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And The Game Critics Best Of E3 2009 Award Nominees Are…
The official Game Critics Best of E3 2009 award nominee list has been released, with Brutal Legend and Uncharted 2 punctuating EA and Sony’s nomination domination. Both EA’s Brutal Legend and Sony Computer Entertainment’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves rise to the top of this year’s nomination list, both scoring four each including the coveted Best…
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Autobots Seem Terribly Outmatched In Transformers 2 Multiplayer
The Decepticons might be bigger, stronger, faster, and more maneuverable that the Autobots in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen mutliplayer, but the Autobots have spunk! This is the main with accurately depicting a battle between the opposing robot factions in the Transformers. The Decepticons can fly. Not only that, but in the Michael Bay movies…
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PEGI Triumphs Over The BBFC
The war between the British Board of Film Classification and the Pan-European Game Information system over UK game ratings comes to an end today, with PEGI to act as the UK’s sole age rating system. The war has been long and hard, with the BBFC contending that a local board would be more in-tune with…
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Donate Your Used Games To Needy Children
Which is worth more, a $15 trade-in credit or getting your used games into the hands of children who would never get a chance to play them otherwise? This is a question raised by Pixel Equity, a new non-profit organization dedicated to getting video games and consoles into the hands of children at youth centers…
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Video Game Obsession Cited In Halo Shooter’s Lenient Sentencing
An Ohio judge has granted Daniel Petric a lenient sentence today, citing the teen’s video game addiction to Halo 3 as a potential contributing factor in the 2007 shooting that left his mother dead. Kotaku has been following this story closely since it began in early 2008. 16-year-old Daniel Petric, angered at his parents for…
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Section 8’s Shiny Pre-Order Armor
TimeGate Studios‘ Xbox 360 and PC shooter Section 8 isn’t coming out until August, giving you plenty of time to decide whether or not you want to plunk down $5 for this sexy pre-order armor. How does the special Captain’s Armor work for the dueling factions in Section 8? Here’s what GameStop says: Reserve Section…
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Will Wright Talks Team Building
The only thing tougher than coming up with visionary video game ideas? Putting together a team to see your vision to fruition. Here’s how gaming legend Will Wright does it. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Wright explains that the true key to motivating your employees is to know what motivates them,…
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The Rocket Riot Begins Tomorrow
Rockets will fire, pixels will fly, and zombies, pirates, and ninja will die as Codeglue’s Rocket Riot makes its way onto Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow. THQ just announced the game’s June 17th release date, which means that tomorrow sees the release of not two but three games on Xbox Live Arcade, contrary to what we…
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Crystal Chronicles Gravitates Toward Action
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers takes a couple of steps away from the CC series and a couple steps toward super hero games. In an interview with RPGamer, Producer Akitoshi Kawazu explains that the game is less about level grinding and stat min-maxing and more about action and Wii-friendly mini games. The game’s main…
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