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Xbox Live Sets Record with 2 Million on at Once
Likely driven by the nearly 5 million copies Modern Warfare 2 sold on its launch day, Xbox Live set a record Thursday with two million people logged into the service at once. Community guru Major Nelson tweeted the news about noon U.S. Pacific time, with operations manager Eric (“e”) Neustadter following with word of his…
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Madden Arcade to Release Thanksgiving Week
IGN reports that Electronic Arts announced its five-on-five Madden NFL Arcade will release Thanksgiving week, a time of the year that already blends pigskin with parking one’s self on the couch for extraordinarily long stretches in front of the tube. Madden NFL Arcade will release Nov. 24 (Tuesday) on the PlayStation Network, and Nov. 25…
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AI Convention Features StarCraft Competition
The 2010 conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE) is hosting a StarCraft competition where contestants craft bots to pit against one another in four different tournaments. The different types of tournament are micro-management, small-scale combat, limited tech tree and full games using StarCraft Brood War 1.16.1. Registration is open between now and…
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EA Will Hire Back Some Positions It Cut
Also at today’s Digital Entertainment Conference in New York, Electronic Arts‘ chief financial officer, Eric Brown, said the company will be hiring back some of those positions it axed earlier this week. But it sounds like just the cheaper ones. “We will be hiring back positions in low-cost locations to maintain capacity,” Brown said at…
By Owen Good - Reviews
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex Review: Looks Aren’t Everything
Two years after Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare wowed first-person shooter fans on Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3, the game gets both a sequel for those consoles and a Wii port of the original. The Treyarch developed Wii port doesn’t offer anything new or significantly changed from the original Modern Warfare. Gameplay switches…
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UncategorizedSymphony: Your Music Makes The Game
Fans of Audiosurf, scrolling shooters, and music in general have reason to be excited about Symphony, Empty Clip Studios‘ new title in which your songs shape the game you’re playing. Like Audiosurf, Symphony allows you to search your music collection in order to create a unique game experience for every song. Instead of a rollercoaster…
By Mike Fahey