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Civilization V Gets Free Mongols, But The Babylonians Will Cost You
Two more mighty empires rise in Civilization V come October 25, when 2K Games releases the once Digital Deluxe-exclusive Babylonians for $4.99 and unleashes the Mongolian hordes for free. Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonia’s were originally released as bonus content for players that purchased the Digital Deluxe edition of Civilization V through Direct2Drive or Steam, but like the…
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UncategorizedFallout: New Vegas’ Voice Actors Speak
No matter how many times I see the names together, seeing Matthew Perry alongside Ron Perlman, Wayne Newton, William Sadler, and Kris Kristofferson still feels weird. I suppose it’s because Ron Perlman has always been the narrator, Wayne Newton is nearly synonymous with Vegas, and Kristofferson is the go-to-guy for grizzly older men. Matthew Perry…
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A Different Sort Of Card-Based Gaming
Flickr user Dr. Von Krakenstein finds a novel new use for Magic: The Gathering cards, using basic land to create this pixelated Link, along with a nifty Mario and a passable Companion Cube. Dr. Von Krakenstein’s alter-ego Jose Armallis fuses two geek passions into three card-based works of art. In a way it’s a metaphor…
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UncategorizedTwo Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Stories
With all the character reveals, beta testing, and viral websites, one could almost forget that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has a strong single-player story mode. Here’s a trailer to help us remember, and another story to go with it. Speaking of brotherhood, I drove with my older brother Saturday to GameStop to preorder his copy of…
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The Nintendo Download: The Worst Final Fantasy
In 1992 Square released a special simplified Final Fantasy game on the Super Nintendo in hopes of popularizing the role-playing genre with the masses. It did not work. Now it’s on the Wii Virtual Console. Final Fantasy fans in North America were just fine and dandy with Final Fantasy for the Nintendo Entertainment System and…
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30 Million Accounts And Other Impressive Steam Numbers
What’s Steam been doing in the nine months since Valve last released detailed statistics? Adding another five million users and more than 200 new games, for starters. Steam exploded in 2009, and that explosion continues to expand well into 2010, with a record number of users driving a record amount of sales. With more than…
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Fallout: New Vegas’ First DLC Will Be Xbox-Exclusive
As if there was any doubt, Bethesda Softworks reveals plans to support Fallout: New Vegas with downloadable game add-ons, with an Xbox 360 exclusive pack coming out first. Hopefully they’ll work this time. Having released several downloadable add-ons for Fallout 3, it comes as no surprise that Bethesda has big plans for Fallout: New Vegas…
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