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  Two Years Later, World Of Warcraft Hits The Twelve Million Mark

  In October of 2008, Blizzard proudly counted 11 million World of Warcraft subscribers worldwide. In December 2008 the number jumped to 11.5. Now Blizzard updates the count to 12 million, 22 months later. What took so long? We can likely blame China for the slow buildup. Last year Blizzard and its partners were plagued with…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 7, 2010
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  Win One Of Three Legendary Editions of Halo: Reach

  As the holidays loom in the ever decreasing distance and the world economy continues to wallow in the dumpster, we thought it might be a great idea to start giving some stuff away to you, our readers. Better still, we’re not going to make you work that hard for it, because there has been a…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010
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  Teeny Tiny Pac-Man

  A 3.5 micron-wide “nano Pac-Man” (actually a re-colored copper oxide cluster) seen by an Italian researcher; image spotted by us during an inspiration to investigate the unrelated news of a Pac-Man that must be played while viewed through a microscope

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 7, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Talk Amongst Yourselves requires about six feet of cleared space in order to be used properly. So clear your decks and then talk here about video games. Thanks to kaploy9 for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 7, 2010
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  Gears Maps

  Mercy Checkout Trenches Overpass Mercy Overhead of Mercy Checkout Overhead of Checkout Thrashball Overhead of Thrashball Trenches Overhead of Trenches Overhead of Overpass Return to the gallery.

  By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010
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  Gears Characters

  Anya Bernie Sam Cole Return to the gallery.

  By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010
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  Gears Action Shots

  Charging with a Retro Lancer Multiplayer match on the Trenches map Multiplayer match on the Trenches map Multiplayer map on the Overpass map Return to the gallery.

  By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010
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  Gears Weapons

  Digger Projectile Digger Launcher Digger Launcher Flame Grenade Lancer Retro Lancer Retro Lancer Multi Turret Multi Turret Mult Turret Heavy Sniper Sawed-Off Shotty Return to the gallery.

  By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010
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  These Are Some Nice Nuts

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Podcast A farmer family friend of ours brought over some Japanese chestnuts, pumpkins and Japanese persimmons. Fall food! Japanese chestnuts are quite tasty when you make roasted chestnut rice What you missed last night Review: Hydrophobia Rumor: Sony Pulling Plug On PSP Dev Kits [Update] There Is A New Wii…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010
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  X-Men Destiny Set To Turn Gamers Into New Mutants Next Fall

  Marvel and Activision today unveiled a new game coming to consoles next fall that casts players as new mutant recruits. The two companies are being pretty tight-lipped about X-Men Destiny, saying only that it will feature a “branching storyline that features a deep element of choice and gives players ultimate control of their destiny.” It…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010
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  Gears of War 3 Is Getting a Multiplayer Beta Next Year

  Gears of War 3 is getting a public beta early next year, Epic Games revealed at an event this week at their studio. This will be the first time a Gears of War game is getting a public beta. Epic Games’ Rod Fergusson told the gathered press that the team has always wanted to do…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010
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  Duke Nukem Forever Designer Apparently Lost Millions

  Duke Nukem Forever has been in development since 1997. And the man who toiled away on that game for over a decade lost a bunch of cash. Tens of millions, apparently. Ouch. Gearbox Software has taken the reigns of the game from its original developer 3D Realms. In May 2009, the world around Duke Nukem…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010
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  The Game For Anyone Who Ever Wanted To Be A Sky Pirate

  A prototype version of Pirates of New Horizons, the game that gave us vivid Skies of Arcadia flashbacks a few weeks back, is now available for download. It’s like the old shareware days from games like Doom; the developers have put out a short game as a proof of concept, and if enough people dig…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010
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  They’re On A Mission From God (Well, Nintendo)

  The always-impressive James Hance does it again, this time showing the Mario Bros. may be more “Soulful” than “Super”.

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010
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  So How Much Is A Wii Remote Plus In Japan?

  Late last month, Nintendo confirmed that new Wii Remotes with on-board Wii MotionPlus. Today, the company has dated and priced the new Wii-motes, dubbed “Wii Remote Plus”. The Wii Remotes with Wii MotionPlus “inside” will be available in four colors: white, black, blue and pink. They will be released on November 11 and priced at…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010
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  I Choose You…Jigglypuff, For This Giant Tattoo

  You hear someone has a Jigglypuff tattoo on their arm, you begin to think horrible, horrible thoughts, but Danielle White’s forearm piece looks…well, it works As seen on ALBOTAS Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010
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  Review: Hydrophobia

  Hydrophobia, a downloadable Xbox 360 survival adventure title, claims to have some of the most realistic water physics video games have ever seen. But does the title wade into the deep end or is it just shallow? Hydrophobia (which does not mean “fear of water” — aquaphobia does) is the first of several planned digital…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010
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  Mario’s 25th Anniversary Box Set Heads For Europe

  That lovely re-release of Super Mario All-Stars, presumed only for the Japanese market, will also be released in Europe, Nintendo has revealed. The company’s Swedish website has posted a listing (Update: now backed up by a press release stating it’s a Europe-wide release) for the collection, with a release date set for December 3. Included…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010
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  Deathspank Spreads Its Wings

  Deathspank is coming to PC later this month, and a little later, to the Mac as well. Oh, and it’ll be joined by Shank!

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 7, 2010
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  A Visual Guide To Hydrophobia

  Early in the game, everything goes to pot. Kate has to scramble as more and more water floods in. There might be story spoilers here. As seen on YouTube. This trailer doesn’t give a good sense of what it’s like to actually play Hydrophobia. However, it does provide a good look at some of the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 7, 2010