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Community Content: The Sincerest Form of Infringement

Solid community-created game content, when done right, is every publisher’s fantasy. Game companies hope and pray for the day when talented fans of their games take the time to explore the development tools and put together competent, high-quality additions to the original product. It’s a win-win for everyone: Assuming the user’s content takes off, the [...]

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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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Metal Gear Online: It’s Alive!

No need to stay up until midnight — the official PlayStation Blog is reporting that the Metal Gear Online Beta is up and ready to go. Just download a patch or two directly from the Beta client, and start using those cardboard boxes and porno mags to wreak havoc upon your foes.

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Patch Inbound for Assassin’s Creed PC

After reading reports on Ars Technica that the PC version of Assassin’s Creed was riddled with roach-sized bugs causing artifacting, random crashes and tremendous slowdown, GameCyte called up Ubisoft to find out what went wrong, and today we received our answer, and word of an upcoming patch.

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The Witcher Patched to 1.3 - New Scenario, Custom Adventure Editor

Talk about Polish hospitality — I’ve never heard tell of a game developer who takes as good care of their customers as Eastern Europe’s CD Projekt. While we don’t have the unprecedented complete re-localization of The Witcher quite yet, Patch 1.3 should more than keep us busy.

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Rock Band Trumps iTunes with In-Game Music Store; Builds On Six Million Track Sales

Enjoy purchasing music on iTunes, but wish you could jam along with your new acquisitions? Then hear this: over at the official Rock Band forums, senior designer Dan Teasdale revealed a patch that just might rock your world.

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