Archive for July, 2010

Sonic Becomes a Badass, Tails is a Girl, and Eggman is Still Awesome

The week started off with a bang for Sonic fans, as a representative for SEGA revealed that there would be a “franchise-changing” announcement to come today. People went nuts with a number of theories as to what it could all mean, with the most prominent rumor being that Sonic and friends would be getting a new voice cast.

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Download StarCraft II Right Now For Free!! And Then Buy It Later and Unlock It.

Those who plan on purchasing Blizzard’s upcoming RTS sequel will be happy to know that the game can be downloaded right now, for free of charge, and then paid for and unlocked on the day of release …

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Ubisoft Says “Yes Russian” for New Assassin’s Creed Comic Book

Today, Ubisoft announced that as a part of their Montreal studio’s “UbiWorkshop” initiative, they have begun work on an Assassin’s Creed comic book with Eisner Award nominees and Shuster Award-winning illustrators Cameron Stewart …

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RipTen Radio Podcast: Future of Gaming, DLC, Microtransations, & Rod Cousens

Not sure what else I can add that my massively detailed headline doesn’t already state, so press play and sit back for a lovely podcast featuring Gavin Bard, Bryce Wilson, and myself as we talk about the future of gaming digital purchases …

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Ōkamiden Bribes You With Awesome Collector’s Edition

Capcom’s follow up to the amazing Okami is offering you everything your little heart could desire in it’s Japanese collector’s edition. Import or die.

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More Borderlands DLC On the Horizon?

A viral marketing Twitter account belonging to Gearbox Software has fired back into life, prompting me to believe downloadable content piece number four is on the horizon, read on to find out why…

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Apache: Air Assault Announced for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360

For those die hard Military Simulator fanboys like myself the following news is both heartening and disheartening at the same time. Military Simulators work best on computer, and that isn’t a fanboy comment, it’s just a simple fact. So when Activision announced “Apache: Air Assault” as the first major Xbox 360 flight simulator I was left umming and ahhing as you would do…

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ESRB Says Oops Mah Bad After Leaking 1,000 Private Email Addresses

As Ripten previously reported, the email addresses of one thousand individuals who complained about Blizzards Real ID system, were leaked in a mass email stuff up. The ESRB today made the first steps …

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5 Minutes of Final Fantasy XIV Online Emotes Footage

Everyone knows when it comes to gaming the best things are emotes. Tell me readers, how can you top and experience as grand as /sitting on top of a dead PvP Characters corpse in World of Warcraft…

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Editorial: Codemasters CEO Publicly Embraces the Worst Idea Ever

In a recent article, Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has stated the best idea for a business model to “combat piracy” (those quotation marks are ironic) is selling consumers an unfinished product.

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(Another)Deal of the Day: Singularity for $40

Tweet So this is the second deal today, but I couldn’t let this one go because it’s just such a great deal. Amazon has Singularity on sale right now for $40 for the PS3 version. It’s deals like this that make me as poor as I am, but who could pass this up? Want to [...]

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1 vs 100 Bites the Dust on Xbox 360

Today is a sad day for trivia lovers on Xbox Live. Microsoft has decided not to renew the popular 1 vs. 100 game show for a third season. Dave McCarthy, Microsoft Games Studio Manager, said that it is time for the team to move on to other projects instead of working on another season of the show…

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Advent Children Scented Candles Smell Like Win

Do you long to have your house smell like betrayal, torment, lament and mako reactors!? Well then look no further than these brand new Cloud and Sephiroth scented candles.

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Daily Deal: 12 Month XBOX Live Subscription

Looking top renew your Xbox live subscription, but don’t want to spend $50 for it? Then you’re in luck…

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Latest Sonic the Hedgehog Voice Actor Jason Griffith Parting Ways with SEGA’s Iconic Character?

The recent web chatter on several hardcore Sonic fan sites revolves around the possibility of the character’s voice actor since 2005, Jason Griffith, parting ways with SEGA’s iconic figure …

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