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Frankenreview: Flower
Following up on their success with the PlayStation Network favorite Flow, thatgamecompany returns to the PlayStation 3 with Flower, a game that attempts to capture the poetry of a flower petal riding the wind. Utilizing the PlayStation 3’s tilt-sensing Sixaxis controller, Flower casts you as a flower petal cast into the wind, traveling multi-colored, abstract…
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Dream Arcades Offers Street Fighter IV Arcade Solution
Custom arcade game cabinet makers Dream Arcade present the ideal solution for those of you who’d rather shun your big-screen televisions for a more authentic arcade experience for Capcom’s upcoming Street Fighter IV. The Dreamcade Impact is Dream Arcade’s answer to Street Fighter purist’s prayers. It’s a special edition custom arcade cabinet specifically tailored for…
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From Warcraft Obsession to Game Creation
What do you get when you take one of the world’s most popular player-made Warcraft III mods and break it out into its own game? League of Legends: Clash of Fates. League of Legends began life as Defense of the Ancients, a custom scenario for Blizzard’s real-time strategy game Warcraft III, which features teams of…
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The Exciting Life Of A Henry Hatsworth Puzzle Block
The latest trailer for Electronic Arts’ Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure shows us that being a puzzle block is much more exciting that other puzzle games would have you believe. Henry Hatsworth, due out March 17th for the Nintendo DS, is an interesting combination of puzzle game and platform adventure, in which the titular…
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Minesweeper Explodes Onto Xbox Live Arcade
The game rivaled only by Solitaire in terms of man-hours lost at workplaces around the world makes its way to the Xbox Live Arcade today, in the form of Minesweeper Flags. Minesweeper Flags joins 3 On 3 NHL Arcade on Xbox Live Arcade this week, offering up the the same mine-clearing goodness we’ve been enjoying…
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Blockbuster Adding Games To Total Access
Blockbuster Video’s rent-by-mail program Total Access is set to become even more total later this year, with the addition of video game rentals to its expansive lineup of rental titles. Blockbuster’s Total Access rental program might soon have a distinct advantage over rival rent-at-home company Netflix with the introduction of video game rentals to the…
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Aliens Fight Predators Again In 2010
The two baddest aliens in the galaxy square off again next year, as Sega announces a new Aliens vs. Predator title, developed by the team behind the 1999 original. Forget the sadly under-developed film franchise – a video game is where the two legendary movie monsters first face-off, and a video game is where the…
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Genius Drops First Tracks For Scratch: The Ultimate DJ
Genius Products has finally gotten around to revealing some of the tracks for their upcoming rhythm title Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, with Beastie Boys, Kanye West, and The Black Eyed Peas making the cut. Announced back in October of last year, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ is a rhythm game like no other, despite looking like…
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Empire Teams With Mensa For Real Brain Games
Dust off your thinking cap and prepare for some hyper-intelligent gaming, as Empire Interactive signs an exclusive game development deal with the world’s oldest high-IQ society, Mensa. Empire Interactive has signed a multi-year deal with the intelligence-fostering American Mensa organization to develop handheld, PC, and console titles based on the Mensa license. Judging by the…
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Giant Robots Help Kill Tabula Rasa
NCsoft’s doomed massively-multiplayer online science fiction game Tabula Rasa may only have weeks to live, but the developers are making those weeks count, with giant player-controlled mechs storming the title’s final moments. Role-playing pioneer Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa might be dead come February 28th, but the team behind the title continue to show their dedication…
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