Straight from the horse's mouth: Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling just announced that owners of Call of Duty 4 for the PC will receive the excellent Variety Map Pack free of charge this June 5th, courtesy of NVIDIA, as part of the game's patch to version 1.6.
Continue reading...30. May 2008
GameCyte goes hands-on with Nexon's first free-to-play first-person shooter. Our impressions.
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In another move toward limiting the freedom of the games press to convey facts to readers, Stephen Totilo over at MTV Multiplayer has posted reports that Konami is requesting that reviewers not mention certain technical details about Metal Gear Solid 4 in reviews. Those details, however, have already been leaked. Specifically, Konami is rumored to [...]
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UPDATE: Kotaku has the response from SITE Intelligence, and they stand by their report. Wow. I'm not sure if terrorists Bethesda should be upset that they're not being credited for their work, or flattered that anti-terror groups felt their work was on par with that of infamous violent fanatics across the world. As reported in the [...]
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According to a recent post at the official Konami Forums (via Kotaku) entitled "MGS4 Limited Edition PS3 Bundle Clarifications," would-be owners of the $600 bundle aren't just paying for paint -- they're paying for some new pieces of plastic, too:
Continue reading...30. May 2008
Ladies and gentlemen, the future of gaming is almost upon us. Yesterday, Valve Software introduced "Steam Cloud," a set of innovations for its Steam digital-distribution platform that will bring users one step closer to true cloud gaming. Step one? Think Gmail, only for your personal game data.
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I first read about this a couple weeks ago, but I thought it was high time to share it with our reading public: at the IT University of Copenhagen the Scrollbar group has a weekly bar event called Fredagbar, and they often create drinks based on video games. This is sublime to me.
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According to the sharp-eyed folks over at IGN, LucasArts is planning to release a Wii and DS game based on the new animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars. And why not? Every Star Wars everything gets some sort of game. The Clone Wars, for those that didn't watch the surprisingly entertaining animated series on [...]
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Rock on, Wii owners: You will be left out of the DLC game no longer. MTV Multiplayer has a confirmation from Vicarious Visions, the developers behind the Wii version of Guitar Hero: World Tour, that the game will include full DLC functionality on Nintendo's console. The Wii, often maligned for its poor online implementation, will [...]
Continue reading...29. May 2008
Back in March, we decried the way percentile ranking sites like Metacritic have permeated gaming culture, explained that we might be better off reading review text rather than paying attention to a suspicious scoring system, and suggested that gamers "just leave Metacritic to the suits" who use such digits to appeal to investors. But the [...]
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