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Backbreaker Demo Hits Xbox Live Tomorrow
The demo for Backbreaker, the football alternative promising real-time physics in place of canned animations, will hit Xbox Live for gold subscribers tomorrow. PS3 owners will get the demo “soon.” By “soon,” Natural Motion hopes that will mean Tuesday. Xbox Live silver subscribers can expect access to the demo on May 28. The retail game…
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What in the H-E-Broken Hockey Sticks is Going On Here?
EA Sports put up the first screenshot of NHL 11 on the game’s official Facebook page, intending to drop hints about what it’ll deliver. From the details of the frame, it looks like a new physics engine and broken sticks. “All-New Real-Time Physics Engine in NHL 11” is the caption to the grab – manifested…
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Rockstar Patches Red Dead Redemption Invisibility Glitch
Yesterday we posted about an invisibility glitch that was vexing players of Red Dead Redemption, particularly during online play. Today Rockstar has a patch ready to make horses, riders, and weapons appear as intended. Relief is in sight for the invisibility bug that made such a buzz yesterday among players of Rockstar’s newly-released Red Dead…
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I Don’t Remember How To Write The Day Note
What you missed today Wait, that’s not how it goes. There’s some sort of introduction. As if we were sending an inter-company memo or something. Bashcraft: To Fahey: From There! That looks about right. Then I launch into a story about my day. So there I was…wait. RE: Something About Pizza, If I remember correctly.…
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No One Has To Know You’re Using Strategy Guides On Steam
Steam and Prima have teamed up to free you from the shame of purchasing strategy guides at retail, with a selection of downloadable guides you can launch directly from Steam’s UI overlay. Whether you’re having trouble with the final boss battle in Dragon Age: Origins, or you can’t figure out where you’re being sniped at…
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South Korean StarCraft II Censored To Shake Adults Only Stigma
Fearing an adults only rating would hamper sales in one of the game’s biggest markets, Blizzard is censoring the South Korean version of StarCraft II, recoloring blood and removing vulgar language to secure a more family friendly rating. In April, Korea’s Game Ratings Board issued an adults only rating for StarCraft II, the sequel to…
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Mad Scientist Creates Living Cell, Potentially Dooming Us All
A team of scientists led by potential antichrist Craig Venter reports that they’ve successfully created a living cell out of lab synthesized DNA. Start stocking up on your torches and pitchforks, folks. It’s alive! Craig Venter has been fiddling with creating artificial life for quite some time. The founder of Celera Genomics, The Institute for…
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Champions Online Makes With The Adventure Packs
Champions Online players will soon have new foes to fight with the introduction of Adventure Packs, regular doses of new story content, kicking off next month with The Serpent Lantern. Adventure Packs are like comic book story arcs, taking players on a complete adventure with its own villains, storyline, and rewards. The first pack, due…
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GameStop Returns To Reporting Record Sales
After reporting its first non-record holiday quarter in January, GameStop is back to posting chart-shattering financial results, breaking $2 billion in sales for the first quarter of 2010. With new software sales up 13% and earnings per share growth of 14% over the previous year, GameStop and GameStop stockholders alike should be pleased with the…
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Walmart Unveils Shiny New Online Gamecenter
Not to be outdone by Target’s recent in-store game department remodeling, Walmart launches its online Gamecenter, a one-stop shop for video game previews, first-look exclusives, and special offers on the latest games, including a $50 eGift card preordering three games. The Walmart Gamecenter, presented by Axe Twist, is now live, with a snazzy new dynamic…
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