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UncategorizedPast Meets Present In NBA 2K11’s Latest Hype Vid
Snoop Dogg provides the theme, custom-fit to NBA 2K11, in a montage 2K Sports gave exclusively to IGN earlier today. Jordan on Kobe, the Bad Boys bringing it up, LeBron in Miami, Ewing with the up-and-under. It’ll fire you up. This is pure publicity, not gameplay. But it does show this year’s game, thematically, will…
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Monday Night Combat Review: The Happy Warriors
Turrets. I can’t stop building and upgrading them in Monday Night Combat. Oh, they do a great job mowing down bots and other players. But it’s really because I’m a Southern boy and a born sucker for Pitgirl’s saucy accent. Monday Night Combat, the class-based shooter from Uber Entertainment and the latest “Summer of Arcade”…
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UncategorizedA Life In 8-Bit
A man is born, lives, loves, loses, dies, and restarts in Consoul, an 8-bit movie by Lasse Gjertsen. Consoul looks at the very different paths a person’s life can take, using a retro 2D side-scroller game as a backdrop. As the main character ages his heart meter fills. Working adds to his money score, while…
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The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Saga Continues In 2012
After fooling around with a prequel and a lesser sequel, Ukrainian developer GSC Game World gets down to brass tacks with a true sequel to popular first=person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, due out in 2012. 2007’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl received a prequel in 2008, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. This year’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat…
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UncategorizedBuild Your Empire In DJ Hero 2
Freestyle Games creative director Jamie Jackson walks us through DJ Hero 2’s Empire Mode, the replacement for the original game’s underwhelming career mode. In the original DJ Hero, you unlocked new venues as you progressed through the game, which was pretty damn boring. Empire Mode in DJ Hero 2 looks to make up for it,…
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A Limited Edition Fable III Controller Fit For A King
If you’re planning to rule over Albion as king or queen in Fable III comes in, you’re going to need a controller befitting your lofty station. The official Fable III Limited Edition Wireless Controller should do the trick. It may look a bit gaudy, but such are the trappings of royalty. Artists from Fable III…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Castle Crashers Crashing PAX With A Special Surprise
The Behemoth may be busy pushing Castle Crashers through Sony’s approval process and working on BattleBlock Theater, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have time to work on a very special Castle Crashers treat for fans attending PAX this year. I feel a bit sorry for PlayStation 3 owners eagerly awaiting their chance to purchase…
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It’s Tropico 4 Time Already?
Fresh from the success of last year’s Tropico 3, Kalypso Media and developer Haemimont Games bring El Presidente into the 21st century, adding in Facebook and Twitter functionality into next year’s Tropico 4. With six years between Tropico 2: Pirate Cove and last year’s Tropico 3, you can forgive me for being surprised by the…
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Adama Goes Digital In Battlestar Galactica Online
Can the world have too much virtual Edward James Olmos? Bigpoint shows off slightly-creepy character models for the browser-based online game of SyFy hit Battlestar Galactica. You didn’t think they’d make a Battlestar Galactica game without the stars, did you? Bigpoint today reveals that several popular members of the BSG cast have provided their likenesses…
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DanceDanceRevolution PS3 Will Move You
Dance Central for Kinect might be getting all the attention, but Konami’s DanceDanceRevolution for the PlayStation 3 has a few tricks up its sleeve that could bring the original dance game back into the spotlight, starting with PlayStation Move support. While Dance Central utilizes the strengths of Kinect, DanceDanceRevolution for the PlayStation 3 uses the…
By Mike Fahey
