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Here’s an Unlicensed Game Featuring Tiger Woods at The Masters
The Masters Tournament, which graces Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (duh), begins with its opening round tomorrow at Augusta National. Hecklers and disturbances are either unanticipated or flat impossible thanks to the golf club’s otherworldly security – in this flash game’s case, a sniper ready to take out any troublemakers. Masters Assassin: The…
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NCAA Football Radios In For Artillery Help
Several weeks back we mentioned NCAA Football 12’s developers were looking for some crowdsourced research on where the bands sit at all 120 college football stadiums. Now they need to know if your alma mater fires a cannon at the games and, if so, what type. The game is bringing in cannons this year –…
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Madden Creator Disputes Developer’s Influence on the Series
The guy suing Electronic Arts for, potentially, tens of millions in royalties from the Madden NFL series, has overstated and overrated his importance in developing John Madden Football, according to the series’ creator. Robin Antonick, in a lawsuit EA has blasted as “utterly without merit,” alleges the game currently published today still draws on work…
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The Japanese PSP Game That Screams the Pants off Schoolgirls
Frankly, I’m not sure where to begin with this one. Yes, something called a “Soul Nude” combat system, in which using “soul words” leave your opponent naked, is an obvious start. But Gachitora!: Abarenbou Kyoushi in High School also features batting practice, back rubs and, of course, the obligatory fishing game. Needless to say, this…
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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile Is A Wonderfully Bloody Mess
What’s black and white and red all over and it’ll stretch a bloody smile across the face of any hack-and-slash gamer’s face? It’s Ska Studios The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, and if you’re fast enough you might find your own copy lurking in this article. In 2004 James Silva was a dishwasher, a position I myself…
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Hope You Like Ads, Because Battlefield 3 Will Shovel Lots at You
This may have been a prediction. It sure as hell sounds like a threat. This year, Activision and Electronic Arts will both spend more on the marketing for two games than many publishers will ever spend on developing one, said Electronic Arts’ CEO. As he was speaking to a conference of advertisers, it was surely…
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Smithsonian Extends Voting for “Art of Video Games” Nominees
The fed’rul gummint may shut down in the next two days, but voting on which games will be featured in 2012’s “The Art of Video Games” won’t. It’s been extended another 10 days to April 17. Winners still will be announced May 7. The show will open March 16, 2012 at the Smithsonian American Art…
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The Nintendo Game Drought Means One Thing: Get Ready for Wii 2
You’re feeling it, we’re feeling it: there appears to be a veritable drought of 1st-party Nintendo titles this spring. None, to be exact. Sure, Nintendo launched a brand new console a mere two weeks ago. But one can’t help but gawp at what is most certainly the largest scarcity of titles to come—or more accurately,…
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The Triumphant Return Of The Commodore 64
As a child I spent many hours hunched over the loudly clicking keyboard of the Commodore 64, typing out programs in BASIC and saving them to cassette drive. Commodore brings that wonderfully noisy keyboard back, only this time there’s a hard drive as large as one terabyte hidden inside. This is what I’ve been missing,…
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Last Chance To Hop Off The EA NFL Class-Action Lawsuit Train
The Madden NFL-inspired Pecover Vs. EA federal class-action antitrust lawsuit picks up steam, as law firm Hagens Berman notifies class members they have until June 25 to be excluded from a potential payday. Considering the eligibility requirements to be a class member in the Pecover Vs. EA lawsuit, we’re likely looking at a pretty large…
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Minecraft Has Already Raked In $33 Million
Responding to a question on a Reddit “ask me anything” thread, Minecraft creator Markus Persson said that his mega-popular indie brainchild has already earned $33 million dollars in revenue from over 1.8 million paid downloads. Via [Gamasutra]
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Kameo 2 Artwork Hints At The Pretty Sequel That Might Have Been
In 2005 developer Rare graced the newly-launched Xbox 360 with Kameo: Elements of Power, a cartoon-styled action-adventure game starring a fairy with the power to transform herself into various magical creatures. Slow sales killed its rumored sequel, but the art lives on. The launch of the Xbox 360 and Kameo heralded the beginning of the…
By Mike Fahey
