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Closed Beta for Company of Heroes Online Begins in North America
The upcoming freemium real-time simulation Company of Heroes Online kicked off an exclusive closed beta today, promising that 20,000 more access keys will be handed out on July 26 via IGN’s FilePlanet. A news release today said only a few Company of Heroes community members were emailed keys today, granting them access to the testing…
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‘Big Thrills’ Coming to Trials HD After November
Forty more white-knuckle, teeth-gnashing tracks are on the way for Trials HD in an expansion pack, due for release sometime after mid-November, titled “Big Thrills.” Ten more user-created tracks, chosen by contest, will be also part of the download. RedLynx, announcing the expansion yesterday, said the 10 user-created tracks will be fully credited in the…
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NHL 11 Faceoff and Physics Screens
An Edmonton forward prepares for boarding by Minnesota’s Cam Barker. Faceoffs in NHL 11 will enable different tactics to win the puck. Here Buffalo’s Derek Roy spins around, blocking the puck and allowing him to win the draw. Roy, at it again, demonstrates the stick slash to win the faceoff. Broken sticks will affect play,…
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Who Killed the Solar Console?
Three years ago someone built a solar-powered video game console. It was a novelty. You couldn’t really say it was ahead of its time, because that assumes such a time will come. Built like the love child of the Zaxxon robot and a leaf blower, the unit – a solar-powered Wii – sacrificed plenty of…
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UncategorizedKerrigan Returns To Finish The Job In StarCraft II: Ghosts Of The Past
The final unlock from Blizzard’s Join the Dominion StarCraft II website is this amazing trailer, furthering our belief that Blizzard should stop making games and start making movies. Reader Robert directed us to the movie, revealed today on the Join the Dominion website, likely the last trailer we’ll get for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty…
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UncategorizedLagoa Demonstrates The Sweet Science Of Physics
Now here’s a little science we can all get behind. Check out this gorgeous particle physics demonstration, courtesy of special effects artist Thiago Costa’s Lagoa Multiphysics. Thiago Costa has worked on the Assassin’s Creed Lineage series at Ubisoft, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra with CafeFX, and a whole lot more. His body of work…
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UncategorizedJose Gonzalez Records Acoustic Performance at Rockstar
Jose Gonzalez recently dropped in to Rockstar Games’ New York offices to record an acoustic version of his song “Far Away,” featured on the Red Dead Redemption Soundtrack. On their roof no less! The song can be heard in-game during John Marston’s ride to Mexico on horseback. [Thanks oldage]
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Rockstar Has Low-Down Dirty Red Dead Redemption Cheaters In Its Sights
Just because the Old West was full of no-good cheatin’ scoundrels doesn’t mean Red Dead Redemption’s online multiplayer has to be. Rockstar plans to roll out a title update that will end cheating and griefing once and for all. Red Dead Redemption is a hell of a lot of fun to play online, at least…
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