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Don’t Like That Last Result? Rewrite History in FIFA World Cup
Once the World Cup begins in June, gamers with the 2010 FIFA World Cup edition will be able to download and replay actual scenarios from the tournament, hours after they happen. Electronic Arts bills the DLC series as the “Story of the Finals,” which will complement the existing “Story of Qualifying” replay mode that will…
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Buy a Broke Boxer’s GameCube
Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns was the first man to win titles in four different weight classes. That was more than 20 years ago. He’s now in debt to the IRS, and his possessions are being auctioned to pay the bill. Deadspin, in a whale of a downer post, found a number of lots whose prosaic…
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Yet Another Pac-Man: The Movie Trailer
Pac-Man imagined as a movie is a joke that predates such schtickery as Space Invaders and Asteroids getting real-life deals. This one’s worth a look, with Pac presented as an unethical pharmaceutical executive subjected to ironic torture reminiscent of “Saw.” This production comes courtesy of Therefore Productions, which put an 11-person crew and three-person cast…
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Survey: Hispanic Gamers More Inclined to Buy Games
Hispanic gamers are more likely to buy console video games, less influenced by price points in their choices, and consider themselves gaming novices, according to a survey by Univision, which will team with GameSpot to produce a Spanish-language games portal. Univision commissioned the study of the Hispanic gamer market, which sociologists consider undeserved by and…
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Red Dead Redemption Ain’t About Who’s Right, Just Who’s Left
With apologies to Hobbes, life in the American West also was nasty, brutish and short. And also hellaciously violent, as Rockstar’s second trailer shows in the variety of encounters you’ll have – and survive – in Red Dead Redemption. I just realized I’m going to be nowhere near a console when this sucker drops May…
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Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Prince Is Not My Prince
Here’s the official trailer for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, which is a lot like the developer diary released early last month, only without developers inconsiderately talking over it so we can get to know this new/old Prince. I’m wondering how the unrelated Disney film will color fan’s perception of this game. After all,…
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The New Lost Planet 2 Multiplayer Demo Is A Charitable Endeavor
With Lost Planet 2 coming out next month, Capcom is in a giving mood, prepared to donate up to $25,000 to Music for Relief if PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners download the new Lost Planet 2 demo. Music for Relief is a charity set up by the band Linkin Park (them again?) to help…
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The Xbox Live Arcade Inventory Blowout Sale
The warehouses holding all of those Xbox Live Arcade titles are bursting at the seams, and MIcrosoft is making room, so they’re discounting South Park, Rocket Riot, Schizoid, and many more as part of the first ever Inventory Blowout Sale. I know the games don’t take up any real physical space, but Microsoft likes to…
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Deathsmiles Limited Edition Is So Very Pretty
As if Xbox 360 gothic-lolita shmup Deathsmiles could get any more attractive, publisher Aksys reveals the Deathsmiles Limited Edition, packed in a super-sized box with a Xbox 360 and a soundtrack album. Now how much would you pay? Here I am, pleased as punch that Deathsmiles is getting a North American release at all, and…
By Mike Fahey
