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Hard Reset Launch Trailer: Vending Machines of the Future

Even in the high-tech future of Hard Reset, vending machines still suck. You ever beat up a vending machine because it swallowed your ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 15, 2011

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Same-Sex Romance Coming to The Old Republic

Bioware says that same-sex relationships will be coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic after all, as a “post-launch feature.” It got ugly ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 14, 2011

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Battlefield Fans Don’t Like Freebies

It turns out that Battlefield fans complain less when they have to pay for DLC than they do when they get it free. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 14, 2011

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Angry Birds Shaves $1.5 Billion Off the U.S. Economy

A wholly unscientific analysis concludes that Angry Birds costs the U.S. economy more than $1.5 billion per year in lost wages. Every now ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 14, 2011

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Tribes: Ascend Pushed Into 2012

It’s good news and bad news for Tribes: Ascend as the closed beta begins in a few weeks but the game itself is ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 14, 2011

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Starbreeze Explains Shootery Syndicate

Starbreeze says the new Syndicate game was always intended to be an FPS because “time has moved on” and left the old game ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 12, 2011

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This Portal 2 Weighted Companion Cube Really Rocks

This Portal 2 Weighted Companion Cube subwoofer mod is the cuddliest, move lovable DIY audio component mod you’re going to see all day, ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 12, 2011

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Girls Get to Play in NHL 12

A letter from a 14-year-old hockey fan has convinced EA Sports to add female avatars to NHL 12. It’s a little known secret ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 12, 2011

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EA Offering Refunds For Tiger Woods 12 on PC – UPDATED

EA Sports is apparently offering refunds for the PC version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012 after the game turned out to be ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 12, 2011

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Syndicate Remake Revealed as a Shooter – UPDATED

EA confirms that the long-rumored Syndicate reboot will be a “visceral FPS experience.” Here’s proof that EA’s much-maligned Origin platform is good for ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 12, 2011

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Ubisoft Pulls the Plug on From Dust DRM

As promised, Ubisoft has patched out the DRM in the PC version of From Dust. If there’s one thing we’ve learned in recent ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 9, 2011

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Nintendo Sued Over Wii Motion Controls

The company behind the Wavit Remote has sued Nintendo, Walmart, RadioShack, GameStop and others over the motion control technology used in the Wii. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorSeptember 9, 2011

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