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King of Fighters XII Strikes Worldwide In July
The beautiful hand-drawn graphics of King of Fighters XII are coming to an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 near you, as SNK Playmore and Ignition Entertainment announce a worldwide release for July. The King of Fighters series finally makes the jump to current generation hardware with The King of Fighters XII, coming this July to…
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Guitar Hero Marches On With Queen, Hendrix, and James Bond
Activision details their downloadable content lineup for Guitar Hero World Tour this month, bringing players more Hendrix, a little Queen, a smattering of European tracks, and the James Bond theme song. The month’s downloadable songs kick off this Thursday with the third European track pack, with Italy, Finland, and France represented by Vanilla Sky, The…
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H.A.W.X. Launches With Attack On The White House
The launch trailer for Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. shows how heavy the air-to-air combat action is going to get, with an attack on the White House and a missile aimed at Air Force One. Of course it isn’t the real White House or Air Force one. This is the White House and Air Force One of…
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ESA Foundation Doubles Up On Developer Scholarships
The ESA Foundation, representing the charitable arm of the games industry, has announced that they will be making 30 scholarships available this year to aspiring female and minority game developers. The 30 scholarships represent a doubling of the foundations scholarship offerings over their first two years of operation, granting qualified applicants $3,000 towards their continued…
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Burnout Paradise Toy Cars Really Coming Out Thursday
After a false start in the middle of last month, Criterion is finally ready to release the Toy Car pack for Burnout Paradise, with the tiny racers speeding your way this Thursday. Nine little racers make their way to the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace this Thursday, adding a whole new, much smaller dimension…
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Luc Bernard’s Mecho Wars Due Out This Month
Luc Bernard dropped us a line today to deliver the latest information on Mecho Wars, the tactical prequel to Eternity’s Child for the iPhone. Mecho Wars tells the story of the war between the mechanical Landians and the Winged, which left protagonist Angel as one of the last of his kind in Eternity’s Child. Inspired…
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Is This The Perfect PS3 First-Person Shooter Controller?
mLani Studios is gearing up for a spring release for the MoBi, a wireless PlayStation 3 and PC controller that’s one part mouse, one part analog stick. The MoBi basically takes a PlayStation 3 controller and splits it in half. Movement is controlled by the analog stick on the bit held in the left hand,…
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Finally, A Shaving Razor For Gamers
Unshaven gamers rejoice, as relief is finally here. Gillette has recently introduced the new Fusion Gamer, finally bringing the science of facial hair removal to our scruffy industry. For ages, gamers have had to make do with the same shaving devices that normal people use, to varying degrees of success. Some of us had given…
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Sacred 2 T-Energy Trailer
The latest trailer for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel focuses on T-energy, the mysterious power that fuels the world of Ancaria’s magic. At least it begins focusing on it, and then quickly devolves into a fight between the Seraphim character and one of the Inquisitors from the game. It’s the strangest little transition, really. The narrator…
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Europe Gets Red 360 Controller In Time For Resident Evil 5
Microsoft cleverly ties-in existing product to a major game release, timing the European debut of the red Xbox 360 controller to coincide with the release of Resident Evil 5. In a clever bit of release scheduling magic, the same limited-edition red Xbox 360 controller and play and charge kit that has been sitting on North…
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This Week On Live Arcade: Who Pays $20 For The Watchmen?
The $20 Steam pricing for Watchmen: The End is Nigh carries over to the Xbox Live Arcade version of the game, due out this Wednesday. Definitely not a case of PC taxing, Deadline Games‘ Watchmen: The End is Nigh carries the same $20 price tag as the version going up on Steam, which translates into…
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The Halo Universe Expanded: Part One
In the first of a new series of videos dealing with the expansion of the Halo universe, members of Ensemble, and the gaming press talk Halo history. The Halo universe isn’t just Master Chief. I know, I know; that’s a hard fact for some fans to swallow. Between the novels, the first-person shooter trilogy, and…
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Vote For The Best Independent Game Of 2008
The Independent Games Festival has launched the voting site for the 2009 Audience Award, with 15 finalists seeking your nod as the best independent game of 2008. A panel of industry judges has narrowed down a list of 226 entries to 15 of the best independent games of last year, and now they want your…
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Xbox Live Deal Of The Week: Ninja Missions On The Cheap
Microsoft second offering in their recently revived Deal of the Week program grants Xbox Live Gold members a special price on the Mission Mode add-on for Ninja Gaiden 2. The Deal of the Week is Microsoft’s way of saying thank you to Xbox Live Gold customers by offering them content they more than likely already…
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And The Mod Of The Year Award Winners Are…
Mod DB has announced the winners of their 7th Annual Mod of the Year Awards, which celebrate the most creatively remastered video games and game modifications. Nine different categories were under contention this year, with six awards chosen by Mod DB editors and three chosen by the gaming community through popular vote, including the top…
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Study: Children Desire Mature-Rated Games
A study published in the U.S. Pediatrics journal this month finds that giving a video game a mature rating makes it “unspeakably desirable” to children. The study, conducted jointly by Brad Bushman of the University of Michigan and Elly Konijn of VU University Amsterdam, had 310 Dutch schoolchildren aged 7-17 read fictitious game descriptions, rating…
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Weekly Wii Update: Family Parties And Ogre Battles
Two new downloadable games grace the Nintendo Wii this Monday morning, as ogres battle and families party, demonstrating the fundamental differences between the two groups. Gammick Entertainment’s Family & Friends Party is this week’s sole WiiWare release, delivering 1,000 Wii points worth of interactive board gaming fun. Teams of families and friends (no strangers allowed…
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We Play Battle Rage So You Don’t Have To
Last week Destineer quietly released Battle Rage: Mech Conflict, a $19.99 robot battler for the Nintendo Wii, and for some odd reason I picked up a copy. Let’s play! So what it Battle Rage: Mech Conflict? For an in-depth explanation, I took the liberty of copying the official sales blurb from the game’s Amazon.com listing.…
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Blood Bowl Cheerleader Battle: Wood Elves Versus Chaos
Like any battle between good and evil, the fantasy football face-offs in Cyanide’s Blood Bowl are ultimately decided by who has the best-looking cheerleaders. Or is that the other way around? Do the cheerleaders make the team, or do they simply look better when their side is winning? Either way, we can judge the qualities…
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BattleForge Beta Welcomes All Comers
EA Phenomic has dropped the beta key requirements for BattleForge, inviting PC gamers everywhere to get an early taste of what the card-based real-time strategy title has to offer. Starting today, participating in the BattleForge beta is as simple as downloading the client and creating an EA account, for those of you who haven’t already…
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