Archive for November, 2009

Slash Gamer Defends Modern Warfare 2 Simulated Violence From Fox Healine Terrorists

Tweet Jon Christensen, Founder of Slash Gamer, and Jim Steyer, Common Sense Media CEO, recently appeared on the FOX morning show “Fox & Friends” to give their stance on the uber violent “terrorist” activities in Modern Warfare 2. The segment was titled “A game that lets you play as a terrorist?” and pitted Jon as [...]

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Infinity Ward Aware of Modern Warfare 2 PS3 Bugs, Patch Coming Friday

Tweet There are apparently a few hiccups with the PlayStation 3 version of Modern Warfare 2. Specifically, issues with the party invite feature. Infinity Ward is aware of these problems and promises to have a downloadable patch out by this Friday. Over and out. [Thanks Examiner]

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New Just Cause 2 Video, Grappling Good Time

Tweet Who needs to be bit by some silly radio-active spider to zip through the air? Peter Parker that’s who! And you want to know who doesn’t? Just Cause 2 protagonist Rico Rodriguez … and Batman (both cool). Whether you were a fan of the original Just Cause game, or someone who passed it up, [...]

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Come Hell or Holy Water, Dante’s Inferno Demo Will Be Yours This December

Tweet EA, and developer Visceral Studios, issued a press release today announcing that a demo of Dante’s Inferno (a third-person action-adventure game set in the fiery chasm of Hell) will be available this December. No specific date was given, but they do have a nice developer documentary series of videos highlighting the circles of hell [...]

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GameTrailers TV Talks Mass Effect 2 Elusive Man Plus More This Week

Tweet If you like BioWare and all things “Mass Effecty”, you are going to want to make sure you tune in to this week’s GameTrailers TV for the inside scoop on Mass Effect 2′s Elusive Man plus a first look at some new levels. Want more incentive? Alright. How about some never before seen Alan [...]

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Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Now Accessible By Lowly XBL Silver Members

Tweet Oh how high society frowns upon you! If you happen to be an Xbox LIVE Silver Member that enjoys decapitating zombies when you aren’t drowning kittens in your bathtub, you know that the Left 4 Dead 2 demo wasn’t available to you last week. Well, put the kitten down and power up your 360. [...]

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Borderlands DLC Priced and Dated

Tweet The first DLC installment for Borderlands, The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, will hit Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on November 24th, exactly two weeks from today. It will cost $10 USD, meaning 800 MS points. Unfortunately, there is no set date for when the DLC will hit the PC. And before you all [...]

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Congratulations to our GoG.com Contest Winners

Tweet You may remember that we ran a contest last week to promote the release of two new (well, old) Majesco titles on GoG.com. We received around 40 entries, but unfortunately we only have 15 codes to give away. This of course means that we had to choose between you, bringing our collective heart here [...]

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Square Enix Boss: US & European Versions of Final Fantasy XIII Receiving “Final Touches”

Tweet In a recent interview, Square Enix Global Presidentm, Yoichi Wada, revealed that the US and European version of the highly anticipated Final Fantasy XIII was receiving some “final touches”, adding that the “last stage of development has gone very smoothly…”

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New Assassin’s Creed 2 In-Game Screens Get the Blood Flowing (Literally)

Tweet Ubisoft Montreal released half a dozen or so new Assassin’s Creed 2 screen shots. The sequel takes place in Venice and puts you behind the hood of a new assassin named Ezio. If stealth killing with retractable wrist blades gets you off, you can get your hands on AC2 in stores on November 17th [...]

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Criterion-Developed Need For Speed Coming 2010

Tweet Unclever wordplay aside, classic film distributor Criterion won’t be working on a Need For Speed any time soon. No, the Criterion here is the developer of the Burnout series, and while their only departure from Burnout has been met with generally favorable reviews, their latest departure has already piqued my interest, and it’s not [...]

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Toejam and Earl May Not Be Coming to XBLA

Tweet Remember that poll Sega ran a while back on which game everybody wanted to see come to Xbox Live Arcade? For a while it looked like Earthworm Jim would emerge the victor, but Toejam and Earl pulled out the win in the end. Unfortunately for those who voted for the funky space duo, that [...]

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Monday Night Warfare: NFL Plus Modern Warfare 2 Midnight Release, Who’s With Me?

Tweet I plan on heading out to my local Best Buy towards the end of tonight’s Monday Night Football game to pick up Modern Warfare 2. If any of you are grabbing your copy tonight too feel free to comment below and join Dylan, myself, and a few others on Xbox LIVE tonight. Go Steelers!!!! [...]

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Pac-Man Hacked Roombas Mix Futuristic Cleaning with Retro Gaming

Tweet Hate sitting on your couch watching your Roomba do all the work? Boring you say? You could get off your ass and do it yourself, but that would require actual movement. No sweat. A team of geeked-out developers with a cleaning fetish hacked into a few Roomba units and dressed them up like Pac-Man, [...]

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Blockbuster Throwing Modern Warfare 2 Midnight Release Parties with Demo Access

Tweet If you’re lucky enough to live next to a Blockbuster that’s throwing a midnight release party for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, you can head on over to check out a pre-release demo starting at 9:00 pm, whether or not you pre-ordered the game. Hit the jump to check out the full list [...]

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