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Halo Waypoint Saturday Feature: The Duel
Every Saturday is video day in Halo Waypoint, and this week features the debut of “The Duel,” the next episode from The Halo Legends anime anthology. “The Duel” takes us back in time thousands of years to the dawn of the Covenant, where a shamed Elite defies his Arbiter fate and embarks on a mission…
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Try Jurassic: The Hunted Before You Stare At It Quizzically On Store Shelves
Activision sprung Jurassic: The Hunted on us only a month ago, barely giving folks time to see it, much less find out how it played. Perhaps an Xbox 360 demo will shed some light. Jurassic: The Hunted, developed by Cauldron HQ and released two weeks after it was announced on the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation…
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Darksiders: Instruments Of Destruction
In this video, titled Darksiders Book One: The Horseman’s Road, we get a look at the tools that former apocalyptic horseman War utilizes in his twisted quest for redemption. I’m liking the look of Darksiders more and more each time I see it. The gameplay does seem derivative of other action platformer titles, but I…
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Rock Band Next Week: Tom Petty And Kelly Clarkson
With the recent release of LEGO Rock Band, you’re just going to have to get used to seeing names like Kelly Clarkson popping up in our weekly Rock Band update posts. We apologize. Not only does next week’s Rock Band Music Store update bring six live tracks from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, it also…
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Need For Speed Shift Goes Team-Based
Come December, it isn’t all about you anymore. EA is releasing a Team Racing pack for Need for Speed Shift, a free update that brings team tactics and five legendary vehicles to the game. Team Racing is an all-new mode for Need for Speed Shift that pits two teams of up to six racers against…
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Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Brings The Online Multiplayer In February
Koei has announced a February release date for Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the first game in the series to feature online multiplayer, as well as Ninja Gaiden guest stars. An upgraded version of the PSP game for console players, Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce brings the battle for ancient China online,…
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Star Trek Online Open Beta Stardated
Boldly go where only closed beta testers have gone before this January, when Cryptic launches the open beta test for Star Trek Online on stardate 63497. For those of you not up to par on your Star Trek calendar, that’s actually January 12th, 2010. The open beta will run through January 26th, giving players two…
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Brad Pitt Attached To Dark Void Movie
Brad Pitt‘s production company Plan B Entertainment and Capcom have come to an agreement over the movie rights for Dark Void, now being developed as a sci-fi thriller and potential Pitt starring vehicle. Capcom’s third-person shooter isn’t out until January, but Pitt’s production company seems to think it has potential at the box office. Plan…
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Supreme Commander 2 Dated For North America
A European release window yesterday becomes a definitive U.S. release date today for Supreme Commander 2, with a video showing you what you could be playing come March. Square Enix will be publishing Supreme Commander 2 in North America on March 2nd of next year on the PC and March 16th for the Xbox 360.…
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Resident Evil 5 Goes Gold Again
Capcom’s decision to release the Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition as downloadable content still stands, but there will be a boxed version as well in the form of Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition. Last month Capcom asked players how they wanted the extra content in the Japanese Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition delivered to Western…
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Another Magic Moment From Battlefield: Bad Company 2
When setting off explosives planted in a strategic location, it’s always best to wait until as many enemies as possible enter the building before hitting the detonator. You can almost hear the two players hiding behind the opposite building snickering as they watch the enemy team flood the building they’d just filled with explodey goodness.…
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Return To Ostagar With New Dragon Age DLC
Return to the scene of the the Grey Wardens’ darkest hour in Return to Ostagar, a new downloadable content pack for Dragon Age: Origins, due out this holiday season for all three platforms. At the beginning of Dragon Age: Origins, a battle between the forces of good and evil at Ostagar leave the Grey Wardens…
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Confront Your Nemesis In Champions Online
Cryptic Studios puts Champions Online‘s nemesis feature to good use next week, pitting players against their self-created arch nemesis in a battle to save the universe from inter-dimensional evil in the Nemesis Confrontation event. Allowing players to create their own nemesis in Champions Online seemed like a great idea, but I always wondered what Cryptic…
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Sony Aims To Create All-Encompassing Online Service Out Of PSN
Back in May, Sony talked about expanding the PlayStation Network to cover other hardware devices. Today the company further details these plans, leveraging the PSN infrastructure to create an online service for all Sony hardware. The PlayStation Network has been a big hit with PlayStation 3 and PSP owners, and now Sony wants to bring…
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More Images From Final Fantasy XIII
Hot on the heels of Stephen Totilo’s Final Fantasy XIII preview come four new images to keep fans drooling over Snow, Lightning, Hope, Serah, and oh yeah – the actual gameplay. I count myself among the drooling masses at this point, though more from the gameplay angle. I’m a tattooed and true FF fan, but…
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Recreate The Death Star Trench Run On Your iPhone
One of the most important moments in Star Wars history plays out on your iPhone and iPod Touch today, as THQ Wireless releases Star Wars: Trench Run. Take part in the Battle of Yavin as a member of Rebel Alliance’s Red Squadron, dog fighting with TIE Fighters before aiming for the most poorly-designed exhaust ports…
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Sony To Upgrade PS3 Consoles To 3D
In a presentation detailing Sony’s plans to become profitable by the end of 2010, Sony revealed plans to upgrade Playstation 3 consoles with full 3D support. The news supports previous reports on Sony’s 3D PlayStation 3 strategy, suggesting that a firmware upgrade would introduce the capability to existing consoles. Not only does Sony plan on…
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Modern Warfare 2: PC Versus 360
How does the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 compare to the console versions? I spent some time with the game on the Xbox 360 and Steam to find out. The single player experience in the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game is largely the same, with a few obvious…
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Reviews
Torchlight Review: The Fate Of DiabloCraft
What do you get when you assemble a development team of Fate creator Travis Baldtree, Blizzard North co-founders Max and Erich Schaefer, and members of the former Flagship Studios’ Mythos team? You get Torchlight. To be honest, Torchlight hadn’t originally made it into our fall reviewing schedule, being a budget-priced game in a season filled…
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Blockbuster Online Game Rentals Head To Seattle
After successfully launching the pilot program in Cleveland, Ohio, Blockbuster Video‘s Gamefly-challenging Games By Mail rental service expands into the Seattle area. Announced in February of this year, Blockbuster’s Games By Mail program is an extension of the company’s Total Access movies by mail service. Competing with Gamefly the same way Total Access competes with…
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