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Aug
27
Crysis Demo Next Month
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This morning, Electronic Arts revealed plans to release the single player demo for the much anticipated PC shooter, Crysis, on September 25th. The demo is reported to include the entire first level of the “epic single player campaign,” stated an EA press release. The demo will also feature a “huge” surprise from Crytek, but it […]
Aug
27
Over at new PC uber-blog Rock Paper Shotgun, there’s an excellent new Kieron Gillen article called ‘ErotiSim: Sex and The Sims’, which starts with, well, a call to Gillen “…from a freelancer from help-the-homeless-help-themselves magazine The Big Issue, which wanted to run a feature on The Sims’ runaway success. He was, essentially, looking for […]
Aug
27
With Slash already already announced as a "boss" character (sweet!), and Rock of Love’s Bret Michaels already slated to appear sans strippers (bummer!), Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock looks like it’s attempting to deliver a star-studded rock n’ roll experience.
Well, it appears you can add Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave guitar Tom Morello to the […]
Aug
27
RetroforceGO!: Episode 13: PAX 2007: Unpleasant Burrito Experiences
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Aaaaaaaaaaaand welcome, to another hastily written post. The reason for my lack of time, this time, is the fact that last weekend was PAX. Not one to be outdone by silly things like work or poverty, I decided that there was no way Dyson was going to miss this event.
So last Friday at midnight, after […]
Aug
27
Lost Planet gets extensive network update this Thursday
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Capcom continues to surprise with their continuing Lost Planet support, this time in the form of an Xbox 360 network update. The goal of the update is to optimize the online gameplay experience, which is apparently an issue for those who still actually play Lost Planet online (I know it happens quite often, but … […]
Aug
27
Leipzig GC 2007: The rumors are true! Heavens be praised! New Dreamcast games!
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When I first met up with Lukas "3r0t1c n3rd" Cerin - a sterling chap in case you don’t know him, and a thoroughly dedicated member of the Dtoid army - on Wednesday night, he told me of a story he’d heard that there were going to be new Dreamcast games at the GC. I found […]
Aug
27
Destructoid invades Toronto, Canada for Microsoft’s X07
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Europe may be missing out on the Microsoft love this year, but Canada is set for a full ’round-the-world package this Tuesday, August 28th, when X07 hits the city of Toronto with full force.
Previously, word had hit the gaming industry that Microsoft’s yearly X07 event had been cancelled in Europe, but somehow the remaining Canadian […]
Aug
27
Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground soundtrack revealed, Beastie Boy’s MCA playable
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Say what you will about the aging Tony Hawk skating franchise, but it’s hard to deny Neversoft’s nack for culling an eclectic, solid soundtrack for the games. Today, Neversoft has revealed the soundtrack for the upcoming Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, which will contain 50 songs that span across a number of genres including hip-hop, punk, […]
Aug
27
Video games could be used to treat children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers believe.
Scientists at the University of Sydney are asking parents of children who have ADHD - and those who don’t - to help with a study of how specially engineered games may help to
Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (simonc) and software […]
Aug
27
Does Metroid Prime 3 hint at a new Metroid game’s existence?
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For the last couple of years I have been not so secretly obsessed with a little game called Metroid Dread. The mysterious, unconfirmed Metroid game was rumored to be a brand new 2D adventure for the Nintendo DS in the vein of last week’s BEST WEEK EVER Virtual Console release Super Metroid.
Sadly, though, not only […]