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Here’s Your Daily Dose Of Bayonetta
Time cliches are one of the joys that movies, books and games get to savor when they market their use of time travel. That pleasure has now been extended to bullet time games in Bayonetta’s latest trailer. Witch Time is what they call bullet time in Bayonetta. In the strictest sense of the gameplay term,…
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Credit Card Fraudsters Love Their Video Games
Credit card fraud prevention experts Retail Decisions have detailed the four most fraud prone products on the internet this holiday season, and wouldn’t you know it, three of them are video game related. Virtual shoppers spent a great deal of money online between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but according to Retail Decisions, people perpetrating…
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Lost Planet 2’s Episode 1 Boss Has A Name, You Know
That’s not just some random giant akrid you’ve been battling in the Lost Planet 2 demo for the PS3 and Xbox 360. That’s Gordiant, and it’s a pleasure to put a name to the digestive tract. We can finally stop calling the Episode 1 boss for Lost Planet that giant monster thing or “Sir Om…
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DJ Hero Controller Now Sold By Its Lonesome
Players interested in making their DJ Hero experience slightly more social can now order standalone controllers online from GuitarHeroStore.com. Up until now, if you wanted to play DJ Hero multiplayer you were limited to playing online, playing with a guitar controller during select songs, or purchasing two prohibitively expensive copies of the game. GuitarHeroStore.com (formerly…
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Super Monkey Ball 2 iPhone Preview: Hollaback Monkeys
Anyone who played Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone probably isn’t thrilled to hear about the sequel hitting the App Store today. But before you say “this shit is bananas,” know that Sega completely redid their approach to the game. First, they got rid of the 2D sprite monkeys and replaced them with 3D monkeys…
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British Tennis Star Possibly Dumped Over “Seven Hours A Day” Gaming Habit
I guess even celebrities can be broken up with over video games. The Telegraph reports that British tennis star Andy Murray got the boot from his old lady over “seven hours a day” PlayStation 3 binges. The split between Murray and Kim Sears was confirmed Sunday when Sears didn’t show up to watch Murray play…
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Xfire Teams With Livestream To Broadcast Your PC Gameplay
Now you can let people all over the world tell you how much you suck, as gaming community Xfire teams with live video company Livestream to create a live broadcast service for gamers. The new service is aimed at every facet of the PC gaming community, from pro-teams that want to show off their skills…
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Backbreaker Going For Broke
I can’t imagine how scary it is for a developer to pitch a football video game when their name isn’t EA Sports. I imagine a room full of people going dead silent before someone says, “You mean like Madden?” That may not have been what developer NaturalMotion went through while pitching Backbreaker to publisher 505…
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Today’s Games Are Too Complicated For Eminem
Not all rap stars can be video game experts as well. In a recent interview, controversial white rapper Eminem explains that today’s games are just too complicated for his old-school tastes. During an interview with Marc Ecko’s Complex magazine in which Mr. Mathers discusses everything from music to internet porn, the subject of video games…
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Mass Effect 2’s New Blue Girl Kicks Ass
Meet Samara, the latest addition to Mass Effect 2’s character roster. She’s an Asari Justicar who isn’t afraid to step on a few necks to get the job done. Check out her video debut. “Find peace in the embrace of the Goddess,” indeed. Judging by the video and screenshots, Samara will serve as a stark…
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Euro PSPgo Buyers Snag Even More Free Games
Showered with free titles since launch, European PSPgo owners can now take their pick of free MotorStorm, Gran Turismo, or Assassin’s Creed, while North American buyers still get a rock. Between now and January 10th, European PSPgo owners both new and old can download a special free PSPgo Promotion Theme to their handheld, which will…
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