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Based on the concepts of the highly-acclaimed animator, Anthony Flack, Cletus Clay is a kick-butt looking game with more foot-to-nuts mayhem than Midway's Blitz series. Of course, how could you expect any less playing a pitchfork wielding hick and his bearded, butt-kicking brother? ... read more |
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Ubisoft has been part of a firestorm of gaming news, as of late. Heck, they even trumped the likes of the spotlight-hog, Electronic Arts, for this week. Ubisoft has just announced that Far Cry 2 owners will have a special treat in the Fortune Pack, which will be available for the game through the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network Store. ... read more |
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For those not in the game-development loop, when a game goes gold it means that the developers are done working on it and prepping it to ship. Now let's just hope that the final game is free of enough glitches to get an honorable review score. ... read more |
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Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR) recently performed a study on "price protection," a term used to describe publishers lowering the wholesale cost of a game because the game is underperforming and retailers want to get rid of it. They found that Wii games, by a big margin, were subjected to price protection more often than PS3 and 360 games. ... read more |
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Ubisoft has decided to further blur the differences between their games' sword-wielding, high-jumping, Middle Eastern-ish protagonists by allowing you to play as Altair in the upcoming Prince of Persia game. It won't cost you any money but it will take a little effort. ... read more |
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The open world structure of Far Cry 2 got a lot of hype but an equally compelling feature - the easy-to-use map editor - hasn't gotten nearly enough attention. It lets you create your own multiplayer maps but, more importantly, it lets you play dominos - the explosive kind. ... read more |
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Reviewing Call of Duty: World At War feels like a lot of reviewing the latest Madden game: one has to evaluate the game as a unique product when it's really an updated version of a game that came out the year before. WaW, because it stands on the shoulders of Call of Duty 4, ends up better on paper because it adds a few new features. But does that mean it's actually a better game? ... read more |
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Trophies, Playstation 3's answer to Xbox 360's Achievements, have faced one major problem since their inception earlier this year: developers keep neglecting to include the damn things in their games. Fear not, PS3 owners - next year, none of your virtual achievements will go unrecorded. ... read more |
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Final Fantasy creator Square Enix recently announced they're opening a new studio in Los Angeles. While we all hoped they'd promptly start churning out Unreal Engine 3-driven space marine shooters, they have a different focus: digital games ... read more |
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It's not often that game engine technology receives any sort of spotlight in the general plateau of video game news. Nevertheless, without game engines all the games you call your favorites wouldn't be possible. Anyway, DEVCell, a middleware company working on next-gen software technology, has recently released a new demo to show off the specs of the StemCell Engine. ... read more |
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GPotato is currently undergoing an open-beta of the upcoming MMO game, Street Gears. The game is very much like the beloved, and niche-favorite racer by Sega, Jet Set Radio Future. And being that we here at Blend Games only like to bring you good news, you will be happy to know that the game is free-to-play. ... read more |
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Codemasters has confirmed that off-road racer Colin McRae: DiRT 2 is currently in development. The game is set to arrive on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 sometime in 2009. ... read more |
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BioWare has added a new FAQ to the official Dragon Age website which lists a lot of the information that's already been revealed. There is one new bit of information, though: it confirms that the game will be coming to consoles by the end of next year. ... read more |
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The Hardy Boys have finally solved the GTA IV DLC Release Date Mystery. Unfortunately, yes, it's coming in 2009. The new content will be dubbed Lost and Damned and is due on February 17th. ... read more |
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Last February, a film production company owning the rights to the Dawn of the Dead film, filed a lawsuit against Capcom alleging that their game Dead Rising was an unauthorized remake of the film. Capcom has finally won the lawsuit, though it took a lot longer than common sense would've dictated. ... read more |
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