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Free Crysis 2 Modkit Arrives In Early Summer
A modding toolkit for Crysis 2 will release in early summer, Crytek said today in an announcement. If that’s not enough freedom for you, the CryENGINE SDK releases to developers in August. The Crysis 2 modkit will be free, the company’s CEO said. CryENGINE 3 is “internally, the same engine we give to our licensees,…
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Fable III Available May 17 — On Steam
Fable III’s PC version has been dated and, surprisingly, it’s going to be available via Steam. Though the Microsoft-published game won’t be a Games for Windows Live exclusive, like past Microsoft PC versions, GFWL sounds like it will be required even if you buy the game over Steam. But, if you do pre-order the GFWL…
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Buttload of EA Mobile Games — Including Dead Space — Go On Sale For A Dollar
Dollar days appear to have just begun for EA Mobile’s offerings on the iTunes App Store, where Dead Space, including its HD version on the iPad, is just 99 cents. FIFA 11 is likewise a dollar on both platforms. Dollar apps for iPhone only include NBA Jam, Fight Night Champion, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12,…
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Child of Eden‘s PS3 Release Pushed to September
Though Child of Eden, the rhythm-action game from Tetsuya Mizuguchi, is still due for a Kinect-enabled June 14 release for Xbox 360, the game’s PS3 release is being pushed into September, says Ubisoft. It is expected to have PlayStation Move support. [IGN]
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First Licensed Sports Indie Game Is Now First Licensed Sports Indie Game With Fighting
NLL Lacrosse, which last year became the first fully-licensed sports game on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel, has released its second version. Though it features all 10 NLL teams and its 230 players, it’s not just a roster update. A completely new game engine, statistics compilation celebrations and fighting are all features debuting in…
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Mobile Games Maker Sends a Message With Amnesty International App
The iOS games studio Mobigame – best known for titles like Edge and Perfect Cell – has teamed up with Amnesty International to publish a game raising money for the human rights advocacy organization, observing its 50th anniversary this year. Bulletproof, costing 99 cents on the iTunes App Store, places the player as a political…
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Fans Vote Heisman Winner For The NCAA 12 Cover
Alabama’s Mark Ingram, the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner, was voted the cover athlete of NCAA Football 12, whose debut trailer you saw yesterday. Ingram, expected to be a high draft pick in next week’s NFL draft, beat out candidates Nick Fairley of Auburn, Jake Locker of Washington, and DeMarco Murray of Oklahoma in a fan-voted…
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Gamefly Triumphs in Postal Service Dispute
The U.S. Postal Service gave an unfair advantage to competitors like Netflix and Blockbuster Video, a regulatory board said Wednesday, awarding game rental service GameFly a victory in a two-year dispute over the postage, breakage and sorting of its disc mailings. The Postal Regulatory Commission found that the USPS gave “an unreasonable preference” to Netflix’s…
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ESRB Lauds Retailers’ Performance In M-Rated Game Report
The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has responded to a Federal Trade Commission report that video game retailers do a good job of observing the M-rating on video games and refusing their sale to minors. “We are extremely pleased to see the Federal Trade Commission confirm not only that the video game industry continues to have…
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BulleTrain‘s Open Letter To EA Still Leaves Many Missing The Memo
About a year and a half ago, Pandemic Studios – you may remember them for Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries and Star Wars: Battlefront – was shuttered by Electronic Arts, which bought the studio in 2007. Four developers who were pink-slipped formed Downsized Games, and BulleTrain, released late last year for iOS devices and updated recently,…
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On Time For The Launch
On Time For The Launch | A rebel fighter celebrates as his comrades fire a rocket barrage toward the positions of troops loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday. Rebels exchanged artillery and rocket fire with loyalist troops west of Ajdabiyah as the confict engulfing Libya continued. (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images) MLB 2K11’s Pitching…
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MLB 2K11‘s Pitching Perfectionists Want It Done Right
About two weeks ago, someone uploaded a video purporting to show the final inning of a successful perfect game in MLB 2K11 which, if legitimate, will claim a $1 million prize offered by 2K Sports. In it, the player throws nothing but high curveballs, a strategy that wouldn’t get you out of the first inning…
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The Date Is Not A Lie
There’s some game due to release by Tuesday, its name is on the tip of my tongue. Something about potatoes. Eh, it’ll come to me. If not, Mortal Kombat, SOCOM 4 and Conduit 2 are all A-list drops arriving on the same day. Monday Remington Super Slam Hunting: Alaska (Wii) Tuesday Portal 2 (Mac, PS3,…
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Of Course Crytek Wants 16 Times More RAM In The Next Console Generation
Crytek took it in the shorts from PC loyalists who felt Crysis 2 was handled in a way that catered more to console users than to PC gamers. In an interview, the studio’s graphics engineer said Microsoft and Sony have way underweight RAM configurations, and whatever they build next needs 8 GB of RAM, minimum.…
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Top 5 of 10: Marketing Geniuses
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top 10 Embarrassingly Bad Moments In Video Game Marketing [Calm Down Tom] I thought for sure EA’s mailing of brass knuckles for The Godfather Part…
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Presenting Ace of Spades, the “Minecraft FPS”
“Minecraft with rifles,” is how many describe Ace of Spades, and not just because of the low-res visual motif. Or the fact it, too, is in beta. The team-based multiplayer CTF setup also allows players to build bunkers, dig tunnels and erect fortifications. The objective in Ace of Spades is an intel briefcase, stolen from…
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How To Stuff A 3DS Inside A Game Boy
Let’s say you have a loved one sent to a prison, and you need to smuggle them a 3DS inside a Game Boy. (Look, just go with it). Goteking, who gave us the iPod-in-a-Dreamcast-VMU, now supplies a 3DS case made from a Game Boy It’s like the turducken of gaming handhelds. Goteking supplies a fake…
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The Crowd-Sourced Wii 2
Alright, gang, you had to know this one was coming. I had a couple other ideas this week, but in light of rumors that Nintendo will unveil a Wii successor at E3, and the thing will have iPads for controllers, we have to make sense of it all and help the Internet understand what this…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
We’ve cut a deal with Valve, if everyone ‘shops up a TAYpic today then we promise Portal 2 will unlock by at least 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Thanks to Mythos for today’s image. Submit your image to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
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Culture
Sunday Comics
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 April 11. – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published April 12. – Read more of Nerf…
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