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Summer Video Game Movie: T&C Surf Designs Wood & Water Rage
The summer of gaming continues, and we’re spending part of the week watching clips of the most summer-styled games. Today we’ve got surf and turf the hard way, courtesy of horrible NES class T&C Surf Designs Wood & Water Rage.
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Halo: Reach Bundle Confirmed
At Comic-Con today, Microsoft revealed a Limited Edition Halo: Reach bundle, packing two controllers with an Xbox 360 Slim, all in special silver casings, for $399. A copy of the game is also included. It’s available Sept. 14. The bundle will be available on Sept. 14, when Halo: Reach also launches. It will cost $399.…
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Righteousness
Targeted for a demonstration by the tantrum-throwing hate whores of the Westboro Baptist Church, Comic-Con’s cosplayers fought fire with fire – very clever fire – in San Diego this afternoon. Rewind: Westboro Baptist – basically, they’re piece-of-shit griefers known for disrupting military funerals with their “God Hates Fags” picket lines, last week said they were…
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The Ten Games of NBA 2K11‘s “Jordan Challenge”
When it arrives Oct. 5, NBA 2K11 will feature a 10-game “Jordan Challenge” that recreates Michael Jordan’s most famous performances. Here’s a breakdown of each game, its significance, and what you must do – plus one very notable omission. The Arrival When and Where: April 20, 1986. Game 2, 1st round playoffs vs. Celtics, at…
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Relive History with “The Jordan Challenge” in NBA 2K11
The Shrug. The Double Nickel. And “God disguised as Michael Jordan.” The signature moments of the NBA’s greatest player ever will be playable in a special challenge coming to NBA 2K11 Teased a month ago when Jordan was revealed as the game’s cover athlete, 2K Sports unveiled “The Jordan Challenge” on Thursday, and the full…
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First Reckoning Screens And Trailer Look Very Promising
The teaser trailer and first screenshots from 38 Studios’ newly-named Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning are here, and we definitely like what we’re seeing so far. This is what comes of collaboration between comic book artist Todd McFarlane, fantasy author R.A. Salvatore, and Ken Rolston, the lead designer for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. All we…
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First War For Cybertron DLC Dated, Priced, And Set To Music
Activision confirms the downloadable content details leaked earlier this month for Transformers: War for Cybertron, with five “new” characters and four new multiplayer maps coming in the first character and map pack, due out next week. I put the word new in quotes, because of the five “new” characters, three were retailer-exclusive preorder bonuses. Jazz,…
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Rock Band Learns Spanish With Juanes
Rock Band introduces the first Spanish-language tunes to its line-up next week, with six hits from Latin music superstar Juanes, with an additional track shipping on disc with Rock Band 3. With more than 12 million albums sold worldwide, a Grammy, and 17 Latin Grammy awards under his belt, you don’t have to understand Spanish…
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Zen Bound 2 Brings Its Gyroscope-Enhanced Awesomeness To The iPhone
Zen Bound 2, previously exclusive to the iPad, is now available for the iPhone. It takes advantage of the iPhone 4’s retina display and gyroscope to bring butter-like smoothness to the beautiful game. Zen Bound 2 carries the same premise as the original Zen Bound: wrap up floating, rotating figurines with a rope. With the…
By Casey Chan