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Battlefield 1943: Pacific Preview: A Much Needed Upgrade
I got early press access to the New York Comic Con to check out some games before lines start forming.First stop: The EA boot to get some time with Battlefield 1943: Pacific. What It Is Battlefield 1943: Pacific is a download only, multiplayer game for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. The game, while…
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Preview: A Bloody Good Time
Has as good stand-alone Wolverine game finally been made? I tried out an early hands-on demo tonight of X-Men Origins: Wolverine at Activision’s pre-New York Comic Con press event to find out. What It Is X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an action game based off the upcoming movie developed by Raven Software, which brought you Quake…
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New Wolfenstein Features Otherworld
What’s this? A new Wolfenstein game? Yeah, apparently I didn’t get the memo. Activision brought the game, simply titled Wolfenstein, along to their press event in NYC last night and showed off the latest build. I was a bit disappointed to find out this was not a hands-on preview. An Activision rep played through the…
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Prototype Preview: Slick, But Not A Stand Out
What’s that? You say you wanted more sandbox-style games? Activision has you covered with the release of Protoype on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC this Summer. New York Comic Con attendees will have a chance to go hands-on with the game at the show this weekend and we recently got to see the…
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Wall Street Journal: Playing The Fool
An article from the Wall Street Journal highlights some eyebrow-raising stories from the new book “The Race for a New Game Machine,” written by designers who worked closely on the Cell and 360 processors. The book details the entire roller coaster ride of development, including when Microsoft contacted IBM to have the 360 chipset designed…
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The LA Times’ Attempt At Making The Perfect Game
Who said designing video games was hard? All you need to do is steal the best parts from each and combine them into one enormous smorgasbord of all you can eat gaming. The Los Angeles Times went ahead and listed their most valued and defining game qualities from this year in an attempt to form…
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Mega64 Brings It Home
Anthony Funn from Sony tries to re-convince the general public that Playstation Home is indeed very fun. He highlights some of its actives, like waiting in line, beards, and moving stuff. Definitely not the funniest video they’ve done. I would have liked to have seen more running-man dancing and derogatory comments made towards women.
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A LBP Level Your Mother Wouldn’t Approve Of
Click to viewHere’s a video of an unpublished, user-created level from LittleBigPlanet. And there’s a reason why it continues to go unpublished. The level contains images of penises, semen, people defecating, and, among other things, a penis-shaped rocket car. So enjoy, and yes, this is very NSFW. LittleBigPlanet Reviews
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An In-Depth Resident Evil 5 Demo Graphical Comparison
The Resident Evil 5 demo looks stunning on both consoles. But when they’re shown side-by-side, it appears one has a slight graphical edge over the other. Dot50Cal over at The-Horror.com put together a great comparison gallery between the 360 and PS3 versions of the Resident Evil 5 demo. The conclusion? The 360 version seems to…
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Gamestop Offering Demo With Killzone 2 Reserves
For those of you looking to get some early hands-on time with Killzone 2, Gamestop will be offering exclusive access to the demo if you reserve the game. In-store customers will be given a card with a code to enter on Playstation Network for access to download the demo. Online customers will be e-mailed the…
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Vikings’ Punter Considers Changing His Name To ‘World Of Warcraft’
I love video games. But not so much that I’d consider changing my name over them. However, Chris Kluwe from the Minnesota Vikings wants to ensure he’ll have the highest selling NFL jersey. Chris Kluwe does two things really well: Punting footballs and playing video games. Kluwe is known for being an avid gamer, so…
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ESRB Denies Working With Iran
A report from last week claimed Iran had ‘joined’ the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The ESRB, meanwhile, has no idea where that came from. “We have not had any discussions with Iran about adopting our rating system,” said Eliot Mizrachi, Assistant Director, Communications at the ESRB. More questions were raised, however, when a second report…
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Soulja Boy Tells ‘Em With His NXE Avatar
Soulja Boy’s new song "Grind On" makes its video debut by way of his Xbox 360 Avatar. As horrible as it is for me to say this, I think it’s actually a semi-catchy song. The video itself isn’t anything spectacular. It’s just him spinning his avatar around for three or four minutes with a few…
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Capcom Has A “Whole Slew” Of Titles Coming To PSN And PSP In ’09
I think Sony’s PSN could use some more PSone downloadables. I’m glad to see Capcom agrees with me. John Diamonon from Capcom writes on the Playstation Blog: “So what’s in store for 09? Well, I’m working with Grace and Ro at SCEA to come up with some innovative ways we can offer games and programs…
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Gears Of War 2: The Ultimate Glitch Collection
Gears of War 2 attended Glitch Fest 2000. We know that. But just how glitchy? Here’s a video that shows off just about all of them. There’s 16 total with some honorable mentions. Not only does the video do a great job of highlighting said glitches, but it also takes shots at Epic Games and…
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SF Chronicle’s Best Games Of 2008 (GTA IV Doesn’t Make It)
While 2009 is almost upon us, there’s still some time to pass out gaming awards for 2008. I bet you didn’t think No More Heroes would be making anyone’s list. The San Francisco Chronicle handed out their gaming awards for the year. Noticeably missing from this list are the usual suspects, like Grand Theft Auto…
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