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  How to Check Your 3DS Ambassadorship Status

  I’ve never been named an ambassador. I was once, like the Philadelphia Eagles’ Hugh Douglas, a badassador, but that is altogether a different thing. Anyway, this free-games 3DS Ambassador program, rewarding suckers early adopters like yours truly, required North American customers to log into the Nintendo eShop before Aug. 11. I was curious whether in…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’s Zambia

  Despite simplifying the heads-up and on-screen information displayed in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ubisoft’s upcoming third-person shooter still has a lot of things to tell you on screen. Here’s a look at the subtler, slightly refined intelligence gathering of the shooter. These shots also give you a look at the game’s Zambia level You can…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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  Let Off Some Steam, Bennett

  Listen, loyalty is very touching. But it is not the most important thing in your life right now! But what is important is gravity! I have to remind you Sully, this is my weak arm! Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? I lied. Ah, Commando. Somehow I managed to watch this when…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  Armored Core V Knows Not Everyone Wants to Drive a Giant Mech

  As appealing as the idea may sound, not everyone wants to drive a giant mech in a video game. Some people just want to watch other people drive them and tell them what to do. At least, that’s what From Software is hoping for with Armored Core V The latest entry in the long-running mech…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2011
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  This Is What Battlefield 3 Will Look Like on an iPhone

  EA and DICE’s Battlefield 3 is drawing huge crowds at Gamescom this week, with waits of up to three hours to get hands-on time with the first-person shooter’s multiplayer mode. If only the iPhone version were out to help the Germans pass that time. This Battlefield 3: Aftershock, the version of the military shooter bound…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2011
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  They Want to Blend Lemmings with The Lost Vikings

  They’re not sure what to call their budding creation yet, but they know what they want it to be: The love child of puzzle games Lemmings and The Lost Vikings The game, which at one point they were calling Troopies, has players taking command of five soldiers as they puzzle-solve their way through the game’s…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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  Only at Gamescom Would (NSFW) Dark Souls Bodypainting Exist

  Models wearing little more than a thong and thin layer of paint is not unheard of at German video game conventions, but the choice of hardcore action role-playing game Dark Souls as promotion-by-nearly naked woman candidate is sure… surprising. Dark Souls publisher Namco Bandai has been spraypainting barely dressed women to promote its Gamescom line-up,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 20, 2011
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  Adrift Makes a Dirty Future Look Beautiful

  Look out! It’s a special Gamescom edition of Fine Art! And when we’re talking about Dontnod’s Adrift, fine is the optimal word. As we saw in the game’s debut trailer, all that’s been released so far of Adrift’s vision of a future Paris is concept art. Which for a feature about concept art is fine…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2011
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  This is Probably a Gameplay Clip From I Am Alive

  First announced three years ago, Ubisoft’s I Am Alive has barely been seen or heard of since. It’s widely assumed to have been canned (or at least be in a very deep sleep), but if you feel like checking out what it looks like (or once looked like) anyway, here’s a brief look. Given the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2011
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  Watch This Epic Guild Wars 2 Dragon Fight

  We published some footage of Guild Wars 2 gameplay shot off several television screens earlier this week. Wartower.de does one better, capturing a direct feed straight off a rig. In the video you see a fight against Tequatl the Sunless, a giant dragon boss of Guild Wars 2 You can contact Brian Crecente, the author…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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  Germany Loves PC Gaming

  Gamescom is held in a massive convention center that sits aside the Rhine. Inside there are towering halls of concrete and steel, each filled with massive booths, games and people. Hall 9 is dedicated almost exclusively to computer games. It’s in here that you will find the likes of Nexon, NCSoft, World of Tanks, competitive…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2011
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  New GoldenEye: Reloaded Screens Classified For All Eyes Only

  How many times can we remind you that GoldenEye: Reloaded is not just GoldenEye 007 for the Wii? It’s GoldenEye 007 for the Wii with better graphics, as this fresh batch of 16 screengrabs from nearly all of the game’s stages illustrates. The real difference in the two games is the “MI6 Operations” mode, more…

  By Owen Good Published August 20, 2011
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  All Your Gamescom 2011 Day Three News Right Here. Borderlands 2. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Sonic Generations. And Lots More.

  The giant Gamescom show in Germany continues and we’re awash with impressions, screenshots and videos about the biggest console and PC games (not much for handhelds there). Which games do you care about? Take a look through this round-up to get the latest from Gamescom Day 3. This story will be updated throughout the day.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2011
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  The Curious Case of Charles Barkley, and NBA 2K12

  Put up to a vote, the fans of NBA 2K spoke. Asked to name their wish list of all-time basketball legends to appear in a special “NBA’s Greatest” mode for this year’s game, they put Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns’ Hall of Famer Charles Barkley at No. 7 in a poll that tallied more than…

  By Owen Good Published August 19, 2011
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  The Baconing‘s Trailer is a Release Date Preceded by 90 Seconds of Non Sequiturs

  I’ve yet to play a Deathspank game. I want to at some point, I just haven’t gotten around to it yet But I’m not sure how this trailer for Deathspank’s third outing, The Baconing, makes me feel. Actually, I know exactly how it makes me feel, which is kind of uncomfortable and a tad hungry…

  By Joshua Rivera Published August 19, 2011
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  This Week in the Business: ‘We’re not pulling out.’

  What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “Second best console ever.” – id Software’s John Carmack is a fan of the current-gen consoles, but in terms of development tools and technology, Sony’s PS3 falls short of Xbox 360, which is the “best ever.” QUOTE | “PS3 has been struggling.”…

  James Brightman | IndustryGamers.com Published August 19, 2011
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  Intel is Everything in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier‘s Multiplayer

  Just in time for Gamescom, Ubisoft has dropped off a new multiplayer dev diary for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. In the video, Tommy Jacobs, the multiplayer creative director on Future Soldier, walks us through a bunch of features in the upcoming tactical shooter. After playing a good chunk of GRFS at E3 (and allow me…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 19, 2011
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  FIFA 12 Shows EA Works In Mysterious Ways

  A big criticism of EA Sports’ annual games, and one that I for the most part agree with, is that each new version is often too similar to the last. The recent exception to that rule, however, is FIFA. In 2009, the game underwent something of a revolution, an all-new system of ball control (the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2011
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  Hey BioWare, That’s the Wrong Jennifer Hale

  It’s pretty cool that Jennifer Hale was the subject of such a great New Yorker profile. Not just because she finally played Mass Effect while doing it, and not even because I totally have a quote in the article. No, it’s cool because Jennifer Hale is the queen of voice acting, and she deserves the…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published August 19, 2011
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  Is The Old Republic Ready for Some Huttball?

  Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Direct your attention to the video at the top of this post for the most outrageous sporting spectacle in Star Wars: The Old Republic: Huttball! When the Sith Empire and the Republic get tired of shooting each other dead and hacking off limbs with glowing swords, they need to…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 19, 2011