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Russian Devs Blame Antiseizure Requirements for Crummy Sturmovik
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover, bravely carrying the flag for the decimated flight combat genre, has released in Russia where its devoted following is complaining of crippled gameplay and terrible framerate issues. One of the game’s developers says anti-seizure controls mandated by Ubisoft, the game’s Western publisher, is the culprit. Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover is…
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UncategorizedFanfare — and a Green Jacket — for the Common Man [Update]
One thing you can count on in the NCAA basketball tournament, playing now, are the CBS promo spots for The Masters, full of pomp and grandeur, with Jim Nantz invoking the Tradition Unlike Any Other. That’s what makes this spot for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters so fantastic. I don’t know if any…
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Fight Night Champion DLC to Include Bare Knuckle Fighting
Fight Night Champion notably included bare-knuckle fighting during the prison chapters of its narrative mode, but the fighters in the main roster didn’t participate in such bouts. Now some will. The game’s first DLC extension, due out next Tuesday, adds bare-knuckle “Old School Rules” to online and offline play. Bare-knuckle boxing will play out like…
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UncategorizedWhy Put a Cartridge in a Console When You Can Put a Console in a Cartridge
I get the feeling I’ve seen this before somewhere, and the creator, dany32412 on Instructables, himself says it was inspired by another source. That’s still a functioning Nintendo Entertainment System within a modified NES cartridge, which is a great novelty mod. The difference here is the original gamepads are supported. NES in a Cartridge [Instructables]
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Here’s Who’ll Win Madden‘s Battle of the NFL Stars
The day before the Super Bowl, I handicapped the field of potential Madden NFL 12 cover stars, coming up with seven candidates and settling on Aaron Rodgers, the quarterback of the eventual champion Green Bay Packers. I buzzed Anthony Stevenson, Madden’s lead marketer, to ask if I any of my picks were on-target. “You’re close,”…
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UncategorizedCops Called on the Only Man Camping Out for the 3DS Launch
This guy has been waiting outside a New York City Best Buy since Tuesday, a one-man campout line waiting for the Nintendo 3DS. That is, until store security called the cops to shoo him off. Look, I don’t mean to stir the pot, but we know what’s going on here: It’s because store security is…
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Dungeon Fighter Online Battles Its Way To Xbox Live Arcade
Online gaming company Nexon takes its first steps into the console world, teaming up with Microsoft Games Studio to bring 2D MMO Dungeon Fighter Online to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Can a console MapleStory be far behind?
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UncategorizedNo Game Will Make You Look And Sound Quite As Ridiculous As Pah!
In a distant future where voice controls have completely replaced the need for physical buttons, a starship captain sits at his helm watching asteroids grow ever-larger on the view screen, desperately shouting “PAH!” Imagining that scenario really doesn’t help take the edge off Luck7 Labs voice-controlled iPhone game Pah!, which has players emitting a constant…
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