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  Two Year Old Call of Duty More Popular Than Battlefield 3 on Xbox Live Last Week

  Last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops and 2009’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 both remained the most played video games on Xbox Live the week Battlefield 3 hit stores, according to Microsoft stats. It’s worth noting that Battlefield 3 wasn’t released until Tuesday, Oct. 25 and that these numbers include Monday’s players. So…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 3, 2011
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  The iPad Gets an Underwater Computer-Gaming Stunner

  I’d heard lovely things about Aquaria, the beautiful underwater adventure for PC and Mac. It was an underwater 2D throwback of a game, an action-adventure with mysterious new-agey music and a good story. But I haven’t play it on the computer. I’ve played it on my iPad, for which it went on sale last night.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 3, 2011
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  45 B-Ball Greats Coming to NBA 2K12 This Holiday with the Legends Showcase Add-On

  Listen, I’ve been a New York Knick fan all my long-suffering life, but I never thought onetime dunk champ Kenny “Sky” Walker would ever be deemed a video game legend. But there he is, sitting on the new list of incoming all-stars that 2K Sports will be adding to their hit basketball game. For 9.99…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 3, 2011
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  Grand Theft Auto V Will Be the Series’ Biggest Game, Rockstar Says

  The next Grand Theft Auto will be the “largest and most ambitious” game ever made by Rockstar, the company behind Red Dead Redemption, Bully, and, oh yeah, Grand Theft Auto, said today, one day after dominating the gaming Internet with the debut of the trailer for GTA V Company founder Sam Houser called the upcoming…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 3, 2011
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  How to Buy a Copy of Modern Warfare 3 Today

  Last night we posted an image of a copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 that a reader had purchased in a Tampa, Florida Kmart. Then it started popping up on eBay and Craigslist. Then videos from the game starting popping up. How was everyone getting copies of a game that wasn’t supposed to…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 3, 2011
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  Hey, Teapot-Head!

  Barrell-chested | Pixel artist Yuriy Gusev and his pal James Chung present this shot from a game concept that’s sadly no more. (Image: Fool | Pixel Joint) Should You Buy Batman: Arkham City’s Nightwing Bundle Pack? No. The rather wonderful Batman: Arkham City will, thanks to its wealth of extra-curricular content, still be spinning in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  You Can Buy a Life-Sized Sith Lord From Old Republic

  Star Wars: The Old Republic isn’t even out yet, but already the merchandising machine is kicking into high gear. And there’s no gear higher than “life-sized replica statue” gear. Sideshow will be releasing a 1:1 statue of the game’s villain, Darth Malgus. That means he’s life-sized. To get an idea of just how big (and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Joe Danger Rides Over 18 Buses, Lands On Xbox 360

  Former PSN exclusive Joe Danger has made a very rare jump to the Xbox 360, Microsoft seemingly content to play second-fiddle for once in exchange for some new goodies. The XBLA version of the game, which I enjoyed very much, will have extras like new characters and new environments. It’ll be coming out sometime around…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Treasure Yasushi Suzuki’s Art From Games Like Ikaruga, Sin & Punishment

  While not a games artist per se, seeing as he does work for everything from books to comics, Yasushi Suzuki still has his fans in the world of video games. Particularly amongst followers of Japanese developers Treasure. Popping in as a freelancer for the studio, Suzuki’s bold style can be seen in Ikaruga and Sin…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  R2-D2 Thinks He’s Link, Battles Ganon On a…Bantha? What the Hell?

  Artist Andy J Hunter throws Star Wars and The Legend of Zelda together to see what sticks. The result is R2-D2 as Link. Fighting Phantom Ganon. Who’s riding a Bantha. Best not to ask too many questions. You can see more of Hunter’s mashup work at his personal site R2D2 vs Phantom Ganon [Andy Hunter]…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Uncharted 3’s Guns Aren’t Broken, They’re Different, Say Devs

  Now that people are playing Uncharted 3, people are finding that the game’s guns don’t quite work the way they used to. Leading many to head to forums with complaints In response to these issues, which concern both how you aim and how your gunfire is represented on-screen, developers Naughty Dog have issued more than…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  There are More Copies of Angry Birds Than There are Humans In the United States

  Most games are happy selling 1-2 million copies. For mobile gaming sensation Angry Birds, 1-2 million is but a grain of sand upon its beach of money. The game’s creator, Rovio, announced yesterday that Angry Birds has moved half a billion copies. Sure, it’s cheap (and sometimes free!), but still. Moving 500,000,000 copies of a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Kid Denied Pokémon Cards, Completely Freaks Out

  UPDATE – Video removed at request of persons involved. Some Yu-Gi-Oh fans were in their local Toys R’ Us when they spotted a kid reacting…poorly to his mother’s decision to not let him buy any Pokémon cards. So they did what any group of semi-grown men would have done seeing such a thing: filmed it.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Sadly, That Wasn’t Ray Liotta Narrating the GTAV Trailer

  Given the fact there’s an old white guy in the Grand Theft Auto V trailer, and people want it to be Vice City star Tommy Vercetti so damn much, lots of folks thought/hoped the narration of the clip was being performed by Ray Liotta Liotta being Vercetti’s voice actor in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Rainbow Moon is a Strategy RPG, Coming to PSN Next Year

  Fans of old-fashioned strategy role-playing games, who also own a PlayStation 3 that’s connected to the internet, might be in for a nice surprise next year, with the arrival of PSN-exclusive Rainbow Moon Featuring gorgeous isometric visuals and a playtime the developers reckon is anywhere from 30-100 hours, Rainbow Moon also has six playable characters…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Watch Men Recreate Insane Metal Gear Solid Gun Tricks

  In Metal Gear Solid 3, there are a few points where Ocelot hits the ridiculous button and spends an eternity spinning pistols like a cowboy in a beret. It looks too crazy to be able to pull off in real life, right? Right? Wrong! There’s an entire movement on YouTube devoted entirely to recreating the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Kinect is a Serial Killer, Has the Taste for Blood

  For Halloween, Microsoft released an internal gag video that used Kinect as an instrument in a cheesy horror movie. The cheesy parts are a little too cheesy, but the Kinect stuff is interesting. The influence here is clearly Saw, but I can see something more promising: a modern version of Nightmare, the old VHS board…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Check Your Emails, Dota 2 Beta Invites are Being Sent (But not by me)

  Yesterday, it was announced, and today, it is happening: Valve is ramping up the numbers of participants in the Dota 2 beta. If you took part in the survey, go check your email and then, more importantly, check your spam folder. If there’s nothing in there, unlucky! If there’s something in there, congratulations, you and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Should You Buy Batman: Arkham City’s Nightwing Bundle Pack? No.

  The rather wonderful Batman: Arkham City will, thanks to its wealth of extra-curricular content, still be spinning in many people’s disc drives this week. No matter. Publishers Warner Bros. think now is the time to drop some fresh downloadable content for the singleplayer-only game. So this week has seen the release of the Nightwing pack,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2011
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  Run Green Hill Zone in Under 1:50 and Collect Some Nice Sonic Merch

  Earlier today I was wondering what qualified me to review Sonic Generations, beyond my capacity for saying “god dammit.” Yet after a solid 24 hours with this game not only are my eyeballs properly tracking its sidescrolling motion, I’ve recovered my innate understanding of the technical requirements of a solid speed-run through a Sonic world.…

  By Owen Good Published November 2, 2011