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Avatar: The World Of Pandora
Director James Cameron and the developers behind the video game adaptation of Avatar discuss the world of Pandora – paradise for the Navi, and something much darker for the invading humans. As Cameron puts it, Pandora is really the garden of Eden, and humanity is here looking for apples. Behind all of the special effects…
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World Of Warcraft Almost Makes PUGs Worth It
Blizzard drops details on the new dungeon and raid system for World of Warcraft, which brings with it cross-sever instancing, daily random dungeons, and special rewards for taking part in a pick-up group. Pick-up groups, or PUGs, are the bane of many an MMO player’s existence. Rather than grouping with your guild or folks you…
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SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Delayed Due To Marketing
Sony is pushing back the release of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 for the PSP until January, when the global marketing team gets finished telling the world about it. The third entry in the Fireteam Bravo series of PSP games was originally scheduled for a release next month, but the rest of the…
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Do You Strive For Gamerscore Completion?
An interesting feature over at Gamasutra looks at the percentage of players who actually achieve a perfect Gamerscore in popular Xbox Live titles. Do you play until the last point is awarded? Gamasutra acquired data on the top 13 Xbox Live Games for 2008 from Microsoft Game Studios user research expert Bruce Phillips, which he…
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Cryptic Talks Champions Online’s Blood Moon
Zombies and werewolves run rampant in Cryptic Studios’ Blood Moon event for Champions Online. In this video the developers discuss the special events taking place during the free-for-all weekend. As a long-time MMO player, I love the way developers tend to go slightly crazy when it comes to Halloween events. I used to get all…
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Call Of Juarez Console Versions Patched
Ubisoft dropped us a line today to let us know that both console versions of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood have patches waiting for them, improving multiplayer connection and balancing. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood players might want to give online multiplayer another go today, as the latest…
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Guinness Records Longest Tekken 6 Winning Streak
A new game releases, and the Guinness Book of World Records is there, awarding the world record for longest winning streak on Tekken 6 to Mr. Eliot Smith-Walters, A.K.A. Shadow Force. Shadow Force won 68 consecutive best-of-three matches at the London MCM Expo over the weekend, losing only 9 rounds and racking up 25 perfects…
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Miyamoto Wishes There Was More Star Fox Love
Oh Japan, why must you make Miyamoto sad? The legendary game designer recently spoke to MTV Multiplayer about his disappointment with the performance of the Star Fox series in his native land. While the majority of Shigeru Miyamoto’s works enjoy huge success in Japan, there is one franchise that has been steadily declining in popularity.…
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World Of Goo Birthday Sale Final Results: America Represent
2D Boy‘s pay-what-you-like sale on World of Goo has ended, with statistics showing that Brazilians are generous, PC gamers are cheap, and posting mid-point results is an excellent way to up your price averages. On October 13th, developer 2D Boy launched a birthday sale for World of Goo for the PC, Linux, and Mac, allowing…
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Guybrush Threepwood’s Execution Scheduled For Friday
Guybrush Threepwood faces trial and execution in the fourth chapter of the Tales of Monkey Island saga, due out on PC this Friday, October 30th. The third chapter of Telltale Games‘ episodic adventure game hit the Nintendo Wii on Monday, and the PC version of chapter four is coming out on Friday? What a difference…
By Mike Fahey