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Are You Ready for Call of Twilight: Modern Warfare 2?

Two of the biggest franchises in history are teaming up to sell terrorist-fighting shooters to teenage girls, and attractive shirtless werewolves to teenage ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2010

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Meet Darksiders‘ Other Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Darksiders‘ War may have his hands full with combat and puzzles, but the game’s Creative Director has art for the remaining three Horsemen ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2010

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Review: Darksiders

Some games use the apocalypse as the Big Evil That Must Be Averted. Some games use the apocalypse as backstory to help establish ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2010

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Wizard101 Community Raises $126,000 for Charity

Testament to the power of gamers to put their money where their hearts are to help people out, the community of free-to-play MMOG ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 11, 2010

View From the Road

Five Reasons Why The Old Republic Is a Threat to WoW

If you’re familiar with the MMOG space for the past, oh, five or so years, then the upcoming scenario probably will sound awfully ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 11, 2010

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Sega Trades Project Needlemouse Info for Sonic Trivia

Do you want information on Project Needlemouse, the upcoming retro-inspired 2D Sonic the Hedgehog? If so, you’ll have to muster all twelve remaining ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 11, 2010

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Rumor: WoW: Cataclysm Alpha Starts Tomorrow

Rumors are flying around the WoW community that Cataclysm – the hotly-anticipated third expansion to the mammoth MMORPG – will be entering the ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 11, 2010

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How Guitar Hero Changed the Music Industry

Guitar Hero and Rock Band changed the videogame industry, but that wasn’t the only one: The music-game boom highlighted the relationship between games ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 11, 2010

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Surprise! Borderlands: Mad Moxxi Out Today for PC and PS3

Having previously said that it would announce when the Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot DLC for Borderlands would be out on PC, today Gearbox ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2010

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Yoichi Wada Blasts Japanese Retailers for Anti-Western Bias

Square-Enix boss Yoichi Wada has once again taken his countrymen to task for their bias against Western-made games, but this time he’s levied ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2010

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CES: Valve and Razer Demo Motion-Control Left 4 Dead 2 on PC

Think motion control is just for consoles? Think again: On the show floor at CES, Valve demoed how easy it was to chop ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2010

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Rumor: It’s ‘Nam-vember 2010 With Treyarch’s Next Call of Duty

Rumor has it that Treyarch’s rumored Cold War/Vietnam Call of Duty is rumored to come out in November 2010, with Activision intending to ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorJanuary 7, 2010

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