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Borderlands Introduces the Crimson Lance
Gearbox sent out a punchy update today assuring us that Borderlands is “pretty damn huge” and all that we’ve seen so far are “the noobie areas of the game. You haven’t even met the real bad guys yet.” OK, enlighten us. Well, first, Gearbox touts a 60-plus hour experience “in just the first play through,”…
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Seven Japanese Developers Discuss Their Visions of Project Natal
Microsoft has released seven quick-take videos of top-flight Japanese developers discussing Project Natal and the opportunities they see in it for the next generation of game development. Keiji Inafune, of Capcom, sees Natal as a way to expand the means of control beyond the “limited interface,” a standard controller. Tecmo’s Keisuke Kikuchi sees Natal as…
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EA Spokeswoman Hits Back at Australian Classification Board
Electronic Arts, the retail distributor for Left 4 Dead 2 weighed in against The Australian classification board‘s refusal of Left 4 Dead 2, and it’s not as mild as the “pretty bummed” Valve offered last week EA spokeswoman Tiffany Steckler, speaking to GameSpot Australia, implied Left 4 Dead 2’s violent content is not beyond the…
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Rock Band 2 Patch Gets By With a Little Help from The Beatles
Improved chord hammer-on/pull off notes, taken from The Beatles: Rock Band’s better handling of the feature, have been patched into Rock Band 2 as part of an omnibus update that became available today. Additionally the update enables support for wireless microphones and lays down an “audition” feature you may use when the Rock Band Network…
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Dead Rising 2: Behold The Rake Shotgun
We’ve got a quartet of videos showcasing some of the new weapons in Capcom’s Dead Rising 2, but only one of them really matters. Ladies and gentlemen – the rake shotgun. Don’t get me wrong. The stick thingy, wheelchair, and explosive footballs you’ll find in the clips below all look…nice. It’s just that they can’t…
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Wii Fit Plus Preview: One Fat Slice Of Cheese
My cat, Lola, is 14.1 pounds – which is actually three quarters of a pound lighter than what the vet said she weighed last year. I’ve never given Wii Fit all that much though until I gave my brother and his wife a Wii for their wedding present last year. Then my sister-in-law was all…
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Back to the Gallows with Assassin’s Creed II
The Tokyo Game Show trailer for Assassin’s Creed II divulges Ezio’s motivation – namely revenge – in a nicely edited homage to the original Assassin’s Creed trailer, before dissolving into an intense, bloody montage featuring some brief gameplay. It’s very well shot and builds to a nice climax with Da Vinci’s glider launching from the…
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Wii Fit On Public Transit — Not A Good Idea
I picked up a copy of Wii Fit Plus from Nintendo today for review purposes — and then had the traumatic task of getting the Balance Board pack home on public transit. I was standing on the Powell Street station platform when I noticed a man staring at the box. The thing’s as big as…
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Rock Band Next Week: Broken Benjamins And Chained Alices
New albums from Alice in Chains and Breaking Benjamin prompt new music from the former and a 3-track debut pack for the latter in next week’s Rock Band Music Store Update. Breaking Benjamin’s “Dear Agony” and Alice in Chains’ first album in 14 years, “Black Gives Way to Blue” both hit music stores, iTunes, and…
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What Are You Playing this Weekend?
I’ll confess, one reason I’m glad I moved to Oregon is that the onset of damp weather and gloomy skies means I can game all day and not feel like a slug for not having set foot outside. Those days are soon upon us as the autumnal equinox hit this past week. And further, my…
By Owen Good