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Jan
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[Editor’s note: CaffeinePowered loves himself the MMOFPS genre. I have to admit that I never knew about this genre until I heard about Huxley. If you’ve ever been curious about it like me, then reading up on CaffeinePowered’s posts will give you a better understanding of it all. And yes, long post is long … […]
Jan
5
9/11 game whips up a storm: Because y’know, that wasn’t likely to happen
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A French Web site released a game on the Internet called New York Defender several years ago, a so-called satirical game in which you get a chance to "fight back" by shooting at a multitude of planes before they hit the Twin Towers. While shocking online games are nothing new and this one in particular […]
Jan
5
Over at our newly launched sister blog IndieGames.com: The Weblog, Tim W. has been exploring the world of independent gaming in a far more efficient form than we do, and the discussion on Cactus’ new freeware title Psychosomnium is well worth checking.
Of course, you might know Cactus from IGF finalist shooter Clean Asia!, […]
Jan
5
Dynasty Warriors 6 English trailer: Less moonspeak, more pure, distilled awesome
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Thanks to my main men over at Koei Warriors, I am delighted to bring you an English trailer for the biggest cultural event since Dio’s Holy Diver, Dynasty Warriors 6. It might be kind of like all the others, but this time there are a few cutscene clips thrown in with Sima Yi being a […]
Jan
5
It feels like this game has been in development since the dawn of time, and in all those years has seen the most dramatic overhaul since Jenna Jameson went from attractive to Skeletor’s less sexy sister, but the release of Digital Extreme’s Dark Sector is fast approaching. The buzz about this game from those who […]
Jan
5
BioWare: Eh, we could make Mass Effect for PS3 if we WANTED to
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What is it about popular exclusive titles and rumors that they’ll soon be appearing on other systems? Besides the usual "BioShock on PS3" chatter and the "MGS on Xbox 360" warbling, now Mass Effect is the latest in line to be lashed by wagging tongues thanks to analyst Michael Pachter.
BioWare has quickly nipped the Mass […]
Jan
5
Weekend Destructainment: Super Genocide Piranha Man edition
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I can’t wait for Kings of Power 4 Billion% so I’m digitally stalking Paul Robertson. Over on the Mecha Fetus Visual Blog where Paul contributes, Persona made this short little animation based on the Mega Man universe. It ends abruptly, but for the first minute or so, it’s pretty awesome.
The Destructainment gets started with Conan […]
Jan
5
GameSpot freelancer quits over Gerstmann debacle
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When Jeff Gerstmann was alledgedly fired from GameSpot for writing a damning review of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, the predictable happened: The Internet gaming community was in uproar for all of a few days and then promptly forgot about it, because online gamers have the attention spans of jack russell puppies. Fortunately, however, one […]
Jan
5
Even though it was a bit of a quiet week, what with New Year’s Eve/Day and all, big sister site Gamasutra has kicked back into high gear after the break, and there were a number of original features/Q&As posted that might be of interest to y’all.
In particularly, check out the Q&As with Dimps and […]
Jan
5
Rumortoid: Is an Xbox 720 in the works and could it have such a stupid name?
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Via the latest issue of EGM, there’s a rumor flying around the Internet that Microsoft is already working on a videogame for the next generation of the Xbox. No, not the trendy and imbecilic "next gen" that people still think refers to our current consoles, but an actual heir to the Xbox 360.
The word on […]