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Victor Declared In Hack-Kinect Bounty Hunt
Adafruit, which laid a $3,000 bounty for the first open source driver for the Kinect, has declared a winner. “Hector” delivered the goods, verified as workable by a third party in the hacking community. He’s putting the $3,000 toward “hacking tools and devices for a group of people he works with closely,” on projects such…
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Website Names Tip Plans For SSX Sequel
SSX, the snowboard supercross game, was one of the most acclaimed series on the defunct EA Sports Big nameplate, but hasn’t seen a new release since a poorly received Wii title in 2007. That might change with “SSX Deadly Descent.” Superannuation, cataloger of all prospective video game paperwork, noticed five sites all have been registered…
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Night Vision Cake Makes For A Prestigious Birthday
Was it really a year ago that Modern Warfare 2 was the it-release, and its night vision goggles were the opulent special edition premium. This cake doesn’t celebrate that anniversary, it’s for “stepTOF,” from his girlfriend. Sent in by TEAMCHINA.
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NHL Games Now Streaming Onto PS3
Much like its MLB TV application that launched earlier this year, the PS3 now features the NHL GameCenter application, so hockey nuts with a subscription can follow games live on their console instead of their PC. NHL GameCenter lets viewers see live regular season games (through the away team’s broadcast feed), with some playoff games…
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Black Ops Dev: Glitchers Are “Douche-Bags,” Who Want To Be “Internet Nerd Famous”
David Vonderhaar is not a happy guy. The design director for Call of Duty: Black Ops’ multiplayer is busy dealing with the baffling lag problem in the PC version, so please stop “Twit-bombing” him with video of glitches and exploits. “I’m not going to talk about it publicly,” an obviously pissed Vonderhaar said in the…
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This Is Ignition’s Canceled $20 Million Baby
Ignition Entertainment shuttered its Florida studio earlier this month, deep-sixing the game the 70 developers were building, which was an FPS rumored to have cost $20 million. Video of the game, “Reich” has surfaced. Develop magazine has three clips of the game, which showcase the protagonist’s powerful telekinetic abilities and the real-time physics engine handling…
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Frankenreview: Call Of Duty: Black Ops
An elite force of soldiers that operates beyond the boundaries of any law. They are shadows, waiting for the perfect time to strike. They are the assembled video game critics, and this is the Call of Duty: Black Ops Frankenreview. There’s a new Call of Duty game in stores, and regardless of what the critics…
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Leona Lewis Launches Kinect With Her Voice
The UK pop singer responsible for the English theme song to Final Fantasy XIII, Leona Lewis helped launch Kinect in England yesterday during an event at the Natural History Museum. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey
