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All The Bionic Commando Screens You Can Eat
Capcom released a bionic handful of new screenshots for Bionic Commando today, just in case you’d forgotten what the game looks like right before it launches. It’s been a long strange trip for Bionic Commando since we first heard news of the remake so many moons ago. Now the release is a mere two weeks…
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Paragon Comes Down Hard On City Of Heroes Cheaters
City of Heroes players who exploit the new Mission Architect in order to power level their characters will soon find that crime doesn’t pay in Paragon City, even if you play a villain. In a post on the game’s official forums, Matt “Positron” Miller addressed the issue of “meow farms”, which are missions where enemies…
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World At War Map Pack 1 Sells Two Million
The popularity of Nazi zombies is cemented forever in video game sales history, as Activision announces more than two million downloads of the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1. Released in March, the first map pack for Call of Duty: World at war contained three multiplayer maps players could care less about…
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Crytek Helps Free Radical Realize Their Dreams
How did Crytek get picked to purchase Free Radical over the various other companies vying for a piece of the floundering studio? By harnessing the power of dreams. Crytek purchased the TimeSplitters developer in February, following a period of reorganizing that resulted in the layoff of 140 employees. In an interview with Develop, CEO Cevat…
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The People Of Risen
The latest trailer for Piranha Bytes latest role-playing adventure takes a look at the people and places of Risen. First they set the mood with the more wild areas of the volcanic island on which Risen takes place, and now the developers take us into the more populated areas. Children play and adults go about…
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Dragon Age Goes Pen And Paper
BioWare is giving players a whole new old way to experience Dragon Age: Origins, announcing a pen and paper role-playing game based in the Dragon Age universe. Following in the footsteps of games like EverQuest and Street Fighter, Dragon Age is making the leap from video game to pen and paper role-playing game. Green Ronin…
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Sacred 2 Looks Fine On The PlayStation 3
We’re a week away from the console release for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, and Ascaron has released a lovely set of PlayStation 3 screens just in case anyone doubted that version existed. Sacred 2 media has skewed heavily towards the Xbox 360 up until now, so it’s nice to see some images from the PlayStation…
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Battleforge Receives Strategic Price Reduction
EA has announced that their card-based real time strategy game BattleForge is getting a new “competitive pricing strategy”, with the retail price dropping to $29.99. I love the term “competitive pricing strategy”. It’s a lovely way to say that not enough people were buying the game, so we lowered the price. The new price makes…
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PC Broken Steel Error Is A Games For Windows Live Problem
The Broken Steel update for the PC version of Fallout 3 has been taken down for repair. Bethesda explains why. As we reported previously, PC users who downloaded the Broken Steel downloadable content via Games for Windows Live this morning were treated to a “cryptographic message is not formatted correctly” error. We contacted Bethesda’s Pete…
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Nintendo World Store Hosts Punch-Out!! Challenge
Punch-Out!! fans in the New York City can visit the Nintendo World Store on May 16th for a chance to take part in the Punch-Out!! Challenge and pick up an early copy of the game. On Saturday, May 16th from 1pm to 4pm at the Nintendo World Store in Rockefeller Plaza, Nintendo will be celebrating…
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The Beatles: Rock Band Gets The Beatles Guitars
Harmonix and MTV today announce two new Beatles-themed guitar controllers going on sale when The Beatles: Rock Band hits stores in September – the Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet. The Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet are a pair of full-bodied, classic guitars used extensively by John Lennon and George Harrison throughout their careers.…
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