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EA Provides Solution for Aussies’ Missing Madden Codes
EA Sports has come up with a way to get online franchise codes for Madden NFL 10 to anyone who bought the game and didn’t find their code printed on the back of the instruction manual. The glitch came to light yesterday and seems to mainly affect regions outside North America, specifically Australia. This process…
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Aion’s Story Explained With CG
This CG trailer for NCsoft’s Aion tells the entire background story for the game, saving me the trouble of typing it all out. Here’s a quick synopsis: watch the video. There’s plenty of screaming and fighting and world shattering, so it’ll be just like watching the evening news, only prettier.
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Happy 20th, Sega Genesis!
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. release of the Sega Genesis, the game console that briefly put Sega on the video game hardware map. Sega shook the very foundations of the newly reborn U.S. gaming industry on August 14th, 1989, when the Sega Genesis made its North American debut in New York and…
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IRS: Second Life Saves Taxpayers Millions
The Internal Revenue Service isn’t all about taking your money. It’s also about saving you money by foregoing NASCAR sponsorships in favor of a virtual presence in Second Life. See, instead of spending millions of dollars on recruitment advertising no one will actually see, the IRS instead spent thousands of dollars to create an IRS…
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APB Beta Application A Little Nosey
Realtime Worlds is looking for beta testers for their upcoming MMO APB, and you could be one of the few, once you finish filling out one of the more intrusive beta applications we’ve seen. The application actually seems like it’s part beta tester app, part demographic survey. Along with the normal questions like processor type…
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Ultimate Alliance 2 Wouldn’t Be The Same Without Ms. Marvel
The Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 website’s VIP section updated yesterday, revealing that Carol Danvers, better known as Ms. Marvel, will making a return appearance in the sequel. Very good news indeed, at least for me. Ms. Marvel was a staple of my team in the first Ultimate Alliance, though I always preferred her in her…
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BlazBlue Coming To Europe In 2010 With New Characters
European fighter fans who haven’t already imported Arc System Works’ BlazBlue will be rewarded for their patience early next year, with exclusive characters and moves only available in the European release. The release comes as a result of publisher PQube and Zen United, a consortium of Japanese and Asian developers targeting the European market. The…
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Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge Rolls Ric Flair To Consoles
Previously exclusive to the PC version of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, EA is bringing the Commander’s Challenge add-on to consoles this fall, adding much-needed (Ric) Flair. The Commander’s Challenge add-on provides the player with a series of 50 challenges against a set of nine different commanders, one of which is “Nature Boy” Ric…
By Mike Fahey