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Minecraft‘s Label Eyes Publishing Other Indie Games
The folks at Mojang, the publisher behind the PC indie sensation Minecraft, “get requests every week,” says the company’s business development director. It’s tough to figure out what’s worth a “yes,” and what gets a “no,” but the company is listening to proposals to co-publish upcoming indie games. “We are in a great spot right…
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UncategorizedYes, This is Actually LittleBigPlanet 2
More than four million levels have been created by the LittleBigPlanet 2 community, but few-if any-are like this: A first-person shooter apparently set inside a mecha suit. I seriously have no idea how this was built. But the creator says it is just “a cinematic game play trailer for an upcoming project.” So, bigger things…
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UncategorizedOregon Trail Copyright Owners Sue Frontierville Maker
The May 30 launch of an “Oregon Trail” expansion pack in the popular Facebook game Frontierville has caught notice of the company holding the copyright to the edutainment classic, and it has sued to put a stop to the plans of Frontierville maker Zynga. The lawsuit, filed by The Learning Company in federal court in…
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The Winter Classic At Last Comes to EA Sports’ NHL
How many new features can you spot in this first screen shot of NHL 12? For starters, that’s the Capitals and the Penguins playing the Winter Classic at Heinz Field, which means the NHL’s outdoor New Year’s Day gala will appear in the EA Sports series for the first time ever. The Winter Classic played…
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Standalone Alan Wake Followup Coming to XBLA?
The site XBLA Fans, citing “an extremely trusted source,” says Alan Wake: Night Springs will be an Xbox Live Arcade release and not a retail release. XBLA Fans says it has seen screen captures of the game. This is not entirely unforeseen; earlier this month, Wake studio Remedy told Eurogamer that another installment in the…
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UncategorizedFriskies Has Created Three New iPad Video Games for Your Cat
Cat food purveyor Friskies has released a trio of iPad/Android tablet games for our feline friends to enjoy. Tasty Treasures, Party Mix-Up and Cat Fishing, aren’t the first iPad games released for cats, but they may be the first games on any platform used to advertise to animals. At their respective cores, each of the…
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Rapture Ready
Rapture Ready | Perhaps you’ve seen these billboards in your neighborhood. Word has it Judgment Day begins on Saturday; or about 12 hours if you live in New Zealand. Because the New Testament follows the International Date Line, of course. (Image via) Welcome to Games Reviewing, Carolyn Petit. You’re Doing Just Fine. Carolyn Petit, one…
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Welcome to Games Reviewing, Carolyn Petit. You’re Doing Just Fine.
“I have no problem with the reviewer personally, but I dont want to see what is obviously a man, trying to look like a woman, its just too weird and I find it offensive, I dont want to be bombarded with gay/lesbian/transgender stuff on a gaming website, just have a regular guy or woman reviewing…
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Atlus Travels Back in Time to Tease Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Atlus Faithful fan club members received a bizarre mailing today in the form of a newsletter dated June 23, 1999. What’s significant about that date? Why that’s when the only Persona game not to hit North America was released in Japan. How odd. For all intents and purposes it looks as if Atlus simply made…
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UncategorizedThere Are Many Different Kinds of Mages in Rift
With eight different souls to choose from, a mage in Trion Worlds’ MMO Rift never turns out quite like a mage anywhere else. We’ve seen the different types of rogues you can create in Rift, and now we get to see what sort of magic-users you can make when you take three specialized souls and…
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UncategorizedCapcom Isn’t Very Good At Teasing Street Fighter X Tekken Characters
The second character teaser trailer for Street Fighter X Tekken is here, demonstrating Capcom’s astounding lack of subtlety. I would have figured it out immediately, if they hadn’t already told us who it is
By Mike Fahey
