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F.E.A.R. 2 Getting New Maps, New Heads
Now that Monolith’s free downloadable content for F.E.A.R. 2 has come and gone, it’s time to pay for a couple of new maps and some extra heads. The second of three planned sets of downloadable content for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, the Armored Front pack’s main feature is a set of four unique heads used…
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Making A Game Out Of Today’s War
The video game industry was about to get its first major game based on a current military action, only to have publisher Konami pull the plug. What’s wrong with releasing a realistic war video game? Six Days In Fallujah, which was announced and then abandoned by its publisher last month, was a game both hyped…
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Top Gun Micro-Review: Affirmative, Ghost Rider
Last year, Days of Thunder quickly asserted itself as a serious arcade racer on the iPhone. Paramount’s back with Top Gun, looking to do the same for combat flyers. Top Gun puts iPhone and iPod Touch owners in the flight suit of a new recruit under the guidance of Maverick and Ice Man—you choose your…
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UncategorizedThe Encyclopedia Gigantica: Everything You Need To Know About Monster Hunter
Interested in Capcom’s upcoming release of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite but don;t know the first thing about monster hunting? The Encyclopedia Gigantica is here to help. Capcom is compiling all the pertinent information a player needs to get started in the wild world of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. While it’s a bit light on content…
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Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Bot Lineup Revealed
Find out what bots and cons you’ll be controlling in Activision’s video game adaptation of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The battle lines have been drawn and sides have been chosen. Representing the Autobots in Revenge of the Fallen’s story mode will be Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, and newcomer Breakaway. The Decepticon team has…
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Console Sacred 2 Could Use A Little Fixing
CDV Software is quickly readying patches for the console versions of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, fixing the online multiplayer of the PlayStation 3 version while making sure Xbox 360 customers get their pre-order bonuses. If it seemed like the oft-delayed console version of Ascaron’s action role-playing game was still a bit rushed, that’s only because…
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Battlefield 1943’s Iwo Jima Is A Little Early
We can probably forgive DICE for including the 1945 battle of Iwo Jima in their downloadable multiplayer combat game Battlefield 1943 when it looks this good. Iwo Jima is just one of three battlefields coming out with the downloadable installment of the Battlefield series next month on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Along…
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Activision Introduces Science Papa, No Relation
What company would have the gall to release a series of science experiment mini-games for the Nintendo DS and Wii and call it Science Papa? Oh yeah, that company. I’d use this space to explain that Science Papa casts the player in the role of newest member of Science Papa’s research team, aiming at becoming…
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Tropico 3 Coming To America
PC gamers can return to the islands this fall, as Kalypso Media announces Tropico 3 for North American release this September. The third title in the popular Tropico series of island management sims once again places players in the role of “El Presidente”, the ruler of an island in the Caribbean during the Cold War…
By Mike Fahey