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The Week in Evil DLC
Downloadable content. Everyone hates it—but everyone buys it. Yes, even you in the comments, smart guy. Here’s a look at the latest package of extensions and pre-order bonuses designed to crowbar the last dollar out of your wallet. Can you still respect yourself if you buy it? Far Cry 3 Pre-Order Bonus DLC Available: Sept.…
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UncategorizedHitler Recaps the Week in Video Gaming
Godwin’s Law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” As basically all video game discussion takes place online, let’s just cut to the chase and give der fuehrer’s take on recent topics of interest to gamers. Alternate Hitler Reaction to Mass Effect 3’s…
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Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘This is the Cars 2 of Team Ninja’
Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personal. This week, Backhanded Box quotes encounters several conflicting opinions among our panel of critics. Some critics even disagree with themselves. Ninja Gaiden 3 Released: March 20 Critic: Nandusky (Metacritic). • “[I]s a…
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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Freakin’ nothin’ for me, it looks like. Tuesday, I got Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 for review and played it until 3 a.m. When I went to bed, there was no sign of the 7.5 inches of snow that Eugene, Ore. would receive. Heavy and wet, it was like dumping a sack of Redi-Crete on…
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EA Sports Opens a Bar in Vegas, Baby
No, it doesn’t have a sports book. But the EA Sports Bar at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas will feature Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s, six high definition televisions, and an assortment of, duh, EA Sports titles for patrons to play. It’s another real world presence for the sports label, which last September opened a…
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How Long Should a Game Hang In There Online Before It Taps Out?
EA Sports MMA was conceived as a two-year series, alternating publication years with its Fight Night cousin. No one thought it would be getting a sequel after its major license, Strikeforce, was acquired by the UFC. But pulling the plug on MMA‘s servers shows the first edition’s lifespan fell far short of EA Sports’ expectations.…
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The Week in Angry Birds Space and Friends
It’s hard for any other gaming app to shine when Rovio releases the first true sequel to the physics game that’s captivated millions of fans across the globe. Good thing there’s five Gaming App of the Day slots every week. Now I’m not saying the makers of Star Warfare, MotoHeroz HD, Abduction! World Attack and…
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Ubisoft Hopes Value Can Make DRM “Go Away” In The Future
DRM protection in games is often controversial, but Ubisoft’s PC games have a record of shipping with restrictive, always-on activation that strikes a particular sore spot with gamers. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Chris Early, VP of Digital Publishing at Ubisoft, acknowledged that including anti-piracy measures in games is a tricky balancing act that,…
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Draw Something Adds Hunger Games Words
The Hunger Games is out today, in more ways than just the film release and yesterday’s iOS game Entertainment site Mashable reports that the insanely popular pictionary game Draw Something received an update today with seven new words, all pertaining to The Hunger Games franchise. Mashable reports on what words you might see pop up…
By Tina Amini
