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Global Agenda: Two Ways To Pay; Two Ways To Play
Hi-Rez Studios has revealed the innovative pricing model for their upcoming persistent-world online shooter Global Agenda, which allows players to choose which type of game they want to play – online shooter, or MMO. Global Agenda is an online shooter that, on the surface, plays a great deal like many other online shooters. You gain…
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PSP Launch Brings New Chinatown Wars Social Club Features
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is now out for the PSP, and Rockstar has added new features to the Rockstar Social Club to celebrate the eagerly anticipated release. Today sees the introduction of two new features to the Rockstar Social Club to help players of both the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable versions of Grand…
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Aion Wings It To The Top Of September PC NPDs
The NPD PC charts for September have arrived, bringing with them several new entries amidst the old favorites, with Batman, Champions Online, and Aion slipping into the top 20. Well, Batman: Arkham Asylum slips into the top 20 at least, taking a respectable number 16 position. The two MMO titles more or less storm the…
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A New, Improved KORG DS-10
Fans of the KORG DS-10 music creation software for the Nintendo DS will be happy to know that cavia, inc. and Procyon Studio are working hard on an enhanced version, aptly named KORG DS-10 Plus. KORG DS-10 Plus isn’t a sequel, but rather a revamped version of the original application, already released in Japan, with…
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Namco Bandai Defies Gravity With Inversion
A cop and his neighbor scour the gravity-twisted, alien-infested streets of their city in search of a missing boy in Inversion, a 3rd person shooter for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from Namco Bandai, The alien Lutadore have invaded the Earth, their gravity-twisting weapons riddling major cities with areas of zero gravity and vector…
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World Of Goo Birthday Sale: The Results Are In
2D Boy celebrated the World of Goo’s birthday by allowing folks to pay whatever price they wanted for the PC version of the game, from a penny on up. Let’s see how that worked out. The good news? The World of Goo birthday sale was such a huge success that 2D Boy has extended it…
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NCSoft’s Halloween Plans
MMO companies love delving into their bag of tricks for Halloween, and NCsoft is no different, with events planned across all six of its active Western games. NCsoft is operating six games at once? Yes they are, and Halloween is coming to each one of them. The Mad King Thorn returns to Guild Wars, Scarecrow…
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Games On Demand: Fist-Bumping, Werehogs, And LA Traffic
Whether you enjoy shooting, driving, or bemoaning the sad decline of a once-beloved franchise, today’s additions to the Xbox 360 Games on Demand lineup have something for you! Three old Xbox 360 titles are made new again this week, thanks to the magic of digital delivery. Today you can download Army of Two, Midnight Club:…
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PAX East Tickets Go On Sale
Are you an East Coast gamer tired of watching the West Coast gamers having all the fun? Registration has opened for PAX East, the more sensible version of Penny Arcade’s celebration of games and gaming. After several years’ worth of trial shows in Seattle, the Penny Arcade team is ready for the main event. PAX…
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And Then There Was LEGO Queen
Guitarist Brian May may have beat them to the punch, but that won’t stop Warner Bros. Interactive and MTV Games from proudly announcing tiny LEGO versions of super group Queen in LEGO Rock Band. Sure, Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury might have passed, but including a virtual representation of him in LEGO Rock Band is…
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