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Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Goes Another Round
CyberConnect2 is back with a follow-up to the gorgeous but shallow Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, slapping on the Shippuden label and letting Xbox 360 owners in on the fun. The PlayStation 3 exclusive Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm wowed players with its gorgeous, cartoon-quality cell-shaded graphics, but when compared to the PS2 Ultimate Ninja series, with…
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Must Resist Adorable Hamster Baby
Resisting a Nintendo DS game about cute little robot hamsters might be possible, but when Activision packs in a tiny stuffed hamster baby into the collector’s edition of Zhu Zhu Pets, even the strongest man’s resolve begins to falter. Zhu Zhu Pets, announced back in December, is a game based on the mechanical hamster toys…
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Rockstar Deems This An Epic ‘Stache
The results are in from Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption Movember contest, with Canadian Charles Leece growing the award-winning moustache, securing a cameo in the game. I can’t help but question their judgment. I mean, sure, this is a contest aimed at promoting the Movember movement, in which men grow facial hair during November to raise…
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War Machine Suits Up For Sega’s Iron Man 2
With James “War Machine” Rhodes playing a big part in the Iron Man 2 movie, it was only a matter of time before Sega released this trailer. I refuse to get excited about the video game for Iron Man 2. I will not have another birthday ruined. Sure, Sega says it learned its lesson after…
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Only 250 Game Crazy Stores Left After Restructuring
As part of parent company Movie Gallery, Inc.’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, video game retailer Game Crazy stores are dropping like flies, with only 250 stores remaining open in the U.S. once the smoke clears. The closest thing GameStop has to a competitor, the Game Crazy brand, often paired with Movie Gallery’s Hollywood Video stores,…
By Mike Fahey