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Entries from August 2008

Midway Layoffs, Criminal Cancelled

August 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Midway’s been around the industry for years, has decided to lay off up to 90 people and cut the Criminal project from their lineup. This is a long term plan of cost reduction by the board of directors to get down costs and keep the company running smoothly. Their plan seems to be to develop […]

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Tags: Industry News

Life Sized Gears of War Lancer, Oh Gosh

August 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Imagine that, the USD $139 Gears of War 2 bundle includes a life-sized plastic gun that goes “zoom zoom bang.” It comes with a removable handle clip and an adjustable side-handle but… in the end… it’s a plastic toy gun manufactured for adults. Gears of War 2 is “Mature Audiences” only but apparently that doesn’t […]

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Tags: Editorial · Industry News · Xbox 360

Microsoft Says 60 Percent of Wii Fits Collect Dust

August 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Microsoft is on the attack, saying Nintendo has done a great thing with their Wii product line but Microsoft has a bit more “respect” for the new gamers they’re bringing into the industry. Xbox Europe VP David Gosen launched the shot over Nintendo’s bow at the GameFest UK keynote. “We’ve seen some research that says […]

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Tags: Microsoft · Wii · Xbox 360

Little Big Planet To Sell Consoles

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Much like Metal Gear Solid 4, Sony is looking for LittleBigPlanet to move consoles from the shelves because all types of gamers are going to want this title. Personally, the desire to want and the stronger feeling of need are two separate problems; everyone will want the game but many will need to buy a […]

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Tags: playstation 3 · Sony

Bioshock PS3: Later But Better

August 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Bioshock arrived on the Xbox 360 almost August of 2007, about one year from this month. It’s set to arrive on the PlayStation 3 in October of 2008, over one year after the Xbox 360 version. Is it too late? For those that have decided to buy a PlayStation 3 and hold out on the […]

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Tags: Industry News · playstation 3

Ubisoft Sues After Assassin’s Creed Leaks

August 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It was April of 2008 when we saw Assassin’s Creed show up on the PC, however in early February the game appeared on Internet pirate sites causing an estimated 700,000 downloads of the pirated copy of the game. The disc-copy manufacturer has assumed responsibility of the issue after finding an employee in possession of one […]

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Tags: Editorial · PC Gaming · ubisoft

Retro Gaming: Mega Man 9 Get’s Flicker and Bugs

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Capcom isn’t fooling around, they know their market for Mega Man 9 on Xbox Live, WiiWare and PSN and its nostalgic gamers with a desire to be a kid again. Any retro gamer will tell you the old school experience must include some pixel flickers, slow down and 8-bit style bugs. They have decided to […]

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Tags: capcom · Platformer · playstation 3 · Retro · WiiWare · Xbox 360

Diablo 3 Doesn’t Look Right, Dev Says Yes Sir!

August 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

There has been many debates on the graphic level of Diablo 3 and how it should be different. Finally a developer comes out and says “um, no.” Their reasoning is fairly simple, it’s one thing to photoshop up a screenshot with some filters but it’s another to get the texture and lighting to run at […]

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Tags: Activision · Blizzard · Diablo 3 · Editorial

Fan Art: TD Gaming Podcatz!

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Never underestimate the power of a killer TD Gaming Podcatz. They haz downloaded an episode! Thanks to Dan R. for sending this one in, it definitely made us laugh… mainly because it was just so random.

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TD Gaming Podcast 82: Standing Cows and Bovines

August 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This week we’re talking about pre-owned video games and ask the question, do you buy new or do you buy used? Do you sell your games? We answer some listener comments and hit on a few hot topics: Another Call of Duty set for release in 2009 (1up) Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII […]

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