Archive for July, 2010

RipTen Video Review: Blacklight: Tango Down (PC)

Are you contemplating picking up Zombie Studios latest title, but unsure if it’s the right choice? Well thankfully the team here at Ripten has chained themselves to a desk and made up an in-depth video review that will help you decide…

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Trials HD To Get “Big Thrills” DLC Pack

For any Trials HD fans out there, myself being one of them, all we need is more and more content for an already addictingly simple game. Our thirst was momentarily quenched with the “BIG Pack” and now Red Lynx is back to fill our proverbial glasses once again…

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Multiplayer to Stay in Assassin’s Creed “for a long time” says Ubisoft

According to Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Associate Producer Jean-Francois Boivin, multiplayer in Assassin’s Creed isn’t going to stop at Brotherhood, but will continue in future titles “for a long time.”

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EA Announcing New Games Later Today, New Fight Night Confirmed

EA is set to announce a couple of new games later this afternoon, with Fight Night: Champion already being announced.

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Infinity Ward Squashes Modern Warfare Pay To Play Rumors

After a slew of rumors that Call of Duty was going to become a subscription based franchise, Robert Bowling, (a.k.a Fourzerotwo) creative director at Inifinity Ward stated on twitter today that . . .

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Metroid: Other M Documentary Translated

Metroid fans eagerly awaiting the August 31st release of Metroid: Other M have some great news today. A 16 minute documentary about how the game was made was released in Japan last week; unfortunately, if you don’t speak Japanese you are out of luck. At least, until now…

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DC Universe Online Announces Pre-Order Program and Beta Registration

Sony Online Entertainment today announced the launch of their Beta registration process for DC Universe Online. Also announced was a PC Collectors Edition for all the old school die hard DC fans that are out there…

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New Red Faction: Origins Screenshot

As Ripten previously reported, THQ and Syfy have teamed up to bring a live-action Red Faction (That rhymes!) experience to our screens in March of 2011. The story is set to follow Alec Mason and his family, during the period between Red Faction: Guerrilla and Red Faction: Armageddon…

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David Jaffe Weighs In on Downloadable Content Debate

Downloadable content has been a sticky-subject among gamers since its inception, particularly when it involves money changing hands. And while that alone is able to draw a divide between gamers, things can get really heated if a company is so bold as to release downloadable content on the same day a game is to arrive in stores.

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: Team Fortress 2

It’s just another Manic Monday. I wish it was Sunday. That’s my fun day. But look at the brightside! Monday is just about over! Though that doesn’t seem to be making this Heavy from Team Fortress 2 any happier, unless that’s his happy face …

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A Few Metroid: Other M Details, Including a Potentially Bothersome One

There are a number of people looking forward to Metroid: Other M, albeit for different reasons. Some people are eager to learn more about what makes the series protagonist, bounty hunter Samus Aran, tick. Others just want to experience . . .

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Harcos Labs Lets You Take a Bite Out of the Zombie Menace

After playing enough Resident Evil, or any other games which feature zombies, a person stands to have enough of their flesh-eating shenanigans. But what can be done to deter them? What can turn the tide? A shotgun blast to the head will stop one zombie, yes, but none of the others are ever persuaded to fulfill their unique dietary needs elsewhere.

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Nintendo Announces Plans for Comic-Con

Finally… Nintendo is coming back… to Comic-Con.

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Netflix Streaming Goes Canadian

Canadians are used to getting the short end of the stick when it comes to video services, Netflix included. This has no doubt been a point that has brightened the day of many a Blockbuster Canada and Rogers Video executive. Today, however, some clouds have rolled in over that spot of sunshine as the video provider has announced plans to move up into the territory of moose and maple leaves, and in a unique fashion at that.

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Does This Video Provide Evidence of Call of Duty Subscription Plan Becoming Reality?

Could subs be coming to Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? No, not submarines– you wish– but subscriptions, something which company President and Chief Executive Officer Robert “Bobby” Kotick alluded to recently.

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