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Twisted Metal Creator Reveals the Tentative Cover Art, and has a Special Message for Racists
While not officially saying this is official, Twisted Metal creator of David Jaffe acknowledges that the game’s cover art is up on GameStop’s web site and, hell, “I figured I’d share a bigger version of it with you guys.” He included another five shots of the box’s reverse, so none of this is official, but…
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EA Sports Envisioned Return to PC with “Madden NFL Online”
EA Sports, which ended publication of Madden NFL for the PC in 2008, evidently had plans to return to that platform through a browser-based game sometime in 2010, according to mockups created by a former staff designer. The label was serious enough about the project to build a working, mouse-driven interface for the game’s console…
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Atlus Pokes the PSP In 2012 With Gungnir
Don’t throw away that PSP just yet! Even though the PS Vita is coming out in February, Atlus is prepared to rock the Previous Sony Portable with Norse-flavored strategy RPG Gungnir, coming June 12 to retail and the PlayStation Network. Oh wait, it’ll be on PSN? Go ahead and throw out your PSP. From the…
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SSX Pushed Back Again to End of February
It doesn’t involve a realistic roster or league licensing, so it’s sometimes hard to remember that SSX is an EA Sports title. And the snowboarding reboot should be one of the bigger ones for the label in the coming year. But with a lineup crowded by more traditional fare in the first two months, SSX…
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Wii-Owning President Obama Doesn’t Care if the Xbox Version is Better
Somewhere inside the Beltway today, copies of Just Dance 3 for the Wii and The Sims Plus Pets rode in a presidential caravan with the nuclear football. That, gang, is core game cred. President Obama picked up the two titles on a photo-op shopping trip to an Alexandria, Va., Best Buy, where he bought gifts…
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How Many Errors Can You Spot in 30 Years of Hot Christmas Toys?
The folks at Ultimate Coupons were nice enough to pass on this video game-dappled infographic featuring the top toys of three decades worth of Christmas holidays. In the true holiday spirit we only tear it apart just a little. It’s a trip down memory lane that begins in 1981, when Donkey Kong for the Nintendo…
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League of Legends Players Will Understand These T-Shirts
Gamer clothing creators Jinx have teamed up with Riot Games competitive PC gaming sensation League of Legends to create a set of shirts that I do not understand. Do you? Since Jinx is in the habit of lacing their licensed items with witty game references, I’m sure the first four or five shirts in their…
By Mike Fahey
