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Does This Mean There’s No School On Civilization V Day?
Gubernatorial proclamation naming Sept. 21, 2010 – the game’s release date – as “Sid Meier’s Civilization V Day” in Maryland, home of Sparks, Md.-based Firaxis Games. Looks more like a letter of marque from Pirates! to me.
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NHL Slapshot Box Goes Top Shelf With The Great One
Michael Jordan isn’t the only best-ever superstar gracing the cover of a video game and appearing in it this year. Wayne Gretzky’s playable in NHL Slapshot and also serves as your mentor in the singleplayer career mode. EA Sports today published the official packshot for the Wii game, which arrives Sept. 7. It gives you…
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The Patch To End (Most) Patches Coming to NCAA 11
Another large patch coming by mid-August for NCAA Football 11 will address some notorious balance issues with recruiting in the game’s Dynasty modes, and deliver “live tuning” for necessary gameplay adjustments without waiting for a dedicated patch. Folks may already have noticed the “Tuning” category in the file management menu of the main game. There’s…
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UncategorizedFrom Novato, California … at Soundtrack … 27 Songs … NBA 2K11!
Press play on this video and read that headline in the voice of former Chicago Bulls public address Ray Clay, because the game’s soundtrack includes “Sirius” by the Alan Parsons Project, the team’s intro song during the Michael Jordan era. Jordan, of course, is on the cover of the game and appears on the rosters…
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UncategorizedWhy Madden’s ‘Strategy Pad’ Doesn’t Feel Right To Some
It’s easy to make fun of an ergonomic assessment of Madden NFL 11’s new “strategy pad” control, but this video from GoMadden does present a reasonable accounting of why there are many hardcore fans who dislike the design change. To recap, pre-snap adjustments, both offense and defense, will be made differently this year. In the…
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