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“Potato Sack” Studios Say They Had “Free Rein” In Portal 2‘s ARG
The elaborate alternate reality game that served as a viral marketing device for Portal 2’s release was not entirely devised by Valve. In fact, the developers of the 13 games of the “Potato Sack,” the group of indie games central to the ARG’s final resolution, say they were involved in the scheme’s design from the…
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Free Crysis 2 Modkit Arrives In Early Summer
A modding toolkit for Crysis 2 will release in early summer, Crytek said today in an announcement. If that’s not enough freedom for you, the CryENGINE SDK releases to developers in August. The Crysis 2 modkit will be free, the company’s CEO said. CryENGINE 3 is “internally, the same engine we give to our licensees,…
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Fable III Available May 17 — On Steam
Fable III’s PC version has been dated and, surprisingly, it’s going to be available via Steam. Though the Microsoft-published game won’t be a Games for Windows Live exclusive, like past Microsoft PC versions, GFWL sounds like it will be required even if you buy the game over Steam. But, if you do pre-order the GFWL…
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New Call of Duty: Black Ops ‘Escalation’ Screens Will Give You An Itchy Trigger Finger
Here are a zoo-full of new screenshots from the next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack, Escalation, which show off the add-on’s four new multiplayer levels; a Soviet zoo, a Cuban hotel, a Russian suburb, and an American convoy besieged by Russian troops. The new zombie map, Call of the Dead, is still shrouded…
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Buttload of EA Mobile Games — Including Dead Space — Go On Sale For A Dollar
Dollar days appear to have just begun for EA Mobile’s offerings on the iTunes App Store, where Dead Space, including its HD version on the iPad, is just 99 cents. FIFA 11 is likewise a dollar on both platforms. Dollar apps for iPhone only include NBA Jam, Fight Night Champion, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12,…
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Child of Eden‘s PS3 Release Pushed to September
Though Child of Eden, the rhythm-action game from Tetsuya Mizuguchi, is still due for a Kinect-enabled June 14 release for Xbox 360, the game’s PS3 release is being pushed into September, says Ubisoft. It is expected to have PlayStation Move support. [IGN]
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We May Have a Whole Bunch of Wii 2 Specs
Courtesy of IGN, we’ve gotten our hands on some details about “Project Cafe” (Or Wii 2, if saying the codename makes you feel silly). IGN says they have intel on many aspects of the new console, ranging from the hard tech to console design. According to their report, Project Cafe will have the following: •…
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First Licensed Sports Indie Game Is Now First Licensed Sports Indie Game With Fighting
NLL Lacrosse, which last year became the first fully-licensed sports game on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel, has released its second version. Though it features all 10 NLL teams and its 230 players, it’s not just a roster update. A completely new game engine, statistics compilation celebrations and fighting are all features debuting in…
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Discover New Ways To Play In Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
“Hunted is running through dungeons and killing monsters with really cool swords, really cool weapons, and amazing spells,” says developer inXile’s president Matt Findley. That’s enough of a description for me. The rest of you should watch this behind-the-scenes trailer. It may look like just another hack-and-slash dungeon crawler, but Hunted: The Demon Forge has…
By Mike Fahey
