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Madden 09 to Integrate Fantasy Football with Otherwise Rigidly Realistic Game

Monday, June 16, 2008

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Madden 09 to Integrate Fantasy Football with Otherwise Rigidly Realistic Game

Madden fans, rejoice! Have you ever wanted to play as your fantasy football roster in Madden NFL, but were too sickeningly lazy to take advantage of the Create-a-Team features which have existed for years? EA's got you covered. New this year for EA SPORTS Fantasy Football, a press release has promised that armchair franchise owners [...]

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PC Gamers Rejoice: CoD4 Variety Map Pack Free June 5

Friday, May 30, 2008

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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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Blizzard Store: Now With Digital Distribution!

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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Blizzard Store: Now With Digital Distribution!

Just this last weekend, Blizzard unveiled an attractive new layout for its online store -- with some substantial new additions I hope their competitors rapidly adopt as well. In addition to boasting a worthy assortment of not only retail games but books, clothing, action figures, even a pair of three-ring binders -- the update also [...]

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Microsoft Shot Down Portal for XBLA

Monday, April 28, 2008

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Microsoft Shot Down Portal for XBLA

If you own a decent PC, nabbing a copy of 2007's ridiculously awesome spatial-thought stimulator Portal is a piece of cake, but home console owners aren't so lucky. The Nintendo Wii crowd already had their turn to be disappointed, but today we learned Microsoft rejected a potential Xbox Live Arcade version of Portal as well.

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‘Everybody’s Nintendo Channel’ Headed to US; Arrives Alongside WiiWare May 12

Thursday, April 24, 2008

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‘Everybody’s Nintendo Channel’ Headed to US; Arrives Alongside WiiWare May 12

Game|Life is reporting that the previously Japan-only Minna no Nintendo Channel will finally be coming to U.S. shores, and is set to launch May 12th -- the same day Nintendo's miniature digital-delivery platform WiiWare will also arrive. Sporting a Nintendo game release calendar and user-submitted game reviews, the channel also turns the Wii into a [...]

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Echochrome Demo Hits PSN Tomorrow

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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Echochrome Demo Hits PSN Tomorrow

Thanks to the official PlayStation Blog, we just got wind that perspective-puzzler Echochrome will have a demo available tomorrow on the PlayStation Network. The same demo released March 6th in Japan, it contains the tutorial and three levels. The full game is slated for U.S. release in early May, at a price of $10.

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Wednesday Burnout Paradise Blowout: Wheels, Wings and Cagney

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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Wednesday Burnout Paradise Blowout: Wheels, Wings and Cagney

All is not well in Paradise. The "Bogart" update that arrived on Xbox 360 five days early appears to actually have been two weeks too early, and while PS3 owners can experience the laundry list of fixes in a mere 14 hours, Criterion is recalling the 360 Bogart patch until May 2nd, by which time [...]

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Burnout Paradise “Bogart” Update Hits Xbox Live Five Days Early

Friday, April 18, 2008

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Burnout Paradise “Bogart” Update Hits Xbox Live Five Days Early

The counter may still be ticking down the days and hours until Sony's Paradise gains its orchard, but Microsoft fans can begin celebrating with vehicular carnage right now -- according to the official Criterion blog, Burnout Paradise's Bogart update just hit Xbox Live.

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ESRB’s Patricia Vance Clarifies DLC Statements

Friday, April 18, 2008

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ESRB’s Patricia Vance Clarifies DLC Statements

Earlier this week, parts of the web were shocked to hear ESRB president Patricia Vance decree that downloadable content must not "go out of bounds" by introducing new elements that might change the game's maturity rating. Whether an attack on developers' free speech or merely a money sink for publishers forced to pull and relabel [...]

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MI6 Conference: Achievements, DLC and Statistical Analysis Provide “New Marketing Avenues”

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

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MI6 Conference: Achievements, DLC and Statistical Analysis Provide “New Marketing Avenues”

Yesterday, GameCyte attended a particularly eye-opening presentation at the 2008 MI6 conference. You may never have heard of a company called Electronic Entertainment Design And Research (EEDAR), but they're certainly interested in you.

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