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Record Sales For Scary Games, Reuters Dates Dead Space 2
News source Reuters says scary video games are having “a record year as zombies, monsters, demons, and chain-sawing wielding psychos fight against the consoles, making video games the new home of horror for some.” Nice qualifier, there. After all, not everybody is sold on the scariness of some games. The article goes on to quote…
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Dennis Hopper Has Cancer
The actor who voiced Steve Scott in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and played King Koopa in that ill-conceived Super Mario Bros. movie has prostate cancer, the Associated Press reports. Hopper, now 73, is being treated at the University of Southern California. His manager says the actor is canceling all travel plans to focus on…
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Insomniac Dev: Ratchet & Clank “Probably” Our Last 60fps Game
“Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time will probably be Insomniac’s last 60fps game,” writes the studio’s Mike Acton, who examined improved framerate and concluded that it does little to drive purchases or good reviews. Acton says Insomniac’s community team took a look at the reviews of 47 top-notch games and found that while…
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Gamers Not Great at Finding Explosives
Soldiers who grew up in the burbs playing video games instead of shooting varmints in the country, or avoiding trouble in a bad neighborhood, are singled out by Army research as particularly poor at spotting roadside bombs. Writes the Los Angeles Times: Military researchers have found that two groups of personnel are particularly good at…
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AC/DC Rock Band No Longer Walmart Exclusive; Also Cheaper
The 18-song Walmart exclusive AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack, which went out a year ago, will be available at GameStop beginning next month, and for less than the disc’s original full price. GameStop lists it for shipment Nov. 4 at $19.99 – of course, less than the $29.99 to $39.99 it sold for when…
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PlayStation Home “Not a Priority Right Now” Says SCEE Exec
Speaking at the London Games Conference yesterday, Sony’s director of PlayStation Home in Europe said the virtual world accrues users who spend money and stick around for long stretches, but Home is nonetheless “not a priority right now.” “It’s been a long road,” Pete Edwards said, according to Edge Online. ” We’ve proved there is…
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We’re On The Pumpkin Home-stretch
Only two days left to get me your pumpkins if you want ’em posted. Today’s patch features more Mario Bros., Aliens vs. Predator, Dead Space, Brütal Legend and Final Fantasy VII. Thanks for sharing, Dave Brown, Jonathan Barrett, Adam Olson and gyophry (who did both Brütal Legend and Final Fantasy VII).
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Eidos Buyout, Taito Severance Drains ¥5 Billion from Square-Enix
Square Enix amended its consolidated results forecast today, lowering its income projections for the fiscal year, which is now half over. Severance payments to get rid of some Taito employees and the company’s takeover of Eidos were blamed. The revision takes some ¥4.9 billion off their net income – about $53 million US – in…
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Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC Dated and Priced
The Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 DLC package announced last week has been dated and priced for the Xbox 360 and PS3. It arrives Nov. 5 on both consoles in North America, and on Nov. 12 for the PS3 in Europe. The package will deliver five new characters – one of whom is Black Panther, it…
By Owen Good
