Archive for September, 2008

Thieves Steal a Truckload of Games… Twice

Tweet In a story that I’m sure is incredibly embarrassing for the police forces of England, a semi carrying approximately $1 million in PlayStation 3 videogames (including GTA and Brothers in Arms) was stolen by a merry band of thieves.  The truck and its cargo were then recovered by police, who failed to capture the [...]

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Pwn Or Die’s All Your Base Election Mix

Tweet The folks over at Pwn or Die have put together a pretty hilarious edit of the classic All Your Base video, calling it the Presidential Election Edition. As someone who is absolutely scared shitless at the prospect of Sarah Palin anywhere close to the White House, this video really hit close to home for [...]

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Xbox 360′s AAA Lineup Hits India First, 360 Slim Unofficially Announced, Then Officially Labeled Speculation, and I Win for Longest Title Ever

Tweet The Xbox 360′s big hitters this Fall, namely Fable 2, Fallout 3, and Gears of War 2, are actually set to release in India a full week prior to the official worldwide release dates.  Apparently, this is Microsoft’s way of saying “thanks” to its customer service department.

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Mercenaries 2 Adds 6 New Characters & Cross Region MP Support in Total Payback Update

Tweet A press release issued today by EA announces the release of a “Total Payback” update to Mercs 2. The update will be making its way on to XBL October 13th and PSN just a few days later on October 20th. Included in said update will be the ability to enter in cheat codes to [...]

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Ebay Auction: Be a Big Daddy this Halloween (Little Sister Sold Separately)

Tweet Can’t decide on what video game character to dress up as this Halloween? Sick of wearing the same blue suspenders and red hat every year? Have you ever wanted to have a large, Styrofoam drill for an arm? Do you live in the New Jersey area? If you answered yes to these questions, this [...]

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Gears 2 Launches with Five Free Gears 1 Maps via DLC Available with New Purchases Only

Tweet To quote Cole Train (my favorite Gears character) “Who loves ya, baby?” The answer — CliffyB loves you baby. And to prove it, he is apparently giving Gears fans five original Gears 1 maps in Gears 2. The list, according to the latest issue of GamePro magazine, includes Gridlock, Subway, Canals, Mansion (my hands [...]

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Ripten Radio Presents: Ripcast Episode 1

Tweet After a month of hard work behind-the-scenes we’re proud to present you the inaugural episode of the Ripcast, this is the start of a very wild ride. Join John Kershaw, Roly Reyes, Beau Rosser, and Jonathan Zungre as they tell you about their Playlist’s for the week, which include: Crysis: Warhead, Mercenaries 2, Pure, [...]

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Rock Out With Your Sock Out: Blood Sugar Sex Magik DLC Hits XBL for Rock Band 2

Tweet If you grew up listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers like I did, then the headline will make sense to you — if not, here you go. Rock Band 2 owners will be able to power up their Xbox 360 and download the entire Blood Sugar Sex Magik DLC for 1,600MS Points from XBL. [...]

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EA Sports Gets NFLPA Bargain On Retired NFL Player Rights, Players Seek Help From Madden

Tweet You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. Behind the scenes wheeling and dealing can generate tasty bargains, but sometimes those bargains come with a nasty aftertaste. In this case, it appears that EA and the NFLPA along with Players Inc. struck a deal for retired NFL player rights that was significantly below fair market [...]

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XBLA Review: Double D Dodgeball

Tweet Double D Dodgeball is a game that attempts to capture the fun of dodgeball with the style of neo-retro arcade gaming. But is getting hit in the face by aliens really more fun than getting hit in the face by jocks?

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Bioshock Goes Gold, Demo Hits PSN October 2

Tweet Spoiler Alert: Your plane crashes. After only having to wait a year and some change, PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to experience the Rapture that is BioShock (see what I did there?).  Featuring all-new content and all of the DLC from the Xbox 360 version, BioShock is set to sweep PS3 owners [...]

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New Game Releases: 9/29-10/5

Tweet Another decent week in releases with Sonic Chronicles: Dark Brotherhood for the DS, Silent Hill Homecoming for the 360 and PS3 and Mega Man 9 finally hits Xbox Live on Wednesday. Y’all might want to check out Bomberman Blast on the WiiWare today as well.

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Metal Gear-Inspired Rubber Band Gun – The Silver Wolf

Tweet And the Lord said unto Japan “Let thine love for cool weird stuff be true”, and thus Japan begat a rubber band gun of supreme awesomeness. Supposedly inspired by Metal Gear Solid 4, the Silver Wolf Full Metal Rubber Band Gun features a laser sight, flashlight, and semi-automatically fires off ten rounds(?) of rubberbandiness. [...]

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Wario Shakes Up YouTube

Tweet Aux hai! Just here to prove that viral marketing works by making sure you’ve seen this nifty Wario Land: Shake It! promotion on YouTube. It’s more fun if I don’t tell you all about it, so just click the link already!

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LittleBigPlanet Beta Code Blowout!

Tweet The Playstation Blog reports that thousands of new LittleBigPlanet beta codes will be hitting the web soon. IGN, 1up, and GameTrailers will all be receiving the codes for their users, as well as The Official LBP Blog. If the fiasco with Eurogamer is anything to go by, expect it to be difficult to get [...]

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