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Everything I Know About Bungie’s Next First-Person Shooter, Destiny
The creators of Halo aren’t leaving their face-shooting skills behind. Destiny, Bungie’s first new game since they parted ways with Microsoft, looks and sounds like a first-person shooter—even if they don’t like calling it that. I flew to Seattle this week to get the official reveal of Destiny, or at least what teases Bungie and…
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Bungie Reveals its Destiny in This Documentary
Bungie, the studio behind Halo is today revealing its next saga, Destiny, to be published by Activision. This is the first documentary describing the new sci-fi world the studio is creating. In Destiny, coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, players will be thrust into the role of defending Earth, setting off on adventures on…
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Ungrateful Toy Fair-goers Already Hawking Exclusive Skylanders on eBay
Well, this doesn’t look tacky or anything. Skylanders has been giving out exclusive Toy Fair figurines to attendees of the show itself and a couple of preview events last week. Said attendees are not civilians, as Toy Fair is a closed, industry event. But, knowing the demand for these suckers, a bunch have been listed…
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There’s Skylanders: Swap Force Gameplay Footage Here, and It’s Lovely
Activision doesn’t have to sell me on buying Skylanders toys at this point—I literally have a bucket full of them sitting not three feet from me as I type—but the games, entertaining as they are, could use a little work. The kind of work they’ve done with the new engine for Skylanders: Swap Force This…
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They’re Giving Away the Coolest Giant Skylander in New York Next Week
Of all the new figures Toys for Bob introduced in Skylanders Giants, there is one I desire above all others. She’s a ninja. She’s a djinn. She’s Ninjini, and Activision is giving her away free at the Times Square Toys’R’Us on Tuesday, the jerks. Celebrating Toy Fair 2013 and the overwhelming success of the Skylanders…
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Bungie Panel at GDC Hints That We Will Hear More About Destiny Soon
We can expect to hear something official, and soon, about the game Bungie is building for Activision, rumored to be a sci-fi epic titled Destiny. GameSpot reported today that the studio is scheduled to give a talk about its new game at Game Developers Conference in late March, which would indicate a more formal reveal…
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Black Ops II‘s First DLC will be a Timed Xbox 360 Exclusive
Images purportedly of in-store promotional materials suggest that Call of Duty: Black Ops II‘s first map pack extension will be a timed Xbox 360 exclusive arriving on Jan. 29. Five maps are included. “Revolution” sports five maps, one of which—”Die Rise”—appears to be a zombie map. The others are named Hydro, Grind, Downhill and Mirage.…
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Reign In Your Rage With the First Angry Birds Trilogy DLC
After talking about Sandy Hook all day, I really just feel like flinging birds at pigs for the rest of the night. Thankfully, the first DLC pack for the Angry Birds Trilogy arrived today, and judging by its title—”Anger Management”—it should be specially tailored to help players reign in their rage. The $5 “Anger Management”…
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Please Quit Photoshopping Horns Onto Bobby Kotick. It’s Bad for His Dating Life.
Today’s New York Times profiles Bobby Kotick, the boss of Activision Blizzard and longtime bête noir of many a longtime gamer, many of whom have created unflattering portrayals of him quickly found by Google Image search. Well, he wants you to know this doesn’t help his game. See, he’s divorced and on the prowl. “Think…
By Owen Good
