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Peace On Earth; TF2 War Ends, Soldiers Victorious
Valve announced the end to Team Fortress 2’s Soldier vs. Demoman War with [update] Soldier winning the conflict, 6,406,065 Demomen killed versus 6,372,979 dispatched Soldiers. One piece of real news, though: Valve announced that it’s begun transitioning new inventory into the game, but until the update goes live, players won’t see it. [Update] It’s now…
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PM Studios Brings Gunbird 2 To The PSP
The wacky side-scrolling shooter action of Psikyo’s Japanese arcade and Dreamcast hit Gunbird 2 goes portable, as PM Studios announces Gunbird 2 Remix for the PSP, coming this February to the PlayStation Network. Gunbird 2 Remix is a remake of the original arcade shooter with all new 2D/3D hybrid graphics. All of the outrageous humor…
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Get Your Ass Back To Mars For Quintuple Red Faction XP
Volition has noticed that not many of you are playing Red Faction: Guerrilla online at the moment, and have just launched five days of quintuple experience points in order to lure you back to Mars for the holidays. It’s hammer time! Every game has triple and double XP weekends these days. Volition wanted to take…
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The New Stages of Super Street Fighter IV
Capcom has dropped a buttload of new screens showcasing five new stages in Super Street Fighter IV. Korea, Africa and India join Metro City and Seth’s S.I.N. Lab as venues in which you may get your chop-socky hadouken on. Capcom’s Seth Killian provides a commentary of the new sites over on Capcom-Unity, pointing out that…
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A.L. MVP Joe Mauer is MLB 10 The Show’s Cover Man
Minnesota’s franchise performer Joe Mauer – the newly minted American League Most Valuable Player – will grace the cover of MLB 10 The Show, SCEA announced through its blog on Thursday. Mauer, the Twins’ catcher, follows the 2008 A.L. MVP Dustin Pedroia, who appeared on the cover of MLB 09 The Show. His appearance coincides…
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New Heavy Rain Screens Depict Sadness, Facial Hair
Quantic Dream manages to evoke true human emotion in these screenshots from heavy rain, but how can someone be sad with such realistic facial hair? I’m beginning to piece together some of the story from Heavy Rain for myself between all of the screenshots and Totilo’s recent preview, and I’m feeling a bit sad even…
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Army Of Two: The 40th Day PSP Channels Contra
The PSP version of Army of Two: The 40th Day looks to have much more in common with old-school arcade shooters like Contra and Commando than it does with its console big brother. Maybe it’s just me hankering for simpler times, but this game looks like much more fun than the Xbox 360 and PlayStation…
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Need for Speed Shift iPhone Preview: Need For Cornering
I’m not bad at racing games — I can speed, swerve for pickups and wreck the car, no problem. I’m just bad at driving, so if there are no pickups and you’re not supposed to crash, well… Need for Speed Shift iPhone is very much a driving simulator instead of a traditional racing video game…
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You’re A Game Developer in 2010…What Will You Do?
You can’t believe you got a job doing this. Your mom said you would never get anywhere with these games. Now you’re a big game developer. What will you do to ensure 2010 is a better year that 2009? It’s not all about tightening up the graphics. Game developers create the games we play, sure,…
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Hasbro Sues Atari Over D&D License, Atari Responds
Hasbro has filed a complaint in the District Court of Rhode Island, seeking to terminate their licensing agreement with Dungeons and Dragons Online publisher Atari due to alleged fraud and five separate breaches of the licensing agreement for Dungeons & Dragons. Hasbro, the owners of Dungeons & Dragons through wholly-owned subsidiary Wizards of the Coast,…
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Simpson Arcade iPhone Preview: Steeped in Authenticity
The Simpsons has enjoyed a lot of unique video games to its name in the last 18 years. Even the Grand Theft Auto knock-off, Hit & Run, felt special just because it was The Simpsons in all its Matt Groening glory. My personal favorite is probably still Bart’s Nightmare on the Super Nintendo — because…
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Put Mytheon’s Servers To The Test, Score A Beta Spot
True Games and Petroglyph are testing out the servers for their stone-based online strategy game Mytheon this Monday, with participants earning forum avatars, in-game items, and priority access to the upcoming closed beta test. Mytheon is an online strategy game in which players collect and trade power stones containing troops and spells to use in…
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Josh And Jill Will Flee Tricell In RE5’s Desperate Escape
Capcom has revealed new details on the second downloadable Resident Evil 5 episode, Desperate Escape, featuring Jill Valentine and BSAA Agent Josh Stone in a daring nighttime escape from the Tricell facility. Desperate Escape, due out on March 3rd for the Xbox 360 and March 4th for the PlayStation 3, sees Jill Valentine, recently recovered…
By Mike Fahey