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EA Signs Publishing Deal With 38 Studios

March 9, 2010

EA today announced an agreement with 38 Studios, LLC to publish the company’s first video game, an epic single-player role-playing game codenamed ‘Project Mercury’.
38 Studios is the creative enterprise of World Series MVP and avid gamer Curt Schilling. ‘Project Mercury’ is being developed at Big Huge Games, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 38 Studios, under the [...]

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SOCOM 4 Announced

March 8, 2010
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Developer Zipper Interactive today announced that the third-person action-shooter SOCOM 4 is officially in the works and set for release exclusively on PlayStation 3 in fall 2010.
“Your mission is to step into the well-worn boots of the Ops Com, a NATO Operations Commander of an elite, five-man squad. You must venture deep into inhospitable jungles, [...]

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God Of War III Trophies Revealed

February 25, 2010

Here are the trophies found in God of War III. There are also 18 secret trophies, giving a total of 36 trophies.
Bronze

Mr. Hand
Discover the secret ‘Hades Arm’ room
Hit Man
Perform a 1000-hit combo
Rip One!
Rip apart 1 Olympus Sentry
Nice Tan
Blind 100 enemies with the Head of Helios
Obedience School
Deliver 50 kicks to Hounds
It’s getting hot in [...]

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Split/Second Has Been Dated

February 24, 2010

Disney Interactive Studios and Black Rock Studio announced racer Split/Second will release on May 21 in the UK, Also the game will now be known as Split/Second: Velocity when it releases for PS3, 360 and PC.
Split/Second hits PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 platforms on March 18, 2010 in the US [...]

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Xbox LIVE Marketplace March Release Schedule

February 23, 2010

Here is the current schedule for upcoming content coming soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace*
Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week:
March 1: Gears of War Avatar COG Armor (male) (female) 240 points & Helmet (male) (female) 80 points

March 8: Call of Duty: WaW: Map Pack Bundle, 1600 Points

Xbox LIVE Games on Demand:
March [...]

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New Army of Two: The 40th Day DLC Announced

February 23, 2010

Today EA officially confirms a new co-op mission for Army of Two: The 40th Day. The DLC pack is called Chapters of Deceit and is priced at $10 (800 Microsoft Points). Players can expect two new maps, as the two main characters Salem and Rios “stumble upon [...]

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OnLive Demo Shows Without A Hitch

February 21, 2010

The recent demo of the Cloud gaming system OnLive, which took place at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas this week, reportedly went off without any technological complaints. OnLive CEO Steve Perlman and COO Mike McGarvey reportedly played a round of Unreal Tournament via a connection based in San Francisco, 300 [...]

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Metal Gear Arcade Revealed At AOU Show

February 19, 2010

During the AOU Amusement Expo show today in Chiba, Japan, Konami finally revealed a Metal Gear project they’ve been talking about since last year’s E3, Metal Gear Arcade.
Footage of the game, as well as pictures of the arcade cabinets have popped up online recently. According to Hideo Kojima, who designed the game with his Kojima [...]

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New Virtua Fighter To Hit Arcades

February 19, 2010

Either Sega has been completely oblivious to the online petition floating around for a console version of Virtua Fighter 5R, or they just love messing with people.
Sega revealed Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown at today’s AOU show, perhaps earning a collective and distruaght “Auugh!” worldwide from gamers who were holding out for home versions of [...]

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YIKES! EA Shutting Down More Servers

February 17, 2010

We all got the news of EA shutting down servers for various games, if didn’t well you know now. Seems like they are not finished crushing our hearts, they have put more servers on the chopping block. Below are the next round of games servers to be getting shut down.
March 16, 2010 Online [...]

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