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Battlefield 3 vs Call of Duty: Showdown Marked for November
The Battlefield 3 release date may well have just been given away by the EA Download Manager - and if true, we'll be looking at a very possible dust up with Modern Warfare 3. Activison's yet-to-be announced inevitability annually tends to launch in mid-November. If the Battlefield 3 release date on EA Store is accurate - and it would be odd for the publisher to use such an accurate ...read more
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Meet the man behind Halo's multiplayer announcer
Jeff Steitzer's been calling out your "Killtaculars" and other multiplayer accomplishments since Halo: Combat Evolved. As seen in the video in read more, he may not appear quite as you imagined -- he's certainly not the gruff, chain-smoking guy we envisioned. Despite being in Broadway shows and making appearances on TV programs like 30 Rock, Steitzer admits he'll probably be best remembered ...read more
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PlayStation 3 Takes Lead on Xbox 360 in Sales
The PlayStation 3 has taken the lead on the Xbox 360 in terms of sales in Europe, despite launching a full year behind the console. Data from IDG and Gamestop have shown that Sony's console has finally surged ahead of its major competition, though still well behind Nintendo. Nintendo holds the top two spots with its Nintendo DS & Wii. PlayStation 3 holds the third position, and Microsoft ...read more
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Crytek working to remove exploits, penalize cheaters in Crysis 2
Crytek’s Crysis 2 released just last week. It was widely praised, and its multiplayer component is apparently now the victim of exploits. According to a message on the Crysis 2 portal of EA.com, Crytek is aware of known exploits, is working to permanently remove them, and will punish those found using them. “We do take cheating very seriously here at Crytek. We are currently taking ...read more
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Stat tracking, wolves come to Minecraft this week
Indie hit Minecraft is due for an update this week, giving players a few more features to tinker around with. Creator Markus “Notch” Persson announced via Twitter that “The plan is to release 1.4 this week.” Patch 1.4 includes a stat-tracking system and the (rather random) addition of wolves. Because games can never have enough wolves. Looking past this update, Notch reveals on his ...read more
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Xbox360 new disc format gains 1GB
A highly placed development source has confirmed to Digital Foundry that the new disc format being beta tested in a new dashboard upgrade adds 1GB to the storage of Xbox 360 game discs. The maximum space allocated to game data on the current disc format is just 6.8GB out of a maximum of 7.95GB on a standard dual layer DVD, with over 1GB dedicated to a DVD-Video partition that also contained ...read more
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PS3 & Xbox 360 Can’t Handle More Players in Battlefield 3
When Battlefield 3 releases this Fall, PC players might be getting a better game as alluded to by DICE. For starters the PC is lead platform for the game, and with impressive list of features that have been confirmed for PC version of the game, console gamers have been left scratching their heads. DICE has confirmed that Battlefield 3 will feature 64-player online matches on fully realized ...read more
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Leaked Mortal Kombat Character Selection Screen
The team at NetherRealm has been slowly revealing Mortal Kombat's roster over the last couple of months, but a new image appears to show off the full select screen. Most noteworthy is the awesome-looking robotic Sub-Zero you see on the left. If you take a look at the bottom-right of the select screen, you'll see another robot that isn't Cyrax or Sektor. I'm hoping for a robot Scorpion, but it ...read more
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Nintendo 3DS Having Hardware Problems at Launch
The Nintendo 3DS is the biggest hardware launch of 2011, quite possibly one of the biggest launches in quite a few years. Since the handheld's release in the U.S. , reports have surfaced of the Black Screen of Death. What this BSOD means is that some of the 3DS launch titles have been crashing to an error message, prompting users to reboot the device. The error message An error has occurred. ...read more
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Lady Gaga donates $1.5 million to Zynga for Japan disaster relief
Being enormous fame monsters ourselves, we really appreciate it when others like us -- say, Lady Gaga -- use their monstrous fame for good. Which is exactly why we were so glad to see Ms. Gaga's massive $1.5 million contribution to Zynga's continued Japan relief efforts, half of which joined Zynga's donation, adding to the $2.5 million already raised in the past two weeks by the company's ...read more
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