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Mass Effect Preorder Gun Goes All Large Hadron Collider on Your Ass
In this video, you can get a look at the in-game bonuses for preordering Mass Effect 2 from GameStop: the Terminus Assault Armor, which does more than look good, and the Blackstorm Heavy Weapon, which does more than look bad. See, this is what everyone said those folks in Switzerland were gonna do, create a…
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LittleBigPlanet DLC, Update Deliver 11 More Trophies
Yesterday, a trophy tip-off presaged today’s announcement of Borderlands’ second DLC package. Well, there’s another such leak today, showing 11 new trophies for LittleBigPlanet’s Pirates of the Caribbean DLC and Water update. There are 2 silver and 9 bronze trophies becoming available with the new content, reports PS3Trophies.org. They will raise the total trophies to…
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Borderlands DLC Now Available for PC
Note we didn’t say “free.” Because it’s not. No, PC gamer, The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned will run you $9.99, like the rest of the console peons, no more and no less. What do you get for your hard-won dough? Well, about eight hours of gameplay and new missions! Easy-to-critical shambling zombies! (And crawling…
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Facebook on XBL Available for Minors — Outside of U.S.
Xbox Live users under 18 outside of North America may now use the social networking tools Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm on Xbox Live. Minors in the U.S. get access Dec. 15. Major Nelson announced that this afternoon Microsoft rolled an update that enables access to those three services by minors, provided they have parental approval.…
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Nintendo Calls Chinatown Sales ‘Frustrating’; Implies Lack of Marketing
Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of sale and marketing, confessed to being frustrated by the sales numbers behind Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and suggested Rockstar hasn’t learned something Nintendo already knows about marketing. Asked by MTV Multiplayer if Nintendo was disappointed by Chinatown Wars’ showing, Dunaway said: It’s frustrating, quite frankly.…
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Achievement Chore: She Plays For Gamerscore, Whether It’s Fun Or Not
It’s 9 p.m. and I’ve lost my fifth straight game of Madden NFL Arcade to the same person, each time by 30-0. My opponent has a gamerscore of more than 165,000. But it’s not because she’s good at football. “I hate sports games,” Kristen says with a weary laugh, reminding me for about the fifth…
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This is Battletoads?
Machinima just can’t help itself. We’ve seen Castlevania, Mario, Contra, and now here we are with Battletoads as reenacted within Half-Life 2. Remember, this is Machinima (the site, and the titular genre), not a mod. So sit back and enjoy, you can’t literally play this. Although it’s hard to do so without imagining the impossible…
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Trophy List Hints at More DLC Coming for Borderlands
Gearbox creative dude Mikey Neumann twitter-teased some sort of announcement yesterday that had to get pulled back, but it looks like PS3Trophies.org stole the show. Four new trophies tip off some coliseum-based DLC in the works. Here’s what we got. Haven’t seen these on Xbox Live (the version I play) yet. Take that for what…
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EA Sports Announcing “New Game” in January
EA Canada’s community manager tweeted last night that “execs at EA SPORTS will announce a new game sometime in January. I wonder what it’ll be?” Yeah, I wonder, too. Let’s wonder together. Some candidates, in decreasing order of likelihood: • FIFA World Cup 10. Although, this is really no surprise, nor is it really a…
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Paid Less to Die More: The Actors’ Union’s Beef with Video Games
The Screen Actors’ Guild’s rejection of a contract with game makers can be seen as a tempest in a teapot – 80 percent of voice work is non-union. But the LA Times goes further to see what’s really at stake. Mostly, SAG voice actors are concerned about a new work classification called “atmospheric voices,” in…
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Metal Slug XX Coming to XBLA — in Japan, at Least — Next Year
Metal Slug XX, due out for Japanese PSPs this month, joins three other SNK arcade titles on Xbox Live Arcade in early spring, Siliconera reports. In the past SNK has released its Japanese, North American and European XBLA titles simultaneously. The three other titles going to XBLA are NeoGeo Battle Coliseum, The King of Fighters…
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UFC Undisputed 2010 to Debut at VGA Awards
THQ’s acclaimed UFC 2009 Undisputed is up for a Video Game Award, which make’s Spike’s broadcast this Saturday the perfect time to debut the mixed martial arts title’s highly anticipated sequel. The awards show will feature the first ever gameplay footage of the UFC Undisputed 2010, plus commentary from top UFC fighters. A news release…
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Top Models Game in the Buff, Too
Sure, you can get pictures of Warcraft. And sure, you can get nekkid pictures of Adrianne Curry. But now, through the magic of Twitter, you can get both in one picture. Who knows why Curry, the first winner of America’s Next Top Model, chose to share this, but she did over Twitter last night. Lots…
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Funny Book for Little Kids Helps Real Ones
Done in the style of a toddler’s first book, “A Gamer’s Alphabet” pairs letters and important words from video gaming. And, seriously, profits from the sale of this clever gift go to help kids suffering from a rare epileptic disorder. The cause is “Marissa’s Bunny,” which seeks to support families and spread awareness of infantile…
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Get Ready for Even Freakier L4D2 Mods
The delayed SDK for Left 4 Dead 2 has been a bummer to that robust modding community, but now they have news that softens their disappointment: When it arrives, the kit will support custom survivors, infected, weapons, you name it. L4DMods.com says it got a look at code detailing what can be expected in the…
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Unpack Your Bags
To: Luke From: Owen It struck me this morning that I had yet to unpack my suitcase from my trip home. I got back late Monday. It should also tell you something that the only reason I discovered it today is because I had to go looking for my razor. Some highlights you might have…
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NHL 10 Third Jersey Code is Out
With all of the NHL teams having revealed their third jerseys in competition this year, NHL 10 can now release them as well. EA Sports has published the code unlocking them. The code is: rwyhafwh6ekyjcmr The teams available with new third jerseys are the Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, and Minnesota Wild.…
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Just Cause 2 Car Chases: “The Laws of Physics on Drugs”
Again, the biggest selling point for Just Cause 2 is that it just does not give a damn. Motorcycle jump to a parachute landing? No biggie. Lasso a humvee to a cenotaph? All in a day’s work. About the only time where Just Cause 2’s vehicle physics work against you is when it has the…
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So, Now We’re Leaking Cooling Fan Footage. Mkay.
Not only that, for $50 you can make your Xbox 360 sound about three times as loud. Here is "leaked R&D" video of ZooZen’s "Overcase," which turns your Xbox 360 into a stereo tuner from 1982. Still preying on RRoD fears, at least the Overcase doesn’t void a console’s warranty – unless removing a faceplate…
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Week in Games: Voulez-vous Blow Up Crap Avec Moi
The Saboteur is the core console release in a light week; of course, The Legend of Zelda: Snakes on a Train for the DS should not be overlooked. Tales of Monkey Island has a new chapter on PC and Wii. This week’s count: seven for PC, four for Wii, three for DS, two for PS3,…
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