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Halo Composer Wrote Jingles for Flintstones Vitamins, Tidy Cats
A profile by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, calling Marty O’Donnell the John Williams of the Halo series, turns up this tidbit: He wrote the Flintstones Vitamins jingle (which you now have stuck in your head) and his kids sang the chorus. That’s not news to hardcore fans (it’s all over the Halo wikis), but O’Donnell’s past…
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Onyxia Is Back And Badder Than Ever
World of Warcraft patch 3.2.2 hit the servers this morning with a resounding roar, as the dragon Onyxia is reborn, ready to take level 80 players down several painful pegs. The latest patch brings the terror back to Azeroth, returning the mighty dragon to her former glory. What was until recently possible for 2-3 people…
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The Earth Has Officially Fallen
Fallen Earth‘s self-title post-apocalyptic MMO goes live today, with a retail version hitting store shelves by the end of the month for folks averse to downloading large amounts of data. The beta testing is over, the Earth has been destroyed, and the monkeys are a great deal more intelligent now in Fallen Earth, the post-apocalyptic…
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Brutal Legend: Forging The World
Enough with the goofy Jack Black-flavored promotional videos for Brutal Legend. Art director Lee Petty takes us through the process behind the building of the Brutal Legend world. Brutal Legend is definitely a beautiful game, and Lee is responsible for a great deal of that, so excuse him if he isn’t quite as dynamic as…
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Swastika Gets Wolfenstein Pulled from German Shelves
Nazi imagery is a big nein-nein in Germany, and the localized version of Wolfenstein was supposed to have removed all of it. A small swastika slipped through, and Activision is said to be recalling the game from shelves there. The news, sourced back to 4players.de (translation) attributes a statement to Activision saying that “although it…
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Left 4 Dead Patch Improves Zombie HUD, Adds Achievements
A patch went out today for Left 4 Dead that adds improvements to the HUD when you play as a zombie in versus mode. Speculation also is that it lays the foundation for the upcoming Crash Course campaign. The most notable content addition is a timer in the Zombie HUD that counts down the special…
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Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Controllers Round 2
Round One is over, and judging by the amount of Street Fighter IV sticks and controllers Mad Catz sold, the peripheral company came out on top. Now it’s time for Round Two. Round 2 of Mad Catz officially licensed Street Fighter IV controllers features the same Tournament Edition FightSticks and FightPads as the first batch,…
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Aion’s Global Community
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/global-community-aion/56332 The fourth episode of the Aion video podcast takes a look at the global community, while answering important questions about PVPVE, crafting, player housing, and how awesome associate producer Lani Blazier is. Speaking of long queue times, last night was simply amazing. I spent 40 minutes in the queue at first, and then my…
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New DSi Colours Announced for Europe
Due Oct. 23, Europe will get metallic blue, light blue and red, preloaded with Flipnote Studio and Facebook. Also, buying one and taking it to the Nintendo DSi Shop over the Wi-Fi Connection will get 1,000 free DSi points. The points offer is good from the date of release until March 2010. There was also…
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Get Cash Back On Your Xbox 360 Elite
Microsoft sweetens the deal on the newly $299 Xbox 360, offering a $50 rebate on all Elite consoles purchased between now and October 5th. It’s 14 days of savings! Simply purchase an Xbox 360 Elite at the regular price, visit http://www.xbox.com/eliterebate (once it goes live), jump through whatever hoops they require you to jump through…
By Mike Fahey