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A Patch 1.5 Years In The Making
Enthusiasm for Ghostbusters plateaued soon after its 2009 release, but the game’s solid multiplayer variety made it a cult hit for many. That’s why, 18 months later, the developer’s finally patched a bug that kept players from collecting four achievements. The studio, Terminal Reality, told fans today that the patch for the Xbox 360 is…
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The New Mrs. Cleaver
A day ago a really good friend of mine quit her job of the past five years – for perfectly good reasons, too. Not in the heat of the moment. She’s going home to be a full-time mom for her two daughters. Her husband – despite the fact I gave him a copy of NBA…
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Sail The Burning Sea For Free
After two years of plundering the pockets of players, Sony Online Entertainment makes subscription fees walk the plank, making MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea free-to-play. Pirates of the Burning Sea is a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game in which players sail the seas of the 18th century New World, fighting on the side of the…
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UncategorizedThe Creepiest Rebirth Of Post-Cataclysm Azeroth
Over the past six years in World of Warcraft, countless low-level Horde players have met their death at the hands of the people of Hillsbrad Town, but nothing they did was bad enough to deserve what happened to them post-Cataclysm. Music: Kevin MacLeod’s “The House of Leaves“
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2K’s Big Boss Badmouths Baseball Again
The chairman of Take-Two Interactive – the parent company of 2K Sports – called his company’s exclusive pact with Major League Baseball a “losing proposition” and suggested they would walk away when the deal expires in 2012. Strauss Zelnick told Reuters that annualizing a video game risks producing one of lower quality and burning out…
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Virtual Pitchers And Catchers Report March 8
Earlier today 2K Sports, on its Facebook page, confirmed March 8 as the release date for MLB 2K11. While we’re pinging Sony to verify MLB 11 The Show comes out the same day, traditionally multiple league-licensed products all come out on the same day. An exception would be NHL 2K11, which was a Wii-only release.…
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A Safer Way To Throw Darts At Your Television Screen
Wagering the staggering power of the PlayStation 3 combined with the innovative motion control of the PlayStation Move, Devil’s Details’ Top Darts transforms your television into the world’s fanciest dart receptacle. As a teen I fell in love with darts, but I never quite got over the fear that I’d turn around one day and…
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Fading Wii Speak Faces Phase Out
Wii Speak’s retail availability is being curtailed and, if demand for it doesn’t improve – which doesn’t appear at all likely – Nintendo will phase out the microphone peripheral completely. In a statement, Nintendo has confirmed Wii Speak’s limited retail availability as part of a phasing out of it altogether. However, the company that it’ll…
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Team Fortress 2 Enters Public Beta
Valve is throwing on ongoing public beta test for Team Fortress 2, and everybody that owns the game is invited! Valve loves adding new items and features to Team Fortress 2, but doing so takes testing, and testing takes people. Where are they going to find a large group of people with a vested interest…
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This Xbox 360 Controller Mod Concept Has Cash Written All Over It
Shades of the Nintendo 64 pipe, this Xbox controller pipe loses points for being nothing more than a nut placed over the guide button, but gains points for the non-smoker’s uncanny resemblance to a young George W. Found on Flickr Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
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Fight Night’s Card Carries Real Champions, Too
Though the star of its cover, and of the darker, rawer story told through its singleplayer mode, is fictitious boxer Andre Bishop, Fight Night Champion will still deliver real-life boxing legends in their prime, as fans expect of the series. Four new screens went out today over the game’s Facebook page. All of these boxers…
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