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There’s Something in the Box …
And now the thrilling conclusion to yesterday’s BioShock 2 telegram mystery. The folks who got a cable yesterday were paid a visit today by the Speedy Brothers delivery boy again, this time bearing a mysterious package. We’ve gotten tips from a reader as well as Network 23, so far the only ones to post a…
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A First Look at Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Those who ordered Guitar Hero 5 in September and took advantage of the free Guitar Hero: Van Halen offer are starting to get their game in the mail, offering a peek at something that’s flown under the radar until now. The game arrives in a promotion-copy-only sleeve, with the same advisory stamped on the disc…
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ESA Report: More than 250 Colleges Offer Game Degrees
More than 50 game development programs have been added to U.S. colleges’ curricula in the past year, bringing to 254 the number of universities offering degrees in video game design, programming and art, according to the Entertainment Software Association. The ESA’s study said 54 were added since 2008, a 27 percent rise in the number…
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No Fee, and Maybe WiiSpeak, for Western Monster Hunter 3
Capcom’s considering both adding Wiispeak support to and removing monthly fees for online play from its Western release of Monster Hunter, according to a couple of separate reports. In Japan, Monster Hunter 3 will carry a fee for online play, a detail that arched some eyebrows on this side of the Pacific. Speaking at TGS,…
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Guitar Hero 5 No Longer Half Off at Amazon [Update]
Just noticed this – the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero 5, game only, is down to $29.97 on Amazon.com. Update: Looks like the deal is now dead. Sorry. All of this stuff below is now inoperable. Of course, the offer to get Guitar Hero: Van Halen free with GH 5 has by now expired,…
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Spies Dig Up 20 of 23 Spec Ops Names in Modern Warfare 2
Ever since folks noticed Infinity Ward types playing Modern Warfare 2 over Xbox Live, some have been glued to their sets for map and mission names. They’ve now gotten nearly the full mission list for MW2’s Spec Ops. Spoiler alert, as the names of these might give away general mission details or capabilities. if you…
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Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Sept. 30 PvPonline published Oct. 2 ActionTrip published Sept. 28 Digital Unrest published Sept. 28 DotGif published Sept. 28 EXTRALIFE published Sept. 29 GU Comics published Oct. 2 Ctrl-Alt-Delete published Sept. 28 Dueling Analogs published Oct. 1 2P Start! published Sept. 30 Nerf NOW published Sept. 29 Rooster Teeth published Sept. 29…
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Digital Rentals Built in to PSPgo?
Screwing around with the sorting feature on the PSPgo, someone’s found there’s only one way to arrange games and folders – by their expiration date. Expiration? Renting a movie off of the PSN, now, that’s something that would expire, and we’re all familiar with that. Fareo at the Retail Gamer posted these shots with the…
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There’s Someone at the Door …
Today, certain people – we’re trying to figure out why – were delivered telegrams by an old-school bicycle messenger. The cable comes from “Mark G Meltzer,” the loner searching for “something in the sea,” on BioShock 2’s hype Web site. That telegram above was sent to reader Andrew B., and also to three friends who…
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Give Up Your Weapons … and Your Body Armor …
He is one of the LCPD’s best. A cop torn between duty and instinct, justice and the law. In Liberty City, the law is supreme. No matter how many grenades you push across that table, you’re still free to go. Click to view Grand Theft Auto Precinct [Atom.com via Destructoid]
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Wait a Minute, LittleBigPlanet PSP Hadn’t Been Officially Dated?
Weird. One of these pieces of news that would seem to be out by now, but PlayStation.Blog posted yesterday that Nov. 17 is the North American release date for LittleBigPlanet PSP. The cover art also was finalized. What else, what else. Oh, here’s an LBP bento done by everybody’s favorite game-bento maker, AnnaTheRed, just to…
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Eminem on DJ Hero Renegade: “The S—t is Dope”
Eminem, one of two big names on DJ Hero’s Renegade Edition, stopped by DJ Whoo Kid’s show to flack the limited series, and declare “the s—t is dope.” See, when the kids say “s—t,” they really mean “cool.” To be fair, I think he’s talking about the carrying case (“DJ coffin”) that transforms into a…
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Scribblenauts’ Original Name Sounded Like a Gameshow
Scribblenauts is People’s Exhibit No. 1 for giving a game a great name. It’s a unique word, hinting strongly at the quirky adventures you’ll have. Good thing, too, because the original name sounded like something Wink Martindale would host. “Wordplay” was the first title, according to the 5th Cell creative director Jeremiah Slaczka. Yeesh. Slazcka…
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CrimeCraft Going Free-to-Play by Month’s End
The FPS-MMO-WTFBBQ CrimeCraft offers a “free unlimited trial” by the end of October, according to publisher Vogster Entertainment, which will effectively move the game into three tiers – free, $5 and $10 subscriptions. Vogster, subject of some bad financial news recently, made the announcement Friday, also promising a large content update concurrent to the new…
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NHL 2K10 Review: Thin-Ice Capades
The National Hockey League dropped the puck on a new season Thursday night, turning sports fans’ thoughts to ice – and to hard hitting, fast-paced one-timer-from-the-slot action, qualities that 2K’s NHL title can certainly supply on a console. NHL 2K10 sees the franchise at somewhat of a crossroads. It’s in its 10th year overall, scrapping…
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Union Contracts Now Include “Vocally Stressful,” “Atmospheric” Work
Two major unions supplying voice actors for video games have both won pay raises under provisional new contracts, which also spell out terms for “vocally stressful” work and “atmospheric” roles in which one person voices multiple minor characters. Assuming the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ratify the contracts,…
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NBA Live Achievement Whores Fail to Get 1,000 Online [Updated]
NBA Live 07 – a game now three years old – currently has about 500 players on Xbox Live. And they need 500 more in the next half-hour for every one of them to collect an easy 100 Gamerscore. Update: Doesn’t sound like they made it. No word yet if they’ll try again. The game…
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UncategorizedLooks Like Modern Warfare 2’s Gone Gold
This is what the news biz calls an “incremental development,” but when it involves a game as highly anticipated as Modern Warfare 2, people notice. Yesterday, folks who’d friended some Infinity Ward types saw them playing it on Xbox Live. Playing an unreleased title on Xbox Live is typically an indicator the game has been…
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