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What’s It Take To Get A Boxer To Return Your Calls?
Arturo Gatti couldn’t make Fight Night Champion. It’s not because he’s dead – so’s Sugar Ray Robinson, and he’s in the game. It’s just that negotiating likeness agreements with boxers is head-bangingly more frustrating than in any other sports game. Answering whining customer complaints about the omission of some fighters – most of them known…
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UncategorizedMadden The Man On Madden The Game
John Madden does not fly. So when EA Sports convened with the namesake of their NFL title, they went to him, in Pleasanton, Calif. The studio invited USA Today for a look at what was discussed and next year’s priorities. There’s a lot of history and retrospective in this video, which we’ve covered before, but…
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This is Where Minecraft Is Made
Minecraft creator Notch gives us a peek inside the offices of Mojang Specifications, where Jens Bergensten (left), Daniel Kaplan (middle), and visitor Martin Jonasson are hard at work watching the Starcraft 2 semifinal, as seen on The Word of Notch Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
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UncategorizedPuzzle Quest 2 Welcomes Tiny Fingers
Namco brings the sequel to the original role-puzzling game to the iPhone, and while Puzzle Quest 2’s engaging gameplay is intact, the controls are a little on the tiny side. I played the original Puzzle Quest on every available platform, and now I seem to be doing the same with Puzzle Quest 2. So far…
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Apple Readying A Slimmer, Lighter, Dual-Camera iPad
According to sources within Apple’s component supply chain the company is gearing up to introduce a new version of the iPad in 2011 that’s slimmer profile and front and back camera will make existing units look like last year’s tech. Speculation about a camera-equipped iPad began almost immediately after Apple introduced the popular tablet device…
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The Biggest Games Of 2010 You Didn’t Play?
Today in Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Culebra takes a look at the biggest games of the year that he never got around to playing. Which have you missed? Well, we’re almost at the end of the year, and as we know, we’ll all see the same ‘Best Of Year’ lists that’ll have the same four…
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Two Years Of PlayStation Home Evolution
Sony’s PlayStation Home virtual world launched two years ago tomorrow with nine games, 114 virtual items, and 25 community events. On the eve of its second anniversary, PlayStation Home is much, much bigger. At launch PlayStation Home wasn’t nearly as interesting as we thought it would be when we first broke the news of its…
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