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Rift Review-in-Progress
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Level Discontinuity
By Evan Hoovler | Humor | Mar 11, 2011 5:15 PM | CommentFrequently, game designers have "really cool" ideas for levels that don't fit the plot of a particular game. Sometimes, their solution is to throw these levels in anyway, and hope no one notices. But, much the same as I'd noticed a clump of hair on a pizza, I noticed these ones. Read More »
Long Ago, In a Galaxy Far, Far Away... Star Wars: The Old Republic Story Trailer
By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 11, 2011 12:06 PM | CommentBioWare is at PAX East in Boston this weekend, giving gamers plenty of hands-on time with Star Wars: The Old Republic. If you're not in the Hub and you're anxious for news on the upcoming MMORPG, we've got a sizable bone to throw you: the Star Wars: The Old Republic story trailer. Read More »
PAX East Presses Start In Boston Today
By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 11, 2011 6:42 AM | CommentMike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, a.k.a. Gabe and Tycho, are throwing open the doors to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center today to welcome thousands of gamers to the East Coast version of the Penny Arcade Expo, PAX East. GameSpy will be on the ground throughout the weekend, and we've got a rundown of the games and events we're most looking forward to. Read More »
Call of Duty: Black Ops is Now the Best-Selling Video Game of All Time
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 11, 2011 6:05 AM | CommentNews flash: there are an ass-load of people playing Black Ops. Okay, that's not exactly news. What is worth reporting is Call of Duty: Black Ops' newly minted status as the best-selling video game of all time. Read More »
Xbox 360 and Call of Duty: Black Ops Continue to Dominate in the NPD February Sales Report
By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 11, 2011 5:35 AM | CommentFebruary proved to be a bounce-back month for the video game industry at retail, as sales of new hardware, software, and accessories increased a healthy 3% compared to the same month last year, according to the NPD Group's monthly sales tally. Read More »
The GameSpy Debriefings #156
By GameSpy Staff | The GameSpy Debriefings | Mar 10, 2011 5:06 PM | CommentFirst off: Apologies for the endless loops, podcast crossfire, and other assorted technical difficulties that plagued last week's episode. Second, it's time to welcome the mayor of Snob Hill... and bid farewell to everyone we're about to alienate in this episode. And probably talk about games. Maybe. Read More »
Dutch Civil Court Set to Decide the Fate of Seized PlayStation 3 Shipments Today [UPDATE!]
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 10, 2011 8:29 AM | CommentLG received a power-up in its boss battle against Sony, winning a preliminary court order in a bitter patent infringement dispute that enabled it to seize PlayStation 3 shipments across the Netherlands and hold them for 10 days. Those 10 days are up today, and at an emergency meeting in the civil court of justice in the Hague, the fate of those tens of thousands of consoles could be decided. Read More »
Help Optimize Xbox Live's Network with Voluntary Testing Program, Live Labs
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 10, 2011 8:00 AM | CommentMicrosoft is looking to enhance Xbox Live, and it wants your help to do it. Director of Programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb announced Xbox Live Labs this morning, a voluntary program designed to perform network tests on your Xbox 360 and improve the online gaming service. Read More »
Insomniac Games Says It Found the Resistance 3 Multiplayer Sweet Spot with 8 v 8 Action
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 10, 2011 7:00 AM | CommentInsomniac Games is making the multiplayer mode in Resistance 3 a more intimate experience, cutting the number of players from a max of 60 to 16. Why the overhaul? Creative Director Marcus Smith explains while providing our first look at the Resistance 3 MP. Read More »
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II -- Retribution Review
By Eric Neigher | PC Reviews | Mar 9, 2011 5:00 PM | CommentEven the biggest fans of the original Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will admit it: The game was too hard. Bosses were unforgiving to the point of frustration, and the punishment for dying or missing an objective reminded one of the auto-da-fe. Thankfully, the designers at Relic Entertainment have heard the pleas of all us sinners, and have loosened up their latest standalone expansion, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II -- Retribution. This time around, your units are more survivable, the odds are fairer, and those gnarly bosses go down just a bit easier. Read More »
Toy Soldiers Gets Cold War Sequel
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 9, 2011 2:14 PM | CommentSignal Studios is digging into its toy chest for a sequel to one of Xbox Live's most popular digital games. Toy Soldiers: Cold War is set to bring '80s action figures to life, and the game will make its first appearance at PAX East in Boston this weekend. Read More »
To the PlayStation 3 Cloud! Sony Announces Online Game Save Storage for PS Plus Subscribers
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 9, 2011 11:34 AM | CommentPlayStation Plus subscribers will soon have the option to take their game saves to the cloud. Sony announced that its upcoming PS3 system software update includes PSN's new online save service, allowing gamers to store up to 150MB of game data on Sony servers. Read More »
Spill It! L.A. Noire Gameplay Series Part 2: Investigation and Interrogation
By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 9, 2011 10:22 AM | CommentJust the facts (ma'am). That's what you'll be seeking as officer Cole Phelps in developer Team Bondi's upcoming crime thriller. And in the latest gameplay series video from Rockstar Games, the publisher details how you'll go about acquiring those facts through investigation and interrogation in L.A. Noire. Read More »
The Human Revolution Begins in August
By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 9, 2011 7:44 AM | CommentThe countdown to Deus Ex: Human Revolution is officially on. Publisher Square Enix announced today that the long-in-development sci-fi shooter will be released on August 23 in North America and August 26 in Europe. Read More »
See the Upgraded Unreal Engine 3 at Work in Epic Games' Take on Blade Runner
By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 9, 2011 7:15 AM | CommentEpic Games unveiled its enhanced Unreal Engine 3 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week, providing devs with an inside look at the latest version of one of the industry's most popular resources. Today, Epic is ready to show everyone else what Unreal Engine 3 is now capable of, releasing the engine's demo trailer to the world. Read More »
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