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Dragon Age: Origins Review: Tripping The Blight Fantastic
After a successful mission to space, BioWare returns to its fantasy roots with Dragon Age: Origins, an epic tale of good versus evil, right versus wrong, and hot girl-on-elf action. The country of Ferelden is on the verge of being overwhelmed by the demonic Blight, and only the heroic Grey Wardens can save the land…
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The Prince Of Persia Movie Trailer Covers All The Bases
The official trailer for Disney’s Prince of Persia movie have hit the interwebs, featuring just the right amount of jumping on things and sand. This one could be a winner, folks! This looks to be the same Prince of Persia trailer that AJ last week, with the two lines from Ben Kingsley, Jake Gyllenhaal leaping…
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10 Years Of Asheron’s Call
Can you believe Asheron’s Call is still running 10 years after its November 2nd, 1999 release? Turbine can, and it’s celebrating in style with events throughout the day for the diehard fans still grinding away. It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since the world of Dereth first opened up to the masses, unless…
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The Nintendo Download: Vikings, Dragons, Spaceships, And Street Fighters
Eight new games drop today across Nintendo’s WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare platforms, running the gamut from snapshot editing to the original Street Fighter. Well, a port of the original Street Fighter. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen any games from the TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM hit the Virtual Console, so Capcom’s Fighting Street (800 Wii points)…
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Capcom Zombies Invade London
Celebrating the end of the London Games Festival and the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil fans took to the streets of London on Halloween for an Undead Pride parade. The horde descended on Tate Modern in London on Saturday, with more than 50 zombies aided by the Viking Hats Zombie…
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Magic:The Gathering – Tactics Coming To PC And PS3
Sony Online Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast have teamed up for Magic: The Gathering – Tactics, an online, 3D turn-based strategy game coming to the PC and PlayStation 3 next year. SOE’s fascination with card games finally comes full circle. After years of creating collectible card games based on their popular MMO properties like…
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One Last Hurrah For Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack
Microsoft is dropping the price of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack for the last week it will be even remotely relevant. Modern Warfare 2 comes out next week, which means there will be a lot less people playing the original game on Xbox Live once it drops. Until then, why…
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Dragon Age Girls Do It With Their Undies On
After getting unfairly reamed in the press over Mass Effect’s brief flash of nudity, BioWare plays it a bit safer in Dragon Age: Origins, with characters having sex the old-fashioned way – in their underwear. You have the option to click play on the video below and completely spoil your sexual experience in Dragon Age:…
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Nintendo Ponders Kindle-Style 3G DS
Could a future version of the Nintendo DS hardware use 3G for digital downloads? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the company could take a cue from Amazon’s Kindle business model. Unlike today’s smart phones and mobile 3G cards, which require monthly fees to access the network, Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader figures in the price of…
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iPhone Red Alert Goes Live With Paid DLC
Command and Conquer: Red Alert for the iPhone is now available in the iTunes App Store, with an optional skirmish map pack and more paid DLC on the horizon. Red Alert for the iPhone is a new handheld version of the classic real-time strategy game. It’s trimmed down quite a bit, but it uses the…
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Halloween Greetings From Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
“When darkness falls and thunder drums, something speedy this way comes.” Thus begins Sega’s attempt at drumming up Halloween marketing for Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. I suppose the characters could be living in some sort of nightmare world, where traditional games are bypassed in favorite of name-driven racing games. Where Ryu from the Shenmue…
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Next Week On Rock Band: How Much Grohl Would You Like?
It doesn’t matter if you prefer your Dave Grohl with or without Kurt Cobain, next week’s Rock Band Music Store update has you covered. Three shots of Nirvana and a four-pack of Foo Fighters grace the Rock Band Music Store next week, with Joan Jett and the Blackheart’s “Fake Friends” this week’s sole non Nirvana-related…
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Storm’s Husband Gets Some Play In Ultimate Alliance 2
T’Challa, leader of the fictional African Wakandan nation, bearer of the Black Panther mantle, and husband to the X-Men’s Storm, joins Carnage, Psylocke, and Cable as a new downloadable character for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. The Black Panther is a title held by the ruler of Wakanda and chieftain of the Wakandan Panther Clan. As…
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LEGO Rock Band Launch Trailer Looks Vaguely Familiar
The official opening cinematic for LEGO Rock Band looks a great deal like the opening cinematic for the original Rock Band, only with a distinctive LEGO twist. Traveller’s Tales does what they do best in this cinematic launch trailer, lampooning existing properties through gratuitous use of LEGO blocks. Why simply stop at a tour bus,…
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Frankenreview: Tekken 6
The King of Iron Fist Tournament returns for another round of furious fighting action in Tekken 6, the first multi-platform game in the franchise’s history. Not only is this the first Tekken game appearing on a console that doesn’t have Sony in the front of its name, it’s also the first Tekken game to ship…
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Fallout 3 Wins The Golden Joysticks
The 27th annual Golden Joystick Winners were announced in London today, with Fallout 3 being crowned the “Ultimate Game of the Year.” What other games were big winners? More than 1.2 million votes were cast for this year’s Golden Joystick Awards, representing a 47% jump in votes over the previous year, and a great many…
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Bayonetta’s January Release Date Nailed Down
You might want to hang onto those holiday video game gift cards a bit longer than normal, as Sega confirms the early January release date for sexy slash n’ shooter Bayonetta. Sega wants to make Bayonetta the first triple A video game title of 2010, and they’ve got the release date to do it. The…
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The Old Republic’s Jedi Knights Revealed
BioWare finally reveals the Jedi Knight class for Star Wars: The Old Republic, bringing with them more than 20,000 years of defending the Republic, wielding lightsabers, and wearing long, flowing garments. For many Star Wars fans, this is the end-all and be-all of character classes. The Jedi Knights are the warrior monks of the Republic,…
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Behold, The God Of War III Ultimate Edition
Do you possess the courage to open Pandora’s Box and discover the bountiful swag included in the God of War III Ultimate Edition? An epic game needs a truly epic collector’s edition, and Sony is delivering just that. The God of War III Ultimate Edition is a work of art. Specifically a work of sculpture,…
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Demon’s Souls Gets Even Harder For Halloween
An ominous warning from Atlus indicates that online players of Demon’s Souls for the PlayStation 3 will find the Demon’s minions much more powerful on All Hallow’s Eve. The Kingdom of Boletaria is a pretty dark place, so reports of it growing darker over the Halloween weekend are disturbing to say the least. According to…
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