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The real robot revolution led by Yoshiyuki Tomino […]
Aug
7
Xbox 360 gets a price drop in Canada: we traded Celine Dion for it
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After sending countless packages containing poutine, moose meat, and Tragically Hip CDs, the good people at Microsoft have finally decided to drop the prices on their Xbox 360 consoles in Canada. Sure, they didn’t drop them to the same prices as the US market like Sony did with their PS3 consoles, but $100 is nothing […]
Aug
7
Game Debate to the Death!Last Round: Ryu VS Chun-Li
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Last week was a hairy debate of man versus woman. Some argued that the Russian’s ripped chest and limbs would rip any female fighter apart, while others claimed that Chun-Li was so skilled that even Capcom had to tame her moves down as the fighting series progressed. Despite great arguments from both sides of the […]
Aug
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Camy International LOVES the Wii. In fact, they love it so much, that they have decided to create an “Ultimate Hero Pack” so that you can “Unleash Your Hero.” Stick in that Wii Remote and Nunchuck into the perfectly crafted Zelda props, (Hyrule Shield & Sword,) and stand back, so you can put forth […]
Aug
7
Fourteen days free World Of Warcraft with new South Park box set
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In an unexpected bit of cross-marketing, the South Park season ten box set will ship with a free 14-day trial of MMO goliath World Of Warcraft.
All said, it’s a very clever move on the part of Blizzard. Said run of the cartoon includes the now legendary, Emmy-nominated WoW-themed episode Make Love, Not Warcraft, which is […]
Aug
7
Ex-Volition team members form Blazing Lizard, working on downloadable title
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After throwing darts a series of random words on a cork board, three former members of Volition have started up a new studio, Blazing Lizard. The core members of the team (including Sandeep Shekar, Jiovanie Velazquez, and token white guy, Christopher Stockman) have worked on previous high-profile Volition titles like Saint’s Row and The Punisher.
The […]
Aug
7
The Controller: Armchair Combat Professionals
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Unlike the Minesweeper video from yesterday, The Controller is in fact a real movie … a fact I’m still having a hard time believing. The movie follows William Fence, a CEO and Founder of Ciromsoft. He’s become so successful in his career, his life has become very boring. That all changes though when his wife […]
Aug
7
Game (not) over, Yeah! New Sega Rally video and screens
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It seems like news of the newest version of SEGA’s off-road racer, SEGA Rally, has been almost completely missing our radar. We’re not sure if it’s because there’s not much news to report, or that SEGA is keeping the goodies under their hat, but we were glad to see this new content today.
GameTrailers has posted […]
Aug
7
Creator of PaRappa The Rapper launches new music game on iPod
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With music-based games currently enjoying a massive profile thanks to the likes of Guitar Hero and Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan/Elite Beat Agents, you might have expected father of the genre and creator of PaRappa The Rapper and Vib-Ribbon Masaya Matsuura to hit one of the big next gen machines with his latest project. What you might […]
Aug
7
360 Cuts and Runs
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Although everyone knew it would happen sooner or later, Microsoft has officially announced price cuts for their Xbox 360 consoles today.
The price cuts, which go into effect August 8th, are $50 dollars for the Premium making it $349, $20 for the Core (if you can find one) for a price of $279, and $30 for […]