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GamePro Ends Magazine Run

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

It’s over. After 22 years, one of the first magazines dedicated to reporting on a young and rapidly growing console market has finally decided to call it quits. According to a report by IndustryGamers, November’s print issue will be GamePro’s … Continue reading →

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New trailer for “The Secret World” spells out what you can expect

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Funcom has released a new trailer for their upcoming MMORPG, “The Secret World”. If you’re wondering whether it’s something you want to play other than World of Warcraft, that depends on whether you want to fight for the fate of … Continue reading →

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Candid Kinect

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Kinect came out yesterday amidst much hoopla and joy for those that managed to snag one. If you haven’t heard of what it is, it’s the motion sensing accessory for the Xbox 360 that essentially follows your body to do … Continue reading →

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Play Asteroids via the web, courtesy of HTML 5 and developer Kevin Roast

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Kent Salas

For those of you who would like to take a trip back to the golden age of video games there is a snazzy playable version of Asteroids using HTML 5. I can remember dumping quarters into Asteroids by the pocketful … Continue reading →

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London 2032 + robots = one awesome concept

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Remember the Ghostbusters teaser from Zootfly? Though Zootfly didn’t get to actually develop their own Ghostbusters game because they couldn’t get the rights, the video showing off their concept work in 2006 created a huge, happy buzz on the ‘net … Continue reading →

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Review: Major League Baseball 2K10

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Redmond Carolipio

From staff reports: It seems like an eternity since EA Sports stopped making Major League Baseball titles, leaving gamers to decide between MLB The Show (if one has PS3), or the 2K games. That’s meant an absolute disaster for XBox … Continue reading →

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Xbox Live online support ending for Xbox originals

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

“Originals” as in the games that were made for the first Xbox according to this open letter from Xbox Live’s general manager, Marc Whitten. From the announcement, it sounds like this is being done in order to pave the way … Continue reading →

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Vanquish

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Reggie Carolipio

Resident Evil father, Shinji Mikami, will be adding his own title to Platinum Games’ quickly growing lineup with Vanquish whose trailer was officially shown today. The trailer actually says little about what the gameplay will be like, but it leads … Continue reading →

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Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Reggie Carolipio

Wired’s Clive Thompson has put together a great piece that looks into the demise of Duke Nukem Forever. In it, he examines how success had ultimately become the worst thing that could happen for it at 3D realms and the … Continue reading →

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Stop it with the horrible voice acting. Please.

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Reggie Carolipio

Bad voice acting isn’t a new problem, but the depths at which it can sink can always surprise even jaded players like myself that thought they had heard everything. Sitting down with a game shouldn’t also require torture to the … Continue reading →

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