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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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Rabbids Invade Games Convention Yet Again

Since 2006, Ubisoft has released a new Rabbids video each year for Games Convention, showing the psychotic bunnies doing their best to invade the show floor. I love these little animated shorts; I think they’re a great way to build enthusiasm for the games and their endearing characters. I mean, they’re not sandvich-level awesome, but [...]

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Heavy Update: Meet the Sandvich

Honestly, when Valve announced yesterday that the all-new gameplay mode for Team Fortress 2 was nothing more than a team deathmatch mode, I was a little disappointed. Especially given that the new mode is one-death-and-you’re-out, which is really kind of a detriment to those of us who aren’t that great at staying alive for more [...]

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GameCyte’s Top Otaku Spends Prize, Makes Video Review

While you’re working on your entry for our latest giveaway, we thought we’d give you a little update on our previous contest. Last month, we awarded a reader by the name of Seaniccus a prize of 4000 Wii Points for his decidedly geeky entry in our Geeks & Otaku Giveaway. Seaniccus created a retro casemod for [...]

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E3 2008: Xbox Live Marketplace Adds Streaming Netflix, New Video Partnerships

Microsoft’s Don Mattrick was not pulling any punches this morning when he described Xbox Live’s growing marketplace business to E3 attendees. He cited a PricewaterhouseCoopers forecast, right off the bat, which declared games to be the top entertainment sales leader, predicted to do more business than movies, music, DVD sales, or anything else. Microsoft, he [...]

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Interview with David Sirlin Discussing Game Balance (Part 2 of 2)

Backbone's David Sirlin discusses some of his philosophies on game balance with GameCyte.

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PS3 Getting Digi-Deli Video ‘As Early As This Summer’

According to the Los Angeles Times, Sony is currently in licensing talks with TV and film studios to launch a digital-distribution platform for online video — straight from the internet to your PlayStation 3. Anonymous studio executives say it could arrive “as early as this summer.”

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Original Shows to Air on Xbox Live Video Marketplace

Microsoft has secured the services of the Safran Digital Group to produce all-new original shows which will premiere on Xbox Live Video Marketplace.

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BBC TV Hosts videoGaiden Game Awards 2008, Guest Star Jonathan Coulton

You probably have several questions running through your mind right about now. These may include: “The BBC has a game show?”, “Why haven’t I heard about this until now?” and perhaps even “Where is the %&*#&@$ link already?” The answers, respectively, are Yes; Because You Haven’t Looked Hard Enough; and Right Here.

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19-Year Old Raises $3 Million For Gamer’s YouTube

The concept for 19-year old Jared Kim’s crowdsourced game video website WeGame sounds promising even on paper, but some have decided it’s worth considerable investment. TechCrunch reports that the young entrepreneur has secured three million dollars in a second round of investment, on top of $500,000 previously raised in the first six months of operation.

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