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PC Code Points to Five-Deck DLC Plans for Magic: The Gathering
PC gamers inspecting the game code for Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013, which released this week, found references to five additional decks that seem likely to be released as downloadable content later. Top Tier Tactics has all of the details. [h/t WiNG]
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New Skylanders “Sidekicks” Arriving in Frito Bags in Two Weeks?
This rumor has bubbled on enthusiast sites and message boards since about April, but an official-looking PowerPoint floating out there in the wild suggests a promotion this July will combine Mike Fahey’s two greatest loves: Skylanders and snack foods. The four Sidekicks, pictured above, appear to be in-game characters only (no figurines). They’ll be claimed…
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America Scared of Iran’s Video Games, Says Iran
Iran’s mastery of the Unity engine may not have gotten the attention of the United Nations Security Council, but games like Gando (pictured above) sure have spooked ‘Murica, according to Iranian government sources quoted in a report published by Iran. Mokhber Dezfouli, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, said video games became…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Reader ak-blanc is back taking Sunday TAYpic honors for the second straight week. Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is your space to discuss anything on your mind about the subject of video games. Want a piece of the TAYpic action atop this six-day-a-week post? Grab the base image here, provide…
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Sunday Comics: Honoris Causa
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published June 18.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published June 22.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by…
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Pika-Chewed: The Winners
A quartet of schoolchildren doing something unspeakable to Pikachu was the fertile field given to our ‘Shoppers to plow. What’s great is, this week’s 20 finalists actually brought more clarity and sense to what might have been going on than the original did. Enlightenment, and overall winner GiantBoyDetective, are inside! We had tons of movie-themed…
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Call of Duty Makes for the Most Un-Romantic Marriage Proposal Ever
When people with money get married, a heavily manicured, storybook ceremony is to be expected because it’s a public appearance of some sort. It’s what takes place in private that is truly revelatory and Chad Ochocinco, noted gamer and iconoclast NFL star, apparently couldn’t put down his controller when he popped the question to Evelyn…
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Here’s a Look at the 3DS’ Devilish New Take on Brain Age
When first mentioned back in February, Nintendo was said to be working on Oni Tore, or “Demon Training”—a quiz that tested the ability to work on problems from memory. During the Nintendo Direct showcase on Friday, the company offered a look at one of its minigames in action, Oni Keisan, or “Demon Calculation.” In Oni…
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Report Suggests Assassin’s Creed‘s PC Version Won’t Release on Consoles’ Launch Date
There have been three editions of Assassin’s Creed for PC. Not a one of them released at the same time as the console versions’ launch. The closest Ubisoft came was with Revelations, which landed on PC two weeks after it did for Xbox 360 and PS3. Though Ubisoft told Eurogamer that the PC release date…
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Boy-Band Tribute to Halo Writes Master Chief’s Name All Over the Back of a Notebook
Be prepared, this is an excellent send-up of One Direction’s earworm pop-hit “What Makes You Beautiful,” but that means you hear the chorus once and it’ll be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. It comes to you from The Warp Zone, who gave us the smash hit The Day Guitar Hero…
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Here’s a Look at Mists of Pandaria‘s Box Art—Is a Release Date Coming Soon Too?
Redditor JimmijTheRustler just up and published that image of what appears to be the official box for the upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion to World of Warcraft It looks legit—that UPC barcode checks out. Yes, that was submitted very early this morning—however, on the World of Warcraft forums, a reader has pointed out that the…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
We didn’t get around to this last night, but it’s still the weekend, and it’s still a good time to gab about how we’re going to spend time in the great indoors now that summer has finally arrived. Or for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, what they’re playing as they keep warm. My own…
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Final Fantasy XI‘s Newest Expansion will be Seekers of Adoulin
Commemorating a decade of Final Fantasy XI, Vanafest 2012 revealed a new expansion for the MMO. Seekers of Adoulin will promise new lands, new tales, new jobs—including the “Geomancer,” confirmed on the expansion’s official site. Check out its official trailer above. It’s mostly text, though the background of the “new tales” clip might give you…
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Summer Blockbuster Savings
The Amazing Spider-Man isn’t even out, and you can already find discounts for it. The video game, not a ticket to see the film. Other deals this week include a new price drop for Starhawk and savings on a video capture recorder if you’ve always wanted to make hilarious movies of your escapades in Skyrim.…
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Team Fortress 2‘s Official Economist Publishes His First Paper
Yanis Varoufakis, the economist Valve recently hired to study Team Fortress 2‘s virtual economy, has published his first paper. If you are not an economist and suffer from insomnia, you might consider giving this a close read. If not, and you’re looking for a bit of news out if, this bit of speculation was all…
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Trolls Plunder EVE Economy for Trillions. Again.
I’m trying to remember the last time I read something about EVE Online that involved typical features of an MMO. Like, I don’t know, new missions, new ships or character classes. Instead, every time I see EVE in the news, it’s for players looting and pillaging the in-game economy. Because this is basically a galactic…
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Quantum Conundrum Gets Console Release Dates
Quantum Conundrum, released yesterday for the PC, now has a specific date for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. PlayStation Network gets the puzzler on July 10, Xbox Live subscribers may buy it on July 11. The game does not yet have a price on either console service but as it ran $15 on PC,…
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Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘Duck Hunt 2012 with Swearing.’
Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personal. Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Released: June 19. Critic: JabbaTheSlush (Metacritic) • “[T]his is a solid one out of ten.” Score: 1 (out of 10) Critic: Kadeemluvmusic (Metacritic) • “… [a] bad flavor…
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No Way to Trim the Pubic Hair of Console Gaming
In about a week I’ll move into a new home. My mother’s giving me an antique pine cabinet which she says is perfect to support my TV and house all my video game equipment. When I get home my best friend and I will carry over this antique. Then I’ll drill a huge hole right…
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