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Scandal May Have ‘Permanently Damaged’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour
Electronic Arts was one of the few major brands not to run from Tiger Woods during the golfer’s embarrassingly public sex scandal this winter, but that loyalty hasn’t paid off, frets one analyst. “We are concerned that Woods’ scandal woes may have permanently damaged the sales potential of what we believe to be EA’s third…
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UncategorizedMonday Night Combat‘s Sniper is More of a Team Player
If by team player, you mean giving orders in jargon no one understands or follows. Not a loner by any stretch, Monday Night Combat‘s sniper class has a bag full of goodies making him indispensable to the action. You get freeze traps, a “flak” skill and an SMG (which, apparently, you may throw at your…
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NHL 11 Soundtrack Is Full of Hockey Hair Hits
EA Sports promised a list of “classic arena anthems” for its NHL offerings and one in particular makes it mission freaking accomplished on that score: The Final Countdown, by Europe, part of both NHL 11 and NHL Slapshot‘s soundtracks. Pantera and Megadeth also give the game an arena-rock edge, appearing by request of their fans.…
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UncategorizedMeet Totec, Lara Croft’s 2,000-Year-Old Rifleman
The Mayans were fierce warriors, so … why not hand one an assault rifle? Or flamethrower? Or rocket launcher? Sounds like a good policy to me, and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light demonstrates it effectively in this trailer.
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Sony Explores Alternative to Split-Screen Multiplayer
A couple of patent applications published recently show that Sony’s looking at stereoscopic video for more than just 3D gaming; it could take the place of split-screen local multiplayer. Broke My Controller noticed the applications, filed a year ago and published on Thursday, that show a method for rendering separate images on the same screen,…
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It’s A Blue Monday For GameStop Rock Band 3 Preorders
Harmonix and MTV Games have revealed retailer-specific preorder bonuses for Rock Band 3, with GameStop customers scoring three free tunes when the game launches October 26, including New Order’s techno anthem “Blue Monday.” It’s no “True Faith,” but it’ll do. With the addition of keyboards, Rock Band 3 opens players up to a whole new…
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