by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2010 @ 6:15 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Guns N' Roses frontman has just filed a $20 million lawsuit against Guitar Hero publisher Activision claiming its use of the GNR song "Welcome to the Jungle" violated a deal not to include any imagery of ex-guitarist Saul Hudson (aka Slash) in the popular game.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2010 @ 5:35 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Breach is a first-person multiplayer shooter that literally blows the floor out from under conventional military shooters, introducing new kinds of destruction that haven't been seen in any other game.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2010 @ 3:43 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Starting today, and free for one week in the U.S. via redemption code while supplies last, Activision’s DJ Hero 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock have joined with Coca-Cola to bring gamers exclusive downloadable content from world-renowned talents Tiësto and My Chemical Romance.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2010 @ 2:09 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Featuring a unique skill-based advancement system and player-driven economy, as well as extensive, meaningful player-vs.-player combat, Earthrise gives you innumerable choices to forge your destiny, making your actions echo throughout the game world.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2010 @ 11:11 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Trapped Dead is a tactical real time strategy game where you and your friends control your characters in a 3rd person isometric view through a mature Zombie survival scenario inspired by the successful Horror movies of the early 80s.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2010 @ 9:18 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945 is a turn-based World War II strategy game stretching across the entire Eastern Front. Gamers can engage in an epic campaign, including division-sized battles with realistic and historical terrain, weather, orders of battle, logistics and combat results.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Hmm think I might be coming down with something. I fell asleep while watching Chuck last night and went for a short nap but didn't wake up until morning. With my erratic sleeping patterns, I hardly sleep full nights, but when I do, it usually means I'm fighting off a cold or something. I guess the silver lining is that I usually heal while sleeping. (No, I'm not really bionic.)
by Rainier on Nov. 22, 2010 @ 7:24 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In honor of the biggest shopping spree of the year, Xbox is offering sweet deals that will make this year even brighter and merrier for video game fans.
by Rainier on Nov. 22, 2010 @ 3:25 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Fallout: New Vegas, the follow-up to 2008's Game of the Year Fallout 3, brings this franchise to a location only Fallout could do justice: Vegas. Fallout: New Vegas takes all the action, humor, and post-apocalyptic grime and grit of this legendary series, and raises the stakes.
by Rainier on Nov. 22, 2010 @ 9:43 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Dance Central is the first immersive dance video game that features and tracks full-body dance moves. Completely free from any controller, every routine has authentic choreography for beginners and experts alike to master, alongside a killer soundtrack that spans today’s current pop, hip-hop and R&B artists.
by Rainier on Nov. 22, 2010 @ 1:12 a.m. PST | Filed under
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At the heart of the conflict, when men fought for every inch of land, only visionary leaders could make the choices that would lead their troops to victory. The remarkable sequence of events that inexorably led to the 'Great War' is written in our history books and pictured in our movies. Now a turn-based strategy game captures this time of war with unprecedented realism and accuracy.
by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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We didn't really get much done yesterday. We went out to brunch with some friends and varnished our patio table. Shortly thereafter, it started raining like crazy, and I'm talking about rain coming down in buckets, with some hail, thunder and lightning thrown in for good measure. Somebody was having a party up there ...
Later in the evening, we went to dinner with a friend and watched
Due Date, which was quite funny.
The plan for today? Quite simple: do some grocery shopping and watch a ton of shows on the DVR.
by Rainier on Nov. 20, 2010 @ 2:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Nail'd is truly a hellish ride. No other racing game has ever featured such differences in altitude! Only those who master daring jumps into unknown depths at ultimate top speeds stand a chance to win the challenging action races in nail'd.
by Rainier on Nov. 19, 2010 @ 2:51 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Red Orchestra 2 is a sequel to Tripwire's realism-based multiplayer WWII shooter. The game will focus on one of the most brutal battles in all of human history, the Battle of Stalingrad and the surrounding operations, both German and Russian, from July 1942 to Feb. 1943 (
thanks Blues).
by Rainier on Nov. 19, 2010 @ 1:09 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, one of the most beloved strategy RPG titles of all time, is being reborn from the ground up, with reworked visuals and effects, a re-arranged soundtrack by the original composers, new character growth mechanics and a new Wheel of Fortune system that adds even more replay value to the game.
by Rainier on Nov. 19, 2010 @ 11:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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SOE Austin has built a world where you feel like you've stepped into the DC Universe and become the ultimate super-hero (or villain) along side of Superman, Batman, or Ambush Bug.
by Rainier on Nov. 19, 2010 @ 6:11 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Breach is a first-person multiplayer shooter that literally blows the floor out from under conventional military shooters, introducing new kinds of destruction that haven't been seen in any other game.
by Rainier on Nov. 19, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Yay, the weekend again! We're going to kick it off in style with another concert. Bad Religion is in town again, so into the mosh pit we go once more.
No other plans apart from playing The Smurfs' Village on iPod, some Vindictus, Stronghold Kingdoms, and trying to stem the disturbing DVR tide, as the damn thing is filling up again at an alarming rate (70% and counting). We watched Stargate Universe and Psych, but with our bellies full of food, it didn't tale long before our eyelids became to heavy and ... lights out.
by Rainier on Nov. 18, 2010 @ 12:14 p.m. PST | Filed under
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LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game will re-create the action, adventure and memorable moments of the Pirates of the Caribbean mythology in LEGO form, incorporating the humor of LEGO minifigures and fantastic worlds built from LEGO bricks and elements for players to explore.
by Rainier on Nov. 18, 2010 @ 9:25 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original ARMA II, a new flashpoint in the Green Sea region heats up and coalition forces led by the US Army are sent to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent further civilian casualties.
by Rainier on Nov. 18, 2010 @ 5:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The Next BIG Thing revisits with class and humor the fantastic movie genre with a modern, funny adventure packed with hints and references made to popular movies and TV shows.
by Rainier on Nov. 18, 2010 @ 1:51 a.m. PST | Filed under
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BattleBlock Theater is The Behemoth's upcoming third title for the Xbox Live Arcade. Having shipwrecked on a mysterious island you find yourself both betrayed by your best friend Hatty and captured by the locals. All of this is happening while being forced into deadly performances. This however, is just the start of your problems.
by Rainier on Nov. 18, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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I don't usually rant about the gaming industry, but as a PC gamer, it is increasingly frustrating to see developers neglect the platform.
Microsoft has been vowing to reignite its commitment to the PC for many years, first with Vista as a gaming platform (laugh) and then partaking in the PC Gaming Alliance (dead much?).
Yesterday Lionhead, a Microsoft studio,
felt the need to remind people that
Fable III for the PC is still in development, as if people had forgotten (how about we get
Fable II first?).
Fable III was supposed to be a simultaneous launch on X360 and PC, but now there's no date or any news on when to expect the PC version.
When big titles like
Halo 2,
Gears of War and
Fable III don't reach the PC until months or years after their initial release, people tend to lose interest and move on. Coming from the company that ought to be on the forefront of developing and publishing on its own platform, that is incomprehensible. Executives who wonder why the PC ports don't sell any copies are out of touch with reality.
by Adam Pavlacka on Nov. 17, 2010 @ 9:39 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Step into the boots of a Spartan III, as Halo: Reach charts the story of Noble Team in their heroic stand to defend the planet Reach, its people and secrets against a ruthless assault by an alien collective known as the Covenant.
by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2010 @ 6:05 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In Lord of Arcana players are plunged into the dark depths of the underworld to fight vast and powerful creatures of legend in their quest to obtain the power of Arcana. Combat is simple yet rewarding, brutal moves can be performed simply and swiftly as you take on a huge variety of stunning and fantastical monsters.