Archive for August, 2007

Tom Clancy’s EndWar Preview — The War To End All Wars

Tweet World War III and its hypothesized aftermath has been the subject of countless novels, films, video games and even music for the last sixty years. Basically, since the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1945, people from nations around the globe have prophesized about what the parameters would be for the next Great War. [...]

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Tiger Woods 08 “Game Face” Servers Down — EA Sports Issues Apology

Tweet EA Sports announced a new feature this year for Tiger Woods 2008 that would allow gamers to upload a picture of themselves and use it to create an in game character that they said would not only look like them, it would actually be them.

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Sony PS3 Review: Warhawk

Tweet By now you have most likely heard that this game will be available in stores at $59.99 with a free Bluetooth headset and can also be downloaded online via the Playstation Online Network for $40.00 — headset not included of course. With five maps available upon release and four game modes to chose from, [...]

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Xbox 360 Review: Two Worlds

Tweet “Which of the Two Worlds has a decent framerate?” Two Worlds, a massive RPG that plays like a cross between Diablo and Oblivion, owes a debt of gratitude to the persistence of hardcore gaming geeks. The potential fun to be had exploring Two Worlds’ massive environments is considerably hampered by a plague of technical [...]

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Xbox 360 Review: Bioshock

Tweet “Who’s your Big Daddy?” There hasn’t been an enemy character in a first person shooter for a long time that carries the same impact as Bioshock’s Big Daddy. They’ve got loads of health, a disorienting roar, and a powerful rivet gun that will make you go through every last first aid kit, but the [...]

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COD4 Beta: Infinity Ward Promises To Make Things Right

Tweet Angry fans that waited for the Call of Duty 4 Beta sign up today at noon soon realized that the site could not take the traffic and that it crashed again, just like it did when news of the beta was first announced.

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Ripten has new reviews, previews coming soon…

Tweet Unfortunately, in the last week sites owner and editor’s grandma has been in the hospital, so no recent updates have been published. We hope our readers send their get-well wishes to Ripten’s Chad Lakkis during this difficult time, and be assured that within the next day or two we’ll have more reviews, previews, and [...]

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GameCock Media & Blazing Lizard Studios Announce Pirates VS. Ninjas Dodgeball

Tweet The Internet has put in some long hard hours on the issue, but Blazing Lizard’s first game promises to solve it once and for all—Pirates or Ninjas? Yes, Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball should do the trick. But how exciting can dodgeball get?

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Preview: Rhythm ‘n Notes For The Nintendo DS

Tweet Frankly, I’m just fascinated by this kid’s hair, standing up on his head like a pair of antlers. Are they pigtails? It’s hard to say. We’ll go with yes. SHE is the mascot of Rhythm ‘n Notes, a new pseudo-game taking on the task of developing musical tendencies. The software is split into two [...]

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“Beauty and the Beast”: The Sexy Mecha-Ladies of Metal Gear Solid 4

Tweet “I’d hit that … with a tank!” With Games Convention underway in Leipzig, Germany, expectant Metal Gear fans were rewarded with yet another trailer for the highly-anticipated stealth title. Four new bosses were revealed in the GC 07 trailer, all female, and all named after the bosses in the first Medal Gear Solid.

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Smokin’ Hot 360 Wheel Accessory Gets Replacement Parts

Tweet “Touch me — you know you want to.” The Associated Press is reporting that the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel, when left plugged into a power source, can overheat and release smoke. Instead of a recall, Microsoft will offer to “retrofit” to customers along with instructions. In the meantime, Microsoft advises using batteries to [...]

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GC Preview: Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2 For The PC

Tweet Ubisoft is coming out with all guns blazing, and just like EA, their upcoming Crytek creation is targeting the PC only.

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Microsoft Business Practices 101: If You Can’t Beat Em’ — Buy Em’

Tweet The format war race has just gotten a little uglier with Microsoft offering $150 million to Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks for what they are calling “promotional consideration”. In short, the aforementioned studios have agreed to an exclusive HD-DVD deal that will run for 18 months. If Microsoft dishes out that kind of dough for [...]

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Preview: Fantasy Wars Summons Spells, Goblins, and Hexagonal Tiles

Tweet “I’m too sexy for my armor… so sexy it hurts.” Orcs and goblins are not usually known to be good-looking, but in Fantasy Wars from Russian developer 1C, they can appear downright charming. These rough, green-skinned creatures with jutting horns and teeth are decked out in their Sunday best, with interesting designs on their [...]

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Preview: Kung Fu Hustle Pummels Net Cafes With Microtransactions

Tweet In the climactic battle of the film Kung Fu Hustle, the main character Sing, played by director Stephen Chow, soars so high up into the air that he is able to jump off the back of an eagle, see Buddha in the clouds, and fall back down to Earth with the force of a [...]

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