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Another Game from the GRIN Grave
Our Swedish friends weren’t just working on a Final Fantasy project when the studio went belly-up last year. A former GRIN artist has posted concepts from a ninja action/adventure game, and it sounds like it was a new IP. Joakim Hellstedt classified these under “various pitches” and “various gameplay and misc,” so if it even…
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A Winner is These Custom NES Pro Wrestling Figures
The artist behind the Punch-Out!! custom action figures is back with another set – the cast of Pro Wrestling for the NES. Not included: the “Outlaw Choke” wrench the Amazon used to beat Fighter Hayabusa senseless. Fugazi, the artist, promises he has “some Donkey Kong goodness coming up in the next week or so.” For…
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RISK Coming to Xbox Live Arcade Early this Year
Electronic Arts today announced RISK: Factions, an Xbox Live Arcade version of the 53-year-old tactical board game. The game’s release will be in “early 2010,” according to an EA statement. EA’s announcement said RISK: Factions will feature “outlandish factions, a unique art style, new gameplay twists and off-beat humor.” Players will choose from five factions,…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Heading For A Spring 2011 Launch
During Electronic Arts’ fiscal year 2010 update call today, CEO John Riccitiello cited Star Wars: The Old Republic as a key driver of the company’s digital business, noting that the MMO was making “great progress towards a spring 2011 launch.” With all of the character classes revealed, new planets being added to the game’s Holonet…
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96-Hour Marathon Allegedly Blinds Chinese Gamer
In the name of science – or because his domestic situation was driving him nuts – a Chinese man played games at a cyber cafe for four straight days. The good news? That will only temporarily blind you. Unlike porn, which yada yada insert joke here rimshot hey-oooo. Anyway, according to the China Daily, a…
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Dante’s Inferno: Behold The Ten Circles Of Fraud And Deceit
According to this developer diary covering the next to last area in Dante’s Inferno, Fraud and Deceit are where all hell breaks loose. Of all the circles of hell, it makes sense that fraud and deceit would be the most packed. As Dr. House taught me, everybody lies, and when liars die, they become part…
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Monsters Probably Stole Your Princess
Sonic the Hedgehog Level Creator creators Mediatonic are making a move onto the PSP next month with Monsters Probably Stole My Princess, a game that pushes the size limit for PSP minis. PSP minis are limited to 100MB in size, and Mediatonic is cutting it awfully close with Monsters Probably Stole My Princess, which weighs…
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UncategorizedMLG Win Ruined By Faulty Xbox 360
Major League Gaming team Triggers Down came close to advancing towards another tournament win this weekend in Orlando, only to have an equipment failure rob them of the Halo 3 CTF win. As you can see in the video replay, Triggers Down were mere inches away from a win over rival team Classic. All four…
By Mike Fahey
