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UncategorizedThis Is What Your Very Own Volus Biotic God Looks Like In Mass Effect 3‘s New DLC
The new Retaliation multiplayer DLC for Mass Effect 3 is out today. I’ve dabbled with it a bit so far and, sadly, luck is not with me when it comes to unlocking a volus. (I got a vorcha, instead. So close, game, and yet so far…) Other folks, however, have had better luck with their…
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UncategorizedApps Plus Toys: Zapped Battleship and Spellshot
Hasbro’s Zapped line of app-enabled toys and games combine the company’s popular properties with interactive iPad apps, creating a compelling hybrid of the old and the new. The initial entries in the line were products in which the iPad was used to supplement popular board games like Monopoly and The Game of Life. These are…
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UncategorizedMobile MMO Arcane Legends Stars Warriors, Sorcerers, Rogues and Puppies
How am I supposed to care about the main characters in Spacetime Studios’ latest mobile and browser MMO when there’s an adorable little puppy following me around? Hopefully they’ll take the cuteness down a touch once Arcane Legends gets out of the cinematic trailer phase. Spacetime Studios has been kicking out legendary MMO jams on…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Green Arrow Is The Latest Addition To Injustice: Gods Among Us
The superheroes that make up the battling members of Injustice: Gods Among Us was today revealed by Entertainment Weekly to grow by one new hero. In the gameplay trailer over at EW, you can see Green Arrow use his arrows and bow to shoot and slap around his opponents. Oliver Queen’s trademark trash-talk is in…
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UncategorizedI Would Watch An Entire Movie Of The Avenger Pugs
Without their masks, these pugs seem like normal, adorable squishy-faced pups. But with their mighty armor and weapons strapped to their paws, they make up The Avenger Pugs. I’d put my life in their hands. They seem reliable. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Are… Avenger Pugs! [YouTube via BuzzFeed]
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FarmVille 2 Worked Out Okay, So Zynga’s Working on CityVille 2
Currently the fastest-growing game on Facebook, FarmVille 2 is a bright spot for the financially troubled social gaming masters at Zynga. Its 3D graphics and crafting system have drawn in new players and kept them in the game (that’s me testifying). So it’s no surprise that the newly-revealed CityVille 2 features the same friend-driven gameplay…
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Fable: The Journey: The Kotaku Review
Did you ever go to school with a kid that was way too into horses? Like, waaaaaay too into horses? I’m talking about the kind of kid who has horse posters on the wall, a horse lunchbox and a horse backpack. Because Fable: The Journey feels like a game made by and for that kid.…
By Chris Person - Esports
Guild Wars 2 Adds PvP Features, Plans For a Future Jump Into eSports
If there is one overwhelming theme to gaming in 2012, it seems to be the rise of eSports and competitive PvP. MOBAs attract millions of players and tens or even hundreds of millions of watchers logged into livestreams. Prize pools for competitions grow ever larger, and more and more games are jumping into the fray.…
By Kate Cox - Uncategorized
The Redesigned Games.com Makes It Easier to Play New Games on Any Platform
AOL’s destination for competitive casual gaming features more than 5,000 games to play. Today a sleek new multi-platform redesign for Games.com makes it much easier for players to find and play them. The problem with having several thousand web-based games in one spot is giving users a way to sort through and discover them without…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Some Players Say New Borderlands 2 DLC is Erasing Their Badass Stats [UPDATE]
Players on both the 360 and PC platforms (PS3 seems to also now be available appears to not be available for download yet) are reporting bug issues with the latest patch and download necessary to play as Borderlands 2‘s latest character, Gaige According to threads on both the official Gearbox forums and Giant Bomb’s, some…
By Tina Amini - Uncategorized
You Can Now Download Borderlands 2‘s Mechromancer DLC
Gearbox surprised fans with an early release of the Mechromancer DLC that was originally planed for an October 16th release. But instead we get it a week early. And get it you should, because the Mechromancer is a powerful, versatile, spunky character with an amazing robotic bodyguard at her disposal But a specific time when…
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UncategorizedMy Favorite Rhythm Game Series Makes Its Stunning (and Stumbly) iPhone Debut
With DJMax Technika Tune bringing a different take on Korea’s premiere rhythm game to the PlayStation Vita later this month, fans of the original can score a heavy dose of track-based tapping with DJMax Ray on the iPhone, if they don’t mind dealing with a bit of bugginess. DJMax Ray is essentially an evolution of…
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