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Thief 4 Revealed Next Week
According to a teasing ad in the latest issue of Edge Magazine, it looks like Eidos Montreal might finally be ready to officially announce Thief 4 next Monday. Eidos Montreal hasn’t been very good at keeping secrets. having revealed last year that their next “AAA” title after Deus Ex 3 was a game from an…
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The Real Deadpool Returns In Ultimate Alliance 2
Fans disappointed by what they did to Deadpool in the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie can find solace this fall, when the original merc with a mouth returns in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Up until now Deadpool’s appearance in the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 roster has been kept quiet, but an advertisement included in retail copies…
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The Nintendo Download: Applied Animal Crossing
It’s a double dose of big-headed, gibberish-talking animals this week in the Nintendo Download, as two Animal Crossing applications add functionality to the DSi. The Animal Crossing Calculator and Animal Crossing Clock (200 DSi points each) are more than simply themed utilities for your brand new Nintendo DSi. Sure, the calculator functions as a normal…
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Turtles In Time In Action
Experience footage of the Xbox Live Arcade remake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time they way it was meant to be seen – in shaky, cell phone format. Dominic from Gamervision caught the Turtle Van at Citizen’s Bank Park in my old home town of Philadelphia this weekend, and somehow amidst all of…
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Xi – Join The Veilcorp Team
The PlayStation Home alternate reality game Xi takes another step beyond the console as the shadowy corporate entity known as Veilcorp begins recruiting applicants in the New York and Los Angeles area. Little is known about Veilcorp other than the fact that they claim ownership of anything having to do with Xi, suggesting that anyone…
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Officially Delayed
The rumors from earlier today unfortunately prove to be true, as Eidos announces that Batman: Arkham Asylum will miss its original June release date. The rumors surfaced earlier today, with Game Informer magazine citing “sources close to the game” who had indicated that Batman: Arkham Asylum would be pushed back from the original June date…
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Scribblenauts Has The Write Stuff
The developer behind Lock’s Quest and Drawn To Life prepare to draw upon their DS experience to create a new “groundbreaking emergent” game in Scribblenauts. Scribblenauts is a game in which players help their friend Maxwell acquire “starlite” by solving a series of puzzles in each of the game’s more than 200 levels. So what’s…
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Bionic Commando Multiplayer In Action
Still deciding whether or not to download the Xbox 360 multiplayer demo for Bionic Commando? Perhaps this video will help you decide. Or perhaps not. I mean, on the one hand, it certainly is colorful. On the other hand there’s a giant metal arm that Crecente says is just too underutilized to make the multiplayer…
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Next Week In Rock Band: From Franz Ferdinand To The Allman Brothers Band
Next week is a big one for Rock Band, with Harmonix announcing ten tracks hitting the Rock Band Music Store from six bands, including The Allman Brothers Band, Luscious Jackson, and triple-dose of Franz Ferdinand. Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out” finally makes its way to Rock Band next week, having been a popular song amongst…
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Activision Supports Scottish Weasel Mating
In a bit of marketing that could theoretically bite someone at Activision in the ass, the company is promoting X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the UK by backing giant weasel mating. There are two Logan’s in Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo today, all thanks to the marketing efforts of Activision. The zoo’s only male wolverine, which is a…
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Left 4 Dead Is Free AND 40% Off This Weekend
Valve sweetens the free 24-hour trial for the PC version of Left 4 Dead that kicked off today by dropping the purchase price by 40%. Today only, PC gamers can download Valve’s Left 4 Dead via Steam and play it completely free of charge for a 24-hour period, after which you have to purchase the…
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Is Point Look A New Fallout 3 Expansion?
Several online retailers are listing a DVD containing the Fallout 3 Broken Steel expansion and something called Point Look, leading to speculation that more downloadable content is on the way. Three separate online retailers are now listing a Fallout 3 Expansion Pack – Broken Steel and Point Look product for the Xbox 360, including eStarland,…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Diverse Worlds
BioWare helps us move past the problems of the past week, with a new developer diary exploring the planets of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The video explores the creation of some of the planets included in the next massively multiplayer Star Wars title, from the writing to the art design. There’s still no planet…
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27th Annual Golden Joystick Awards Voting Opens
Now’s your chance to make sure your favorite games make it onto the short list in the 27th Annual Golden Joystick Awards. It’s that time of the year again. One of the world’s oldest video game award programs seeks gamers to flock to its website, nominatting their favorite games in fifteen different categories. This is…
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Lips Gets New Edition In May
Microsoft’s karaoke game Lips adds a ton of new music this month, but none quite as impressive as the New Edition Song Pack. No, there’s nothing wrong with your line. The New Edition Song Pack for Lips is coming on the 15th of May, adding three of 80’s group’s biggest hits to the Xbox 360.…
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Jumpgate Special Edition Is Full Of Stars
The special edition box set for NetDevil’s Jumpgate: Evolution certainly doesn’t suffer from a lack of space and space by-products. Discovered by a curious reader via a product listing at UK retailer Game’s website, the Special Edition of Jumpgate: Evolution is packed with exactly the sort of things you’d expect to find in the special…
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Wow, Check Out One Of Wolverine’s Secret Places
In the frozen wastes surrounding the Akali Lake Weapon X facility, Wolverine stumbles upon an artifact of untold power from another world…of Warcraft. I’m placing the main image below in case the spoiler warning tag isn’t enough to keep you from peeking inside. It really is one of the more humorous little cross-title nods I’ve…
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GOG Scores MegaRace
CD Projekt‘s DRM-free classic computer game download service has secured several titles from French publisher Microids, including Mega Race, one of the premier showcase titles for CD Rom technology. Originally developed by Cryo, who were purchased by Microids in 2008, MegaRace was one of the games that ushered in the age of the CD Rom.…
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Army Of Two: The 40th Day Trailer – Worst Zoo Ever
It’s actual gameplay footage from Army of Two: The 40th Day, containing tons of gunfire, explosions, and the worst zoo ever. The Army of Two franchise is essentially the story of two pals who get mixed up in all sorts of whacky military hijinks. It’s a buddy film, and what would a buddy film be…
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Warrior Epic Enters Closed Beta
True Games announces that they’ve entered the closed beta testing phase of their new massively multiplayer online game Warrior Epic, and we know what that means – screenshots! Yes, you might not have made it into the closed beta test. Hell, you might not even have wanted to get into it, but it’s on, and…
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