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Take-Two Trademarks Irrational Boston
Could Take-Two be giving 2K Boston back their unique identity? A trademark application for Irrational Boston seems to point in that direction. Irrational Games was purchased by Take-Two back in early 2006, and then were “rewarded” with a name change to 2K Boston and 2K Australia in November of 2007, following the success of the…
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LittleBigPlanet Community Nearly 2 Million Strong
Sony dropped some impressive numbers regarding LittleBigPlanet today, the game that has “marked the coming of age of gaming as it moves into a new realm defined by creativity and community”. Words are nice, but numbers speak volumes. Nearly 2 million users have joined the LittleBigPlanet community since the game was launched back in November…
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PlayStation Home Xi ARG Mingles With Reality
The alternate reality game Xi, which has made PlayStation Home a much more interesting place over the past week and a half is now leaking into the real world. So far clues to the Xi puzzle have either appeared in PlayStation Home or on select websites, but now clues are starting to appear on billboards…
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Tales Of Vesperia PS3-Bound, More Tales Spun
The latest weekly issue of Japan’s Jump Magazine contains a veritable flood of Tales of news from Namco Bandai, announcing Tales of VS, Tales of Graces, and Tales of Vesperia for the PlayStation 3. The big news here for PlayStation 3 fans is the announcement of the previously Xbox 360 exclusive Tales of Vesperia for…
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Syberia 3 Links PC And PS3
Benoît Sokal’s award-winning adventure game series Syberia continues next year with Syberia 3, with PlayStation 3 and PC versions encouraging players to pool resources between them. The Syberia series kicked off in 2002 and then continued with a sequel in 2004, both following the adventures of American lawyer Kate Walker on her surreal adventures across…
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Blizzard’s April Fool’s Day Spectacular
Blizzard pulls no punches this April 1st, with not one but four different pranks featuring pimped mounts, a new Diablo III class, the biggest StarCraft 2 unit ever created, and PVP dance battles. The first prank to come across our desks this morning was the P1mp My Mount feature from the World of Warcraft European…
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Red Faction Guerrilla Presents: The Ostrich Hammer
The latest developer diary for Red Faction: Guerrilla reveals where the real power in the gaming industry lies, with the introduction of the Ostrich Hammer. The Ostrich Hammer is a response to a NeoGAF thread, in a screenshot of the main character swinging the game’s power hammer was badly photoshopped with a picture of an…
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Jak And Daxter Discover The Lost Frontier
With Ratchet and Clank returning later this year, it’s only right that Sony’s other platforming duo reunite on the PSP and PlayStation 2 this Autumn in Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier. Developed by High Impact Games, The Lost Frontier picks up where the original series left off, with Jak and his fuzzy little pal…
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The Vehicles Of Fuel
If you’re going to go open-world racing in the post-apocalyptic world of Codemasters’ Fuel, you’re going to need to pick the right vehicle. Fuel provides players with 70 different vehicles to race across its 5,000 square mile world, ranging from the dinkiest dirt bikes to souped up SUVs and everything in between. Pick your weapon…
By Mike Fahey