Archive for June, 2010

Major Backbreaker Patch Announced, Promises to Address Many Community Issues

Those of you who are fans of Backbreaker are no doubt rejoicing after reading the headline, and the rest of you that have no idea what the game is about should read RipTen’s demo impressions on the latest 505 Games and NaturalMotion sports title …

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Real Gamers vs. Booth Babes, Give Us What We Really Want

I’m going to preface this writeup by clarifying that E3 2010 was my first time attending as press, and that I still spent a large portion of my time on the show floor with the rest of the non press attendees. So the opinions you are about to read are given from the perspective of the average convention goer who isn’t waltzed to the front of a VIP line …

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No Shit News: EA Explains Online Pass Ten Dollar Trade-In Penalty As Business Model

By now every game is probably familiar with what is mentioned in the title of this article — specifically, that if you buy a game pre-owned from EA, you’ll have to fork over ten dollars to access the multiplayer component …

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Assassin’s Creed Brootherhood Ending, Prepare For Wall-Punching WTF Moment

Shortly before he left Ubisoft, Patrice Désilets, the Creative Director behind Assassins Creed: Brotherhood freely divulged information regarding the end of the upcoming title, stating …

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Ripten Review: Toy Story 3: The Video Game, To Infinity And…

Ripten takes a look at Toy Story 3: The Video Game. Does it carry on the torch of movie-to-game titles failing, or does it rise above the rest and shine? Read on to find out.

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Dead Rising 2 Release Pushed Back One Month, Put Down The Propaine Tank

The following letter from Capcom PR just hit our inbox updating (and pushing back) the August 31, 2010 release date of Dead Rising 2 to September 28th …

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Reggie “Mistaken” About Nintendo 3DS Coming Next Year

The other day we reported that Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime stomped onto the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon set and revealed that the Nintendo 3DS would be released next year. As it turns out, Reggie was “mistaken” about that.

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Darksiders Art Book, Statues On The Way

We know that a Darksider’s sequel is on the way, scheduled for 2012, and now we’re going to see a book of concept art and some statues.

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Nintendo Starts Using Eco-Friendly Wii Game Cases

Tweet Today I made sure to pick up a copy of Sin & Punishment Star Successor for the Nintendo Wii.  To my surprise the game came in one of the new eco-friendly Wii cases that I’ve heard Nintendo would eventually be switching to.  This marks the first Nintendo published Wii title that has launched with [...]

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TrueAchievements Tracks Achievements for Real Gamers

Many games give you 10g just for putting them in and booting them up, or beating a level, while others give you 10g for completing a difficult or obscure task. For instance, the Simpsons Game gives you 5g just for pressing the start button, while you get 5g for completing 10 side missions in Just Cause. It’s just not fair. TrueAchievements.com has come up with a solution to this unjust scoring;

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Chicks in Space: Mass Effect 2 Armor Hand-Crafted by David Carpenter

You’re looking at one of the most accurate recreations of female Shepard’s N7 armor that anyone has ever seen. David Carpenter, aka Evil-FX, has been hard at work on his latest masterpiece and I absolutely cannot wait to see it finished. Prepare for epic skills.

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Why Nintendo’s 3DS Will Price Sub $199

It’s my opinion that Nintendo’s biggest competitor in the handheld market is not Sony with the PSP, it’s Apple and their versatile iPhone. The iPhone is hip, has lots of cheap or free games, and most importantly …

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Get Blur for 50% Off as Amazon’s Deal of the Day

Blur may have only sped onto shelves last month, but you can already get it for half off the retail price as Amazon’s Deal of the Day.

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Play Rock, Paper, Scissors with Monkeys, Pirates, Robots, Ninjas, and Zombies!

Monkey! Pirate! Robot! Ninja! Zombie!! Okay, now that I’ve got your attention (and I’m sure I do after that), I’m not recapping what I wore the last five Halloweens (though that is pretty accurate) …

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New Game Releases: 6/27 – 7/3

All sorts of different video games coming out this week for all types of gamers. Notable new releases this week include Sin and Punishment: Star Successor, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Singularity and Naughty Bear. Hit the jump for the full list of new games coming out this week and my pick of the week…

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