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You Want Your Dead Space Original Or Extra Crispy?
It’s been two weeks since we had anything to say about Dead Space: Extraction, so EA has seen fit to send out new screens to keep the Wii exclusive on the radar. In case you can’t be arsed to go back and read through the EA Spring Break Event impressions, here’s a couple of highlights:…
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Mafia II Delivers Room Service
Mafia II is a “buddy story,” in the words of Producer Denby Grace – a tale of a mid-50s era mobster protecting his family and The Family in the face of organized crime. For the world’s first look at the game, 2K Games demoed a single mission about halfway through the game’s branching storyline. Vito…
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Is This Battletoads?
To: Luke From: Owen Re: It’s Been a Year Already? No, it’s Doom III. But you should see these motherfuckers ride a jet ski. What you missed while you were gone: Kid Wanted DS, Got a Rock Director: “Microsoft/Xbox is the Most Dreadful, Non-Talent Friendly Company” Warcraft on an iPhone, but is It Coming to…
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Week in Games: It’s Wolverine, Bub.
The five-platform splash of X-Men Origins: Hugh Jackman Wolverine is the highlight release of the coming week. Banjo-Tooie is on Xbox Live Marketplace; Stalin vs. Martians mmmmaybe comes out; Velvet Assassin is another one to mind. This week’s count: 10 for PC, six for Wii, four for 360, three for DS, two for PSP, one…
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Magazine Covers That Don’t Exist, But Should
Visitors to The -Minus World haven’t seen any updates since being told “BRB” on April 11. Well, there’s one change – B Miggs and Agent B went to GameSpy, where they cooked up this feature. The premise – “Seven Game Magazine Covers We Wish Existed.” I guess that would mean anything on the cover of…
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DSiCade Takes Browser Games on the Go
If you’ve run through your DSiWare points budget and you’re still looking for something to do, point your browser over to DSiCade, a site for fan-made browser games. It’s only at a beta-stage so far, so you can choose among a Simon-style memory game (pictured) a Missile Command-type game (which I couldn’t get to work)…
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Call of Juarez: There Will Be Blood
When the Union army burns your plantation and kills grammaw in her bed, some might consider that cause for revenge. But first the Confederates McCall head to Mexico to find the loot that’ll bankroll their blood debt. Along the way, they kill a U.S. marshal (demonstrating a showdown engine for the game?) and run into…
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Euro Xboxers, Xtival is Back
Not sure what “free Gold membership for the weekend” means other than “free multiplayer” – and maybe taking advantage of the deal of the week. But all European gamers get it May 1-4. The annual event promises to offer gallons (sigh … Imperial gallons) of fun with all of your favourite Xbox multiplayer titles. In…
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Kid Wanted DS, Got a Rock
This sounds like something my Dad would do, just to watch me lose my shit. However, it’s real. A 16-year-old unboxed his birthday present DS to find nothing but rocks and Chinese newspaper. Because she’s a cool mom, Jody Wykle, of Lake Wales, Fla., gave her son Guitar Hero: On Tour even though he didn’t…
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Vesperia Bonus is Soundtrack: Volume 2
If you bought Tales of Vesperia‘s special edition and saved your secret code for eight whole freaking months, now you may finally have your “special bonus.” It is slightly above “underwhelming,” but not exactly “whelming.” Namco’s put up the redemption site where you can claim the prize. It appears to be volume 2 of the…
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The Rules for 360 Achievements (Partially) Explained
Microsoft’s only on-the-record guidance on how Achievements are approved came more than two years ago, and the maximums it set then have been easily surpassed. Xbox360Achievements.org says it’s learned of new policies on Gamerscore ceilings. X360A’s Alan Pettit noted that the new batch of Fallout 3 achievements broke, once again, the stated maximum of 1250…
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Ubisoft Trademarks New Driver Game
What do you with a derivative IP in a saturated genre that has continually disappointed since its first sequel more than six years ago? Why trademark a fourth sequel, of course! Sorry, but this franchise hasn’t done anything particularly well since 1999, which was the original Driver: You are the Wheelman on PlayStation. That was…
By Owen Good