Month: August 2009
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Shadow Complex Breaks Xbox Live Sales Records
Shadow Complex is now officially the most downloaded single-player (I guess some multi-player games must have beat it) Xbox Live game, selling 200,000 since it was released on August 19th. Which is good, Shadow Complex was an amazing game so it’s good to see other people enjoyed it, too. “Congratulations to Chair Entertainment and Epic…
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Halo 3 ODST’s Firefight
Halo 3 ODST’s version of Horde Mode, Firefight, is looking pretty interesting. I really like the random multipliers they show if in this video, it seems like it will add a lot more variety so that every time you’re playing it will be a different experience.
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Castle Crashers DLC Arriving…Now
…Well, almost. The Behemoth said their new DLC, the Necromantic Pack, was coming soon, but I had no idea they meant this soon. The DLC will be out at midnight, tonight. Read more about the DLC here.
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Level 5’s Fantasy Life
Level 5 revealed there newest title today for the DS, Fantasy Life. Graphically it looks similiar to Mother 3, mostly because Brownie Brown, who worked with HAL on the game, are developing Fantasy Life. Interestingly, Nobuo Uematsu is doing the soundtrack, and he also did the soundtrack for Mother 3. Even more intriguing is the…
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Shadow Complex Review
I’m a huge fan of Super Metroid, it was one of a handful of SNES games I had as a kid and easily in my top 10 video games of all time. I played it for countless hours and many times over, the exploration aspect was really fun, and finding all the little secrets, the…
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Beyond Good and Evil 2 “On Hold”
I never played the original (Thrasher liked it), but the sequel to Beyond Good and Evil appears to be on hold, which sucks. I got confirmation at Cologne’s Gamescom that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is on hold for now. Gamesyde’s Colin Solal Cardo
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Xbox 360 Price Drop Coming Soon?
It looks like Microsoft will be dropping the Xbox 360 price tag, not to be outdone by Sony’s price drop. A leaked ad from Best Buy is showing the white Xbox 360 with 60GB hard drive dropping to $249.99, with the black Xbox 360 Elite 120GB system dropping to $299.99. [ Kotaku ]
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Starcraft II Map Editor Can Do RPGs, FPSes
Starcraft’s map editor allowed users to create their own maps and just generally do a lot of cool things with the game (this mostly resulted in the creation of about a million different Starship Trooper maps). Well, Starcraft II’s editor is going to be even cooler. At BlizzCon’s StarCraft II gameplay panel, they showed off…
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New Mass Effect Achievements, DLC On The Way
Three new achievements have been listed for Mass Effect, pretty much guaranteeing that new DLC will be on the way, soon. The way the achievements are listed seems to hint at an arena-type DLC, with the new area being called Pinnacle Station: Undisputed: Complete Ahern’s survival mission (50 Gamerscore) New Sheriff in Town: Take first…
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New Castle Crashers DLC Coming Soon
Behemoth announced on their blog that some new DLC, the Necromantic Pack, will be available soon. The pack adds a number of new things: Two new characters, the Necromancer and Cult Minion A new animal orb, Dragonhead Two new weapons, the NG Skull Mace and Chainsaw There’s no set release date or price, they are…
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Blizzard Reveals 4th Diablo III Class, The Monk
Blizzard announced the 4th Diablo III class at Blizzcon this weekend. The Monk is described as a fragile, fast moving melee character, in contrast to the Barbarian which is more of tank. The class uses a fighting system different from the other three class, adding a bit more depth to the melee moves. Each Monk…
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World of Warcraft Cataclysm Expansion Announced
Blizzard announced their latest World of Warcraft expansion, Cataclysm today at Blizzcon. Two new races, Goblins and Worgen will be joining the Horde and Alliance, respectively and both factions will receive new combinations of races and classes. They’ll also be raising the level cap to 85, adding flying mounts to all of Azeroth, and altering…