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Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: Sponsored Sites That Trump Traditional Journalism

Aside from the occasional, unintentional leak, publicists basically control games journalism as we know it today. They can’t tell us how to think or stop us from criticizing their games, but to a large degree, they determine who gets what and goes where when they please. How?

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So Many Games, So Little Time…

Can there be too much of a good thing when it comes to new game releases? Columnist Michael Zenke seems to think so. Over at GameSetWatch, Zenke has penned an engaging opinion that will resonate strongly with gamers — like myself — who are frustrated by the recent plethora of quality titles. But is [...]

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Promises, Promises: Sony PlayStation 3

Today, Sony revealed that they will finally provide the in-game XrossMediaBar functionality that was first demonstrated back in 2006, as well as the “trophy” achievement system promised in early 2007, as a part of their v2.4 software update for the PlayStation 3. They’re not saying when it will arrive, but perhaps that’s a wise choice; [...]

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PC Gamers Rejoice: CoD4 Variety Map Pack Free June 5

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.

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First Look: Combat Arms

GameCyte goes hands-on with Nexon’s first free-to-play first-person shooter. Our impressions.

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Sales of Mature-Rated Games Up From 2006

According to some excellent analysis by Matt Matthews at Next-Gen, despite the drop in the number of M-rated titles in 2007, those titles made 64% more revenue than M-rated titles in 2006. Follow along as I break down the results:

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