Being a giant, beloved video game site has its downsides. For example, we sometimes neglect to give independent developers our coverage love (or loverage, if you will) as we get caught up in AAA, AAAA or the rare quintuple-A titles

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EA announced this morning that customers will receive a download code for NBA Jam on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 with every new copy of its upcoming (and far more serious) basketball game, NBA Elite 11 . To some of you, it may be best to think of it as a free NBA Elite 11 with every NBA Jam

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If you didn’t know, we’ve got a pizza slice-shaped hole in our hearts ready to be filled by Mafia 2 ‘s mafioso charms. The latest trailer, revealed “exclusively” on the latest episode of GameTrailers TV, only helps a little to abate our excitement for the game’s impending release. Continue reading Mafia 2 kicking in heads with latest trailer Mafia 2 kicking in heads with latest trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:30:00 EST

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It seems that, at least for the moment, the temperature has cooled to something below its “melt everything” setting and we can finally — finally! — have ourselves a Summah ! What’s that? You’re scared to have a Summah? Don’t be crazy! Let the yucks linked below warm you up before getting out of that recycled air and to the boardwalk.

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Everyone and their mothers might be plugging away at StarCraft 2 all weekend, but we’ve got another grip of space marines for you to catch up with: the ODSTs .

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Are you one of the three PC strategy game enthusiasts who refrained from picking up StarCraft 2 earlier this week due to a lack of cash-on-hand? EA’s offering a way to console yourself with some retail therapy: It’s reduced the price of a handful of Command and Conquer titles on its online store .

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If we were to place a single bet on what we thought Square Enix’s recently filed European trademark for ” Gun Loco ” would end up being, we’d almost certainly be proven wrong within a few months. Instead, we’ve got three hypotheses, which we’ve ranked below in order of likelihood. Now all our bases should totally be covered

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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 a faction leader and major city from the MMO on both sides — is a bit beyond our understanding. According to G4 , these three coins were on sale at Comic-Con for $69.99, though their real-life spendability is negligible at best

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“Well, you found me. Congratulations. Was it worth it?

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Analysts were generally unimpressed with the $150 price tag put on the Kinect hardware — the consensus has been that Microsoft set the price too high and sales will suffer as a result. But Microsoft group marketing manager Brett Siddons disagrees. Speaking at an Amazon event in the UK, he said that once you “do the maths,” Kinect is “very competitively priced.” His argument is that $150 gets you support for two players (six non-active players) and the full Kinect Adventures game, with no other accessories needed

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