodies, including a hovercraft with a turret-mounted grenade launcher. Everything should come with a hovercraft with a turret-mounted grenade launcher. Unfortunately not everyone else has caught on to the joys of launching grenades from a hovercraft, so we’ll have to settle for…
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League Of Legend’s Latest Champion Raised By Cougars
Meet the latest Champion to join the ranks of the League of Legends, Nidalee, a young girl raised in the Kumungu Jungle by older women seeking the company of younger men. Or cats. One of those. Nidalee the Beast Mistress found herself alone in the jungle as a young girl after her fortune-seeking parents died…
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Xbox Live’s Holiday Plans
Microsoft details the next few weeks’ worth of Xbox Live Arcade, Deals of the Week, Avatar items, and Games on Demand, with twelve days of special holiday deals kicking off on December 18th. Microsoft generally isn’t the habit of laying out several weeks worth of Xbox Live releases in one fell swoop, so we can…
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