Archive for December, 2009

Team Fortress 2 Update Week: It’s Here (Also, New Maps and Boots)

Tweet Today is the day that the update to Team Fortress 2 finally hit, and can be installed simply by having Steam open and TF2 installed. If you don’t own the game, you can play for free this weekend by downloading the game here. Along with the update comes the news that the Soldier has [...]

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Good Old Games Holiday Offers: Tex Murphy, Might and Magic

Tweet GoG.com are offering some great deals for nostalgia-hungry PC gamers this Christmas. First of all, the Might and Magic pack can be purchased for the measly sum of twenty of your so-called “Dollars”. Not bad for four games that are both good and old. Secondly, the first two Tex Murphy games, in which you [...]

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Link Papercraft

Tweet It’s may be a whole site dedicated to Nintendo Papercraft, but it’s the above Link model that made me fully geek out. The site features tons of awesome projects, like the Blue Falcon, Banjo and Kazooie, and even an invisible Boo. It sounds crazy, but the end result is nothing short of fantastic. Have [...]

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Zeldathon Gaming Marathon to Raise Money for the National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC)

Tweet It seems like every week there’s a new gaming marathon that’s raising money for a new charity, but it’s not a bad trend. We here at Ripten love helping others, and as long as these gaming marathons continue, we’ll continue to support them. The latest is from Zeldathon, a team of students from Florida [...]

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The Legend Of Zelda Hits Hulu

Tweet Ah, eighties morning cartoons. Full of campy dialogue, loose plots, tie-in breakfast cereals, and minute doses of awesome that would only brighten up your day. Or at least, that’s the way I assume they were- I’m a 90s kid through and though, but I know for a fact that The Legend of Zelda morning [...]

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Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Sandbox City Not Likely

Tweet Rocksteady Senior Gameplay Programmer, Paul Denning, recently sat down with UK based PC Zone Magazine to talk about the thought process behind Batman: Arkham Asylum and where the studio may or may not go with the sequel.

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Didn’t Make The Final Fantasy XIII Midnight Launch In Japan? Watch This Video

Tweet So you just couldn’t make it out to Japan for the launch of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII … no problem. An aspiring French director was on site capturing a step by step account of what you likely would have went through if you had been there yourself. Everything from the public transportation commute [...]

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Nine New Colorful Mass Effect 2 Screens

Tweet BioWare releases nine new Mass Effect in-game screens to hold your interest until the game releases just over a month from now on January 26, 2010.

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Square Enix Plays Fashion Savvy Santa: Win Final Fantasy XIII Themed Jewelry December 23rd

Tweet Remember that Square Enix Final Fantasy XIII Twitter tease we reported last week? The one that appeared to point to a possible beta being released to gamers outside the Japan area — well, it wasn’t. Instead, the “big surprise” the company is extending to hold us over until March 9th revolves around a bunch [...]

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Adam Sessler Talks Uncharted 2 with Naughty Dog: No Meetings, No Managers, Award Winning Results

Tweet G4TV’s latest episode of Feedback, a weekly talk show hosted by Adam Sessler (a man with a microphone that costs more than my computer), gives us a behind the scenes look at the inner workings of Naughty Dog Studios. Several of their key members speak candidly about their award winning Uncharted 2 title, focus [...]

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Activision Never Told Double Fine They Weren’t Publishing Brutal Legend

Tweet In the latest issue of Game Developer magazine, Double Fine studios executive producer Caroline Esmurdoc writes up a behind the scenes look at the production of Brutal Legend. In it, she reveals that the team first learned that Activision wasn’t publishing Brutal Legend through a press release.

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Take Two Q4 09 Financials, Plus Conference Call Reveals Unannounced Q4 2010 Game Release

Tweet Take Two Interactive released their Q4 fiscal 2009 results today via a lengthy detailed email, showing a net revenue of 343.4 million for the quarter, heavily driven by the sales of Borderlands, NBA 2K10, Grand Theft Auto IV, and the GTAIV related add on content. This figure represents a 20 million dollar improvement over [...]

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Dead or Alive Comes to the PSP

Tweet The ladies of Dead or Alive are back with a brand new edition(sorry had to do it). They head to the beach one more time, only in a more portable sense on the PSP.

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Mega Man 10 Digital Download Hits PSN, XBL, & WiiWare March 2010

Tweet The latest installment of Capcom’s Mega Man franchise continues its retro gaming approach with Mega Man 10 due to hit Nintendo’s WiiWare, Sony’s PlayStation Network, and Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE service in March of 2010. A Robot Flu called “Roboenza” has broken out, causing the infected robot population to go mad, leaving Mega Man to [...]

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Final Fantasy XIV Introduces Beta Applications and New English Screenshots

Tweet Final Fantasy XIV Core recently updated their gallery with new Japanese and English screenshots from Square Enix’s MMO sequel to Final Fantasy XI. While Square’s first online adventure received mixed reviews, they’re moving ahead with their plan to revamp the combat system and user interface. Though the races and plot are essentially the same, [...]

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