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Bonk Energy Drink, Now With Scout Achievements
The latest daily update to Valve’s special Scout class update page contains a list of the 35 new Scout achievements being introduced to the game, sponsored by Bonk Energy Drink. From the text on the page I am assuming that Bonk Energy Drink is a power-up item for scouts that temporarily makes them even faster…
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Fallout 3: Welcome To The Pitt
Bethesda formally welcomes you to post-apocalyptic Pittsburgh, PA, with three new screenshots from the upcoming Fallout 3 add-on The Pitt. Did somebody say auto-axe? The Pitt content opens with the players responding to a desperate radio message. Someone in The Pitt has created a cure for mutations, and the player must travel there and retrieve…
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NASA Goes Massively Multiplayer With Astronaut
NASA wanted a massively multiplayer online game, and now they’re getting one, signing three separate development studios to work on Astronaut: Moon, Mars, and Beyond. While video game players have long dreamed of traveling into the stars and meeting exotic alien species, real outer space is relatively boring. Now NASA seeks to change all of…
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Operation Flashpoint 2 Strokes Its Ego
Here’s a new developer diary-style clip from Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising developer Codemasters, proving that their EGO game engine can handle more than racing games. Until now, Codemasters has limited their utilization of the EGO game engine to their racing titles, such as the stunning Colin McRae: DiRT and Race Driver: GRID games. Now…
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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Review: Scary Made Simple
After two unofficial expansions from TimeGate Studios, developer Monolith Productions returns to the series they made famous with F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. F.E.A.R. 2 ignores the two TimeGate expansions, instead picking up more or less exactly where F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon left off, with the creepy psychic entity known as Alma understandably angry after…
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The Ships Of Galactrix
Following up on last week’s exploration of the various factions in the upcoming puzzle role-playing game Galactrix, this week we take a look at the ships you can collect and customize in the game. Puzzle Quest: Galactrix doesn’t simply stick you in one ship and send you off against the universe. The game allows you…
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Nyko’s Wii Wand Gets Rumble Nunchuck
Nyko shows off exactly what their Trans-Port technology can do with the introduction of a vibrating nunchuck attachment and gun controller for their Nintendo remote alternative, the Wand. Announced at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, Nyko’s Wand is a replacement for the standard Wii remote that uses electronic triggers instead of mechanical ones…
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Half-Naked Woman Launches UK X-Blades
With last week’s North American release of anime-inspired action title X-Blades going largely unnoticed, SouthPeak falls back on that old marketing standard to help liven up the UK launch – bare model bottom. The hack and slash action of SouthPeak’s X-Blades hits PAL territories tomorrow, so they’ve hired young model Jodie Dart, dressed her up…
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Mirror’s Edge Time Trials Arrive In Timely Fashion
Faith takes to the skies today as DICE releases the slightly delayed Time Trial map pack for Mirror’s Edge across three platforms, with a special free bonus map already available to PlayStation 3 owners. The Time Trial map for Mirror’s Edge is all about the race. There’s no police, no guns, and no city to…
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Burnout Paradise Toy Cars, Boost Specials Drop Early
Xbox Live Marketplace accidentally received extra Burnout Paradise downloadable content this morning, revealing details on the upcoming Toy Car and Boost Specials packs that Criterion didn’t want you to know yet. Both packs appeared and then disappeared early this morning, not allowing gamers to purchase them but definitely allowing us to read about them, listing…
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