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Angry Birds Land Coming to a China Near You
It looks like the creators of Angry Birds, Rovio, isn’t satisfied with only one nest for their avian children. Not only are they planning on building an Angry Birds theme park in Finland, they are working on multiple roosts in China. Reported by the China Daily in Shanghai, Rovio’s Mighty Eagle Peter Vesterbacka says that…
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Drive Yourself Nuts Trying to Guess the “3 to 4” Undiscovered Secrets Still Left in Arkham City
If you thought you had discovered everything in Batman: Arkham City or, if not, it could be found on GameFAQs or in some other corner of the web, well, that’s not so, says the game’s studio. There are still “three or four” secrets in the game that no one has yet found, the game’s director…
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The Shrinking Numbers of the Games That Put Up Video Game Numbers
It drives me nuts every time I hear it. A professional athlete delivers a gobsmacking statistical performance, whether for a single game or a longer span, and a commentator or a columnist inevitably describes him as “putting up video game numbers.” When the Texas Rangers’ Josh Hamilton unloaded nine home runs and 15 RBI in…
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They’re Just Trademarking the Hell Out of Everything in Skyrim
If you’ve got any Dragonborn T-shirts, bumper stickers or other crap up on Cafe Press or Etsy, now might be the time to hold a clearance sale. ZeniMax Media just submitted a trademark application for that term, joining the recent filing it made for “Fus Ro Dah,” presumably for the same purposes. They’re not screwing…
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Back From Hell: The First Seven Days of Diablo III
Diablo III‘s long-awaited release this week—and its unfortunate launch-day server problems—demonstrated that PC-only titles have not lost the ability to dominate all of video gaming’s conversation. And this was in a week that saw the release of Max Payne 3, another title that fans had been looking to for a very long time. For better…
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Madden NFL 13 will Feature “Tebowing”
This is sure to rankle a ton of axe-grinders, which makes it remarkable the development team for Madden NFL 13 chose to poke this snake. But there will be a “Tebowing” celebration animation in the game this year, according to Mike Young, the game’s creative director. When one Tebows, he drops to a knee and…
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Spider-Man’s in a Rush in his Newest Gameplay Trailer
Not sure how I feel about “web rush” having seen this latest trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man. I’m sure everyone’s going to call this a quicktime event mechanic, and that sequence where Spidey taps the stooge on the shoulder and then wraps him up does look scripted. But as the game’s executive producer explains, “web…
By Owen Good
