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10 Years Of Asheron’s Call
Can you believe Asheron’s Call is still running 10 years after its November 2nd, 1999 release? Turbine can, and it’s celebrating in style with events throughout the day for the diehard fans still grinding away. It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since the world of Dereth first opened up to the masses, unless…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: Vikings, Dragons, Spaceships, And Street Fighters
Eight new games drop today across Nintendo’s WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare platforms, running the gamut from snapshot editing to the original Street Fighter. Well, a port of the original Street Fighter. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen any games from the TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM hit the Virtual Console, so Capcom’s Fighting Street (800 Wii points)…
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Capcom Zombies Invade London
Celebrating the end of the London Games Festival and the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil fans took to the streets of London on Halloween for an Undead Pride parade. The horde descended on Tate Modern in London on Saturday, with more than 50 zombies aided by the Viking Hats Zombie…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Magic:The Gathering – Tactics Coming To PC And PS3
Sony Online Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast have teamed up for Magic: The Gathering – Tactics, an online, 3D turn-based strategy game coming to the PC and PlayStation 3 next year. SOE’s fascination with card games finally comes full circle. After years of creating collectible card games based on their popular MMO properties like…
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One Last Hurrah For Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack
Microsoft is dropping the price of the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Variety Map Pack for the last week it will be even remotely relevant. Modern Warfare 2 comes out next week, which means there will be a lot less people playing the original game on Xbox Live once it drops. Until then, why…
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Dragon Age Girls Do It With Their Undies On
After getting unfairly reamed in the press over Mass Effect’s brief flash of nudity, BioWare plays it a bit safer in Dragon Age: Origins, with characters having sex the old-fashioned way – in their underwear. You have the option to click play on the video below and completely spoil your sexual experience in Dragon Age:…
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Nintendo Ponders Kindle-Style 3G DS
Could a future version of the Nintendo DS hardware use 3G for digital downloads? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the company could take a cue from Amazon’s Kindle business model. Unlike today’s smart phones and mobile 3G cards, which require monthly fees to access the network, Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader figures in the price of…
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iPhone Red Alert Goes Live With Paid DLC
Command and Conquer: Red Alert for the iPhone is now available in the iTunes App Store, with an optional skirmish map pack and more paid DLC on the horizon. Red Alert for the iPhone is a new handheld version of the classic real-time strategy game. It’s trimmed down quite a bit, but it uses the…
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Star Trek And Transformers Get Elite Bundles [UPDATE]
MCV reports that Gem and Paramount Pictures are putting together two Xbox 360 Elite bundles to trumpet the DVD releases of Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in the United Kingdom. UPDATE: These bundles are both UK-only Paramount says. Each bundle comes with an Elite console and an extra controller. What it doesn’t…
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Who’s Got Halloween Costumes To Share?
A few of you sent in choice pictures of video game-themed Halloween costumes you were brave enough to wear. Lucky for you, we’re brave enough to post them. If anybody else has got gamer-themed costumes they want to share, throw ’em in the comments field. I would say email ’em to me — but given…
By AJ Glasser - Uncategorized
Tekken 6 Ships (Not Sells) 2.5 Million Copies
While a bird in the hand is worth more than 2.5 million copies shipped worldwide, Tekken 6 is nothing to sneer at. Wait, that came out wrong… See, just because Tekken 6 shipped 2.5 million copies doesn’t mean its sold 2.5 million copies all over the world. Hence the whole bird-in-the-hand/bush analogy that I messed…
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