- Friday, July 30, 2010, 4:00
- Joystiq
We can easily wrap our minds around the hobby of coin collection -- after all, coins are pretty awesome, and at the end of the day, you're really just spending money on money, making it a relatively low-cost endeavor. However, DC Direct's recently pressed World of Warcraft -themed currency -- which comes in a set of one bronze, silver and gold coin, each featuring ...
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- Thursday, July 29, 2010, 20:20
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Lordy! Another Worms game already? That seems to be the case, as UK dev house Team17 just revealed a solid release date for Worms Reloaded -- August 26 -- and even handed over a rather wormey trailer, found just after the break. Gallery: Worms Reloaded Continue reading Worms Reloaded tunneling 'exclusively' to PC on August 26 Worms Reloaded tunneling 'exclusively' to PC on August ...
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- Thursday, July 29, 2010, 7:00
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"Well, you found me. Congratulations. Was it worth it?
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- Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 12:30
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We've seen reports from a number of day-one strategists who've already sunk a few hours into the single-player campaign of StarCraft 2 , all hinting at the existence of an in-game homage to one of Blizzard's earlier franchises: The Lost Vikings .
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- Sunday, July 25, 2010, 20:00
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We're not sure who was responsible for controlling the Fable 3 Comic-Con show floor demo shown in the video below , but whoever it was should be ashamed . Not because of all the peasant murder, mind you -- we've all done that -- but for executing the most aggressive flatulence attack we've ever seen . Continue reading Fable 3 gameplay footage from Comic-Con ...
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- Saturday, July 24, 2010, 23:00
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Last month , THQ reported some not-so-awesome sales figures for its second annual entry into the UFC Undisputed franchise -- to the tune of an almost 50 percent decline from sales for last year's first stab at game-ifying the sport. In a recent discussion with the print version of MCV ( via CVG ), Jon Rooke, the company's UK marketing director, provided one possible ...
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- Thursday, July 22, 2010, 17:20
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Ars Technica is reporting that Microsoft is on the verge of announcing a Halo: Reach Xbox 360 hardware bundle. The $399.99 package will contain a silver version of the new Xbox 360 S (equipped with a 250GB hard drive), a copy of the game (of course!) and two wireless controllers.
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- Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 6:00
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A group of six Dutch gamers played Red Dead Redemption for 50 hours straight over the weekend , garnering them recognition from the Guinness Book of World Records. The event took place at a Dixons store in the Netherlands, where six players started out as competitors , but eventually decided to keep playing and get the world record together.
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- Sunday, July 18, 2010, 16:30
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The list of folks waiting to get into OnLive 's game streaming / insanity portal may be long, but through its partnership with AT&T, the company has just extended its free first year offer through Labor Day (September 6).
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- Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 9:00
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It's our sincere hope that if the Super Mario Bros. ever actually did show up in our world, they wouldn't look anything like Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo -- instead, we'd really prefer they look something like what you see above: Two papercraft statues put together by DeviantArt-ist TouchFuzzyGetDizzy
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