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Beachhead Project is an Important Part of This Year’s Call of Duty Game
Today’s Activision Blizzard first quarter 2011 financial results call came and went without specific mention of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but talk surrounding Beachheads buzzword-powered online digital platform indicates it will play a strong role in the next Call of Duty game. Earlier this year Activision revealed that a new internal studio called…
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Diablo III Welcomes Players to Beta Hell This Summer
Fans around the world have been waiting for their chance to play Diablo III since the game was announced back in June of 2008. During today’s Activision financial results conference call, Blizzard boss Michael Morhaime pinpointed a three-month window for the Diablo III beta. “The game is looking great,” Morhaime said during the conference call,…
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Low Resolution Pixels are the Height of Fashion
If I were a fashion critic present when designer Kunihiko Morinaga debuted his fall/winter 2011/2012 fashion line, I might have described the pieces as something my Nintendo Entertainment System had thrown up, and I would have meant it with love. Pixels were on parade when Morinaga showed off his 8-bit designs during Japan’s fashion week.…
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UncategorizedProof That Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be a Blockbuster Hit
Wondering if the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film has what it takes to be a blockbuster? Look no further than this On Stranger Tides trailer for LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean. There are blocks busting everywhere.
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Rocksmith‘s Preorder Bonus is a Guitar Center Coupon
Ubisoft’s real music gameRocksmith will require a real guitar to play this fall. GameStop doesn’t carry real guitars, so every Rocksmith preorder comes with a $25 voucher good towards the purchase of your dream axe at Guitar Center. Rock on.
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This Life-Sized Portal Turret Replica Has Its Laser Eye on You
Complete with a red laser eye and motion-sensing sound bytes, video game replica prop master Ryan Palser’s latest creation is only one assload of bullets away from being a really bad idea. Palser has spent month’s putting together this replica of my favorite characters from the first Portal game, and all of his hard work…
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The Happy Cloud Speeds Up Video Game Downloads, But is Faster Better?
Within a minute of logging into my trial account at games-on-demand service The Happy Cloud I was playing the full PC version of LEGO Batman. “Instant gratification” is a phrase the company likes to toss about, and it certainly fits the bill. “Happy Cloud brings gamers instant gratification,” says Eric Gastfriend, Vice President and General…
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Do You Crave Sequels or Something Entirely New?
Commenter Monsieur Froid returns to Speak Up on Kotaku once more to ask readers whether they want daring new intellectual property or games that build upon the tried and true. Alrighty, Speak-Up, here’s a question to tickle your brains. Which do you prefer: continuations of your favourite series or new and original IPs? I’m looking…
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BioWare’s First Third-Person Shooter Comes to WiiWare
While BioWare may be known for its epic role-playing games, back in 2000 the developer was responsible for crafting the sequel to one of the greatest third-person shooters of all time, MDK, and today that sequel comes to WiiWare. The original MDK, developed by Shiny Entertainment of Earthworm Jim fame, followed the adventures of Kurt…
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