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Gamerscore for Corporate Achievement Whores
The motif isn’t exactly original but the execution is reasonably clever. Pardon me – lj.l.jbqr4 na aeg;ioab;-a3lasd rqzxcy – just trying to get "send an email with your feet" before I clock out. Xbox 360 Achievements in Real Life [Runaway Box on YouTube]
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NFL Antitrust Case Could Have Game Implications
This week the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case involving the National Football League and an exclusive license it granted. No, it’s not the license awarded to EA Sports‘ Madden franchise, but the outcome could conceivably affect it. At issue in American Needle vs. NFL is whether the football league is a single entity…
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Zynga Gamers Chip in for Haiti Quake Relief
Games on Facebook have joined the relief cause for Haiti, with Zynga’s FarmVille, Mafia Wars and Zynga Poker offering “limited edition social goods” for sale, the proceeds of which will entirely benefit funds serving earthquake victims in that nation. Zynga announced the fund drive on Thursday; it benefits the World Food Programme, whose emergency response…
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The Sims Beat Warcraft for Top PC Seller of ’09
June’s release of The Sims 3 bested World of Warcraft for the crown of 2009’s best selling PC game, according to numbers released today by the NPD Group. Modern Warfare 2, despite a November release, was a strong fifth. Dragon Age: Origins also saw a November release and also made the top 10, at No.…
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Arkham Asylum Gets its GOTY (Edition)
The British Board of Film Classification has listed a Game of the Year edition for Batman: Arkham Asylum, offering no details beyond the fact it’s a separate version under a different name. The game was approved with no cuts made, but that doesn’t really mean much as, of course, the original version passed review by…
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What Do You Want In Your Dead Space 2 Collector’s Edition?
The Dead Space Facebook page wants to know what sort of swag you’d like to see in a theoretical collector’s edition of Dead Space 2. EA needs your help! Dead Space 2 is in the works, and they’re trying to figure out what they could put in a special box that would make you pay…
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Global Agenda Teaser Prepares For Launch
Hi-Rez Studio’s action MMO Global Agenda is coming February 1st, and this official launch teaser should give you a good idea of what to expect once next month rolls around. Laser Gatling guns, sword fights, and giant robots; it doesn’t get much better than this, at least conceptually. Hell, I’d buy a cereal that listed…
By Mike Fahey
