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CCP’s Music Video Completely Wins Everything
EVE Online developer CCP’s global posse mounts up for this EVE Fanfest video, which explains the only way to follow the company to the top – harden the f*** up. This is perhaps the most glorious self-promotional thing I’ve ever seen a company do. Not only do they have the attitude down, the lyrics are…
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Mad Catz’s Wireless Fender Telecaster Is Distressed
The legendary Fender Telecaster comes to life and is quickly beaten half to death in Mad Catz new Rock Band Wireless Fender Telecaster ‘Player’s Edition’ guitar for the Xbox 360. More than just an extremely pretty face, the Fender Telecaster ‘Player’s Edition’ comes complete with fast-action ‘Shredderz’ fret buttons, an exclusive addition to the model…
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Hero-Con Attendees Go Rogue Earlier
San Jose becomes the City of Heroes at the end of this month when Paragon Studios hosts the second-annual Hero-Con event, with attendees scoring beta access to the Going Rogue expansion. Be sure to pack your spandex if you plan on attending Hero-Con this year, and make sure you can write legibly in order to…
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Bungie Alums Launch Moonshot Games
Bungie alumni Michel Bastien, Damián Isla, and Rob Stokes have reached escaped velocity and are now hurtling through space on a mission to deliver high-quality downloadable titles as the newly-formed Moonshot Games. Moonshot Games is keen on taking years of experience working on AAA console titles and applying it to the downloadable games market in…
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Sega All-Stars Racing Gets A Little Shenmue
You’ll completely forget about Toe Jam and Earl not making it into Sega All-Stars Racing when you get your first glimpse of Shenmue star Ryo Hazuki astride his hog. Who needs Shenmue 3 when you can get the total Shenmue experience playing as Ryo Hazuki in Sega All-Star Racing? Ryo puts the kitten-feeding and gashapon…
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Amazon Has Your PlayStation Network Access Codes
Amazon.com becomes an extension of the PlayStation Store today, as the online retailer begins offering access codes to PlayStation Network add-on content and games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. As they did with Xbox Live Arcade and WiiWare, Amazon does with the PlayStation Network, launching a new section of their PlayStation 3 section dedicated…
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FIFA 10 Is The Fastest Selling Sports Game Ever
EA celebrates the biggest European game launch in the company’s history today, as more than 1.7 million copies of EA Sports‘ FIFA 10 sell during the first week of release alone. EA is rolling out the review scores and posting big numbers as it celebrates the success of FIFA 10 in Europe, calling it the…
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Forza 3 Races Towards Release With Free DLC
Forza Motorsport 3‘s impressive list of more than 400 cars and 100 tracks gets even larger on launch day, with 10 more cars and 2 more tracks in the free Motorsports Legends Car Pack. With the October 27th launch of Forza 3 just around the corner, Turn 10 and Microsoft are gearing up to release…
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The Mafia Digs Deeper Into Moscow
The Mafia Wars escalate in Russia this Thursday with the launch of Mafia Wars Moscow Episode 3: Bragadir and Episode 4: Avtoritet. Mafia Wars is an addictive little Facebook game that involves building up a Mafia, pulling jobs, shaking down rackets, and taking down rival mobsters in order to achieve fame, fortune, and far less…
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Gets Its Own Pinball Table
Juggle balls with Ryu, Ayane and friends with a special Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 table for Zen Pinball, coming to the PlayStation Network later this month. Zen Studios‘ Sky City-themed Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 pinball table will attempt to capture the frenetic action of Tecmo’s game, with five multiball game modes, tons of missions, weapon…
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Frankenreview: Dead Space Extraction
Light is shed on the events leading up to the original game in Dead Space Extraction, the rail-shooter prequel to EA’s Dead Space. When a major Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 title makes the trip to the Nintendo Wii, you generally expect a watered-down version of the original game. Not so with Dead Space Extraction,…
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The Crystal Bearers Sure Have A Lot Going On
Monster battling, treasure hunting, sardonic quipping, and girl-on-girl bottom bumping, all in this latest trailer for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers. It could very well be the first Final Fantasy title with the words Cyrstal Chronicles in the title that I purchase since the original game came out on the Gamecube. There seems…
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EA Stalks The Streets Of London With Jack The Ripper
Two new trademark applications point towards EA studio Visceral Games journeying back to the 19th century to visit London’s original serial killer, Jack the Ripper. Superannuation has dug up two trademark applications filed by EA on the 30th of August for “The Ripper,” both indicating the trademark is in regards to “Computer game software; Computer…
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The PSN Is Down
The PlayStation Network has been brought down for maintenance. Sony apologizes for the inconvenience. Please try again later. Attempting to log into the PlayStation Network through your PlayStation 3, PSP, or the website itself right now brings up a message very similar to the one we received trying to log in at PlayStation.com: Site Maintenance…
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Wii Tony Hawk Rides With Your Mii
The Wii version of Tony Hawk Ride might not have the stunning graphics and online multiplayer of the HD versions, but who cares about all that when you can skate with your Mii? IGN spills the beans on this new feature unique (obviously) to the Nintendo version of the game. Wii owners will be able…
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Nexon America Throws A BlockParty
Over the next several months, Nexon America is transforming into BlockParty.com, a social networking website where fans can keep track of their games and stalk their friends to their heart’s content. The games will stay the same, but the way you experience them and share them with friends while not playing will change drastically once…
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Matt Hazard On Getting Back Into The Game
Matt Hazard returns this winter on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network with Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond, and the hero is keen to help other lapsed game characters return to the fold. Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard might not have been the most competent game on the shelves, but the…
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EyePet Delay Ruins Christmas
Holiday dreams shatter like delicate crystal unicorns across North America, as Sony confirms that the adorable little EyePet won’t be making it home in time for Christmas. If you were among the PlayStation 3 owners looking forward to a lazy holiday season spent playing with your fuzzy new EyePet friend, prepare to be terribly disappointed.…
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Reviews
Spyborgs Review: Not-So-Heavy Metal
Part man. Part machine. All beat-em up. This is Capcom’s Spyborgs for the Nintendo Wii. First introduced at Capcom’s 2008 Captivate event, a ho-hum reception cause Bionic Games to go back to the drawing board, changing what was a cartoony action-adventure puzzler into a darker, somewhat grittier cooperative beat-em up. What could have been a…
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Another Reason To Preorder MAG From 7-Eleven
Preorder MAG from 7-Eleven and receive an exclusive recruitment kit and poster on top of potentially getting the game far too early thanks to the company’s sporadic acknowledgement of street dates. MAG isn’t out until the 26th of January, but you can get a head start with the 7-Eleven MAG recruitment kit. It contains all…
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