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Street Soccer Comes To FIFA On Wii
Not wanting to neglect the Wii version of its international seller, EA Sports Canada built a five-on-five street soccer mode into this year’s edition, with venues ranging from indoor (with Andrés Iniesta, pictured), to the streets of Brazil and France. Players will perform in street wear in this mode, and it sounds like it will…
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UncategorizedLinkin Park Is Medal Of Honor’s Eminem
EA combats Activision’s inclusion of a soulful song from Eminem’s new album in Call of Duty: Black Ops with the inclusion of a soulful song from Linkin Park’s new album in Medal of Honor. Is there some unwritten rule that big-name first-person shooter releases must contain a new song from musical artists I stopped caring…
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UncategorizedCould A Console Version Of StarCraft II Work?
With a relatively successful, albeit questionably marketed version of the original StarCraft released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000, how would StarCraft II fare on today’s consoles? Two years after the release of the original StarCraft on the PC, StarCraft 64 hit store shelves. Co-developed by Blizzard Entertainment and Mass Media Inc., the game contained…
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Michael Jackson Zombie Moonwalks Away From Plants Vs. Zombies
After more than a year spent dancing into our hearts and gardens, objections from the King of Pop’s estate cause PopCap Games to replace the killer Michael Jackson lookalike in Plants Vs. Zombies. The Dancing Zombie in Plants Vs. Zombies will forever remain the Michael Jackson Zombie in my heart, even if plans are currently…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
EverQuest II Goes Free-To-Play In A Different Way
Continuing a trend started by D&D Online and Lord of the Rings Online, Sony Online Entertainment is launching a free-to-play version of EverQuest II, completely separate from the existing game. EverQuest II producer David Georgeson explains why. Free-to-play fever is burning through the massively multiplayer online role-playing game industry like wildfire, and today it consumes…
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First Screens Of Obsidian’s Dungeon Siege 3
The other people’s role-playing game sequalizers at Obsidian have released the first two screens from Dungeon Siege 3. Take a quick peek at what the series’ console debut looks like. Square Enix dropped word that Obsidian Entertainment, the developers behind Alpha Protocol, Knights of the Old Republic 2, and Neverwinter Nights 2, would be taking…
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Who Wants Some Thor Video Game Concept Art?
And so begins the process of Sega convincing us that a good comic book movie-based video game is in the works, with a pair of concept art shots from Thor: The Video Game You all know how this works. Sega tells us they are making a Marvel comic book movie video game tie-in. We groan.…
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Gorillaz iPhone Game Is Like Rhinestones Falling From The Sky
Pilot Murdoc’s Doom Glider over the skies of Plastic Beach HQ in Escape to Plastic Beach, the virtual band’s very own iPhone and iPad video game. The art of Gorillaz creator Jamie Hewlett comes to life in Escape to Plastic Beach, a combination video game and marketing tool for the band’s latest album, Plastic Beach.…
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UncategorizedTake A Break From StarCraft II With Lost Viking
Real-time strategy gameplay got you down? Slip into the cantina for some pleasant conversation, Night Elf dancing, and a little scrolling-shooter action, courtesy of Lost Viking. McWhertor mentioned the Lost Viking arcade game in his hands-on with StarCraft II’s single-player campaign a few months back, but the game was unfortunately unplayable. Now it’s completely playable,…
By Mike Fahey
