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Former Mega Man Producer Says He Offered to Finish Mega Man Legends 3 Under Contract but Capcom Said No Thanks
Keiji Inafune split from Capcom about a year ago, clearly burned out—at one point he said he “hated” his job. However, he still was committed to finishing the 3DS game Mega Man Legends 3, whose cancellation set off a firestorm of anger this summer. Inafune threw more gasoline on the blaze when he suggested that…
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Come Out to Play …
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Top Ten Gangs in Video Game History [Joystick Division] JD plumbs the lineups of some of the most well known crime-genre games to compile…
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There Will Be No Prestige Edition of Modern Warfare 3
In late August, details leaked about a Modern Warfare 3 “Hardened” special edition, but none for a “Prestige,” a more deluxe package that notoriously included night-vision goggles for Modern Warfare 2 in 2009. There are no details yet on a Prestige edition because there will be no Prestige edition for Modern Warfare 3 Infinity Ward’s…
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Go Pick Up The Gunstringer‘s Soundtrack for Free
If you’re a fan of video game soundtracks, you can pick up a hefty 27-track compilation for free right now from The Gunstringer. Twisted Pixel just made it available on the game’s official page. Head over there, click on “Downloads” atop the page and you’ll see it. It’s about a 70MB .zip offering you more…
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Extras and Add-Ons
The 3DS’ second slide pad got its big hands-on reveal at Tokyo Games Show this past week, and now we’re going to give the concept the respectful treatment and consideration it deserves. But this week’s ‘Shop Contest may not be exactly what you think it is. Because so few exploitable images of the 3DS slide…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves: Paid Programming Edition
Mornin’. I have company this weekend, and my friend’s deliberately watching infomercials on the regional sports network, waiting for “Seahawks All Access” to come on. There was a damn awesome contraption that looks like a handheld version of the chainsaw the Swamp Loggers use. I was about to buy it until I realized I did…
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A Three-Minute Look at THQ’s Avengers, Disassembled
THQ’s big-time bloodletting back in August meant the end of its Brisbane, Australia studio and scuttled the publisher’s planned video game adaptation of The Avengers. Evidently those who were involved with the project can’t take no for an answer; footage of the game in its pre-alpha state released last week and was immediately smashed by…
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Boxplay Winners
Video game cosplay normally involves cosplaying as characters, not the video game itself. One Call of Duty fan turned that premise on its head in Canada a couple weeks ago, showing up as the Black Ops box itself. Last Sunday, our sensible shoppers swooped in to make everything even more absurd. We’ve got 20 of…
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There’s a Reason this Call of Duty: Rezurrection Trailer is Behind an Age Gate
Dismemberment? We know you can handle that. Zombie vomit? I’ll admit to some queasiness watching that in action. Activision’s pimping the PC and PS3 release of its Rezurrection map pack, on Sept. 22, with this latest video. It’s already out for Xbox 360 of course, and it’s at least as believable as Apollo 18 You…
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NBA 2K12 is not a “Roster Update”—and That’s the Problem
Roster update. In sports video games, it’s not a selling point as much as it is a term of abuse, one that implies that accurate rosters in annual titles have almost no value to a discerning video gamer. Well, in a couple of weeks, we may find out how important this baseline expectation really is.…
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Regulator Orders Canadian Cable Giant to Stop Throttling Online Games
Last week, Rogers Cable and Telecom, Canada’s largest cable provider, admitted that its network monitors may “inadvertently” throttle traffic of customers playing online games. “Inadvertently” or otherwise, Canada’s telecommunications regulator has told Rogers to knock it off. The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission cited Rogers’ own policy, which claims that online games like World of Warcraft…
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