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Call of Duty: World at War Multiplayer Beta on PC, Xbox 360 This October — PS3 Beta Answers Coming Soon

Activision Blizzard has announced that this October, they will launch a multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: World at War on PC and Xbox 360. Beta tokens will be available not only via GameStop preorder, but to registrants at www.callofduty.com. Cue applause. At GameCyte, we try not to make it a habit of posting every new [...]

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Exclusive New Mount & Blade Screens

The pleasant folks over at Paradox Interactive have supplied GameCyte with a handful of new screenshots from their upcoming horse & sword game, Mount & Blade. These new screens show off both mounts and blades, so they cover every aspect of the game. Some of the screens even have mounts and blades together in the [...]

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Preview: Mount & Blade

Going into a game like Mount & Blade, you can be fairly sure of at least two things: The game will feature a blade, and someone will likely have a mount. For more information on this unique title, however, we were given a helpful tour by TaleWorlds and Paradox Interactive, the game’s developer and publisher, [...]

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The Gamer’s Bill of Rights, According to Stardock

In their latest salvo against PC gaming naysayers and those who believe DRM is the answer to the format’s piracy woes, publisher Stardock has today released a PC-centric “Gamer’s Bill of Rights,” a set of ten rules by which they believe all PC game publishers should abide. While some might argue that the document is [...]

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Mirror’s Edge PC Impressions, System Requirements Revealed

After 36 hours of non-stop PC gaming at NVISION 08, some weary champions stumbled home, catching planes, trains and automobiles back to residences either temporary or permanent. Others passed out in not-particularly-comfortable chairs as they awaited a tremendous raffle at which thousands upon thousands of dollars in graphics cards, power supplies, motherboards were awarded. I? [...]

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SBCG4AP Episode 2 Video and Screens

If you were cool and/or attractive enough to play the first episode of Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, you might have noticed a “sneak peek” option in the game menu that delivered, as promised, a sneak peek at SBCG4AP Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free. If you didn’t, well, Telltale Games has you [...]

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Preview: Hands-On Trick-Based Racer Pure

It’s not hard to pick Pure out of this year’s Disney Interactive video game line-up. Maybe it’s the grown-up look… maybe the inclusion of ATVs… maybe the conspicuous lack of Hannah Montana. Or, maybe, it’s simply because Pure is not quite like anything any video game publisher, let alone Disney, has ever produced. Yes, Pure is [...]

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Free Team Fortress 2 Weekend This Weekend

It’s not that we don’t appreciate your readership, but what the hell are you doing here?! Don’t you know that you could be playing Team Fortress 2, for free, right now? Valve is allowing everyone to download and play TF2 for the entire weekend, to let folks drop in and sample the all-new Heavy Update. [...]

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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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Silent Hill Homecoming Gets Steamy PC Version — Update

Update: Konami PR has informed us that the PC version will be distributed exclusively through Steam. “No retail boxed version will be produced,” a representative informed us. Update: Silent Hill: Homecoming producer Tomm Hulett has confirmed that the U.S. release is still on for September. Original Story: While the game’s subtitle won’t be nearly as apt in [...]

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