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Mass Market
The long-awaited conclusion to the Mass Effect space opera trilogy leads the list of new releases this week. It’s joined by two baseball titles and Capcom’s fighting game crossover with Namco. Tuesday • Mass Effect 3 (PS3, PC, 360) • Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (PC, PSN, XBLA) • LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (PS…
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UncategorizedSigns Getting Stronger that SimCity 5 is Coming—in 2013
There are so many “leaked” trailers that have survived multiple days on YouTube, it’s hard to believe this isn’t deliberate. Whatever the case, this silent slideshow of SimCity 5 concept art is alleged to be source material for a GDC announcement, and the game will release in 2013. Earlier this week, seven images published in…
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UncategorizedHere Is Modern Warfare 3‘s Definitive “Chuck Norris” Kill
When some terrorist asshole’s got everyone pinned down, there’s only one way to solve the problem—up close and personal. Put another way, you can’t kill Chuck Norris at close distance; close distance to Chuck Norris always kills you.
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PlayStation Network is Down for Maintenance for the Next 14 Hours
Regularly scheduled maintenance on the PlayStation Network was postponed on Thursday and will begin right now. The service will be completely offline until about 5 a.m. EST. The maintenance extends to the PlayStation Blog itself, so if you’re looking for updates on the network and when it may return, follow the official PlayStation Twitter feed,…
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Whatever a “Steam Box” Means to Video Games, Only Valve Knows for Sure
Steam Box. Gabecube. Steam Engine. And, of course, Orange Box. If Valve Corporation is planning to offer a so-called PC gaming “console,” the gaming community has already focus-grouped the brand names for it. “Companion Cube” would also seem to be perfect. Nothing is confirmed. Valve’s intentions in hardware are as opaque as its timetable for…
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Kart-ography
Yes, I know we sort of addressed this topic three months ago (Road Reggie, winner Cygnus_Mal), but this ridiculous life-size Mario Kart kart, not to mention Mario tossing up the rokken devil horns, is just too exploitable to pass up this week. Not only do we have Nathaniel Stehley at the wheel of the Kart,…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
A trio of hunters makes for an appropriate scene set within Trine, by commenter Snufkin. Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. Feel free to discuss anything on the subject of video games in our comments below. If you’ve got a good idea and the skills, take a shot at whipping up a…
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Sunday Comics: First-Person Problem
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Dueling Analogs by Steve Napierski published Feb. 28.—Read more of Dueling Analogs Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Feb. 27.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by…
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Yah Mo Be Shopped: The Winners
The strange Michael McDonald Fight Stick that sold on eBay (for $137.50!) provided the grist for our latest ‘Shop Contest, which had more than 400 entries! Somehow I had to narrow this down to 20 finalists, but I did. They’re inside, including No. 1 winner pnkero, who might be the first ‘Shopper to go from…
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Like It or Not, the Wheaties-Box Era of Video Game Covers Is Over
Looking over the field of candidates for the Madden NFL 13 cover, I’m thinking of what William Munny said before he shot Little Bill in Unforgiven: Deserve’s got nothin’ to do with it. That’s not to say all of the 40 candidates announced so far are meritless underperformers or lack star power. But when you’ve…
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UncategorizedMari0—the Portal/Super Mario Bros. Mash-Up—has Launched!
Announced back in August, Mari0—a full game of Super Mario Bros. played with a Portal gun—has released, and it offers way more than what its premise suggests. The game just became available minutes ago by its makers, StabYourself.net The video above shows you all that you get, but my advice is to simply download it…
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Sounds Like Those Vita-Only Street Fighter X Tekken Characters are On-Disc DLC for the Console Versions
YouTube user SoulReaperTTG has managed to get a hold of all the introductions for the 12 PS Vita-only characters in Street Fighter X Tekken which releases for PS3 and Xbox 360 on Tuesday. That above is Blanka and Sakura’s. The rest are available through the link below. The prologues have no narration, just moving art.…
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The Top 10 “Platinumed” Games on the PlayStation 3
On a question from a reader, the PlayStation Blog dug through Sony’s telemetry and produced a list of the 10 games with the most Platinum trophy winners. Platinum trophies, of course, are awarded when someone collects all of the trophies available in a title. The platinum takes a lot of persistence and skill. It also…
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UncategorizedLeaked Promo Trailer Says Forza Horizon Arrives This Fall
There’s no gameplay in this trailer, it’s just a teaser for Forza Horizon, the next entry in the Xbox 360-exclusive driving title. But it does say the game will arrive this Fall, which I suppose is to be expected. Word has it the formal announcement will be made on Monday. If the trailer is taken…
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See All the Action Here in this Weekend’s Final Round/Cross Assault Fighting Tournaments
Final Round XV is a fighting tournament currently under way in Atlanta, with action today and tomorrow in 10 different fighting titles. Four different live streams are available to watch; we’ve embedded all of them below. Team Sp00ky and FunkyP are handling the feeds for the main action, which is Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom…
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Street Fighter X Tekken‘s Mecha Pac-Man, Fat Mega Man Free to PS3 on March 13
The PlayStation 3 version of Street Fighter X Tekken will offer, free, the bonus fighters Pac-Man and Mega Man on March 13, a week after the game’s release, Capcom says. You can see what they look like in action in a video here Mega Man is based on the crappy box art of the original…
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