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Outraged Torchlight Maker Calls Out Blatant Ripoff Sold on—Where Else—iPhone App Store [Update]
Armed Heroes Online, a game released last week to the Canadian iTunes store, is one of the most blatant cases of theft I have ever seen in an iOS app or game, and considering the shitshow of fakes and ripoffs that store is, that’s saying a lot. Nearly every visual asset in this game is…
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Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend Includes Free MLB.tv in the U.S.
It wasn’t as heavily promoted as Free Gold Weekends have been in the past, but Xbox Live’s “Summer of Sports” event means in the United States, every holder of a Silver (free) Xbox Live account enjoys all the perks granted to Gold (paid) subscribers this weekend—online multiplayer, streaming Netflix, everything. Included with the weekend is…
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This Fan-Made Game Might be the Best G.I. Joe Game of All Time
This was completed sometime back in early spring, but only yesterday became known to the public at large: It’s Attack on Cobra Island a fan-made G.I. Joe video game that shows a lot more effort and love than previous check-cashing G.I. Joe adaptations. Attack on Cobra Island‘s first stage is shown above in this 10…
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Owen’s Talking About NCAA Football 13 on Sports Radio Right Now
If you live in broadcast range of Dover, N.H.’s WTSN-AM 1270, I’ll be discussing NCAA Football 13 with host Justin McIsaac in this hour. If you don’t live in range of that signal, tune into it through their website. (Just click on Listen Live.) They’re talking baseball as this is published; the NCAA segment should…
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A Summer Struggle for Steam Supremacy
Amazon isn’t taking the Summer Steam Sale without putting up a fight. The retailer is running its own summer digital sale with steep discounts on some recent releases. There are also savings to be had on a preorder of Halo 4 if you act before the end of the weekend. Software • Amazon has a…
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Medal of Honor Preorder Said to Offer Beta Access to Battlefield 4
Briefly listed, then quickly replaced, was a billboard on Electronic Arts’ own Origin store saying that a preorder for Medal of Honor: Warfighter included “exclusive Battlefield 4 Beta Access.” It’s not mindblowing that there would be a Battlefield 4—the president of EA Labels, Frank Gibeau, himself referred to Battlefield 4 as far back as November.…
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Holy Crap, Is There a Lot of Stuff in Street Fighter‘s $150 Anniversary Edition—for PS3
The Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set releases on Sept. 18, and both its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions are a deluxe-o package featuring four full Street Fighter games and a slew of other goodies. The PlayStation 3 version, however, packs in four more games (all three Street Fighter Alpha games as PSOne Classics,…
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This Sure Looks Like the Next PlayStation 3
A series of photos attributed to a filing with the Brazilian equivalent of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission appears to give the first look at the case of a redesigned “superslim” PlayStation 3, which last week was rumored to be in manufacturing by Sony. The Brazilian site Tecnoblog reports that the unit’s model number in…
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These are the Best Explanations Yet for NCAA and Madden‘s Ratings
Some attribute ratings are easily understood, if not self explanatory: Speed. Agility. Strength. Others, you’re often left guessing what’s really going on: Trucking? Finesse Move? Press? Bowling Green alumnus and Mid-American Conference ambassador Matt Sussman, also a longtime friend of Deadspin, went looking for the league’s best player in each category and ended up writing…
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Here’s Your First Look at Penn State’s New Head Coach on the Sidelines
Depicting college head coaches in NCAA Football is as much of a cat-and-mouse game of subtlety and implication as it is representing “real” players. That’s not to say Penn State’s sideline boss hasn’t undergone some significant changes between NCAA Football 12 and NCAA Football 13. NCAA Football celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Until this…
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Custom Halo 4 Xbox 360 Bundle Leaks Ahead of Microsoft’s Official Announcement
A Microsoft store listing, since removed, said a limited edition Halo 4 console bundle will be released, delivering the game and a specially designed case on a 320 GB Xbox 360 configuration for $400. IGN spotted the listing earlier this evening. The Halo 4 360 will play custom Halo sounds whenever the device’s capacitive eject…
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Did MLB 2K12 Bring Together an All-Star Pitcher and This Swimsuit Model?
Rumors are flying that Kate Upton, the cover model for this year’s Swimsuit Edition of Sports Illustrated, is now dating Justin Verlander, the cover model for, well, Major League Baseball 2K12. And a series of promotional shoots for that video game, according to unnamed sources, is what brought the couple together for the first time…
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The NFL’s Most Badass Facemask will be in Madden 13
Justin Tuck, the defensive lineman for the New York Giants, got sick of getting jerked around by the facemask last year, so he had the helmet maker Schutt fashion … that, which practically assures he won’t get facemasked in the coming year. Madden NFL 13 released a screenshot today showing that, yep, it’s in the…
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FIFA 13 Gives a First Glimpse of Arsenal’s New Away Kit in Action
Last year, when Manchester City elected to reissue the red-and-black striped design it last wore in 1967, it revealed the new shirts through FIFA 12. Arsenal’s new purple-and-black alternate kit likewise debuted with some assistance from the EA Sports football title. You may see for yourself in the video above. The upsell to preorder the…
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The Curious Case of One All-Time Great in Madden‘s “Connected Careers”
This screenshot isn’t new but it is revealing. Kurt Warner last played in the NFL in the 2009-2010 season. Of the 24 players on Madden NFL 13‘s “Canton Greats” roster of throwback stars, he was the last to retire. And here we see his return to the league touted in the game’s new “Connected Careers”…
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Need For Speed Flick Gets a Hot Date
They’re already talking about February 2014 as the release window for Need For Speed the movie, which tells you everything you need to know about this venture, even 18 months away. Movies released in late winter, specifically February, are fucking terrible. Critics expect them to be fucking terrible. Their makers expect them to be fucking…
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Madden Challenger Closes Up Shop for Good
Once cited as proof—by no less than the boss of EA Sports at the time—that Madden NFL in fact had competition, the free-to-play browser-based sports management game QuickHit NFL is done for good as of the middle of next month. Bought out by Majesco a year ago, the QuickHit operation declined to renew its NFL…
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