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Scottish Team’s Bankruptcy Means FIFA 13 Faces a Financial Decision, Too
It’s a simple truth: A club that is relegated out of a league appearing in EA Sports’ FIFA runs the risk of getting relegated out of the video game, too. For the more popular sides, this usually isn’t much of a threat, and in any event many of the biggest leagues run two divisions deep,…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Recruiting Myself with NCAA Football and Wondering If I’ll Even Answer the Phone
Deciding where to go to college was very simple for me. It had nothing to do with a university convincing me to enroll there; it had everything to do with convincing one to actually admit me. N.C. State, for whatever reason, sent me the fat envelope in late 1990, and I said yes on the…
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Browser-Based MMO Runescape Boasts 200 Million Players… and Counting
When you talk about MMORPGs in the United States, most minds jump to World of Warcraft. And yes, with subscriber base that peaked at twelve million and still hangs out around ten million, WoW was and is a big deal. But Runescape, a free-to-play browser-based MMORPG from British company Jagex, makes every subscription-based game ever…
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UncategorizedJann Lee Takes on Tina in Dead or Alive 5‘s Tag Mode
With Tina and Jann Lee returning to the ring in Dead or Alive 5, there are just too many pretty characters in the game to choose just one. Luckily there’s Tag Mode. Taking place inside an electrified wrestling ring surrounded by screaming fans (hopefully not screaming because they’re being electrocuted, but I’ll take it), Dead…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
This Week’s Coolest Nintendo Download Transforms Your DSi Into a Tiny Programming Tool
This week’s Nintendo downloadables include the 3DS release of the Game Boy’s Kid Icarus and Tumble Pop, a new puzzle game by Nikoli and a colorful action adventure game from Aksys, but the title I’m looking most forward to isn’t a game at all. It’s a game creator. Well, Petite Computer isn’t just for creating…
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Heroes of Newerth Ready to Give All Players All Heroes for Free
Heroes of Newerth, originally launched in 2010, is one of the many multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games clamoring for attention these days. The genre grows more popular almost daily, with millions worldwide logging in to the generally free-to-play games and millions more tuning in to streaming matches online. Heroes of Newerth is trying a…
By Kate Cox
