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ESPN Broadcasts Come to NCAA Football 11
Last year’s NCAA Basketball 10 rendered its games in the broadcast style of CBS Sports and ESPN. That game died but the concept survived; NCAA Football 11 will deliver ESPN’s college football package of graphics, wipes, themes and more. A blog post by the NCAA 11 team late yesterday shed more light on what we’ll…
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Blizzard Is Selling World Of Warcraft Mounts Because Players Demanded Them
While naysayers may think corporate greed is the answer, Blizzard tells Kotaku the real reason World of Warcraft mounts have shown up for sale in the company’s online store is because that’s exactly what the players wanted. The overwhelming response to yesterday’s addition of the Celestial Steed in-game mount for World of Warcraft to the…
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How Hard Should A Video Game Be?
Indie game developer Edmund McMillen has written a fascinating article on the difficulty of determining the difficulty level of a game like Super Meat Boy, complete with plenty of helpful illustrations like this one. When the members of Team Meat aren’t busy getting ready for the summer release of Super Meat Boy, they like to…
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Broadcast Camera Angles in MLB 2K10
Angel Stadium (Los Angeles Angels) [Pitcher, 6-8-3 Right] Took forever to get this one close, but Dallas Braden’s slider points the way, lining up against the advertising placard. Minute Maid Park (Houston Astros) [Pitcher, 6-10-3 Right] To be honest, I’m not a big fan of this effort. I was too fixated on the rosin bag…
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Frankenreview: Splinter Cell: Conviction
Sam Fisher returns in Splinter Cell: Conviction, on the run from old allies and old gameplay conventions alike. Should he be on the run from the assembled video game critics as well? It’s been a rocky road with several false starts, but Ubisoft has finally come through with Splinter Cell: Conviction, the latest, most brutal…
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Forecast Cloudy With A Chance Of Plumbers
The latest new power-up reveled for Super Mario Galaxy 2 shows how light on his feet everyone’s favorite plumber can be as he takes on the powers of Cloud Mario. Along with dressing our hero up in white overalls, puffing up his hat, and giving him attractive neck ruffles, the Cloud power-up also lets our…
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The Most Adorable Ninjas Ever Sneak Onto The iPhone
The adorably deadly assassins of Shawnimals Ninjatown are making the move to the iPhone in Ninjatown: Trees of Doom!, which is nice, but I just want to look at cute ninja pictures, so here. Ninjatown for the Nintendo DS was received rather well, so the next Ninjatown game I expected to see was a follow-up…
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Guild Wars Beyond Lays The Foundation For Guild Wars 2
If you’re interested in playing a part in the events leading up to Guild Wars 2 now is the time, as NCsoft and ArenaNet launch Guild Wars Beyond, an ongoing campaign allowing players to take part in world-changing events. When Guild Wars 2 is released, players will find themselves in a very different Tyria. 250…
By Mike Fahey
