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| “Video Games | Puzzle Quest 2 | GDC 10: Debut Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here Screens here” |
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“At the retailer-focused Game Supply conference today, a panel of game analysts made some interesting forecasts for the year ahead in the game market. Here are some of the key data points they delivered: Nick Williams, (pictured, center) analyst at…” |
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“Originally slated for release last November as Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny, the 11th game in SNK’s weapons fighting franchise will be released this spring in North America as Samurai Shodown Sen for the Xbox 360. We’ve been wondering about the…” |
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“If EA wants its upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to begin wresting military first-person shooter dominance away from Modern Warfare, excellence in multiplayer is only one mission objective. How important is the campaign and can it be as…” |
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“Like the spy agent depicts, the espionage role-playing game Alpha Protocol is stealthily approaching its release, now slated for early summer. And it’s still a tricky game to size up. A few observations from a recent demonstration of the game: It…” |
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“After going through a huge stack of reviews for our Dante’s Inferno Frankenreview, I have determined that this game might have a few things in common with God of War. That, and Dante has no idea how to play Limbo. Is it strange that a game revolving…” |
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“PopCap kicks off a ten month long tenth birthday celebration today for Bejeweled, the causal gaming sensation that’s sold more than 50 million units and stifled the productivity of an entire generation. Bejeweled, for those of you who haven’t…” |
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“To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Toy Fair That’s Micro-Bash. He’s 1 and a couple months old. And today he got his first library card. His older brother, Mini-Bash, has had a library card for a couple years now and really enjoys going to the library…” |
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“Update: And we have a winner! Congratulations, Brian M! Buying games is always fun — and we’ve made it easy with our Holiday Buyer’s Guides — but it’s even better to receive them … in one gigantic stack! In that spirit, Microsoft has…” |
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“Last week end I had the absolute pleasure of spending a couple of days with a large group made up of mainly University Students and a few others who all had the common goal of learning a little bit about XNA, the Imagine Cup and off course having…” |
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“If you happen to get Call of Duty: World at War for Christmas, you’ll be happy to know that you can find all of the downloadable map packs in one place. Activision has released a bundle containing all of the available maps in North America, with a…” |
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“EA announced that the demo to their much anticipated game, Dante’s Inferno would be available before the Holidays for your gaming enjoyment. The “Gates of Hell” demo lets users play through the entire first level of the game,…” |
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“Today in Dealz: Alien(ware) sightings, a Flip Ultra camcorder to record them with, and free WinX HD video conversion software to prep that footage for YouTube. Get your savings now, the invasion’s imminent. Top Deals: • Alienware Aurora Desktop…” |
| “Amazon.com offers Band Hero Band Kit for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 for $149.99 with free shipping. That’s $9 under our mention from last week and the lowest total price we could find by $19. Features include the Band Hero game, a USB microphone with…” |
| “Amazon.com offers Team 17 Software’s Worms 2: Armageddon for Xbox LIVE Arcade (pictured) for $5. That’s a savings of $5 over getting it directly from Xbox LIVE Arcade. Note that after purchasing, you’ll receive a code; enter it in your Xbox LIVE…” |
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“EA has opened the garage door and rolled out its Team Racing Pack for Need For Speed: Shift, adding five new cars and a cooperative online racing mode to its superb driving game. Available today for Xbox 360 and PC, the DLC is priced at … wait,…” |
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“Games on Demand, a.k.a. full game downloads, is one of the more recent additions to Xbox Live — and today Microsoft has announced that it’s bringing the service to its Games For Windows Live platform beginning December 15. GFWL creative director…” |
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“Borderlands expands Pandora’s borders with the downloadable Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, a new landmass that’s infected with all manner of spook, from reanimated corpses to half-man, half-skag abominations. Yup, Borderlands got itself some zombie…” |
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“I can’t imagine how scary it is for a developer to pitch a football video game when their name isn’t EA Sports. I imagine a room full of people going dead silent before someone says, “You mean like Madden?” That may not have been what developer…” |
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“There may be people who don’t like Rockstar’s games, but is there anyone who disputes their trailer-making skills? Watch. Here’s the new trailer for Red Dead Redemption, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 western sequel, slated for April 2010. A…” |
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“The demo for Dante’s Inferno is coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this month, but one console is getting it two weeks ahead of the other. Who gets it first? Hint – it’s not the Xbox 360. I suppose that was a rather large hint, but I just…” |
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“A mailer showed up in the Kotaku NYC office yesterday. It contained some hype for the Xbox 360, in the form of a psychiatric examination, complete with case studies and Rorschach test. Shall we credit Microsoft for creativity? For pushing Xbox Live…” |
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“Despite early concerns that it was too soon for a sequel, Left 4 Dead 2 has sold more than 2 million copies at retail, doubling the sales to date of the original game. Gamers made noise when the sequel to last year’s cooperative survival horror title…” |
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“If you’re the kind of person who didn’t think a DS game could even have loading time issues, then you’re a person who never played Puzzle Quest: Galactrix on Nintendo’s handheld. Its sequel won’t have the same problems. Michael Cerven, public…” |
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“There is definitely something eerie about seeing Final Fantasy box art with the Xbox 360 logo at the top. This is an image I would have sworn was fake prior to July of 2008, when Microsoft and Square Enix outed Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360. It…” |
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“The post-apocalyptic martial arts manga Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) is coming to the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 in Japan in March 2010. Dubbed Hokuto Musou, it’s part of Koei’s successful “Musou” series of games. Get ready to punch…” |
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Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “Buy.com has the refurbished Xbox 360 System with 3 Games for $200 – $5 off using Google Checkout = $195 with free shipping. Includes the Xbox 360 System with 20GB Hard Drive, HDMI Port, 2 Wireless Controllers, Component HD Cable, Wired Headset, and…” |
| “Amazon has Street Fighter IV for PlayStation 3 (also Xbox 360) for $20, with free shipping on $25. Everything that made the legendary Street Fighter II a hit in the arcades, living rooms and dormitories across the globe has been brought back in…” |
| “MW2 bonus trinket to be sold separately. Activision has announced that Call of Duty Classic will be released on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live…” |
| “D3Publisher announces spring release. D3Publisher has officially announced Puzzle Quest 2 for DS and Xbox Live Arcade and said it will be out in spring…” |
| “Video Games | GT Release Calendar | Games of December 2009 XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “Video Games | Rabbids Go Home | Review XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here” |
| “North America 1. New Super Mario Bros. (Wii) 2. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Wii) 3. Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360) 4. Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360) 5. Wii Sports Resort with Wii MotionPlus Accessory (Wii) 6. Scribblenauts (DS) 7. Mario Kart with Wii Wheel…” |
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| “EDMONTON – Wireless processor company Eleven Engineering is taking on the three giants of the gaming industry in a patent infringement case. The Edmonton company is suing Nintendo Co., Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. over claims their video-game…” |
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| “Xbox 360 Games – E3 2010 – Brink New Brink gameplay footage has arrived (via G4), depicting a game that’s being described by some as part Mirror’s Edge and part Borderlands. It offers a quick tour of the “Smart Freedom of Movement” system, which…” |
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“We got our first look at Puzzle Quest 2 a few days ago, but now D3 Publisher has made the announcement official. Puzzle Quest 2 is due out for Xbox Live Arcade and the Nintendo DS sometime next spring. The game features the same match-3 puzzle system…” |
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“We’ve seen Valve take some heat from others in the game industry recently over the potential conflict of interest it faces with Steam — most notably, these criticisms have come from Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford. Although his claims that Valve exploits…” |
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“If you’re a gamer who wants to stay connected to your Xbox LIVE account even while on the go, guess what: there’s an app for that. The 360 Live (warning: iTunes link) application is an iPhone app that lets you perform many of the same…” |
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “D3 Publisher and Infinite Interactive’s RPG-themed match-3 puzzler heads to the Xbox 360 and DS early next year.” |
| “Final Fight: Double Impact is a dual release of two classic arcade side-scrolling beat-em-ups. First up is Final Fight, where players follow the heart-pounding adventures of Cody, Guy, and Haggar three heroes fighting their way across crime-ridden…” |
| “ Xbox LIVE Gold Members can save 40% this when they purchase Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Normally 400 points, this week it’s only 240 points. ” |
Xbox 360 news from around the web:
| “Select Google Checkout during checkout, and a $5 discount appears on a $30+ order. Look at the shipping method during checkout, since free shipping may not always be the default selection. Kensington USB ShareCentral for $20. Lets you switch up to 5…” |
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“Vienna-based mobile game developer Xendex has raised $3.5 million in a second round of funding. Previous backer Pontis Capital led the round, with participation from a number of private investors. This brings Xendex’s total raise to just over…” |
| “Those of you who have never lived in the British Isles can’t really lay claim to having experienced it, but public television sucks. I don’t mean PBS. I don’t mean Sesame Street or 3-2-1 Contact. I mean public television: the idea…” |
| “Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2’s arrival was more than just a videogame release. It was practically a force of nature unleashed on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It has gotten endless amounts of press over the past year and is amassing millions of…” |
| “Oh, Puzzle Quest. What you’ve given me. Before, I labored my way through the days. I played RPGs like Final Fantasy. I played puzzle games like Bejeweled. But then you came along, and sucked me into a vortex that halved my time, and then I…” |
| “*Mini Projector $69.97 Shipped (use with PS3, XBOX360 DVD players)* This is probably average quality but may be a good gift for a kid. *Linky* This is a content summary only. Please visit Slickdeals.net for the full details.” |
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“Cyber Monday means big savings on all sorts of electronics. Get in on the excitement now so you don’t find yourself bored and gadgetless on Ordinary Tuesday. Top Deals: • 15.6″ Lenovo G550 Dual Core Laptop with 4GB RAM for $399 plus free shipping…” |
| “The $2 iPhone app is designed to let you reach out and touch your Xbox Live account from just about anywhere, as well as several of the service’s tracking and messaging features.” |
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“A developer has spotted a usage record for an unannounced iPhone model called the iPhone 3,1. The reference was discovered in an analytics app after the iPhone 3,1 was used to access the iBART train schedule. A new iPhone app has been launched for…” |
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| “Let me state two things. 1. This is an INCREDIBLE deal 2. This company has gone through a lot of scrutiny lately…approach with caution AV123 is renowned for their product however they have… This is a content summary only. Please visit…” |
| “Missed the Black Friday dealzmodo rush, or nothing really catch your eye? You might still be in luck. Cyber Monday is when online retailers are supposed to shine. Here’s a linktastic list of big-brand deal pages. Updated! I’ve noted some of the more…” |
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“I hope you do own an Xbox 360 because I have exciting news to share. You may have heard the rumors. Well, I’m here to tell you they’re absolutely, 100% true! Wait, what rumors where you talking about? No, that’s not true at all, I mean it was…” |
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“One-time Gizmodo guest-blogger Bill Gates was on NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday to discuss the good works of his and his wife’s foundation. His one comment about the future of computers sounded Natal-y. So after 20 or so minutes of very positive talk…” |
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“Again, I have to use my Jewish status to explain why I have no idea what an advent calendar is. Sounds pretty silly, though — a calendar that only covers 80% of a single month out of the year? Meshugge! But I’m to understand you get things when…” |
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“SouthPeak Interactive picked up the license for TNA Wrestling from the now defunct Midway, and now we get to see what they are doing with it with screens from TNA iMPACT!: Cross the Line. Cross the Line is coming out later this winter for the PSP and…” |
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“During the question and answer portion of an investor conference call this afternoon, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot clarified his company’s commitment to developing games for both the Xbox 360’s still-codenamed Project Natal and the PlayStation 3’s…” |
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“According to one AceyBongos — think of him as Europe’s Major Nelson — this week’s Xbox Live Arcade game will be none other than Call of Duty Classic. Those who picked up the Hardened or Prestige editions of Modern Warfare 2 have already had the joy…” |
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“Though we’re confident Infinite Interactive’s Puzzle Quest 2 will eventually be a mega-multiplatform release like its predecessor, D3Publisher announced that the game’s roll-out will start on DS and Xbox Live Arcade. It’ll be out in spring 2010,…” |
| “In the market for Nathan Drake’s latest adventure but not trying to spend a hidden fortune on it? Amazon.com’s Cyber Monday deals are here to help, offering Uncharted 2 for only $40, among other great deals. How about Left 4 Dead 2 for $40? Or maybe…” |
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“This is just getting ridiculous. It seems like every week now we see a new contender added to the Japanese sales chart. Remember? Remember the beginning of the month, how simple everything was? Seven platforms. Seven arrows. Seven percentile figures….” |
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“Though the BBC iPlayer is already available on the Wii and PS3 overseas, it seems a disagreement between the television corporation and Microsoft will keep the platform off of the Xbox 360 for the time being. According to a recent Telegraph article,…” |
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“Speaking to a room full of executives focused on “the business of online video” at this year’s Streaming Media West trade show, it’s easy to understand how Xbox Live GM Marc Whitten could fall into hyperbole regarding the implications of Project…” |
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“According to Microsoft, nearly two million Xbox Live users logged into Facebook through the console’s new built-in social media applications. Based on a vague estimate provided by Microsoft, it appears that around ten percent of all Xbox Live Gold…” |
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