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Shack PSA: Free Love This Weekend
02.09.2010 10:17
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Love, the impressive procedurally-generated MMO of construction and combat created by the wonderful Eskil Steenberg, will be free to play this weekend, Joystiq reports. While Love usually costs around $13 (€10) per month--please, no jokes--it'll be free to play from around 1am Eastern on Friday until 7am Eastern on Monday. The free client will be released via the official Love site when the trial period kicks off. Described by Eskil ...
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Medal of Honor Campaign Footage Features Three-Minutes of Helicopter Anarchy
02.09.2010 10:17
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The latest gameplay footage for EA's upcoming military-shooter Medal of Honor features three minutes of high-flying action. [video]21152[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream. In the footage--pulled directly from the single-player campaign--developer Danger Close showcases a mission that is heavy on both explosive gunfire and destructible environments. Also, the footage features some chatty soldiers. Sorry, folks. Can't talk right now. Too busy tearing the world a new one.
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Apple's 'Game Center' App Launching Next Week, New iPod Touch Models Inbound
02.09.2010 08:25
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Apple announced the impending arrival of its social Game Center App at its corporate Keynote presentation today. The App was first announced back in April of this year. Not to be confused with GameFly's own GameCenter App, Apple's Game Center will be available next week for most Apple devices in conjunction with the iOS 4.1 roll-out, but won't be ready for the iPad until the release of iOS 4.2 in November. According to Apple's Steve Jobs, the gaming application is multiplayer-focused, including matchmaking and leaderboards across multiple games, in addition to the expected ability to play with friends. (via Joystiq) In the same keynote, Jobs revealed a new iPod Touch device with features pulled directly from the recent iPhone upgrade. The new Touch sports a...
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God of War: Ghost of Sparta Demo Coming Exclusively to PlayStation Plus Subscribers Next Week
02.09.2010 08:25
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For those of your paying for Sony's premium PlayStation service, we have some words of advice: "Sharpen your blades." The PlayStation Blog has revealed that, on Tuesday, September 7, a demo for Kratos' second PSP adventure will be released exclusively for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Developed by Ready at Dawn Studios, God of War: Ghost of Sparta takes place between the first and second console titles in the blood-soaked franchise and attempts to answer lingering questions you might have. Q...
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Naval RTS-Tower Defense Hybrid 'OilRush' Announced
02.09.2010 08:25
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Video game engine creator Unigine Corp. has announced a foray into game development with OilRush, a naval hyrid of real-time strategy and tower defense genres. OilRush is set in a post-apocalyptic flooded world where oil is scarce and precious, meaning that naturally you'll roll out well-oiled mechanical armed forces to seize it all for yourself. Unigine explains players will "control construction and upgrading of production platforms as well as their defence forces, and send battle groups of naval and air units to capture enemy's platforms and oil rigs." LAN and online multiplayer be on offer, as will a mod SDK. The downloada...
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LucasArts Hit With Layoffs, The Force Unleashed 2 Team Rumoured to be Among Targets
02.09.2010 06:22
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LucasArts has confirmed laying off an unspecified number of staff, Kotaku reports. Rumours say that the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 team is among those cut. "LucasArts is reorganizing its teams to better address the needs of the internal studio. Unfortunately, this means adjusting staffing," the company explained in a statement. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, whose team is rumoured to have been cut back. LucasArts has not confirmed cuts at any specific teams nor given ...
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Morning Discussion
02.09.2010 06:21
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Every year or two, my interest in playing video games wanes and I find myself looking elsewhere for entertainment. Right now, I'm slipping into one of those periods. While I have a stack of new games I'm pretty certain I'll enjoy, after a day of reading and writing about video games I'm turning to books and magazines or heading out to see a film. The way the cycle usually works is that my passion is re-ignited by a game with really solid mechanics or a multiplayer mode worth getting properly stuck into but for now, I'm drifting away a little. I think this is good, though. After some time spent deep in other mediums and doing other things, I come back reminded of what makes video games so unique and promising to me. Perhaps I'll say more on that when I have time to spare.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Gets Currency, Wagers, Bots, and More
02.09.2010 04:25
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At last night's Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Reveal event, it became clear that developer Treyarch is putting a lot into the next online Call of Duty. Players will now unlock guns, grenades, equipment, attachments, killstreaks, and everything else through in-game currency, which is earned through playing the game. You will still level-up through experience points, which may unlock the privilege of purchasing some new guns, but everything will be purchased. This means that players can unlock the weapons they want without having to grind through guns that they'll never use. I'm told that this currency is entirely in-game and will not be sold through microtransactions, which is something I immediately expected when the system was introduced. Since it is tied to the game's progression system so closely, it will not be something to buy with real money. Ther...
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