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Apr
18
Midway Gamers’ Day: Blitz: The League II and casual games Web site announced
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During an opening presentation at this year’s Midway Gamers’ Day, interim President and CEO Matt Booty talked a bit about the company’s future with new intellectual properties, as well as announcing sequels to existing titles.
Booty outlined plans for getting Midway back on the path of profitability, detailing the company’s core strategy in investing, over the […]
Apr
18
Midway Gamers’ Day: Midway announces Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
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Yesterday at a Gamers’ Day event that took place in Las Vegas’ remote Red Rock Caniso, Resort, and Spa, Midway’s Ed Boon finally pulled the covers off of the next chapter in the Mortal Kombat series.
Called Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, the Unreal Engine 3.0 powered title pits characters from Midway’s videogame universe against DC […]
Apr
18
They say that life is like a roller coaster. One week you’re way up high, basking in the glory of some awesome games, and the next, you’re way down in the doldrums dealing with the ho-hum of mediocrity.
Mega Turrican on the Genesis is a lot like Super Turrican on the Super Nintendo. In fact, […]
Apr
18
Kojima expresses disappointment in Metal Gear Solid 4
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In an odd showing of brutal honesty within the gaming industry, Kojima recently told UK’s Edge magazine that he is not 100 percent pleased with the way Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots came out, pointing at some of the PS3’s capabilities as a part of the problem. From the interview:
"Game-wise, it’s pretty […]
Apr
18
Mysterious 360 system update explained, plus Xbox Live to be offline this Monday
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For those of you hoping that today’s mandatory Xbox 360 system update brings new features, I’m sorry to disappoint. In all actuality, the patch is merely just another one of those "behind-the-scenes" sort of things that’ll improve Xbox Live’s scalability.
In similar news, Xbox Live will be down from 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. PDT on […]
Apr
18
[Save the Robot is a biweekly column from Chris Dahlen crafted specially for GameSetWatch, dealing with gaming as pop culture and cult media.]
In the gaming press, everybody’s looking for new games: this week’s big hit, next quarter’s big buzzmaker, the most hyped, the most indie, the longest-awaited sequels and the most likely flops. We’re […]
Apr
18
If you only download one free shmup this year, make it Clean Asia!.
Granted, it’s a pretty good thing that you don’t have to download just one shmup (were this the case, future Indie Nation articles might be horrendously disappointing), but even if you did I’d be tempted to say that cactus’s Clean Asia! would still […]
Apr
18
Speculation: Diablo 3 fan site has a countdown
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Speculation, rumor and more speculation: welcome, you’ve arrived at the internet. There are several great mythical beasts here in the gaming sector, and throned right next to the next gen remake of Final Fantasy VII is the announcement of Diablo 3, which would surely set hundreds of thousands of fanboys furiously masturbating in unison. I […]
Apr
18
New screens and first footage of NaturalMotion’s Backbreaker
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For those of you who are sick of the Madden monopoly on football games, here’s something that may pique your interest. Backbreaker is a football videogame under development by NaturalMotion. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because they’re the creators of Euphoria. It’s the “next-gen” physics engine that does away with canned animations in favor […]
Apr
18
Mass Effect DLC free on PC? I feel an uproar coming on
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With all the fuss lately over DLC in games like Battlefield: Bad Company and Final Fantasy: My Life as a King, I kind of find myself hoping that the topic kind of falls off the radar for a week or two, at least giving people long enough to simmer down, now. Not the case, I’m […]