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Latest Hacker Target: Codemasters
Four days before the North American street date for DiRT 3, password and login data for Codemasters’ website was posted online, the developer said, making it the latest name in games to suffer an online attack. Codemasters told GamesIndustry.biz that it discovered the breach on Friday, took its website completely offline and repaired a security…
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UncategorizedThe Dark of the Moon Shows a Brighter Side of Transformers Multiplayer
Transformers: War for Cybertron got online multiplayer right, treating the Autobots and Decepticons like soldiers rather than children’s toys. The problem was the setting of Cybertron didn’t exactly lend itself to varied battlegrounds and colors other than red and purple. Movie tie-in Dark of the Moon fixes that. The other problem with War for Cybertron…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
This Gaming Geek Shall Inherit MLB 2K11‘s Million-Dollar Prize
Before setting off to claim a million-dollar bounty offered by MLB 2K11, Brian Kingrey did an analysis. He pored over batting averages, compared pitcher strengths and tendencies, examined the probable starters for the contest’s opening day and the batting orders they faced, to determine what hurler had the best chance of tossing a perfect game.…
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One Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Their E3 2010 Promises?
E3 is the biggest event the video game business. Every company lays their cards on the table, and every AAA game for the next year is on display. Failure is not an option. As high as the stakes were before, Nintendo managed raise them at their 2010 E3 keynote. Riding high from strong Wii and…
By Mike Epstein - Uncategorized
This is What Alice Looks Like Before She Tears You a New Asshole
If you happen to wander across sweet Alice during her travels in Wonderland and she should happen to flash red, white, and red all over, you’re probably going to die. This is Hysteria. Similar to the powerful effects of the Rage Box from American McGee’s Alice, the Hysteria power in Alice: Madness Returns infuses our…
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Resistance 3 Knows You Love Retailer-Exclusive Preorder Bonuses
Want to play as Resistance and Resistance 2 hero Nathan Hale in Resistance 3‘s online multiplayer? You’d better enjoy shopping at Best Buy. What other retailer-exclusive goodies has Sony got up its sleeves? We hate them, but the publishers and retailers seem to like dangling unique shiny prizes in from of gamers faces in order…
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UncategorizedA-ha Takes on Red Faction: Armageddon‘s Sketchy New Game Mode
When the ancient alien plagued colonized of the planet Mars meet a popular Norwegian New Wave band, there can be only one outcome: Pipe wrench fight! THQ and Volition tap 80’s pop sensation A-ha to demonstrate Red Faction: Armageddon‘s delightful Sketch Mode, created in order to “celebrate the Martian passion for hypercolor and keyboard solos”.…
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Is Cory Arcangel an Asshole?
The artist known as Cory Arcangel first made his name with the installation “Super Mario Clouds v2k3” at the 2004 Whitney Biennial, in which the 8-bit clouds of the original Nintendo Entertainment System classic were projected across a wide open space. The art world ate it up, but did it actually mean anything? Perhaps damning…
By Joel Johnson - Uncategorized
Forza Motorsport 4: Five pre-order cars show off showroom shine
Three hits of news on the Forza 4 front today. First, Turn 10 Studios has revealed the official shot of the game box art. Second, they’ve announced that the “Hero car” for the game is the Ferrari 458 Italia. Third, they’ve announced the five pre-order cars — along with “showroom” shots of each. I can’t…
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UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed: Revelations Reveals Fresh New Details
In Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood our friend Ezio’s travels take him to Constantinople, heart of the Ottoman Empire, where no man’s feet need touch the floor while seated. We know he’s following in the footsteps of Assassin’s Creed‘s Altair, but why? Ubisoft promised us answers, and they’re slowly letting them trickle out as we build to…
By Mike Fahey
