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No Harm, No Foul in PSN Outage, Says EA Sports
EA Sports president Peter Moore brushed off the suggestion that the PlayStation Network outage did particular damage to his label, which has in the past two years seen significant revenue growth through its downloadable content, especially in its popular Ultimate Team offerings. “It was unfortunate but … I think it’s just delayed purchases,” Moore told…
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This is Why Mario’s Tanooki Suit Used to Fly, and Why it Doesn’t Anymore
As many of you know, the upcoming Super Mario game for the 3DS will be bringing back Mario’s iconic Tanooki suit, the raccoon-like outfit that allowed Mario fly in Super Mario Bros. 3. Though the suit has returned, its functions have changed. As it turns out, Mario will not be able to fly this time…
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A Loose End Begins the Next Jurassic Park Video Game
With the license to make a Jurassic Park game in hand, Telltale Games had to find the perfect starting point for a story that would fit into the film’s canon without upsetting or reimagining the events of the first film. They found it in a can of shaving cream, lost for nearly 20 years. The…
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Nintendo’s Favorite and Least Favorite Screenshots
Nintendo has a habit of being especially uptight about the press’ use of imagery from E3. Nintendo sent a message along with the screenshots they distributed at the show, stating that the enclosed images were “prioritized”, and that magazines and blogs like ourselves should try to use the higher rated images if you had to…
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Flash Game Contest Favors Message over Violence
A recent video game contest asks the question “can you design a game about Teen Dating Violence without using violence itself?” The worldwide answer was a resounding ‘Yes.’ Jennifer Ann’s Group, a non-profit organization aimed at preventing Teen Dating Violence, announced the winners of their Life.Love. Game Design Contest this morning. All of the games…
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UncategorizedLibya Is Quickly Becoming a Level from Twisted Metal
Just this morning we showed you a chopper-rocket-packing truck of the Libyan rebel army. Looks like it wasn’t the only one they’ve got: we found another hybrid missile pod pounder, firing away across flaming war wreckage. The scene is apocalyptically-surreal. DefenseTech speculates the salvaged rocket pod atop this car (in a single model, as opposed…
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UncategorizedStar Rider Races Into My Fantasies
Check out this psychedelic trip of a game, courtesy the bygone days of laserdisc. In the laserdisc/CG arcade game Star Rider, racers are superimposed over a futuristic dreamscape, enabling the background to display much more advanced graphics than were typical at the time. The video only features the CG background, but with a techno soundtrack…
By Max Abrams
