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Rock Band Gets Even Pearl Jamier
Just when you thought you had all of the Eddie “Crazyeyes” Vedder you needed with the full album release of Ten, Harmonix slips in three nearly-new tracks into the game this week. Now I am not saying the man can’t sing. I am only saying that he can’t sing without his eyes rolling up into…
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MAG Devs Talk About How Awesome MAG Is
In this developer diary for the PlayStation 3’s MAG – Massive Action Game, Zipper Interactive talks about the challenges of creating a first-person shooter in which 256 players can participate all at once. While this clip does go into some of the technical side of creating a game for 256 simultaneous players at once, the…
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Give Your iPhone A Control Bone
Love playing games on your iPhone or iPhone Touch, yet hate using simulated touch screen control pads? Australian company 22Moo looks to throw you a bone, with the GameBone Pro iPhone controller. It looks like the answer to the iPhone gamer’s prayers. The bone-shaped device features an 8-way D-pad, four face buttons, and two shoulder…
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Xbox Live Team Working On Their 360 Dash Speed
According to Major Nelson’s latest podcast, the Xbox Live Team is working towards making a harder, better, faster, and indeed stronger Xbox Live Dashboard for the next update later this year. Some of you have taken issue with the slow speed of the New Xbox Experience, and Major Nelson and the rest of the Xbox…
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Like Sands Through The Warhammer Online Office
We might have received a fake human skull, but we were much better off that Mythic’s Gabe Amatangelo, who found his office transformed into the very Land of the Dead he helped create. Office pranks are always entertaining ,and that goes double for video game developer office pranks. Seeing as the new Land of the…
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This Week In Live Arcade: Garou Marks And Droplitz
Puzzles and punches come to Xbox Live Arcade this week, with the release of SNK’s beloved fighter Garou: Mark of the Wolves, and Atlus’ Xbox Live Arcade debut, Droplitz. One of the best Dreamcast releases comes to the North American Xbox Live Arcade this week in Garou: Mark of the Wolves. The latest title in…
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This October, Yoshimitsu Is The Cardboard Tube Samurai
Not only is Penny Arcade’s Cardboard Tube Samurai making a surprise appearance as a pre-order bonus for Tekken 6, Namco Bandai is rolling out a limited-edition joystick bundle for the game’s October launch as well. The rumors are true, somewhat. The Cardboard Tube Samurai will be appearing in Tekken 6, at least in spirit, as…
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Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Launch Trailer
Say what you will about Michael Bay, but the moment Peter Cullen starts talking about powerful forces and Megatron, I sit up and pay attention. The last great war is upon us tomorrow, when Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is released for just about every system imaginable, and this just happens to be the launch…
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Got Game Bringing ArmA II Boxed Copies To North America
Developer Bohemia Interactive teams up with Got Game Entertainment to make sure all of us North Americans have the option to pick up ArmA II at retail next month. While the sequel to the spiritual successor of the original Operation Flashpoint hits Steam this week, many of us still prefer the unique smell of a…
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Amazon Has Cheap PS3 Games All Day Long
Looking for some relatively cheap, older-type PlayStation 3 games? Amazon’s doing the PS3 deal day thing once again, kicking things off with a little Modern Warfare and seeing where things go from there. Judging from the clues and the games already on sale, Amazon seems to be trying to move games that everyone who owns…
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More Tekken 6 Characters To Look At
Get to know Alisa Bosconovich, Lars Alexandersson, Marshall Law, Yoshimitsu, and Eddy Gordo, in this new set of character-highlighting screens from Tekken 6. The newer folks are nice and all, but I’ve always been partial to Eddy Gordo. By saying that, I am of course admitting that I suck at Tekken, but in my defense…
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The Nintendo Download: Random Monday Morning Goodness
What this week’s Nintendo Download lacks in must-have titles it makes up for in sheer guts, with brain training, puzzles, a little golf, and a simulated planet all on offer. Of course, when I say lacking in must-have titles, that doesn’t mean completely bereft of them. The sole DSiWare title this week is Art Style:…
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ArmA II Launch Trailer Strikes Preemptively
Bohemia Interactive‘s ArmA II isn’t due out in the states until next week, but it’s out today in Europe, so we’re stealing their launch trailer while they’re not looking. They’ve got to be much too busy dealing with the sad situation in the fictional country of Chernarus, where Western forces have been called in to…
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World Of Warcraft Lights The Summer Flame
Is it that time of year again already? Blizzard once again celebrates the coming of summer in World of Warcraft, with an icy new nemesis joining this year’s Midsummer Fire Festival festivities. The Midsummer Fire Festival is a great time to slip back into World of Warcraft for awhile, with plenty of activities easily accomplished…
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You Got Resident Evil 3 In My Left 4 Dead!
Here’s an excellent example of someone using the Left 4 Dead creation tools for their intended purpose – recreating Resident Evil 3’s Raccoon City. You’ll have to forgive the frame rate, as mod author Outatime is still ironing out the bugs for this faithful recreation of Raccoon City in Left 4 Dead, but it’s obviously…
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Gaming Minds Picks Up Where Ascaron Left Off
After picking up the majority of Sacred 2 developer Ascaron’s assets earlier this month, Kalypso Media now announces the formation of Gaming Minds Studios, where former Ascaron devs work on former Ascaron games. When German developer Ascaron entered insolvency in April, things were looking grim for the studio’s properties, which included Port Royale, Darkstar One,…
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Win Real Boxing From Fight Night 4 And Pizza Hut
EA and Pizza Hut have teamed up for the Rumble in the Ring Ultimate Fight Sweepstakes, in which entrants can win a custom Xbox 360 or a trip to watch men punching each other. It’s part sweepstakes, part instant win game as Pizza Hut signs on with EA to promote the latest entry in their…
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Canada Can Have PSN Cards Now
Now that the giant ice spiders have gone back into hibernation for a few months, Sony can finally ship PlayStation Network cards to Canada without fear of having arachnid eggs planted in their drivers. Now available at the EB Games and GameStop locations that have yet to be ravaged by the ongoing conflict, PlayStation Canada…
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Blood Bowl Launch Trailer, With Color Commentary
The PC version of Cyanide Studios‘ adaptation of classic Games Workshop board game Blood Bowl is less than a week away, and all eight fantasy football teams are raring to go. After a bit of legal wrangling over Cyanide’s last fantasy football release, Chaos League, the developer and Games Workshop settled their differences, and Blood…
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Rare Shopping For Project Natal Designers With Twitter
Rare dropped us a line to let us know that they were now active on Twitter, posting haiku movie reviews, new game teases, and fishing for game designers who might be interested in Project Natal. It isn’t exactly rare for a game developer to show up on Twitter these days, so why is Rare so…
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