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Overseas Poormouthing Continues for PSPgo
Don McCabe of the U.K. retailer Chips is on the record with his disaffection for the PSPgo. But he’s ramped up his opinion from “not worth stocking” to “will fail miserably.’ Of that, McCabe is “99.9 percent certain,” he said to GamesIndustry.biz. It’s certainly not the kind of thing Sony wants to hear through its…
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The First Four Letters Say it All
Dumbbells – two pound dumbbells, to be exact. Your Wiimote is waiting to pump (clap) you up with this $20 “peripheral” available from Everlast, said to be compatible with a slew of exergaming titles. The listing says the weights don’t interfere with the IR capability so, hell, why not hook it up to Dead Space:…
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Mobigame’s “Edge” is Back on iTunes
Edge, the iPhone game that kicked off the latest and nastiest battle over over trademark rights to the word in video games, is back up on the iTunes App Store as “Edge by Mobigame.” Mobigame rebranded the game in the United States and United Kingdom markets specifically to neutralize any claim Tim Langdell‘s Edge Games…
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UncategorizedDragon Age: Origins Gets Day One DLC
The Warden’s Keep, a downloadable add-on to Dragon Age: Origins that BioWare had been planning for some time, will be available as paid DLC the day the game releases, GameSpot reports. Warden’s Keep draws its name from the Grey Wardens, an ancient order involved in Dragon Age’s canon. The DLC delivers a dungeon-based adventure, new…
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Cannon Fodder Set to Music, in Empire: Total War
If you’ve seen war, or if you’re a student of it, perhaps this will merely strike you as a well edited sequence of cutscenes from Empire: Total War. Others might find it strangely gripping, especially because of the music. Guess first-person combat in the 18th century didn’t include a firing-from-cover mechanism. The Perfect War –…
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GameStop Promises Manuals, Covers for Used Games Bought Online
This might sound like extra credit for doing nothing, but hey, it’s a guarantee. Buy a used game online, GameStop supplies the art and the manual. No more generic game cases on your shelf. The wannabe-lawyer in me wants to note that they don’t say “case” and, as you know, there are variances in case…
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So About Those Porn Stars And That Trailer…
A Playlogic representative has confirmed that the Ron Jeremy images we came across yesterday (no semen joke intended) are indeed from a promo trailer for Fairytale Fights. Adult film actresses Krissy Lynn and Andy San Dimas also confirm the images on their blogs and make appearances as Red Riding Hood and Snow White – the…
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FATALE Preview: Alluring, Alarming and Totally Ambiguous
Tale of Tales isn’t the kind of indie dev to over-explain their artistic creations and I’m not the kind of person who reads the Bible. This combination creates the weirdest gaming experience ever. Don’t even bother telling me “You just don’t get it, it’s art!” because I’ve already accepted that as a foregone conclusion. Still,…
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Episodes From Liberty City: There’s Always A Girl
Rockstar wins this year’s Best Use of Roxette’s "The Look" award for the latest Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City trailer, "There’s always a girl." The Rockstar team really shows off its cinematic flair in this latest trailer combining both the Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony downloadable content for Grand…
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