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Faked Black Ops Ad Plagiarizes Obama [Corrected]
If Kobe Bryant playing pretend soldier offended some, then this – said to be Call of Duty: Black Ops’ next TV spot – would rile them further. Update: Treyarch says this video is not a Black Ops ad. We’ve contacted Activision representatives to ask about the authenticity of this video, which is on YouTube under…
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Jesus Christ, Fight Night Has Guns?
In a cutscene, but if Fight Night Champion’s gonna get an M-rating, it won’t be sending Andre Bishop to the slammer for stealing cable TV. This sequence looks like something out of Mafia II, almost. With better brawling, one hopes. EA Sports sent out that trailer yesterday as a further means of introducing you to…
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Xbox 360 Faceplates Were a Failure, Says Microsoft
Swappable faceplates on the Xbox 360 wasn’t a bad idea, says the console’s marketing boss but, looking back, it came in a little late, especially for a fad based on mobile phones. “We don’t ever create an accessory with the intent of having it fail”, Albert Penello told Official Xbox Magazine. “The idea wasn’t bad…
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The End Of The World, As MotorStorm Knows It
Getchaself a good look at the gameplay in MotorStorm: Apocalypse, in which those fortunate enough to have working vehicles choose not to flee their city’s imminent destruction, but rather have badass races before all the buildings collapse. Or during them. SCEA reminds us that the game will feature a playable demo before its early 2011…
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VGAs’ Overall Television Ratings Slide For Fourth Straight Year
The Video Game Awards are a high-profile event, but trade mainstream exposure for a production some gamers find cheaply stereotypical. That bargain still hasn’t conclusively paid off; overall ratings declined for a third straight year, but gained in some demographics. Variety reports that Saturday’s production delivered 627,000 viewers to Spike, a 3 percent drop from…
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Analog Pitching Controls Come To MLB 11 The Show
In a control switch that’s likely to be controversial to some, MLB 11 The Show’s default pitching, throwing and hitting controls will move to the right analog stick, though it will include the old face-button commands for the lifers. ESPN’s Jon Robinson, getting the first preview of Sony’s genre-leading baseball franchise, says the analog-based pitching…
By Owen Good
