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Madden! Madden Here! Get Your Madden! Who’s Ready?!
A bit of confusion descended on Times Square today as Madden cover man Drew Brees showed up with stacks of Madden NFL 11 cases and some mystery as to what exactly was inside. We’ll kill the suspense: It was a voucher for the new game, due out Aug. 10, and not the disc itself. First…
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LucasArts Exec offers New Hope of Super Star Wars on 360
LucasArts executive producer Haden Blackman wanted to talk about taking Star Wars in new directions on video games, but an aside comment about Super Star Wars on the Xbox 360 naturally keeps the discussion fixated on the past. “We’re also interested – and this is something that comes from George [Lucas] – in taking Star…
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Miyamoto’s Early Assignment: Create a Chair
Shigeru Miyamoto’s world class design reputation is within video games, but when he was a student he demonstrated his very adaptable creativity within other media. Such as chairs and coat hangers, according to a Los Angeles Times profile. In an anecdotal profile published over the weekend, Miyamoto, 57, related his earlier days as a designer.…
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Yes, Someone’s Painting The Last Supper in a Backbreaker End Zone
Rob Donald called it back in May: “I am totally expecting to see … a perfect recreation of The Last Supper in someone’s end zone.” The Backbreaker producer hasn’t been proven right yet, but one artist is hard at work. User Red Ronin is building out the “Nazareth Christians,” for the football title, which boasts…
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OK, This is What NHL Slapshot‘s All About
NHL Slapshot, EA Sports’ upcoming hockey title on the Wii, was one of a few sports games I got no hands-on time with at E3. So I missed the boat regarding its core offerings. This video spells it all out. For starters, this is in fact full simulation hockey. The feature that has gotten the…
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Obsidian Wouldn’t Mind Tackling A Chrono Trigger Sequel
Now that they’re working on Dungeon Siege 3 for Square Enix, are there any other Square Enix series the company would like a stab at? “Chrono Trigger,” says CEO Feargus Urquhart. With their first attempt at an original role-playing game tanking, Obsidian Entertainment is free to focus on what they do best: Making sequels to…
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League Of Legends Kicks Off Season One Next Week
Oh it’s on. After several months’ worth of pre-season play, Riot Games is ready to kick things into high gear with next week’s launch of League of Legends’ first official competition season, complete with ladders, ranked games, and draft mode. Crecente and I were both extremely fond of Riot Games’ take on the Warcraft II…
By Mike Fahey
