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Paradox Interactive’s Holiday Greeting Is Certainly Majestic
Paradox Interactive, the developers behind Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, tend to do things on a more epic scale. For instance, their holiday card came with its own dragon. I wasn’t expecting any packages today, so Paradox Interactive‘s holiday greeting took me by surprise. In fact, at first I didn’t even see the card,…
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Rock Band Guitar Cited As Instrument Of Domestic Violence
The daughter of 43-year-old Blackstreet singer Teddy Riley has been granted a temporary restraining order against her dad after he allegedly abused his two daughters with a Rock Band guitar. See, Rock Band is all about bringing people together, not tearing families apart. According to documents filed in LA County Superior Court and reported by…
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A Real Mario Is A Terrifying Mario
A man calls the plumbing company to complain about the two plumbers sent to fix his pipes, who instead go on a relatively subdued drug-fueled rampage in this College Humor video. It’s really not all that funny. I’d say slightly disturbing is more like it. Mario and Luigi are portrayed as the drug-crazed maniacs they’d…
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War Never Looked So Shiny
We’ve established that the upcoming Toy Soldiers for Xbox Live Arcade has things in common with the old PC game, Army Men. Mostly the part where you’re playing with plastic soldiers. But were Army Men ever this shiny? These gameplay trailers give you a good look at just how glossy the plastic soldiers are on…
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Command & Conquer Doing Something Sketchy In 2010
With Command & Conquer 4 ready for release in March, EA is prepared to take the C&C universe to an entirely new medium. What do these teaser images say about this new frontier? These images appeared on the Command & Conquer 4 website as a bonus to newsletter subscribers, teasing a new medium for the…
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Dragon Age Returns To Ostagar Next Week
Return to the scene of a king’s downfall with the release Return to Ostagar, the latest downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins, due out next week for the PC and Xbox 360. Ostagar is the very first area you visit in Dragon Age: Origins once you make it through your character’s original story, though shortly…
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It’s Not Too Late For An 8-Bit Christmas
Christmas 2009 may have come and gone, but you’ve still got two days two days to order the perfect gift for the retro gamer in your life – RetroZone’s 8 Bit Xmas 2009. 8 Bit Xmas 2 is a new NES cartridge from RetroZone crafted specifically for the holiday season. Built using completely new parts,…
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Steam Sold Out Of Prey, Please Try Again Later
One of the advantages of digital distribution is that you’ll never run into a sold out sign – or so we thought. Steam seems to have completely run out of 2K’s Prey. Who knew? 2K’s futuristic alien shooter Prey was part of the ongoing Steam end-of-the-year sale, until they ran out. That’s right, Steam is…
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Halfbrick Sets The Blast Off Soundtrack Free
As a way of saying thanks to all of the fans who made Halfbrick Studios Blast Off the most successful and critically acclaimed PSP mini title to date, the developer has released the suitably mini soundtrack for free. PSP minis are about quality over quantity, and Blast Off is the poster game for the concept,…
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SouthPeak Carries Blood Bowl Across Goal Line
Cyanide Studios‘ Blood Bowl scores a retail release next year courtesy of SouthPeak Interactive, carrying the video game adaptation of Games Workshop’s fantasy football board game to the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation Portable. Blood Bowl is a game of real fantasy football, with races from the Warhammer universe taking on each other in brutal…
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Christmas Was Very Good To Forza 3
Forza Motorsport 3 was on quite a few Christmas lists this year it seems, with developer Turn 10 reporting a massive influx of new players over the holiday weekend. As far as gifting video games goes, racing games are easy. You generally know if your loved one is a racing fan, and if they owned…
By Mike Fahey