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  Seeking A Game That Can Trick Me

  This is the third in a series of posts labeled “Hindsight” that discuss games you may have thought we were done writing about. Last time: X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This time: Wolfenstein. I make it hard for video games to be unpredictable. Not that I make games. I play them. And by playing them, I try…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 26, 2009
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  The PlayStation 3 Buyer’s Guide

  With at least one potential game of the year exclusively nesting on the Playstation 3 and a price drop under its belt, the PS3 has had a pretty darn good year. My favorite among the games listed is Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which probably isn’t surprising. What is yours? Anything we didn’t review that you…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2009
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  Prove Your Metal, Win a Kick-Ass Shirt

  There are things you can debate about Brutal Legend, but one thing is an absolute fact: It’s METAL, pure METAL! But how about you gamer? Are you metal? I’m sure you say you are, but are you really metal? Like as metal as the German guy who stopped me at the train station in Cologne…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 26, 2009
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  Sound Blaster Arena Surround Gaming Headset Review: Who’s That Sneaking Up On Me?

  Over the years sound has increasingly taken the back seat to the other important elements of a PC gaming experience from mouse and keyboard to the graphics and light-kits. But Creative and Sound Blaster have never given up the good fight. Are their Arena Surround gaming headsets a must have for PC gamers or just…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 26, 2009
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  The MMOs That Rose Or Fell During World of Warcraft’s Reign

  Once World of Warcraft was king, it seemed like a contender to its throne was announced monthly. Here’s a quick look at the competitors that were born or died — or both! — during WoW’s rise. This post is part of our series this week on the fifth anniversary of the launch of World of…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 26, 2009
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  Megatron Can Smell Your Xbox Live Avatar, Boy

  Cover your hideous meat-face with a collection of attractive and stylish robot heads today, as Activision releases a set of Transformers gear onto the Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace. I’m not sure how I can tie this together with Thanksgiving Day, so we’ll just mutter incoherently about turkey or something and move on to the main…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 26, 2009
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  The Xbox 360 Buyer’s Guide

  New Halo, new downloadables for Mass Effect, Fallout 3, and Grand Theft Auto, new Forza. It was a pretty good year for Xbox 360 owners. Pick through the list to decide which games to give and get and leave a comment to point out any you would add that we didn’t review. And don’t forget,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 26, 2009
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  Happy Turkey Day!

  To: Crecente From: Luke Happy thanksgiving! Not that I even really get what that means, but hey, any day where eating giant birds is a national holiday is cool with me. Here’s what you missed: Capcom Side-Scrollers Coming To Xbox Live, PSN Custom Bayonetta “Figure” Gets The Outfit Right New Afterburner Game Coming To Home…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  First Look At New Professor Layton Game

  In the latest issue of Famitsu, Level-5 honcho Akihiro Hino reveals the first bits of info about upcoming Professor Layton game. Titled Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, the game features an overhaul of the game system. The “miracle mask” is connected somehow to the mask worn by bad guy Death Call in Professor Layton…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 26, 2009
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  It’s Christmas Time For Dawn Of War II’s Expansion

  The snow is falling, the fires are crackling, we’ve got some new screenshots for the Dawn of War II expansion, Chaos Rising…Merry Christmas, Immortal Emperor!

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Sony: Physical Games Not Going Anywhere

  Despite the release of the digital-only PSPgo and an increasing push towards the delivery of content over the PlayStation Network, Sony would like you all to know that traditional, boxed stuff is “not going away any time soon”. “Make no mistake”, SCEE boss Andrew House told GI.biz, “when you’re looking at PS3 games and you’re…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Napoleon: Total War Edition Shouldn’t Have Invaded Russia

  For PC owners at least, Napoleon: Total War is going to be a pretty big deal. And a game can’t be a pretty big deal these days without a pretty big colletor’s edition, so, yeah. Here’s Napoleon’s. The “Imperial Edition” of the game will come with a copy of Napoleon: Total War, an “illustrated wallchart…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  So, When’s Modern Warfare 2’s DLC Due?

  Needless to say, when a game sells as many copies as Modern Warfare 2 has, there’ll be millions of people hanging out for its first wave of its downloadable content. But, uh, when is it coming out? Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has said “DLC is planned fir the wonderfully vauge timeframe of Spring.”. Drop a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Turn Your Car Into Pac-Man

  Waze is a free app for the iPhone that works like Wikipedia for street maps. And to encourage users to help the service grow, the owners have devised a cunning plan: get you playing Pac-Man with your car. Through Waze’s “Road Goodies” program, cherries will be scattered across the map for you to find, then…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Square Enix Cuts European Jobs

  ‘Tis the season to be…unemployed, sadly, with Square Enix announcing today that job cuts are on the way for the company’s London studio. That’s Beautiful Game Studios, the developers of the Championship Manager series. A Square Enix statement reads “Our current business model does not allow us to compete in a fast-changing industry with any…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  All Of EA’s PC Games, 30% Off

  Thanksgiving sale alert: EA’s own online store will, until Monday, be selling every single PC game with a 30% discount. That’s every single game. Not just the crummy ones, or he old ones, or the crummy old ones, or the crummy new ones. All of them. So Dragon Age, Mass Effect, The Sims 3, Need…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Red Dead Redemption Moseys On Into April 2010

  You can’t see, but if you could, you’d see that I just put down a red pen. I had been using it, over at my calendar, marking the entire month of April. Because that’s when Red Red Redemption is out. No idea when in April. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have had to circle the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  New Afterburner Game Coming To Home Consoles?

  Some classification board ratings – one in Australia, one in Korea – have revealed that Sega’s After Burner Climax is on its way to a video game console near you. Just which console is still up in the air. The Australian rating simply says “multiplatform”, while the Korean one was submitted by Sony Computer Entertainment.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Custom Bayonetta “Figure” Gets The Outfit Right

  The actual, offical Bayonetta figure is a little…off. Something’s not quite right about her proportions. This custom “doll”, though, looks set to make amends. Remember, it’s a one-off custom, so forget about buying it. Just look, try and find a way to describe it that doesn’t use the word “doll”, admire how creator “Zin” got…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Capcom Side-Scrollers Coming To Xbox Live, PSN

  Capcom announced today that two of their classic side-scrollers will be making a comeback, with re-releases of Final Fight and Magic Sword set to appear on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network next year. Unlike recent Capcom re-releases like Marvel v Capcom 2 and SSFIIHD, these won’t be completely overhauled for the current generation of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2009