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The Conduit Multiplayer In Action
The latest trailer for High Voltage Software’s Wii shooter The Conduit gives a glimpse at the game’s robust online multiplayer gameplay. Of course robust online multiplayer is all relative when we’re talking the Nintendo Wii, but High Voltage is packing as much as they possible can into The Conduit. The originally promised 16-players online had…
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Eat Cake For The Fat Princess Beta
Fat Princess developer Titan has developed a rather novel process for selecting 250 beta testers for the PlayStation Network exclusive title – let them eat cake. Titan is looking for 250 real beta testers for Fat Princess, meaning folks actually willing to provide them feedback on the title, and all you have to do to…
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Metal Gear Solid 2 Novel Due In November
The official novelization of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is due out in November, raising the question of how many different ways there are to say “hiding his crotch with his hands”. Perhaps author Raymond Benson will offer us some keen insight into Raiden’s mindset as he snuck naked through a heavily fortified…
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Double Feature
Activision’s double preview feature of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen showcased two approaches to movie-game making that we ought to see more of. The first, used for Wolverine, is the “if you can’t beat ‘em, rip ‘em off” method of movie-game making. The second, seen in Transformers, is “if you need…
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Lineage II Scores A Whole New Continent
Lineage II is nearly five years old in North America, and NCsoft is celebrating with details on Gracia Final, the upcoming free expansion that adds a whole new continent with a lovely aerial view. Players take to the skies in the Gracia Final expansion for Lineage II, using the aerial transformation skills Aurabird Falcon, Aurabird…
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Virtual Reality: The Year Twenty-O-Nine In Video Game History
It is the year 2009. Killer robots rampage through the streets, aliens rain down destruction from the sky, and a two-millennium old prophecy which could determine the fate of the world is coming to fruition. The most unpopular President in America’s history has taken the White House, leading to heretofore unseen levels of civil unrest.…
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SingStar Trophy Patch Tomorrow, Voice Control On The Way
SingStar fans will have even more reason to sing tomorrow, as SingStar patch 3.01 brings more than 30 trophies to Sony’s karaoke title, which they’ll soon be able to earn using only their voice. Tomorrow sees the release of the 3.01 patch for SingStar, an automatic free update to the title that adds PlayStation 3…
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Two Weeks Til Banjo-Tooie Live Arcade
Now that Microsoft’s Days of Arcade promotion is just about over, Rare can finally get around to releasing Banjo-Tooie on Xbox Live Arcade at the end of the month. The super-sized sequel to the original Banjo-Kazooie on the Nintendo 64 finally joins its predecessor on Xbox Live Arcade on April 29th, bringing with it a…
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Zen Plays Pinball On The PlayStation Network
The PlayStation 3 finally gets some downloadable 3D pinball goodness, as Zen Studios readies Zen Pinball for a spring release on the PlayStation Network. Zen Studios is the developer behind Xbox Live Arcade’s Pinball FX, which has proven to be one of the best 3D pinball games on any platform, as well as one damn…
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Burnout Paradise Police Finally Catching On
After more than a year of ignorance, police in Burnout Paradise‘s Paradise City have finally caught on to the fact that the city is filled with dangerously irresponsible drivers. This is a teaser trailer for the new Cops and Robbers mode, the latest in a long string of attempts by Criterion Games to slowly turn…
By Mike Fahey