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Analyst Slashes DJ Hero Sales Projections
Activision’s DJ Hero hits store shelves tomorrow, and it might linger there a bit longer than expected, as Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz drops sales projections for the rhythm game by more than 50%. Will hype, demo booths, and the Hero brand be enough to make DJ Hero a smash hit? Perhaps not, if…
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LittleBigPlanet: The Return Of Pumpkinhead
At the risk of repeating themselves, Media Molecule is bringing back the free pumpkin head costume piece to LittleBigPlanet for those of you who might have missed it last year. It’s a year old, but it’s still terrifyingly adorable. The pumpkin head costume piece returns to LBP on Thursday, when it will be available for…
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The Nintendo Download: Zombies Ate My Monkeys
Zombies eating neighbors, giant manatees eating pirates, and ghostly mini-games in this week’s spooktacular Nintendo Download update. WiiWare gets the bulk of the spooky in this week’s additions to WiiWare, DSiWare, and the Virtual console. Each of the three gets two new games each, but with Gameloft’s Ghost Mansion Party (1,000 Wii points) and the…
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A Million Facebook Users Like Guitar Hero
Facebook users have been clicking on the “Become a Fan” button on Activision’s Guitar Hero page like crazy, making it the first video game franchise to gather more than a million Facebook fans. If you had any doubts about the ever-growing importance of Facebook to the game industry, look no further than today’s Activision announcement,…
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The Week In Games: Tekken It To The Streets
See how I mashed up Tekken 6 and Forza Motorsport 3 in the headline there? It’s my homage to DJ Hero, another of the big-name titles hitting retail store shelves this week. The fall gaming season is beginning to pick up this week, with those three titles releasing alongside Ratchet & Clan Future: A Crack…
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Everyone Plays Champions Online Free Next Weekend
Why spend next weekend going out dressed up in costumes and getting drunk when you can stay home, put on a costume and get drunk while playing in Champions Online‘s free play weekend? From Friday October 30th to Monday November 2nd, Cryptic is opening up Champions Online to any and all who want to come…
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J!NX Aion Shirts Give You Wings
World of Warcraft clothing creators J!NX has been spreading its wings lately, introducing the first in a new line of t-shirts for NCsoft’s recently-launched Aion. The J!NX Aion line follows the company’s recent journeys into the universe of EVE Online, and while those shirts are certainly attractive enough, they make me think of mining ore…
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Reviews
Marvel Super Hero Squad Review: This One Is For The Brats
For those of us who can’t handle the grown-up action of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, THQ delivers Marvel Super Hero Squad, the game of the television show of the toy line. In Marvel Super Hero Squad, tiny cartoon versions of your favorite Marvel heroes and villains race to collect Infinity Fragments in order to either…
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Hooks Up Cable
After a good month of watching local channels, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 finally upgrades to Cable. The son of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor, raised by Cyclops and Jean Grey in the far future, Cable would be one of the most powerful mutants in the Marvel Universe if they hadn’t dialed his powers way down…
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Cho Aniki Zero Isn’t Just For Japan Anymore
We were positive that the homoerotic PSP shooter Cho Aniki Zero would never make it out of Japan, but Aksys Games proves us wrong, bringing the fight against Balzac II to North America next spring. We were so positive Cho Aniki Zero wouldn’t make the trip overseas that we gave it the “Only in Japan”…
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Free Dark Elves In Every Blood Bowl
The PC adaptation of the Games Workshop board game that put the fantasy in fantasy football is getting a free dose of hot Dark Elf action next month. Of the more than 20 races in the Blood Bowl board game, Cyanide Studio only included 8 in the initial PC release, and there were some grievous…
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DC Universe Online Gets Bizarro
Sony Online Entertainment didn’t just release a new batch of DC Universe Online screenshots and concept art for Bizarro, who is not a clone of Superman gone horribly wrong. Bizarro is one of Superman’s more colorful villains, originally created back when comics were a great deal more lighthearted and fun. Today’s Bizarro is a bit…
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Atlus Stops Undersupplying PSP Games
It’s not the fact that Atlus has released a selection of its best PSP games in downloadable form on the PlayStation Network, but how they announce said release: no more purposefully undersupplying retail channels! Oh the Atlus PR team has fun. Just look at the title to their press release: “ATLUS ENDS YEARS OF ALLEGEDLY…
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R.U.S.E. Gets Touchy-Feely With Windows 7
Ubisoft’s upcoming strategy game R.U.S.E. craves your touch, announced as one of the first games to fully support the new multitouch capabilities of Windows 7. When R.U.S.E. was first announced with a trailer showing to players battling it out on a giant touch table, we were skeptical. Then they showcased it at E3 on Microsoft’s…
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Step Onto The Killing Floor For Free This Weekend
It’s a free Killing Floor weekend on Steam, as Tripwire celebrates the release of the free Level Up content pack, adding new creatures, classes, weapons, maps, and perk levels to the co-op mutant survivor game. Killing Floor is incredibly fun, and now it’s even more so. The free Level Up content pack punctuates Tripwire Interactive‘s…
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Rock Band Invaded By Zombies And Wolves
Harmonix celebrates Halloween in the Rock Band Music Store next week by cavorting with wild animals and the undead, adding new tracks from Rob Zombie, Wolfmother, and Liz Phair. I think Liz Phair might not be part of the Halloween celebration, but I included her just in case. Her “Rock Me”, along with two half-price…
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Assassin’s Creed 2: Building A Better Ezio
It’s amazing what a young Italian nobleman can learn over the course of Assassin’s Creed 2’s 30-year time frame. The latest in a series of developer diary videos starring Ubisoft’s Patrice and friends looks into progression, one of the most important aspects of AC2. There’s a lot more choice is character progression than there was…
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Inferno Pool Headed To Xbox Live Arcade Next Week
The battle for pool table domination begins next week on the 360, when Dark Energy Digital‘s Inferno Pool hits Xbox Live Arcade. Inferno Pool pits up to four online or local players against each other, trying to clear their pool table while their opponents fire balls at them. It’s just like regular pool, only with…
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Snag An Early PC Copy Of Borderlands? Good Luck Playing It
You might be able to snag an early copy of the PC version of Borderlands from street-date ignorant vendors, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be able to play it. Forum threads are popping up on Gearbox and publisher 2K Games’ forums from indignant fans who purchased the PC version of Borderlands at stores either accidentally…
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Arc Rise Fantasia Looks Like This
Here’s a set of screens for Arc Rise Fantasia for the Wii, to go along with the announcement that Ignition Entertainment will be publishing the game in North America next summer. While I love the cut scene graphics, I’m not too sure about the actual in-game shots. They look a little sloppy to me, but…
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