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Borderlands’ Creative Boss Lives Up to His Loot Promises
“I’m asking for a quick invite, to drop you some loot,” said the voice message at 1 p.m. “You were on my list; I have to cross you off.” It was Mikey Neumann, the Gearbox Software creative director. Neumann, you might recall, promised three weeks ago to “play BLs with you and give you loot”…
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Assassin’s Creed 2: Building A Better Ezio
It’s amazing what a young Italian nobleman can learn over the course of Assassin’s Creed 2’s 30-year time frame. The latest in a series of developer diary videos starring Ubisoft’s Patrice and friends looks into progression, one of the most important aspects of AC2. There’s a lot more choice is character progression than there was…
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Inferno Pool Headed To Xbox Live Arcade Next Week
The battle for pool table domination begins next week on the 360, when Dark Energy Digital‘s Inferno Pool hits Xbox Live Arcade. Inferno Pool pits up to four online or local players against each other, trying to clear their pool table while their opponents fire balls at them. It’s just like regular pool, only with…
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Snag An Early PC Copy Of Borderlands? Good Luck Playing It
You might be able to snag an early copy of the PC version of Borderlands from street-date ignorant vendors, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be able to play it. Forum threads are popping up on Gearbox and publisher 2K Games’ forums from indignant fans who purchased the PC version of Borderlands at stores either accidentally…
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Arc Rise Fantasia Looks Like This
Here’s a set of screens for Arc Rise Fantasia for the Wii, to go along with the announcement that Ignition Entertainment will be publishing the game in North America next summer. While I love the cut scene graphics, I’m not too sure about the actual in-game shots. They look a little sloppy to me, but…
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Watch Capcom’s New York Fight Club From A Safe Distance
Now’s your chance to join more than 160 people watching a currently empty room that will soon play host to today’s Capcom Fight Club in New York. Soon that empty space will be filled with people playing Tatsunoko VS. Capcom, Marvel VS. Capcom 2, and Super Street Fighter IV, and while you won’t be able…
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League Of Legends Beta Cracks Wide Open
The evolution of Defense of the Ancients is now freely available, as Riot Games opens up the beta for League of Legends in advance of its October 27th “pre-season” launch. Why “pre-season” you ask? The competitive online strategy game uses a seasons model in order to keep gameplay fresh for everyone involved. October 27th sees…
By Mike Fahey
