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New NASCAR Game Confirmed [Update]
As was rumored last week, Activision will publish a NASCAR-licensed game and racing-focused studio Eutechnyx will be building it, according to an official site launched today with a countdown clock that hits zero in five days. EA Sports had published NASCAR games from 1996 to 2009, ending with NASCAR Kart Racing on the Wii, the…
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Force Feedback Helps Doctors Poke Patients With Robots
A popular method of adding more immersion to video games could make a life or death difference to doctors using robotic proxies to perform delicate surgery. See that dangerous-looking machine in the picture up top? That’s Sofie the surgical robot, and one day her pointy bits might be fishing about your insides, trying to repair…
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Legless Marathon’s Underground Final Fantasy XIV Adventure
During the Final Fantasy XIV beta stress test, a tiny Lalafell named Legless Marathon fell through the world. It was the beginning of a grand adventure. Normally falling through the world would be a bad thing, but little Legless here has a grand old time. He does battle with vicious creatures that can’t technically touch…
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Scenes From An Undead Nightmare
At first I was scared that Rockstar adding zombies to Red Dead Redemption would come off as silly. After seeing the first four screens for the Undead Nightmare downloadable content, I’m just scared. It’s one thing to be surrounded by zombies in a modern setting, where weapons are readily available and even the most ordinary…
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Of Course There’s Going To Be A 3DS Super Monkey Ball
Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator and developer of the Super Monkey Ball franchise, started envisioning how his game would work on the Nintendo 3DS from the moment he saw the handheld’s features. Super Monkey Ball was there for the launch of the Wii. There was a version for the Wii balance board. It was there when the…
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Law And Order Handles Video Game Fueled Child Neglect Badly
In last week’s ripped from the headlines episode of Law and Order: SVU, a couple gets so wrapped up in a ridiculously fake video game that they forget who their daughter is. “This is the kingdom of Galagar!” Parents neglecting their children because of video games is a serious subject, but I can’t help but…
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A Volley Of Mario Sports Mix Screens
It might not be Xtreme, but Mario Sports Mix’s beach volleyball has basketball, ice hockey, field hockey, and dodge ball backing it up. Here are some colorful, candy-coated screens. More sports need to integrate banana peels and shells. We got a chance to play Mario Sports Mix at E3 earlier this year, but we never…
By Mike Fahey
