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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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UncategorizedNew Space Marine Unit Found In StarCraft II
Kotakuite Harejordna was exploring the Zero Hour level in StarCraft II when he stumbled across a decidedly different sort of Space Marine. Find out how to spot this elusive creature before his portable toilet blasts off. Spoilers ahead! If you’d rather find all of StarCraft II’s easter eggs on your own, now would be a…
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Hydro Thunder Hurricane Review: I’m On A Boat & It’s Going Fast
It’s a summer ritual: Insert coin, stomp on the accelerator and hold on for dear life. A reboot of the much loved arcade original and Dreamcast speedboat racer, Hydro Thunder Hurricane brings that template to Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade. Given the depth of full-title racers on the current console generation, a downloadable game isn’t…
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A Sneak Peek At Kane & Lynch In Comic Book Form
With interior art by Chris Mitten, covers by Ben Templesmith, and a story Ian Edginton, Wildstorm’s Kane & Lynch comic book series could do a better job at capturing the duo’s manic action than the video games do. One look at those lovely Templesmith covers for issues one and three tells me that Wildstorm might…
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UncategorizedAll You Need To Know About Warriors Of Rock’s Quest Mode
Technically all you need to know about the Quest Mode in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is that Gene Simmons from Kiss is in it, but some additional information on the Warriors and their powers doesn’t hurt. I’m getting a little tired of music games at this point, but if I had to choose between…
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EVE Solicits Player Support, Players Solicit Lag Fix
When EVE Online developer CCP games asked players to cast a vote for the game in the European Games Award, the response was overwhelming: fix the game first. It was a simple enough request. Yesterday on the official EVE forums, CCP dev Zymurgist posted the following: The European Games Award is the first award exclusively…
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UncategorizedLost In Shadow Continues To Astound And Delight
Take a new look at the shadow-bending gameplay that took home our Best Gameplay Mechanic E3 award this year in this new video for Hudson’s Lost in Shadow. Every time I see video of this game in action, I kick myself for not getting the chance to play it at E3 this year. Then I…
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A Little Extra Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep For Europe
The European PlayStation blog shows off the lovely box art for the Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Special Edition. What’s in the box? Game.co.uk lists the normal edition of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep at £24.99. The Special Edition of the game lists for £29.99, meaning that someone better have packed an extra £5 of…
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Worms Reloaded Brings 2D Back To The PC
After a couple of failed attempts at making classic trajectory-based shooter Worms 3D on the PC, Team17 returns to its 2D PC roots with Worms Reloaded, due out August 26 on Steam. Worms never needed a 3D version. It was perfect as it was, and Team17 acknowledges that fact with next month’s release of Worms…
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