Dante's Inferno Is Making Me Angry

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Valve Gives Details On Left4Dead 2 Scavenge Mode

by Brian Bentley [ Friday, 9th of October 2009 - 06:28 PM ]

Yesterday Valve announced a new mode for Left4Dead 2: Scavenge Mode. Scavenge Mode is a competitive mode where the Survivors must fill a generator with cans of fuel while a clock ticks away to the end of the round. Each can of fuel added is one point and added time to the clock, with only the Infected in your path. Much like Versus mode, the opposing team takes the roles of the special/boss Infected in order to stop the Survivors from scoring by any means necessary. When the clock runs out, switch sides and repeat; the highest scoring team wins. Read More...

Tags: L4D2, Valve, PC, XBox 360, Left4Dead 2,

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Review: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

by Ben Brody [ Friday, 9th of October 2009 - 02:47 PM ]

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (titled sequel to the original Operation Flashpoint from 2001, the developer, Bohemia Interactive, preferred ArmA to be the original's sequel. Dragon Rising was developed not by Bohemia Interactive, but in house by Codemasters) positions itself not so much as an action FPS but moreso as a realistic battle simulation. If you would rather have something that's more run-and-gun, one man army, headshots left and right, nade spamming, knife stabbing free for all than maybe you should stick to Battlefield: Bad Company or Call of Duty 4. But if you want something realistic that requires tact and deft to win, then OF:DR is your game. Read More...

Tags: Operation Flashpoint, Dragon Rising, Codemasters, Review, PS3, PC, 360,

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Beastiary Legal In Final Fantasy XIV

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Thursday, 8th of October 2009 - 10:16 PM ]

Ok pervert, I know what you thought when you first clicked in here. No, boning animals is not going to be in Final Fantasy XIV. It still got you to look in here to check out the shots of the creatures that you will be slaying in the game. So technically you will be giving them the bone, but not in the legal issue way that you may have been thinking. So there. These shots do look like Square Enix is dead serious in giving what people have come to expect from them: a visually stunning game. Read More...

Tags: FFXIV, Final Fantasy, Square Enix, MMO, PS3, PC,

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Nico + Ryu + The Force x Zombies = Platinum

by Kevin [ Thursday, 8th of October 2009 - 08:25 PM ]

That's a heck of a visual isn't it? GTA IV, Street Fighter IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleased, Left 4 Dead, and Saints Row 2 are the latest candidates for the Platinum Hits treatment. A nice line-up to be certain and a great opportunity to jump aboard and experience these titles if you haven't done so already. It seems like the titles were chosen pretty strategically because with several of the games you have either had a) new content announced and coming soon, b) new content released, or c) sequels approaching. In celebration of these latest additions to the Platinum Hits Collection line-up, some retailers are offering a “Buy 2 –Get 1 Free” promotion for XBox Platinum Hits Collection titles. Read More...

Tags: Platinum Hits, XBox, GTA IV, SF IV, Left4Dead, The Force Unleased, Saints Row 2, Gaming Deals,

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Last But Not Least, PSN Content Now On Amazon.com

by Corey Dockendorf [ Wednesday, 7th of October 2009 - 10:01 PM ]

Nintendo did it, Microsoft did it, now Sony has joined the ranks of content distributors via Amazon.com. Yes that's right, now you can head online to your friendly neighborhood Amazon.com and download anything from Sackboy costumes to full blown PSPGo Games. No longer will you suffer the oppression of sales tax, some locations not so lucky. I'm looking at you New York. I have just recently become addicted to the powers of the seductive Amazon, and have currently bought a metric-fuck-ton of books/equipment/bowling shoes, but now it looks like PSN titles and PSPGo titles will be added to my list. Read More...

Tags: PSN, Amazon, PS3, PSPgo, Videogames,

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Call of Duty Movie Gets Trademarked

by Ben Brody [ Wednesday, 7th of October 2009 - 11:26 AM ]

A Call of Duty movie?!? There's a laundry list of great games turned into horrible movies (many of them belonging to Uwe Boll) and it looks like Call of Duty may be added to that list. While it may not be for certain, a trademark filing followed by a mysterious tweet certainly make it look like it could be “in the works” at the minimum. Activision is known for trademarking far more things than necessary, however it would make sense with all the other video game movies that have been announced. The tweet is here: http://twitter. Read More...

Tags: Movie, Call Of Duty, Activision,

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Review: Dead Space Extraction

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Monday, 5th of October 2009 - 07:42 PM ]

It all started just a little under a year ago. The exploration of terror in space in a nice little title called Dead Space. A game that I reviewed as my game of the year last year. A game that I deemed brought back those feelings of the first time you cracked open Resident Evil on the PlayStation. Just like RE you were left with loads of questions and left wanting more. Now along comes Dead Space: Extraction. Dead Space: Extraction lets players roll through all the events that lead up to Isaac and crew rolling through the USG Ishimura in fear of getting back off with their lives physically and mentally stable. Read More...

Tags: Dead Space Extraction, EA, Visceral Games, Wii, Review,

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Review: Canabalt

by Kevin [ Monday, 5th of October 2009 - 05:14 PM ]

What you see below you is the scenario that Canabalt presents. You begin the game fleeing from a crumbling building and whatever has assaulted that building is following you, and all you can do is run and leap to potential safety. The counter in the upper right will tell you how far you have been able to travel in your attempted escape. The maker of the game, Adam Saltsman, made a post over at the Experimental Game Project about the original version, "I made Canabalt in 5 very long days (at least 60 hours) – 1 day at the start of the month, two days at PromJam, and then this weekend. Danny B made the music for it tonight. Read More...

Tags: Canabalt, iPhone, SemiSecret Software, Review, Mobile Gaming,

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Play Baseball In Left 4 Dead 2

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Saturday, 3rd of October 2009 - 02:14 AM ]

Yes there is a plethora of weapons available in Left 4 Dead 2. Axes, Chainsaws, and Guns oh my! But what if you just want to bludgeon zombies with a good, old reliable American baseball bat? Not many options for that. Oh wait, I take that back. There is now. If you pre-order the game before the 27th of October, you will be able to get an exclusive baseball bat weapon for the game. Not only that, but you will also get early access to the demo as well as a nice little 10% discount on the full purchase. To go even further, you don't have to go through GameStop or Best Buy for these little extras. Read More...

Tags: Left 4 Dead 2, Valve, Pre Order, PC, XBox,

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Dragon Age: Achievements

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Friday, 2nd of October 2009 - 07:53 PM ]

Pst... Hey... Achievement and Trophy whores. Look what we got here. We have the list of achievements, and somewhat the trophies, for Dragon Age: Origins A nice long list of 50 Achievements 46 Achievements with point values and what you will have to do to get them added to your Gamecard. Most of which are story based, or at least they seem that way. Well outside of the kill X number of darkspawn and bone monkey style "experienced the thrill of romance" with person X. Yep, you will be boning your way to another 40 points or 4 trophies. Read More...

Tags: Dragon Age, Achievements, BioWare, PS3, XBox, PC,

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Review: Gran Turismo (PSP)

by Ben Brody [ Friday, 2nd of October 2009 - 02:10 PM ]

Gran Turismo PSP, what was supposed to be a launch game (it kinda did in some ways with the PSPGo) in 2004 is finally out now, and available as a download for the PSPGo or a physical UMD for the rest, you alternatively could download the game for any PSP. The graphics are good, really good in fact. The detail that the cars are given is extensive seeing as the game is only about 1.2 gb; the graphics compare to a really good Dreamcast/early PS2 game and runs at a smooth and steady 60fps. The audio is just as good, however some of the sounds do get a bit repetitive. Read More...

Tags: PSP, PSPGo, Polyphony Digital, Sony, Review, Gran Turismo,

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Resident Evil Now For An Alternative Lifestyle

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Thursday, 1st of October 2009 - 10:07 PM ]

Just to now follow up with their lack of counting ability, Capcom has just let loose a teaser for Resident Evil 5.2 Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition. A game that seems to be much like what Resident Evil Director's Cut was to Resident Evil. A new version of the game with a few little extra added in. Enough extras to warrant a new edition of the game for consumers to spend their hard earned money on. But for this game, it honestly seems like it could be worth it. Read More...

Tags: Resident Evil 5, Capcom, Motion Control, PS3, XBox,

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Activision Releases More Track Lists for Band Hero

by Brian Bentley [ Thursday, 1st of October 2009 - 07:47 PM ]

There comes a time when you realize there are certain products are just not for your demographic anymore. Maybe it was when you were hitting puberty and realized that while you may still like Saturday morning cartoons, the commercials annoyed you rather than interested. Or perhaps you tried to watch The Tonight Show before Jay Leno was replaced and realized every joke was for the geriatric crowd. Reading today's press release from Activision really demonstrated to me that while I may enjoy rhythm games, Band Hero is not being marketed to me. Band Hero is the long lost love child of Guitar Hero: World Tour and High School Musical. Read More...

Tags: Band Hero, Guitar Hero, Activision, Wii, XBox 360, PS3, DS, PS2,

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OnLive Will Live

by Kevin [ Thursday, 1st of October 2009 - 04:40 PM ]

With the beta testing of this game-on-demand service launching not too long ago, it seems that OnLive has picked up even more steam and, perhaps, more ammunition against naysayers. Investors have gathered around the service and now include: AT&T Media Holdings, Lauder Partners and Maverick Capitol. These investors joined the ranks of other such partners as Warner Bros., who believe there may be a future in this. Yesterday a release from the CEO, via the official site, sounded as enthusiastic as ever: "Big news today — OnLive has closed a major round of funding with participation from AT&T Media Holdings, Inc. Read More...

Tags: OnLive, Games On Demand, Direct Download Content Delivery, Phantom,