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Internal PayPal Email Points to Nov. 15 for New Xbox Dashboard Release
In May, Microsoft revealed that PayPal would be added as a payment option for Xbox Live transactions such as subscriptions and Microsoft Points purchases. This week, an internal email to PayPal employees asked them to test the service, and pointed to Nov. 15—the 10-year anniversary of the original Xbox launch—as the date the new dashboard…
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Looks Like Super Mario Land 3 is Next Up on the 3DS Virtual Console
GoNintendo dug up a current Australian rating for Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, pointing to it as an upcoming release for the Game Boy Virtual Console on the Nintendo 3DS. Remember, early adopters “ambassadors,” you get 10 VC titles for free in addition to the 10 free NES classics you downloaded at the beginning…
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Burgertime Reboot Delayed to Deliver Beefier Multiplayer
Burgertime World Tour is being held a little while longer as it tests online multiplayer features, publisher MonkeyPaw Games told fans via Facebook on Monday. That means the game won’t hit Xbox Live, PSN and WiiWare until late October or early November. “We’d like to apologize for not getting the game out yet,” MonkeyPaw said.…
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Chinese TF2 Knockoff Drafts Tomb Raider Alum to Vouch for It
Ahem. Well, back in July, we were introduced to Final Combat, China’s homage to ripoff of Team Fortress 2. The game won’t have a western release, but for any Chinese who managed to defeat the Baidu censorship and learn of the game’s true origins, we have Troy Horton, formerly of the Tomb Raider series, to…
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NBA 2K12‘s Legendary Teams Are Pay-to-Play for Online Multiplayer
Earlier this month Kotaku reported, per 2K Sports itself, that the historic teams featured in NBA 2K12‘s “NBA’s Greatest” mode would not be available for online play. That turns out not to be the case. A Twitter photo from someone with the game already shows that gamers can take the 1993 Chicago Bulls or 1986…
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Rift Rises Above Its Level Cap With Ashes of History
Is it alternative advancement time already? Trion Worlds’ Rift got its 1.5 Ashes of History update on today, giving level 50 players the ability to fill a honeycomb-shaped board with powerful new abilities. What else does 1.5 have in store? How about a master dungeon version Darkening Deeps, promising powerful rewards for elite groups of…
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A Riotous Beginning for the New Mutants of X-Men: Destiny
How does one go from being a displaced teenager with a dickhead father one moment to being an unofficial member of the world’s greatest mutant fighting force the next? Let’s ask X-Men: Destiny Whatever may happen later in the game, at least X-Men: Destiny starts strong. Professor Xavier is dead, humans and mutants are on…
By Mike Fahey
