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Go Grab Jetpack Joyride for Free
Right now, the makers of Jetpack Joyride are running a Facebook promotion that gives you the game for free. Run over there, click like, get a download for the game on the iOS platform. This is a savings of only 99 cents because, like, the game is only 99 cents. For more on Jetpack Joyride,…
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How BioShock Infinite is Influenced by Occupy Wall Street
While BioShock Infinite is due for release next year, the game’s story still is undergoing change, says the series’ creator Ken Levine. And if nothing else, the Occupy Wall Street protests going on in New York (and elsewhere) serve as an affirmation to him in how he’s scripted the motivations and temperament of the Vox…
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D.C. Universe Online‘s Free-to-Play Start Date Set for Nov. 1
During a live-stream video chat today with the game’s developers, D.C. Universe Online‘s free-to-play debut was set for Nov. 1, which is Tuesday of next week. Originally expected sometime in October, the new freemium model gives everyone two character slots and all game content as a base offering, with expansion packs and extra characters as…
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Midgets, Bikini Babes and Condoms Get a British Retailer Disinvited to Game Awards Show
Someone forgot to tell Grainger Games that the Games Media Awards are not the David Hasselhoff Roast. The games seller showed up at the U.K. gala with bikini-clad models, midgets, a giant orange Hummer, and branded condoms and are henceforth retailer non grata, say organizers. Stuart Dinsey, the chief of Intent Media, which puts together…
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This Pac-Man Video Proves Children Are the Ultimate Video Game Peripherals
Not only did Nathan and Jen Glemboski use the lure of sweet, puffy marshmallows to lure their child into playing a real-life version of the arcade classic Pac-Man, they then sent the link into a gaming blog for our amusement. As long as you’re living under my roof you’ll eat those marshmallows! Why do my…
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When Your World is a Sheer Vertical Wall, All You Can Do is Climb
When I first loaded up Michael P. Consoli’s Against the Wall I felt the early onset of panic. In front of me, stretching out in all four directions was a vertical wall made of blocks of varying sizes. Behind me there was only sky. That’s how this independent game begins, presenting the player with a…
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Look Guys, It’s an Online Fantasy Role-Playing Game with Panda Monks
This past weekend Blizzard revealed Mists of Pandaria, the new Expansion pack for World of Warcraft that introduces a Monk character class and a panda race. This is a story about the other game with Panda Monks. Eligium: The Chosen One is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Shanda Games and operated…
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Sixteen Minutes of Soulcalibur V Action Starring Xianghua’s Daughter
Why I am upset over this video of new Soulcalibur V character Leixia being played during Paris Game Week? It’s not the missing moves or unfinished command set of the demo version of Leixia. It’s not the similarities between the character and her mother, continuing Soulcalibur‘s tradition of creating offspring characters with very familiar moves.…
By Mike Fahey
