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Xbox 360 Dashboard Preview Program Launches
Christopher Ellis
September 22, 2010
Today, Microsoft opened up registration for the preview program for this fall’s dashboard update. This update includes ESPN, Netflix search, the new dashboard, and updates ...
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New Nexuiz Video Shows PAX Gameplay
Christopher Ellis
September 22, 2010
Illfonic has released a one-minute video of Nexuiz. This video shows off the fast-paced, frenetic gameplay I experienced at PAX. Hopefully, this video being released ...
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New Borderlands DLC/GOTY Info
Christopher Ellis
September 10, 2010
Yesterday, Gearbox released a set of screenshots for their next (and I’m assuming final) piece of downloadable content for Borderlands, Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution. This ...
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Portal 2 Co-op Trailer
Christopher Ellis
September 9, 2010
Today, Valve released a trailer for the co-op portion of Portal 2. This part of the game features its own playable characters, story, and “tests,” ...
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PAX Preview: Nexuiz – Bringing Old-School Shooters to the 21st Century
Christopher Ellis
September 7, 2010
Illfonic is a small studio with big ambitions. They’ve taken Nexuiz, a PC shooter based on a modified Quake engine, and are rebuilding it from ...
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Tazti Brings Voice Recognition to PC Games
Christopher Ellis
September 4, 2010
Tazti (pronounced tasty) is a piece of voice-recognition software, but instead of text-to-speech, it allows you to map keyboard and mouse strokes to your own ...
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PAX Here I Come!
Christopher Ellis
September 3, 2010
In 12 hours, I’ll (hopefully) be sitting in Benaroya Hall in Seattle, Washington for the keynote of PAX Prime 2010. Sadly, I’ll be the only ...
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Irrational Games Announces Bioshock Infinite
Christopher Ellis
August 12, 2010
Ken Levine and his team at Irrational Games (formerly 2K Boston) was responsible for System Shock 2, and its spiritual successor, Bioshock. While they had ...
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Bioshock 2 Gets Single-Player Expansion in Minerva's Den DLC
Christopher Ellis
August 11, 2010
When Bioshock 2 launched, 2K Games said they would release both multiplayer and single-player oriented downloadable content. They only recently released the Protector Trials pack, ...
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Fate of Carmine in Gears of War 3 Put to a Vote
Christopher Ellis
July 22, 2010
If you don’t know Gears of War, here’s a small primer: each game has one of the Carmine brothers. The first two games have killed ...
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Crackdown 2 to Bring Color, Keys to the City in Future DLC
Christopher Ellis
July 8, 2010
While people weren’t really thrilled with Crackdown 2, citing the reuse of the city, repetitive missions, one thing that bothered people, was taking a very ...
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Grand Theft Auto Being Released in Australia
Christopher Ellis
July 8, 2010
It’s somewhat strange to see that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has been given a rating of MA 15+ for a modified version of ...
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Xbox Live Marketplace Content for the week of June 21
Christopher Ellis
June 18, 2010
Xbox Live’s Major Nelson has posted new Xbox Live Marketplace content for the week starting June 21st. Next week’s Deal of the Week will hit ...
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