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BioShock 2 Doing All Three Platforms At Once
Rather than the staggered release of the first BioShock, 2K plans on a simultaneous release across all three platforms for BioShock 2. Speaking to CVG, a 2K spokesperson has confirmed that the plan is to release BioShock 2 on the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 at the same time. This is great news for…
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Frankenreview: Ready 2 Rumble Revolution
Atari brings the beloved Ready 2 Rumble boxing series to with Wii with Ready 2 Rumble Revolution, possibly the most egregious waste of Frankenreview chart real estate this year. The Ready 2 Rumble series follows a pretty standard formula. Take a bunch of colorful boxer stereotypes, mix in a few celebrity caricatures, and toss them…
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Smash Cars Crashing Onto PSN
Small cars go big places in Smash Cars, the remote-controlled racer from TikGames and Creat Studios, coming later this year to the PlayStation Network. Smash Cars is a follow up to Creat’s 2003 PlayStation 2 game of the same name, featuring remote-controlled cars racing in real-world locations. This time around the action takes place on…
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Students Protest Call Of Duty Dog Killing
Students at the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, are up in arms over Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War for promoting the killing of deadly attack dogs. Breanna Lucci, the 19-year-old president of the private high school’s Animal Rights Club started a petition against seeing her brother shooting at dogs in the…
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Carmen Electra And Jay Mohr Add Class To Leisure Suit Larry
A couple of relatively not safe for work videos demonstrate the Oscar-worthy voice acting performances of Carmen Electra and Jay Mohr in Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust. Box Office Bust, which was picked up by Codemasters after Activision Blizzard wisely dropped it from their lineup, features the return of Larry Lovage from the previous…
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A Don’s-Eye View Of The Godfather II Multiplayer
See what the Don sees in these new screenshots from the free Don Control multiplayer mode, available at launch for EA’s The Godfather II. The Don Control mode lets one player on each side act as the Don, taking a bird’s-eye view of the action as it unfolds. As you can see from these screens,…
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Publishers Unhappy With PlayStation Network Bandwidth Fees
According to MTV Multiplayer, the PlayStation Network Bandwidth Fee Sony charges for content downloads could have publishers thinking twice about what downloadable content they offer on the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation Network Bandwidth Fee, instituted on October 1st of last year, charges game publishers 16 cents per gigabyte of free and paid content download via…
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PSP Greatest Hits Line Grows By 10
God of War: Chains of Olympus and Patapon are among the ten new PlayStation Portable titles joining Sony’s Greatest Hits lineup next month. Ten new titles receive special packaging and a special $19.99 retail price come April 5th as part of Sony’s 2009 PSP push. God of War, Patapon, and SOCOM: Tactical Strike are the…
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Champions Online Solicits City Of Heroes Players
Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios has admitted to sending representatives into NCsoft’s City of Heroes in order to recruit new players to their beta program. Representatives from Cryptic Studios have been sending private messages to players in City of Heroes, inviting them to come participate in the closed beta test for their new online superhero…
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German Retailer Drops Violent Games In Wake Of Shootings
Following last week’s tragic shooting rampage in Germany that left fifteen dead, German retailer Galeria Kaufhof is pulling violent films and games from their store shelves. Starting next month, Galeria Kaufhof will no longer stock games and movies carrying an 18-plus rating. This follows the shooting spree of 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer last week, whose Counter-Strike…
By Mike Fahey