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GameStop Teeming With Overlord Minion Figures
GameStop is being overrun by multi-colored Overlord minions, so the retailer is giving them away to folks who pre-order any of the three Overlord titles due out next month. Fans that put $5 down on Overlord II for the Xbox 360, PlayStation3, and PC, Overlord Minions for the Nintendo DS or Overlord: Dark Legend for…
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Hasbro Family Game Night 2: Game Harder
EA is delivering a second round of Hasbro board and puzzle game goodness to the Nintendo Wii this fall with Hasbro Family Game Night 2. Building on the success of their first game night outing, Hasbro and EA are bringing five new old games to the Wii in Family Game Night 2. Headlining or perhaps…
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Spore Hero Emerges From The Murky Depths
EA has dropped a new trailer, new screens, and new information on the Spore universe’s expansion onto Nintendo systems, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena. Rather than allow us to play music on a plastic facsimile of a Spore creature as I had hoped, both Spore Hero for the Nintendo Wii and Spore Hero Arena…
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Win A Fable II 360 Signed By Peter Molyneux
The See the Future downloadable content for Fable II is now available for purchase, and Lionhead is celebrating by giving away a unique Fable II Xbox 360 signed by the man himself, Peter Molyneux. Lionhead’s own Sam Van Tilburgh directed us to the contest, which can be entered by anyone with a free Lionhead website…
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Zen Pinball Launching With Free PSN Demo
Zen’s PlayStation Network pinball title is getting a try before you buy option, with a playable demo of Zen Pinball available alongside the full game this Thursday. The demo version of Zen Pinball comes complete with Eldorado, one of the four pinball tables launching with the full version of the game. The board is heavy…
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Target Brings Delicious Snacks To E3
Retailer Target continues to punctuate their dedication to the video game market by delivering delicious snacks to the attendees of E3 2009 via the Target Bullseye Lounge. Over the past year, Target has instituted a new pre-order program and negotiated several exclusive video game premiums, including an entire mountain in Ubisoft’s Shaun White Snowboarding. Now…
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Nintendo Celebrates A Year Of WiiWare
Nintendo celebrates the first year of WiiWare titles, highlighting some of the platforms big releases while looking forward to even greater games to come. Nintendo says that WiiWare removes the economic barriers from console game development, and the past year in WiiWare releases certainly holds true to their claim. Of the 81 WiiWare titles currently…
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Rock Band Goes Country At Retail
Rock Band gets a little bit more country this July, as Harmonix, MTV, and EA announce the standalone Rock Band Country Track Pack for the Xbox 360, PlayStations 2 & 3, and Nintendo Wii. We’ll make this short and sweet so you guys can get busy commenting on how it’s called Rock Band and not…
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BlizzCon Exclusive WoW Pet Is A Space Marine, Sort Of
Meet Grunty the Murloc Marine, the StarCraft-flavored exclusive World of Warcraft pet that should be available for ridiculous amounts of money on eBay following this year’s BlizzCon. He’s cute. He’s cuddly. He’s got a gauss rifle. Grunty the Murloc Marine is the premium pet for this year’s BlizzCon event, available to those who attend the…
By Mike Fahey