Archive for August, 2010

Sydney and Melbourne to Receive Mana Bar Franchises

Most Australians love alcohol (Or so the inaccurate stereotype goes), and most Australians like to play games (Once again, inaccurate). Now another stereotype is that gamers have no social lifes blah blah blah. Well Guy “Yug” Bloomberg (Of Australian Gamer fame) alongside a few other high profile names, tested that exact stereotype when he launched “The Mana Bar”…

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Virgin Gaming to Host Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Online Tournaments

Ubisoft has announced that Virgin Gaming will host online tournaments for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, adding to an already stellar lineup of games in which Virgin hosts online tournaments, including Halo 3, Madden 10 and FIFA 10.

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How to Unlock Zombies in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

This awesome-looking beat ‘em up is actually a game being released alongside the film that is an adaptation of Bryan O’Malley’s comic book. The film is being directed by Edgar Wright, who posted a video on his blog showing off the cheat code to unlock zombie enemies. Rad.

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Batman: Arkham Asylum now Available On Demand

Microsoft has been doing a lot to expand their On Demand library recently. Many great games have made their way to my download queue and given me a reason to have a 250GB hard drive…

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Five O’Clock Fan Art: StarCraft

To celebrate StarCraft II’s stellar launch, here’s some sweet Terran-on-Zerg action.

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NBA Jam gets Bundled with 360, PS3 Copies of NBA Elite 11

Looks like NBA Jam isn’t exclusive to the Wii after all, well, not entirely at least. Today Electronic Arts announced that all new copies of NBA Elite 11 will include a one-time download code that will allow gamers to access . . .

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We Get Into The New Game From The Behemoth – And The Possibility of Castle Crashers 2

Even better than getting hands on with their new game, we got to spend some time with The Behemoth Co-Founder Tom Fulp and lead artist Dan Paladin. They gave us the lowdown, and then some.

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StarCraft II is Biggest PC Game Launch of the Year, Fastest-Selling RTS of All Time

Blizzard announced today that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty sold more than 1 million units its first day of release, making it the bestselling PC game of 2010 in just 24 hours. In 48 hours, it had sold 1.5 million copies, making it the fastest-selling strategy game of all time …

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Crysis 2 Delayed Until 2011

According to Electronic Arts, Crysis 2 has been pushed back to Q4 of the 2011 fiscal year. The sequel was originally intended for this holiday season, and then was brought forward to this Fall, before ultimately being pushed back …

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Dragon Age II Tees Available From BioWare Today

Hear ye! Hear ye! brand new Dragon Age II T-shirts now available from the Bioware store!! Get them before the Archdemon gets you!!

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Insane Console History Video 2.0 Released

Our friends over at Elder-Geek have created an amazing video featuring the history of video gaming consoles, computers, and dedicated game machines in pictures. The video features more than 450 consoles, and 1300 elements combined!!

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Sony Move Demo Kiosks Coming To A Store Near You?

Wanting to experience Sony’s new motion controls for yourself? You soon might be able to…

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Plants Wage War on Zombies on Xbox Live Arcade September 8th

In case you didn’t already own Plants vs. Zombies on another platform (and if so, why the hell not?) or at least, on enough platforms (three and counting!) you’ll be pleased to know that PopCap will be dropping Plants vs. Zombies on Xbox Live next month, on September 8th.

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Legends & Killers DLC Hits Red Dead Redemption Next Week

Legends & Killers DLC will hit PSN for $9.99 and Xbox Live for 800 Microsoft space bucks next week, bringing a new projectile weapon, the Tomahawk, nine new map locations, and eight characters from Red Dead Revolver.

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Daily Deal: Tony Hawk Ride Bundle

Tweet I’m always on the lookout for a good deal on great games, which is why I never seem to have any money. When I find a good deal, I pass it on. Today’s deal comes from Amazon.com, with the Tony Hawk: Ride bundle. Normally priced at $69.99, today they are offering it for just [...]

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