John Funk Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Blizzard Opens StarCraft II Beta Opt-Ins

Have you bought a Blizzard game since Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition? Want to be one of the lucky StarCraft II beta testers? Now’s ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 6, 2009

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Valve Teases TF2 Sniper Update

Valve isn’t ready to show their hand for the Team Fortress 2 sniper class update just yet … but that doesn’t mean they ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 6, 2009

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Darkfall Devs: Eurogamer Sucks

After long-delayed MMO Darkfall received a scathing 2/10 review from Eurogamer, the developers fired back, claiming that the reviewer had spent just under ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 6, 2009

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Champions Online Press Weekend Impressions

When I happened to check my work email on Friday night, I was pleasantly surprised to find an invite to the press weekend ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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Update: New Fallout 3 DLC Broken, Again

Reports have flooded the inter-tubes from irritated PC gamers who are unable to install the latest Fallout 3 DLC, Broken Steel. Broken Steel? ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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Square Still Hates Europe With Final Fantasy XIII?

Bad news for European Final Fantasy fans: It could take Square-Enix up to a year after its Japanese launch to release Final Fantasy ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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Unopened Earthbound Goes For $1000 on eBay

Them Earthbound fans be crazy: An unopened copy of the quirky SNES JRPG fetched a hefty price on eBay – over $1000. What ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 5, 2009

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A History of Classic Videogame Commercials

Gameplayer has assembled 19 commercials for videogame consoles in a chronology of how advertisers have tried to make gamers want their products – ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 4, 2009

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Valve Plants Joke MMO “Code” Into TF2

Sharp-eyed gamers have spotted some joke “code” in the latest update of Valve’s Team Fortress 2 that – if real – would make ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 4, 2009

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The9: If You Can’t Have WoW, Have A WoW Knockoff

The9, the former WoW operator in China, has struck back at Blizzard by announcing its new MMO, World of Fight – apparently a ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 4, 2009

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Rumor: Next Call of Duty In ‘Nam?

After publicly announcing that Treyarch was leaving World War II behind for future Call of Duty titles, rumors have surfaced indicating the series ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 4, 2009

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TGC 2009: Bringing Games to Life – Literally

Robert Rice, CEO of Neogence, thinks that within five years, we’ll have “something really darn close” to Star Trek’s Holodeck – in fact, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorMay 1, 2009

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