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Only 30 Percent of WoW Players Get Past Level 10

Only 30 percent of new World of Warcraft players ever make it past level ten, according to Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime, who also ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 11, 2010

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Microsoft Working to Restore Xbox DLC – UPDATED

Microsoft is working to restore the downloadable content for original Xbox games, saying that its early removal from Xbox Live was a mistake. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 11, 2010

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Dante’s Inferno Ads Buried in Web Site Source Code

Another day, another Dante’s Inferno promo, and this one is both cool and creepy: Hidden in the source code of several popular websites ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 11, 2010

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Study Concludes That Videogames Don’t Cause Headaches

A new study in Germany has found no link between the use of videogames and the occurrence of headaches or migraines in teenagers. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 10, 2010

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Aliens vs Predator: “Graphic” Violence is Required

Aliens vs. Predator Senior Producer Dave Brickley says it’s necessary for the game to be so graphically violent because if it wasn’t, it ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 10, 2010

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BioShock 2 Blows Widescreen Support

The PC version of BioShock 2 doesn’t properly support widescreen monitors, using a cropped and stretched 4:3 aspect image to simulate widescreen instead. ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 10, 2010

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Aliens vs. Predator Bonus Maps Coming to Everyone

Rebellion says that the launch day DLC maps included with the Aliens vs. Predator Special Edition will be released to everyone soon after ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 10, 2010

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Ubisoft: More Sequels, More Often and More Multi

Ubisoft is charting a bold new course for major videogame publishers, announcing that it plans to release more sequels, more often, and that ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 10, 2010

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Disney Cutting Back on Core Console Development

Disney Interactive Studios will cut back on the number of games it develops for the Xbox 360 and PS3, saying its releases tend ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 10, 2010

The Needles

The Needles: “Crowd Contributed” Game Development: A Grim Dawn Breaks

A brief history of Titan Quest: It bombed. Before it even landed on store shelves, it had earned a reputation, wholly undeserved, as ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2010

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Analyst: EA “On the Right Path”

Despite suffering through yet another disappointing quarterly fiscal report, some analysts are saying that Electronic Arts finally appears to be on the right ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2010

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EVE Online: GoonSwarm Disbanded

GoonSwarm, the most powerful alliance of corporations in EVE Online, has been disbanded and once again it appears that shenanigans are involved. Even ...

By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorFebruary 9, 2010

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