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A Side-Scrolling Team Fortress 2? Why, Yes, Please.
The creator of this side-scrolling interpretation of Team Fortress 2 entered it in a map-modding contest last year and, for obvious reasons, won the sucker outright. [Correction] Dylan Loney entered this and won his modding contest. (Here’s another top-flight entry.) An earlier version of this story said his entry had missed the deadline. Steaky says…
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L.A. Noire‘s Lead Actor Says He Skips the Cutscenes
The voice actor for the lead character in L.A. Noire is “Mad Men’s” Aaron Staton, while Staton says he enjoys games, particularly Grand Theft Auto IV, he usually skips over the cutscenes. Staton, who portrays Ken Cosgrove on the AMC series, tells Game Informer in its latest edition that he’s played all of the Grand…
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Negotiations Underway to Inflict Space Invaders Movie on Us All
Did you ever play Space Invaders and, while you were dodging and firing and shooting, make up a story about who was in the tank and wish you could someday see them in a movie? Yeah, I didn’t either. Apparently someone at Warner Bros. has. The Los Angeles Times reports that the studio is negotiating…
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Man Accused of Exporting PS2s to Fund Hezbollah
Federal authorities say a Florida man exported PS2s to a Paraguayan mall believed to be a front for the terrorist organization Hezbollah. He’s been indicted on 11 counts tied to the funding of terrorism. The suspect is Khaled Safadi of Doral, a Miami suburb. He’s a Paraguayan citizen with U.S. residency. The indictment alleges that…
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Deal Brings MLG Tournaments to EA Sports Titles in 2010
Tournaments sanctioned by Major League Gaming will be a multiplayer feature of certain upcoming EA Sports titles, under a deal announced today by the two parties that proposes to establish “the definitive ranking system for sports gamers in North America.” The pact deepens the ties between MLG and EA established last year with a live…
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How To Upgrade Your Vehicle In Just Cause 2
Let’s take a look at the innovative new vehicle upgrade system Avalanche Studios developed for Just Cause 2. It’s simpler than you’d expect! As easy as they make it look, you probably don’t want to try this at home. Better an open stretch of highway.
By Mike Fahey
