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GDC Panel: Why The iPhone Just Changed Everything
Neil Young, founder of iPhone gaming guru ngmoco:), kicked off GDC’s iPhone gaming panels with a talk on how Apple’s little monster has revolutionized the game-making and game-playing process. Of course most of what he said was a summary or reference to announcements made last week at Appel’s 3.0 firmware summit. But in case you…
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Oh Captain My Spore Space Captain
What does it take for your creature to become a space captain in Spore: Galactic Adventures? A dynamic trailer with dramatic voice overs, that’s what. Its pretty much a whole new game added onto the already existing one, once the Spore: Galactic Adventures expansion is released this June. A whole new game starring a space…
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PETA Fights Call Of Duty Dog Killing With Nintendogs
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have thrown their support behind the Academy of Notre Dame student protest against dog killing in Call of Duty: World at War. To show their support to the student group that organized a petition to voice their disgust over the shooting of killer guard dogs in Activision’s…
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Rolando 2 & 3 Coming to iPhone Soon – Star Defense On The Way
Ngmoco:) announced Rolando 2 for the iPhone this June and Rolando 3 will follow nine months later. Their other game in development, Star Defense, should be out “soon.” Rolando is basically Loco Roco, only when you tilt the iPhone, it actually has an effect on the rolly-polly character’s movement. The music may not be as…
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It’s Ubisoft Sale Week On Steam
Every day this week, Steam will be featuring special deals on Ubisoft PC titles, with Assassin’s Creed up first on the block. Today and today only, Assassin’s Creed for the PC is available on Steam for 50% off the regular price of $19.99, meaning you can snag the Director’s Cut Edition of Altair’s adventures in…
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PlayStation Home Gets Much More Interesting With Xi
There’s much more to do in PlayStation Home than the Running Man today, as Sony launches the first console-based Alternate Reality Game, Xi. Mysterious graffiti has shown up in the main square area of PlayStation Home, and looking at it gives you access to The Hub, where this whole new Alternate Reality Game pans out.…
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Weekly Wii Update: Shooting, Bombimg, And Popping
Two old favorites from the TurboGrafx16 join a brand new Hudson puzzler in this week’s Wii downloadables update, with Bomberman ’94, Detana!! TwinBee, and Pop’Em Drop’Em SAMEGAME available now. Pop’Em Drop’Em SAMEGAME is a WiiWare puzzle game from Hudson (500 points), featuring everyone’s favorite color-matching blocks mechanic, with a couple of interesting multiplayer modes included…
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DJ Hero Website Has Two Turntables And A Sign Up Form
Activision and RedOctane have thrown up an official web site for their upcoming music mixing rhythm game DJ Hero, complete with two turntables and a cheering Flash crowd. It’s more of a teaser website than anything else, with no sign of a logo and no information whatsoever. You’ve got your turntables situated in front of…
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Alyssa Milano Discusses Her Sassy Ghostbusters Role
See Alyssa Milano discuss her newly revealed role in the upcoming Ghostbusters video games, while trying to avoid imagining her making out with Bill Murray. As revealed this weekend, Milano was tapped to play the lady part in the new games, replacing Sigourney Weaver, who apparently didn’t believe in the project hard enough. I’m having…
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The Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack Happens On April 9th
Bungie teases, but Microsoft comes right out and says it. The Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack is officially coming out on Thursday, April 9th. We were pretty certain this was the case over the weekend, but you know how much we like to have solid facts to back up our solid rumors. Microsoft verified the…
By Mike Fahey