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Left 4 Dead Announced

Valve has announced a new co-operative multiplayer action game from the makers of Counter-Strike. Using the “most advanced version of the Source Engine” ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 21, 2006

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Kutaragi Foot Dragging Lost PS3 Exclusives?

A report on Newsweek claims that Sony’s Ken Kutaragi dragged his feet on signing exclusive third party titles, costing Sony games such as ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 20, 2006

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FBI And NCSoft Shutdown Pirates

The FBI has shutdown an illegal Lineage II server operation, ending over 50,000 active user accounts. L2Extreme.com, now taken over by the FBI, ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 20, 2006

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New York Times Weighs In On PS3

The New York Times reviewed the PS3 today, offering a dim mainstream view of the new system. Seth Schiesel of the New York ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 20, 2006

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Rule Of Rose Continues To Draw Fire In Europe

Anti-bullying groups in the UK slammed Rule of Rose for violent content. Italian publication Panorama claims that the “winner” of the game is ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 20, 2006

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Research Claims In-Game Ads Are Not Effective

Bunnyfoot, a behavioral research consultancy in the UK, claims that current in-game ads have almost no impact on consumers. In a press release ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 20, 2006

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Square Enix Looking to Purchase European Developers

Looking toward growth in Western territories, Square Enix is sniffing around European development houses for purchase. Looking to Europe as a market that ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 17, 2006

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Virtual Console Games Coming to Wii Every Monday

Nintendo has revealed that new Virtual Console games will be released every Monday from launch to the end of the year. The company ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 17, 2006

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iSuppli Estimates PS3 Selling At $240 to $306 Loss

After pulling apart the console and pricing out the individual components, iSupply has found that the PS3 is selling at a staggering loss. ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 17, 2006

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DS Continues To Dominate Japan Game Sales List

Despite the launch of the PS3 in Japan, the Nintendo DS continues to dominate game sales. The first eight of the top ten ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2006

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PS3 Downscales 1081i Sets To 480p

Older 1080i-only TV sets that do not support 720p will find themselves playing games such as Resistance: Fall of Man at the lower ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2006

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Sherlock Holmes To Take On Cthulhu

Focus Home Interactive has announced Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, a new adventure game pitting the famous detective against the cult of Cthulhu. In ...

By Shawn Andrich Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2006

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