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EA Studio Showcase: Lord of the Rings: Conquest Hands-On

While browsing the games on display at last week’s EA Studio Showcase, wandering from Henry Hatsworth to Battlefield Heroes and beyond, one particular game caught my eye for a few unusual reasons. For starters, the game had not been featured in the presentation earlier in the day, leaving my curiosity piqued enough for a closer [...]

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EA Announces The Godfather II Game

After EA’s The Godfather game brought a healthy amount of cash — and respect — to the EA family, we more or less had to expect they’d want to wet their beaks a second time, no? Well, it’s time to start tightening up that piano wire, because EA has just announced The Godfather II, following [...]

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E3 2008: Platinum Games Impressions

As a lifelong gamer who’s lived through six generations of home consoles and their concurrent hype, I don’t impress very easily. I’m not completely cynical, mind you; I can appreciate nice visuals and inventive concepts when I see them. It’s just not very often, these days, that a well-executed game will get more than a [...]

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E3 2008: Tomb Raider: Underworld

At last week’s E3 Summit, we stopped in to visit Eidos, and check up on what Lara Croft has been up to since her anniversary. It would seem she’s staying active, which is nice for a franchise her age. Eidos treated us to a sneak peek at Tomb Raider: Underworld, showing us a few of [...]

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E3 2008: You’ll Like EA When it’s Angry

EA’s Press Conference at this year’s E3 saw demos and trailers of a number of long-announced titles, but that certainly didn’t mean there wasn’t room for breaking news and new stuff. EA’s John Riccitello spoke very briefly about the growing EA Partners program before announcing the newest studio to join the fold: FPS innovators and violence [...]

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