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Slew of Home Updates On the Way
A patch, some clothes and Watchmen-themed costumes are out for Home this week. Street Fighter, SOCOM, Uncharted and Siren stuff is on the way. The patch fixes a problem with Game Launching, which caused crashes when you opened the list of game sessions available and then tried to launch one. Most of the clothes are…
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We Play Battle Rage So You Don’t Have To
Last week Destineer quietly released Battle Rage: Mech Conflict, a $19.99 robot battler for the Nintendo Wii, and for some odd reason I picked up a copy. Let’s play! So what it Battle Rage: Mech Conflict? For an in-depth explanation, I took the liberty of copying the official sales blurb from the game’s Amazon.com listing.…
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Blood Bowl Cheerleader Battle: Wood Elves Versus Chaos
Like any battle between good and evil, the fantasy football face-offs in Cyanide’s Blood Bowl are ultimately decided by who has the best-looking cheerleaders. Or is that the other way around? Do the cheerleaders make the team, or do they simply look better when their side is winning? Either way, we can judge the qualities…
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BattleForge Beta Welcomes All Comers
EA Phenomic has dropped the beta key requirements for BattleForge, inviting PC gamers everywhere to get an early taste of what the card-based real-time strategy title has to offer. Starting today, participating in the BattleForge beta is as simple as downloading the client and creating an EA account, for those of you who haven’t already…
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Cops Say Man Used Video Game Store To Molest Victims
Leland Beasley, owner of independent games store Gamestation Sector 19, was indicted today on two counts of first-degree child molestation, five counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, two counts of third-degree assault and attempted statutory sodomy. These charges come almost two months after a January 6 molestation charge filed against the St. Louis storeowner. That case…
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The Witcher Looks Lovely On Consoles Too
CD Projekt Red has released three new screens for The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, showing off how adeptly the transition from PC to console is being handled. The thing I love about PC games being ported to consoles is the fact that I no longer have to worry about system requirements. The thing…
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Tabula Rasa: Humanity Dies Tomorrow
The forces of humanity make a final stand tomorrow night, as Richard Garriot’s Tabula Rasa celebrates its final day with an all-out alien invasion. Be there tomorrow to witness the end of a particularly short era, as the chief baddies in massively multiplayer sci-fi shooter Tabula Rasa mount a full-scale invasion of just about everything.…
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The ESRB Rates Wii Final Fantasy IV Sequel
The Japanese cellphone sequel to Final Fantasy IV looks to be heading to North America, as the ESRB rates Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for the Nintendo Wii. Once again the Entertainment Software Review Board ruins the surprise for everyone, as an entry appears for Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Released in episodic…
By Mike Fahey
