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Frankenreview: Halo Wars
Twenty years before Halo: Combat Evolved the war between humanity and the Covenant was a much more strategic affair, as proven in Ensemble Studios’ swan song, Halo Wars. Halo Wars takes the familiar setting of the first-person shooter series Halo and translates into a console-based real-time strategy game, in which players build up and army,…
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Warhammer Online’s Severely Limited Free Trial Offer
After months spent catering strictly to the game-purchasing crowd, Mythic has released a free 10-day trial for their massively multiplayer online role-playing game Warhammer Online. As part of Mythic’s plan to draw new players to Warhammer Online in the face of their Call to Arms live expansion, the company has launched a free 10-day trial…
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The House Of The Dead: Overkill Review: A Blast From The Past
Sega’s classic shooter franchise meets 70’s exploitation horror in The House of the Dead: Overkill for the Nintendo Wii. Developer Headstrong re-imagines the House of the Dead franchise in Overkill, a prequel to the series that takes us back to a simpler time, when men were men, women were half-naked, and black policemen use the…
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World Of Wacraft Patch 3.1 Hits Test
The biggest patch since the release of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion has hit the test realm for World of Warcraft, revealing tier 8 armor sets, legendary weapons, and the Argent Tournament. Among the expected changes such as dual talent specs and the ability of mounts to swim (hooray) comes a slew of…
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Street Fighter Star Chris Klein On Becoming An Action Hero
Actor Chris Klein pontificates on the trials and tribulations of becoming an action star in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, opening this weekend in theaters across the country. Klein plays Charlie Nash, who in the movie is a police officer on the trail of Bison, as opposed to the Air Force lieutanant he is…
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Doomsday Strikes DC Universe Online
Sony Online Entertainment reveals the first "case" for DC Universe Online, which gives players a chance to go toe-to-toe with Doomsday – the villain that killed Superman. Of course he didn’t completely kill Superman, but for awhile there everyone was really sad, and Doomsday was the reason. Players will be able to side with Superman…
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Obama Talks Gaming During Congressional Address
Just because President Barack Obama is a verified gamer doesn’t mean he supports irresponsible gaming. During last night’s Congressional address, the President re-iterated his firm stance on parenting over gaming. Obama’s comments during last night’s address closely echo comments he made during his presidential campaign, in which he urged parents to actually be parents, rather…
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Warrior Epic Looks Slightly Better Than It Sounds
New screens from True Games‘ upcoming massively multiplayer online action role-playing game Warrior Epic display visuals a bit more dynamic than the game’s name. While the graphics for Warrior Epic certainly won’t knock anyone off of their feet, they aren’t too shabby with a game that’s being designed to run on any computer system, regardless…
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Ex-Designer Says Obsidian’s Aliens Game Canceled
An ex-Obsidian developer’s Linkedin profile lends further credence to rumors that Sega’s action role-playing game set in the Aliens universe is no longer a going concern. The Linkedin profile, discovered by Strategy Informer, belongs to ex-Obsidian designer David Condor. The resume section of the public profile lists Obsidian Entertainment, as well as the most current…
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Kerrigan Loses Her Voice In StarCraft II
Despite appearing in the Kerrigan reveal trailer shown at BlizzCon 2008, Glynnis Talken Campbell, the original voice of StarCraft’s Queen of Blades, will not be voicing the character in StarCraft II. Fans who attended BlizzCon last year or watched the Kerrigan reveal trailer on YouTube were overjoyed when Campbell’s voice purred from the shadows towards…
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Midnight Club’s South Central Dated And Priced
After a bit of a false start last month, Rockstar’s downloadable South Central content for Midnight Club: Los Angeles gets a concrete March release date, along with a price tag for the premium content. The South Central update for Midnight Club: Los Angeles actually comes in two parts. One is a the free South Central…
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What Countries Made Nintendo’s Rampant Piracy List This Year?
Every year, Nintendo documents the worst countries in the world in terms of rampant Nintendo game piracy, issuing a report to the U.S. Trade Representative requesting help. What countries made the list this year? Nintendo issues the annual report to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative as part of the Special 301 process, which…
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Killzone 2: Creating Helghan
The high-production values continue in round two of the Killzone 2 behind the scenes series, this time focusing on creating the look and feel of the alien world of Helghan. Guerrilla Games goes deep in this installment of the series, talking about the intricacies involved in making the completely alien home of the Helghast look…
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Why Is Blood On The Sand So Absurd? Fitty Did It For The Kids
With his new game hitting store shelves today, Kotaku caught up with rapper 50 Cent to chat about Blood on the Sand’s silly premise, music sales, and his future plans in the game industry. 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is the second game to feature the famous rapper’s name and likeness, following up on…
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Metal Gear Solid Touch In Action
Witness the story of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots as told via the iPhone, in the action-packed official trailer for Metal Gear Solid Touch. As revealed last week, Metal Gear Solid Touch basically retells the story of Metal Gear Solid 4 from a different perspective, with an over-the-shoulder view of Solid Snake’s…
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50 Cent Optioning Saint’s Row Rights For Possible Movie
Rapper 50 Cent revealed his intentions to develop a movie based on THQ’s Saint’s Row franchise today during a conference call regarding his upcoming video game 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand. Answering a question about the possibility of his own games becoming films, 50 Cent explained that he had other movie plans in store…
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Atlus Remakes Persona For The PSP
The PlayStation Portable gets yet another boost today, as Atlus announces Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for the PSP, and enhanced remake of the PlayStation game that started it all. First released in North America as Revelations: Person in 1996 for the original PlayStation, the spin-off to Atlus’ popular Megami Tensei gets a relaunch this fall…
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First Trailer And Screens For MotorStorm: Arctic Edge
Any thoughts that Sony might not be taking the PlayStation Portable seriously enough should go crashing down the snowy mountainside with the release of the first trailer and screens for MotorStorm: Arctic Edge. Arctic Edge, which is actually in development for both the PSP and the PlayStation 2, takes the intense racing action of the…
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Hothead Brings Braid To Mac, The Maw To Windows
Hothead Games is teaming up with other independent game developers to bring award winning titles to new platforms, starting with Twisted Pixel‘s The Maw and Jonathan Blow‘s Braid. Hothead Games, the developers behind the Penny Arcade Adventures series, is teaming up with other indie developers to help bring their games to new platforms so they…
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Hannah Montana And Assassin’s Creed PSP Packs Coming
Female gamers finally get a PSP of their own, as Sony announces a Lilac color being released in one of two new PSP bundles being released this year – Assassin’s Creed and Hannah Montana. While the thought of a Lilac PSP is actually rather appealing to me, Sony is releasing it as part of the…
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