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QuakeCon’s Steam Sale Prices Are Insane
Where can you get 27 different id Software and Bethesda Softworks titles for only $70? At the Steam QuakeCon 2010 Sale, along with daily specials on the best games the two companies have to offer. Buying the 27 games included in Steam’s QuakeCon pack individually would run you $233.25, which is a fair price to…
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id Unleashes Impressive Rage On The iPhone [UPDATE]
During his keynote speech at QuakeCon 2010, id Software’s John Carmack demonstrated Rage on the iPhone, running at 60 frames-per-second and able to “kill anything done on the Xbox or PlayStation 2.” Carmack’s demonstration, using the id Tech 5 engine, could possibly be the most impressive tech we’ve seen on the iPhone. Running on the…
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Aion’s Assault On Balaurea Bonus Pets Are Functional As Well As Ornamental
Picking up Aion’s free Assault On Balaurea expansion at retail has its benefits, including one of several retailer-exclusive pets, each with a special benefit for players possessing it. Dibs on the odd-looking squirrel thing! Assault On Balaurea, due out on September 7 in North America, adds pets to NCsoft’s MMO, but not the useless cosmetic…
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Israel’s Lottery Balls Are Raving, Rabid
Unless Ubisoft has been holding out Rayman’s Raving Israeli Lottery Balls on us, the company responsible for these Israeli lottery commercials has some explaining to do. Reader Ido sends us these two YouTube videos of commercials currently airing for the Israeli lottery, featuring an extremely familiar set of animated lottery balls. The spots depict people…
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New Uncharted 2 DLC Skins Drake’s Sidekicks
You say you want more sidekick characters in your Uncharted 2: Among Thieves online multiplayer? How about three Sullivans, two Chloes, and an Elena? The Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Sidekick Skins pack answers players desperate need for more sidekick action, with multiple skins for three of Drake’s best buddies, plus Dillon and Mac from the…
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Global Agenda Gets A Facelift
This dynamic new login screen will greet Global Agenda players this afternoon, heralding the completion of the Sandstorm update, bringing sweeping changes to the game’s Agency-Vs.-Agency PVP. Want to see the login screen that didn’t make the cut? Today developer Hi-Rez Studios finally completes the Sandstorm game update for Global Agenda that started rolling out…
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Disney’s World Of Cars Online Won’t Let Me Be Car 69
Yesterday Disney debuted its latest virtual world, Disney-Pixar World of Cars Online, with parental controls so strict I couldn’t number my car 69 for some odd reason. Create a car with eyeballs and drive yourself to distraction in the family-friendly browser-based online game based on Pixar’s award winning movie. Use the mouse to maneuver your…
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Call Of Duty’s RC-XD, Ready For Deployment
If you can have this much fun with Call of Duty: Black Ops’ remote-controlled vehicle in-game, imagine how much fun you’ll have with the real version included in the game’s newly-revealed Prestige Edition What young boy hasn’t imagined strapping explosives to a remote-controlled car to take out his imagined enemies? Of course now we’re much…
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Apple Patent Turns Your Games Into Comic Books
Imagine finishing a video game like Mass Effect and then having a personalized comic book generated featuring the decisions and tactics you used while playing. Apple has already imagined it, and they’ve got the patent application to prove it. Apple Insider directs us to U.S. Patent Application number 20100203970, titled “Automatically Generating a Book Describing…
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