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GameStop Gives You Two Extra Levels In COP: The Recruit Pre-order
COP: The Recruit looked like a big game when I saw it last. But if you want to super-size it, GameStop’s giving out two extra levels to pre-order customers. To me, the game is what Grand Theft Auto could’ve been on the DS — only from the perspective of the police. You play as an…
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Do I Want To Go As Princess Peach For Halloween?
I resisted going as a video game character for Halloween because cosplayers’ homemade duds invariably put mine to shame. But now video game costumes are commercial — so I should get my Peach on. Option 1 — Actual Cosplay This gown/crown combo with gloves and earrings goes for the sale price of US$159.99 — and…
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Are You Ready For Ar Tonelico III?
I certainly hope so, because it’s coming to the PlayStation 3 this January — and it may well make its way West at some point in the future. I’m glad the series is graduating to the PS3. It’s not that I think Japanese role-playing game developer can’t do good things with the PS2; I just…
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N’Gai Croal Breaks the News to Miyamoto that Mario is Dead
N’Gai Croal, the former games writer for Newsweek (and friend of this site) floored Mario’s creator with news that one of the famed video-game character’s live-action, uh, actors had died recently. During a roundtable discussion earlier Thursday, Croal asked Miyamoto, straight up: “Where were you when you heard that Captain Lou Albano passed away, and…
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Joe the Condor Ties Up Chun-Li, Busts a Cap in Her
Here’s more than two minutes of Joe the Condor – announced recently as Tatsunoko’s last combatant in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom – beating ass galore with teammate Jun the Swan, versus Chun-Li and Morrigan. Capcom’s nothing if not a gracious host. Condor and Swan Gameplay [Gametrailers]
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Why Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Co-Op was Scrubbed
Modern Warfare 2 was due to have a full co-operative mode in its main campaign, but the Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling told VG247 that it “ruined the experience” of the game. “We did it early on; that’s what Spec Ops started out as, as co-op through story,” Bowling told VG247. “But it really…
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Turbine: Free Model Boosted D&D Online Subs 40 Percent
Since moving to a free-to-play model, Dungeons & Dragons online has seen a 40 percent increase in subscribers, the developer Turbine said in an interview with Ars Technica The game’s free account mode limits players in classes, races and quests, which can be bought via microtransaction or though a full-boat $15 monthly subscription. “We have…
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First Borderlands DLC Involves, Yep, Zombies
2K Games today announced the first DLC package for Borderlands, Gearbox’s open-world “role-playing shooter” due to hit the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on Tuesday. “The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned” is the DLC’s title. A 2K release describes the pack’s story thusly: Tasked with keeping the workers of Jakobs Cove alive, Dr. Ned (who…
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Buy Your Cheap Halloween Costume on Xbox Live Marketplace
It’s mid-October, which in my childhood was the time Dad would take me down to the TG&Y to buy a cheap, vinyl Spider-Man costume with flammable plastic mask. If the smell of polypropylene, and dyes that run off when you sweat on ’em make you nostalgic, Xbox Live Marketplace is selling avatar costumes. There are…
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Which DJ Hero Commercial Convinces You To Buy The Game?
I’d argue game trailers for the Internet and TV commercials are two different beasts. In game trialers, we expect to see actual gameplay, shiny cinematics and a clear statement of both the release date and the platforms. But in TV commercials, there’s also the expectation of amusement and brevity because we want to get back…
By AJ Glasser
