Archive for July, 2010

New Halo: Reach Details Announced

Microsoft has announced some tantalizing new details on gameplay for Halo: Reach. Firefight mode is back, with a few modifications. The game also features a reworked forge for creating multiplayer maps with even note options than in Halo 3…

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Lost Nintendo Games Volume 2. Joy Mecha Fight

Joy Mecha Fight was released in Japan on May 23, 1993 for the Famicom. For those who don’t know the Famicom is the Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. This fighting game never …

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Microsoft Announces Special Edition Halo: Reach Xbox 360 and Bundle

Microsoft today announced that the Xbox 360 Limited Edition Halo: Reach bundle which will be available September 14th when Halo: Reach launches …

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Dead Rising 2 – Fortune City Trailer

Here’s the new Dead Rising 2 – Fortune City trailer that was debuted at Comic-Con 2010. Look for the sequel to shamble into retailers on January 10th, 2011.

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: Mario and Yoshi

Yesterday’s Mario art simply wasn’t enough for me. I just needed more of the rotund plumber. Yesterday’s art showed his heroic side, while today’s shows his uglier, abusive side. Hey, we can’t all be perfect …

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Crime Doesn’t Pay, and Neither Did This Criminal

As the saying goes, crime does not pay. And of course, if you don’t pay for your crimes one way, you’ll have to pay for them another way, as one video game counterfeiter from London has recently learned.

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DC Comics’ WildStorm and Sony Announce Ratchet & Clank Comic

Ratchet & Clank vs. Marvel vs. Capcom? Probably won’t happen, but at least Sony and Insomniac’s dynamic duo will be able to take on the super heroes of the Marvel Universe on their own native turf this September.

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Boba Fett To Have Small But Pivotal Role in Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2

The team at LucasArts revealed just moments ago that Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2 will feature a small but pivotal role for the infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett …

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Original Dead Rising 2 Setting and CASE ZERO Details

Since it was announced, we’ve known that Dead Rising 2 would feature a new protagonist, Chuck Greene, and a new setting: the Las Vegas-inspired setting of Fortune City. However, that was not the original fun-filled family destination the developers had in mind when they set out to follow up on Executive Producer Keiji Inafune’s 2006 romp through the zombie-filled Willamette Mall.

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Microsoft Rumored to Have Worked on Cross-PC/Xbox Connection

Between Games for Windows and the Xbox 360, Microsoft has been able to lay claim to supporting two rather similar (in some regards) platforms at once. And while some things were able to be cross-integrated into both, the ability to play a game online between the two has not one of them. However, according to Voodoo PC founder and Hewlett-Packard’s Chief Technical Officer of gaming, Rahul Sood, it came very close to happening.

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2K Sports Reveals New Jordan Challenge Mode in NBA 2K11

Not only is Michael Jordan the cover athlete for NBA 2K11, 2KSports has just announced a new mode for 2K11 that will allow players to relive some of Jordan’s greatest moments on the court.

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The Chipophone: A Chiptune Electric Organ

When Swedish software engineer and musician Linus Åkesson was given an old electric organ, he didn’t just resign it to the corner of the room. No, he first turned it into an amazing chiptune-playing masterpiece, capable of putting out endless amounts of classic music from the old days of gaming on the fly- and then put it in the corner of the room…

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Turntable Legend DJ Qbert to Join DJ Hero 2

When the party starts this October, budding beat chemists, singing sensations and all of their friends will fire up two turntable controllers and a microphone, and spin, scratch and battle with the legendary turntablist DJ Qbert in Activision’s DJ Hero® 2. A defining member of DJ culture, having been crowned the best in his craft in multiple world championship competitions

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Square Enix Announces Halo: Reach & Final Fantasy Action Figurines

Yes you read the title right, Square Enix is releasing Halo: Reach figurines. It took me a while to figure it out, but it’s happening. The Halo Reach Play Arts Volume 1 is the latest addition to the Play Arts -KAI- series of Square Enix products and will feature figures of the Noble Team members…

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ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead ‘British Armed Forces’ DLC Announced

ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead developer Bohemia have announced today that a ‘British Armed Forces’ DLC pack will be coming to the game in August. Bloody ‘ell, lads!…

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