This week saw an incredibly innovative game announcement by Valve Software. Using its unique position in the PC gaming industry through its digital distribution service, Steam, Valve launched an ARG eventually leading up to the reveal of Portal 2.On Monday, Valve patched Portal via Steam, automatically pushing the update and its hidden content out to an
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I can't finally wait to see the highly anticipated movie Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton that will be released in conventional theaters this March. But as early as now, Disney Interactive Studios already announced an official game based on the said movie. Alice in Wonderland for Wii and Nintendo DS takes players on a journey in Underland as Alice f
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Description: Awesome football action! Gold and black, or white and blue? Pick your colors, call your plays and get busy on the gridiron!Instructions: Spacebar to snap ball; arrow keys to run or tackle; spacebar to spin while running; spacebar for power tackle; A,S,D to pass on offense
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Remove more red boxes. How? By knocking them loose! Click a box to make it a rolling circle. Click again to return to your natural boxy state!
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It's the world of three dimensions! Expand your mind with some intense match three action. And there's a clock running. Oh no: time = FOUR DIMENSIONS!
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Alchemy is one of two manufacturing professions powered chiefly by herbs. Herbs make potions, elixirs, and flasks. In addition, certain fish and metals and gems can be combined to make elixirs or transmutes. Overall, you can make money with alchemy, though you’ll end up making as much or more with herbalism. But there are some definite advantages to al
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Tired of inefficient gold-farming efforts that yield only a measly amount of gold? Ever wonder what the incredibly rich players are doing differently? Then it's time you get your hands on this selection of cutting-edge gold-making strategies. The top gold reapers in the game show you their advanced, never-revealed before, methods
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Kill your enemies... with STYLE!
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More furious Thing-Thing action! These games just keep getting better!
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EverQuest have announced the launch of "Secrets of Faydwer", the most recent expansionin the long runningMMO. A fairly lackluster launch though – compared toWoW’s recent expansion announcement, EverQuest haven’t really given users all that much information….A level cap increaseNew zones, spells and A
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There's plenty we don't know about Microsoft and Sony's specific roll out plans for Project Natal and whatever Sony ends up calling their motion technology, but both are saying they're crucial developments. No matter how impressive their respective technologies, even if there are must-have games designed from the ground-up to best demonstrate their strengths
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Watch Larger Version of this VideoToday we explore the Sony Webbie HD camera that both records 1080p video and takes great pictures--perfect for your blogging and vlogging needs.Check out below the cut for the full review from Attack of the Show.What You Need to Know The device is just under 1" thick (the Flip Mino is 0.6" thick) and only w
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Developer Obsidian Entertainment (Neverwinter Nights 2, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords) might be currently up to its irradiated eyes in Fallout: New Vegas development, that’s not stopping the company from secretly working on another title at the same time. Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart recently told GameBanshee that his compan
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Crystal Dynamics, the currently developer charged with creating new Tomb Raider games has posted a new job listing on Gamasutra:Crystal Dynamics has a rare opening for a Senior Art Director on one of the most prestigious AAA franchises in the industry. We are looking for an exceptional talent to bring onto the team and continue the long tradition of visually
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Microsoft and Sony might be planning to get 10 solid years out of their current consoles, but the next generation will be here before you know it, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it. And as intellectually stimulating as it is to envision what could possibly be awaiting gamers just over the current-gen horizon, there’s one thing that def
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Watch Larger Version | Watch HD VersionActors Breckin Meyer (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Road Trip, Garfield) and Ryan Phillippe (Stop-Loss, Crash, Flags of Our Fathers) stop by EA’s booth at E3 ’09 to chat about Meyer’s involvement in the upcoming Robot Chicken missions on Spore Galactic Adventures, the new Madden NFL 10, Milo, and other d
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Watch Larger Version | Watch HD VersionA lot of people might not agree with me, but I am a huge fan of racing games that at least try to have a narrative thread running through them. It just makes everything that much more compelling, because you have characters and stories to give the races additional significance beyond just who placed where or what w
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FromMidway Newcastle comes the latest film noir videogame, Necessary Force, where one detective (that would be you)is responsible for holding a corrupt city together by any means necessary. The open world sandbox game is still being developed and no platforms have been confirmed, but we've got the trailer for your viewing pleasure.Check out the debut trailer
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Watch Larger Version | Watch HD VersionWhat would you do if your boss asked you to do nothing but research dictionaries, Wikipedia and other language sources for six whole months? That's exactly the task that Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell assigned to five people within their company, creative director Jeremiah Slaczka revealed at E3."We've actu
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It no doubt saddened many a Black Sabbath fan looking forward to Tim Schafer’s upcoming rock-powered title Brutal Legend to find out yesterday that legendary singer Ronnie James Dio had been cut from the game. Taking Dio’s place as the character of Doviculus is famed actor Tim Curry of Rocky Horror Picture Show, IT and Clue fame. (Schafer apparen
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I love Sam & Max, Monkey Island, Grim Fandango and every LucasArts classic adventure, but there was no series that provided me with the same amount of endless laughs and frustration (the puzzles frequently made no sense) as the Tex Murphy series. The FMV-centric film noir adventure series has returned thanks to Good Old Games -- no, it's not a new Tex Mu
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This is easily one of the coolest things you’ll see all day. It’s the Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth controller being used to play a game on an iPhone. As PocketGamer points out, this kind of accessory and peripheral support is one of the most exciting new features of the iPhone 3.0 software, as it has the potential to provide an entirely new level of
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Watch Larger Version | Watch HD VersionNet Devil’s upcoming space-based MMO Jumpgate Evolution was one of the truly great surprises of E3 2009. Not only does it pack all the depth and variety you’d expect from an MMO, it also brings space to life in a way that I haven’t seen in quite some time.It should come as no surprise then to hear
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Video Game - E3 2009 - E3 '09 LiveFor whatever reason, publishers think it's a smart idea to provide exclusive content for fighting games coming out on multiple platforms at once. No thanks! Namco Bandai is guilty was such practices with Soul Calibur IV, but at E3, Tekken 6 game designer Michael Murray explained that would not be the case with their game.&qu
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So many of my friends were raving about their experience with Zeno Clash, a bizarre and wonderful looking indie first-person-brawler-adventure-thing that I almost stopped being lazy about setting up Windows XP on my MacBook Pro. Fortunately, Zeno Clash developer ACE Team is giving me a reason to continue being lazy: its currently working on negotiating a dea
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The classic argument against watching television and playing video games is that both activities rot your brain. So that must mean that using a game console to stream television shows and/or movies to a TV is like the turducken of brain damaging technologies.And yet, as analysts at In-Stat report, game consoles are now the most popular vehicle for bringing w
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So far, GameStop has not returned my requests for comment about why its charging $5 more for the upcoming MotionPlus accessory for Wii. If you haven't heard, the suggested retail price -- aka the price 99% of retailers end up charging you -- is $19.99, but GameStop at retail and online is charging $24.99. Why? They aren't saying, but I did get a GameStop cu
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In an interview with Gamasutra, Shane Kim spoke about Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid coming to the Xbox 360 with Metal Gear Solid: Rising. He feels that the title puts Microsoft and Sony on the same page when it comes to third-party titles."I still think exclusive content is really important. First of all, in games, we've said for a long time that a ke
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Microsoft's presentation for Project Natal was a showstopper; Sony's wasn't. Sony's played out more like a science project, but lacking flash didn't make the technology any less impressive. The company also one-upped Microsoft and slapped a shipping date on the technology -- sometime in spring 2010 -- which underscores its importance, according to a GamesInd
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Subscribers to the late, great Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) will be receiving Maxim as a replacement. According to Kotaku, should Maxim not be a satisfactory replacement then, "subscribers can instead opt for a pro-rated refund for the balance of their EGM subscription." You know, just in case you don't want to replace a book aimed at enthusiast
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Hangman really brings back memories… Tafasa let me know about a new game they have released based on the classic Hangman game. It has one player and two player modes where you can either play one of almost 3000 word puzzles or enter in a word for a friend to guess. You can also research [...]
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This is what all of your parties have been waiting for, a regulation issue of the drinking game “Beer Pong” your parties will never be the same again, it includes everything that you need to get things going.  Table features include:Lighted cup recesses to prevent cups from being knocked over when hit and also to illuminate [...]
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We play Jarate with opinions this week dousing each other with reactions and theories from the games as art debate and games in politics. We also mix in the weeks news about Big Huge Games, Battle-Forge's free-ness and WOW's new Druid models.
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Co-host : e (who is on now on Twitter)Interview: In Joon Hwang, Tekken 6 (19:45 – 29:26)Interview: Robert Bowling, Modern Warfare 2 (29:26–40:06)Xbox 101Plus, I’ll tell you what my June travel schedule will look like. In addition to E3 in LA, I am headed someplace even more interesting.
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Why do we have all of the wires and cables everywhere? It is because we have no choice at all, we all use gadgets and unfortunately, they need charging. However, this means wires and cables all over the place, yet there is a device that could make life so much easier. It is the Gomadic [...]
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It's Demigod uncut this time as we are toiling in game for the podcast again. See how a newbie can adjust while talking all things this week in PC gaming. It is very important you check out the video for this podcast in place of the audio or as well as.
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Sometimes you hear gamers complaining about their games controllers, like the latest controllers, for certain game consoles may not be as great as the older versions might have been. However, funny enough most gamers still have their old controllers tucked away somewhere, but with no way of using them they are confined to history or [...]
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Wal-Mart are teaming up with e-Play who will provide machines or kiosks in their stores in the North-eastern States, currently there are seventy seven machines at various locations in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.   All the user does is takes the game to the kiosk and can the bar code on the machine, [...]
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The Nintendo Wii has brought out some exciting equipment recently, some are maybe better than others, but they are innovative like this dart game. The Wii remote fits into the device and that is it; you and your pals are ready to play darts. Can you imagine the damage that could be done when this [...]
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This week’s show: Co-host : e Interview: Jacob Van Wingen and Don Wurster, Gel (13:45 – 29:15) Interview: Stephen Toulouse, Xbox LIVE Policy and Enforcement (29:16–45:50) Interview: Mike Mahar, Fight Night Round 4 (45:51 – 1:02:29) Xbox 101 Much more…
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It's a little more intimate this week with Logan, Evan, and Josh returning to the saddle of the podcast horse. It gallops around discussing DNF footage, Th4if 4, average rated but full of fun games, and updates to the TF2 Sniper class which break in the middle of recording. Also, the hosts try [...]
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There are no excuses any more if you have a Wii then you simply have to buy a Wii Balance Board; it will let you have a bit of fun and keep you fit too. What more would you want? Well you have this version of the balance board from Chinavision, it is virtually the [...]
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Anyone who has used a PSP or DS come to think of it would know that after a short while the hands get tired and sweaty. In some cases you could even end up dropping the device, which is never going to be a good thing whatever way you look it. Therefore, there is only [...]
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Sure, Red Steel for the Wii was a solid looking, average shooter with a snazzy, if a bit buggy, control scheme. However, Ubisoft and Nintendo are hoping to win back gamers who felt the game was an unfinished rush job with Red Steel 2 when it's released sometime later this year. And the companies are sweetening the deal by requiring the use of Nintendo’
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The crew over at 1UP have the first footage for Konami's 2D side-scrolling, co-op, shooter remake, Contra ReBirth available today in Japan. Witness the classic weapons and gameplay coming back to your hands via WiiWare sometime this year. Hopefully more details down the road, in the mean time check the footage.Contra Rebirth 'Area 1' gameplay
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Watch Larger Version of this VideoIf you're in the market for a hardcore gaming PC, then you should consider the FXSLI from Maingear with its brushed aluminum case, a liquid-cooled Intel Core i7 processor, dual Nvidia GTX video cards and 6GB of RAM. Whether or not you should actually buy it is another thing entirely. Find out if it's worth the $2,900 in
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As gamers already know, virtual worlds that aim toprovide"freedom"to userslike Second Lifecan devolve into dens of villainy, sin, and exaggerated digital genitalia, but soon, the U.S. Congress will know as well. An appropriations bill passed by Congress in March called for the Federal Trade Commission to "submit a report to the House and Senat
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Nintendo's marketing for their iconic boxing game remake Punch-Out!! actually brings the funny with this trailer profiling series protagonist Little Mac.Punch-Out!! is out May 18 on the Nintendo Wii.
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Final FantasyVII:Advent Children Complete has been all over the wire for some time now. However, here's the first chance to catch the English-version of the trailer. Does it hold up? Or does it fall to the wayside of all the other english dubbing attempts at anything from the Land of the Rising Sun.Get your hands on the ACC for Blu-ray June 2 with the bonus
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Git out yer ol' bottle a moonshine and git to pickin' and'a strummin', son: Rock Band is going country! Harmonix and MTV are rolling out a brand new, standalone country musictrack pack for the PS3, 360, Wii and PS2.Artists include The Dixie Chicks, Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, Brooks and Dunn and even the great Kenny Rogers. The country pack comes out on July
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The announcement of an impending JerryBruckheimer, MTV video game company dates back to 2007, but today we finally have a few details about what the development house is up to. Like all Bruckheimer productions, the announcement is big -- the Hollywood veteran has tapped Jim Veevaert, the lead exec behind Microsoft's "Halo" franchise, as the preside
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Wow, check out this DIY guitar hero robot that pretty much beats most humans.I’ve made some progress on my “Guitar Hero Robot” mod.  I dissected a used “Guitar Hero” guitar and wired its inputs to the nifty Arduino Duemilanove . Now the sensor input feeds the notes back into the X-Box.via makeDownload latest version of [...]
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Videogame box art is probably one of the most underappreciated aspects of the entire gaming experience. For as much as we’d hope not to just a game by its box cover, sometimes we just can’t help it, especially if it’s a game we aren’t that familiar with. The box art’s job is to get the customer to pick up the game so that they t
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Composer Bear McCreary is profiled in this interview detailing his career in scoring sci-fi TV shows like Battlestar Galactica and the differences of composing for video games like Capcom's action game Dark Void.McCreary states that his musical signature is the Accordion, check the video to see why and his open-invite to anyone who needs a "90 minute 8-
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Silent Hill, the movie, just never achieved the levels of creepy horror that the best of the Silent Hill games enjoyed, but that doesn't mean the sequel won't, especially if internet reports that Silent Hill 2 will be directed by Roger Avary turn out to be true. The source of the info: Novelist Brett Easton Ellis.When asked by interviewer at Chuck Palahniuk'
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E3 is coming up fast, and this year they'rebringing back the booth babe, much to our tremendous joy. G4 is also getting into the act,castinga truly bodacious babe to beautify our broadcast bungalow.So, we've rounded up some very, very sexy young females, and, since we know you'll love helping us choose, we're allowing you to vote for your favorite hotties.Go
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To make good on their expected release date of June 2, EAhas confirmed the gold status (indicating complete readiness for manufacturing in the gaming industry for you non-believers) of TheSims 3, the third installment of the ridiculously populuar life simulation series.Set to launch on the PCand Mac, retailers will have a $49.99 standard edition with the obl
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Eidos Interactive fires a final volley of media prior to tomorrow's launch of their action/simulation hybrid Battlestations:Pacific. With demos out on both the PCand 360 platforms, those of you who've hand a crack at a hands-on feel free to leave some comments below.Battlestations:Pacific Launch Trailer Watch Larger Version | Watch HD VersionBattlestatio
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According to Sony CEO and chairman Sir Howard Stringer, the company's PlayStation Network will soon be expanding to other devices."Sony has begun the transition from a closed system to an open one," Stringer toldNikkei Electronics Asia. "Next we will be expanding the PlayStation Network to hardware other than the PS3, because the number of PS3
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