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The Week in Games: Unknown and Dishonored
We use the phrase “highly anticipated” a lot, but it plainly defines both Dishonored, from Arkane Studios, and Firaxis’ treatment of beloved strategy title XCOM: Enemy Unknown, both of which arrive on Tuesday. Today • Pokemon White Version 2 (DS) • Pokemon Black Version 2 (DS) • Pokemon Dream Radar (3DS) Monday • Naughty Bear:…
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UncategorizedHacker Sows Death Throughout World of Warcraft with Just a Level 1 Character
From the sound of it, this level 1 character is one of a few hackers who discovered a bug or an exploit that allowed them to fly about World of Warcraft, insta-killing everyone. The plague broke out this weekend on multiple servers, and was seen in Stormwind, the Alliance capitol. It may not be immediately…
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You Can’t Say That in a Video Game—Why, Someone Might Think You’ve Been Drinking
Even for an NBA 2K13 soundtrack curated by Jay-Z himself, the butchery of Puff Daddy’s “Victory,” was to be expected. That track contains four N-words, eight F-words and nine S-words, and this is a game played by 10-, 11- and 12-year-olds. But U2’s “Elevation” is about as safe a piece of stadium rock as has…
By Owen Good - Esports
Cheating Allegations Surface in League of Legends Playoffs
When it was shut down and moved to a “secure location,” the $2 million League of Legends world playoffs was thought to be plagued only by technical issues, possibly a denial-of-service attack to cripple the event. Now, however, come accusations of cheating, in this thread on the game’s official forums. As Massively explains it, at…
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ChrisWarcraft’s Weekly NFL Quest, Level Five: Fell the Giant of the City of Music
Football is a role-playing game. That’s how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter and noted World of Warcraft and RPG fan, is approaching it. Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms of an MMO quest. We’re going to chart his progress and see how fast he levels up. ChrisWarcraft is…
By Owen Good
