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The New World Of Warcraft Race Speculation Continues
Internet rumors regarding two new playable races in World of Warcraft’s unannounced new expansion continue to stir, as sources close to one website point further towards the addition of Worgen and Goblins. WoW.com reports that “multiple sources close to the situation” have laid out the two new playable races in World of Warcraft’s “Cataclysm” expansion…
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The Lost And Damned Loses $5 From Price
If 1600 Microsoft points was a small price to pay Grand Theft Auto IV‘s The Lost and Damned, 1200 is an absolute steal. The Lost and Damned is this week’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week, shaving $5 off the price of a new storyline and new multiplayer features for the already excellent Grand Theft…
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Reviews
G.I. Joe Review: Now We Know
They’ll fight for freedom, wherever there’s trouble, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is there, riding the wave of live-action movie hype to a console near you. G.I. Joe is the code name for America’s daring, highly trained special mission force. Its purpose, to defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to…
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Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad Screens
Here’s a set of screens for Tripwire Interactive‘s Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, the game featuring a single-player campaign that lets you play as the Germans during World War II. The single-player German campaign drew a great deal of attention when it was first revealed, but there’s much more to the sequel than strapping…
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Video Game Quintet Captures The Essence Of Pong
We’ve seen video game musical performances in the past, but none that have managed to convey the underlying sense of despair so prevalent in Pong as this particular quintet. Ash Ketchum and Link, otherwise known as ArachnidianDream and Lennart Jansson, arraigned music from Mario, Kirby, Tetris, Zelda, Pokemon, Halo, and yes…Pong, for Seattle’s Marrowstone in…
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Wal-Mart Promotes Madden With Razorblades And Roses
It may sound like the title of a bad goth poem, but razorblades and roses are just two elements in Wal-Mart’s promotional blitz for Madden 10. Wal-Mart is going all out for the Madden 10 release, prepping thousands of stores for a midnight release on August 14th, with a couple of exclusive promotions to make…
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More Faces From Fable II
Lionhead has posted the fourth installment of their Big Hero Gathering feature, in which they assemble players’ heroes from Fable II into one giant tribute to character customization. I find it extremely interesting to scroll down through the giant collage, seeing what other players have done with the main character from the game. Through the…
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Nothing Enhances Nazi Fighting Like A Little Zeppelin
While its August 18th release date is set in stone, some of Wolfenstein’s gameplay remains up in the air. The latest entry in the Wolfenstein series features a sequence in which B.J. battles the supernatural side of the Third Reich inside of a giant zeppelin, one of those giant flying airships that everyone thought was…
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The Nintendo Download: Super Star Wars Isn’t Everything
Sure, Crecente already mentioned Super Star Wars for the Virtual Console, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any other exciting downloadable Nintendo titles hitting this week! Or does it? Super Star Wars (800 Wii points) might be an intimidating presence on the Virtual Console, but brand new games will always triumph over the forces of…
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Second Skin Documentary Debuts In Theaters, On Hulu
Second Skin, Pure West Films‘ documentary about the lives of the people behind the players of massively-multiplayer online games, hits select theaters today, but if you can’t make it there’s always Hulu. Second Skin provides a rather balanced look at the relationships formed via online games, from friendships to romances to relationships that go even…
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Arkham Asylum: Making The Game, Respecting The Franchise
With the demo dropping today and the game right around the corner, Eidos and Warner Bros. release another behind-the-scenes video to make sure everyone knows how much they respect the franchise. If this were any other comic book franchise, I’d say they were laying it on a bit thick, but Batman fans have been burned…
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Penny Arcade’s Tekken 6 Comic Packs A Pouch
That’s no typo; Namco Bandai has enlisted the boys from Penny Arcade to create a Tekken 6 web comic, and they’re focusing on the most compelling fighter the series has ever produced. Yes, Penny Arcade is telling the secret origin of Roger, Tekken’s gestalt character, who is actually two fighters in one. When an erroneously-named…
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The Humorous And Romantic Old Republic Smuggler
Humor and romance are two things you don’t often associated with an MMO character class, but those are two qualities BioWare is focusing on for the Smuggler class in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Senior writer Hal Hood talks about creating the Smuggler class in the latest developer diary on the Star Wars: The Old…
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The First Game Dedicated Entirely To Sushi
City Interactive makes a bold claim while introducing its upcoming Nintendo DS game, Sushi Academy, the “The first-ever video game dedicated entirely to sushi.” Bold words! I’m pretty sure I’ve played a sushi-themed puzzle game or two in my lifetime, but if they mean the first-ever video game dedicated to the preparation to sushi…well who…
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Tying Together Dead Space Extraction’s Story
How does a development team create a whole new story for a prequel like Dead Space Extraction for the Wii while maintaining ties to established fiction? If only there was some sort of video explanation… Ooo, convenient. Running parallel to the events in the Dead Space comic book series and the animated feature, Dead Space…
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Tales Of Monkey Island Continues August 20th
Telltale continues the tale of Guybrush Threepwood that began in Launch of the Screaming Narwhal on August 20th, when they release Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2: Siege of Spinner Cay. When we last left our intrepid pirate friend, he had found himself stranded on Flotsam Island, a strange place where the wind always blows…
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More City Of Heroes Power Customization Screens
Paragon Studios shows off more of the power customization coming in the Issue 16: Power Spectrum update for City of Heroes. The new screenshots come with the news that every player will be getting one free Tailoring session per costume slot when the Power Spectrum update is released, in order to ensure that every costumed…
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Gorillaz Trample Rock Band Next Week
A heavy dose of classic rock in next week’s Rock Band Music Store update gets completely overrun by the Rock Band debut of Gorillaz. Feel good? I’m feeling glad. Up until now, the Gorillaz presence in music games has been limited to karaoke games and an appearance in the promising yet ultimately disappointing Battle of…
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Demo Out Everywhere
The PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum may have been delayed, but the demo is still live today, available for download now along with its console siblings. PC gamers disappointed by yesterday’s news of the delay of their version of the what could be the best Batman video in ages can rest a bit easier…
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Reviews
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Micro-Review: It’s Gonna Take You For A…Yeah
Another classic 2D Capcom fighter is reborn, with the release of Marvel VS. Capcom 2 for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Rather than give Marvel VS. Capcom 2 the full high definition makeover they did Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Capcom took a much simpler route in bringing the classic clash…
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