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THQ Blames RDR for MIA UFC
UFC Undisputed 2010’s poor sales, earlier reported to be down more than 50 percent from last year’s breakout hit UFC 2009 Undisputed, now have a reason: THQ says Red Dead Redemption sucked up all the oxygen in May. “Our sales were softer than where we would have liked them to be,” THQ’s Jon Rooke, the…
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Kane & Lynch 2 Achievements! Kane & Lynch 2 Achievements Here! Who’s Ready?!
As we reported earlier, the Kane & Lynch 2 demo is already available for PlayStation Plus subscribers, with the rest of you rabble getting it on July 27. IO Interactive also released the full game’s trophy and achievement set today. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days releases on Aug. 17. Here’s all the glory you’ll…
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You Are Much Smaller Than This Pixel
And now for some much-needed perspective on our place in the universe, courtesy of science and Photoshop. In this image, we see our fiery life-giving orb the Sun, represented as a single pixel. And this is the more flattering picture. The sun, as the story goes, is a mass of incandescent gas; a gigantic nuclear…
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Thor Kicks a Puppy in Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Were I Thor, this isn’t the debut I’d want to make, being paired against Amaterasu from Okami. Because if you win, which he is, briefly, you’re a god beating the crap out of a dog. And if you lose … We’d heard earlier that Thor and Amaterasu would be a part of the lineup. That…
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Can Gaming Allow You to “Level Up” in the Workplace?
Next time someone’s ripping on you for playing video games, either because they think you’re too old or they consider it a waste of time, just tell them it’s offsite job training. Forbes published an article this week on how playing video games in moderation can help improve your overall job skills. According to John…
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Infamous 2’s New Look Makes an About Face
Remember when Cole McGrath debuted his new look on the Game Informer’s cover? Never mind! Designers heard the chorus of mehs – many comparing McGrath to Starkiller from Star Wars: STFU – and are going back to the drawing board. At a San Diego Comic-Con panel, the Infamous 2 studio, Sucker Punch, acknowledged fans’ antipathy…
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Brother Against Brother in the North and South of the NFC
Winding up its screenshot tour of the National Football League, Madden NFL 11 takes us to the NFC North and NFC South, and to the home of the reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and cover athlete Drew Brees. Madden NFL 11’s demo releases on Tuesday, and the game is out Aug. 10.
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The Who, What, And How Of Battlestar Galactica Online
We’ve seen the game’s trailer, and now we have the first screens of Battlestar Galactica Online, along with a pretty good idea of who you’ll be fighting as, the ships you’ll be fighting in, and what you’ll be fighting for. The E3 trailer for Bigpoint’s Battlestar Galactica Online wasn’t too shabby, but then it wasn’t…
By Mike Fahey
