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You Didn’t Think Battlefield 3 Wouldn’t Require the Online Pass, Did You?
DICE confirmed, via designer Alan Kertz on Twitter, that Battlefield 3 on Xbox 360 and PS3 would require the one-use “Online Pass” code included free in retail copies, but costs $10 for those who have a copy of the game without a code—i.e. those who buy it used. Multiplayer for all EA Sports games have…
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FIFA-Loving Hackers Strike Xbox Live Accounts
Xbox Live users should keep an eye on their accounts, and any credit card associated with that account, and especially take notice of any strange activity involving FIFA 11 or 12. Several users have complained, through multiple gaming publications, of hackers recovering their accounts to a different machine and using them for purchases associated with…
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Aw, Dammit Man, The Doobie Brothers Broke Up …
Look, bullethead. If they’re hiking through the jungle there’s nothing I can do about it. I have a car. I am not Tarzan. I have been through every one-horse shithole for a two-hundred mile radius. You should have seen the river I had to traverse this morning. So don’t give me any of your crap,…
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How Making Fitness Into a Role-Playing Game Makes Us All Look and Feel Great
About four months ago I profiled Fitocracy, the social networking/fitness site that seeks to motivate gamers to hit the gym by incorporating role-playing game aspects into their workout plan. Today, Fitocracy and its founding duo received a huge profile courtesy of CNN, and it’s making all gamers look better as a result. Brian Wang and…
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Costume Quest At Long Last Comes to PC—Like, Right Now
Costume Quest last year’s children’s crusade to save Halloween by Double Fine, has been ported to PC and, in fact, is available now on Steam for $14.99. “We have always said that if it were up to us, we’d release our games for the PC,” Double Fine’s Tim Schafer said in a statement. “Well, now……
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Should You Buy X-Men: Destiny? No.
X-Men: Destiny has been out on store shelves for a couple of weeks now, so for many of you this comes too late, but in case the New York Comic-Con gets you craving a little mutant-on-mutant violence, Multiple Fahey and his sidekick, Owen, are here to save the day with an untimely Gut Check. Michael…
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Rocksmith‘s European Release Delayed by Trademark Dispute
On Wednesday Ubisoft said Rocksmith, the rhythm game playable with a real guitar, would be delayed in Europe until 2012 because of “music licensing” and “other factors.” Yeah, you could say that. Turns out there’s a rock band in the UK that goes by the name, wait for it, “Rocksmith.” Apparently Ubisoft forgot to check…
By Owen Good
