Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve, is taking an interest into turning gamers into investors. The investment would be Valve games they want to see in the future. Currently gamers tend to get some say in the actual game, but not which games they get to see come to market. According to Newell, "One of the […]
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Microsoft has announced that the demo for the upcoming Madden NFL 10 will be available for Xbox Live Gold Members on July 23rd, a week before it’s available for other platforms. The demo is eight minutes of glory long, pre-orders will net you the 5-minute-a-quarter demo. Madden NFL 10 releases on August 14th and will
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While certain circles of gamers are anxiously awaiting midnight releases of Madden NFL 10, real life NFL star T. J. Houshmandzadeh won’t be playing it. Houshmandzadeh told ESPN Radio show on Monday, ""I just looked at the game and they have this wrong and that wrong. And I understand I averaged 10 yards a catch,
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The Chinese government has declared that virtual currency will only be allowed to be traded for virtual goods/services, not real ones. They estimate that last year the trade of virtual currency exceeded several billion yuan (about $146 million) and would be expected to grow 20% annually. This is expected to affect 300 million users in
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Thwip! Snikt! Marvel has teamed up with game publisher Gazillion to bring Marvel Universe to PCs and consoles. The ten-year MMO license deal has been kicked off with the announcement of two upcoming Marvel games. The first, Marvel Super Hero Squad is targeted towards a younger audience, the second Marvel Universe which we can only
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Bethesda has released info on the 5th and final DLC for Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta. Players can expect some wicked alien confrontations as they are abducted and trying to fight their way off the alien ship. And of course, they wouldn’t expect you to be able to do it without new weapons and armor such
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Square Enix is boasting that the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII will use nearly 100% of the PS3’s power. The Playstation 3 has been looking for a showpiece game for its system, and this may be the one. It’s suggested that FFXIII will be for the PS3 what FF7 and FFX were for the Playstation and Playstation
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Take Two has confirmed the delay in release of Bioshock 2. With an original release date of November 2009, they have announced the delay in order to improve the quality of the game and to produce a better performing product for the marketplace. Three other of their titles are set to release in a similar
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Bioware confirmed suspicions and announced that Dragon Age: Origins will not have a multiplayer mode. As a consolation for all of those broken hearts, they also announced that there would be a ton of DLC for the game. According to co-founder Ray Muzkya, "There’s a ton of downloadable content planned, and also the user content
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The market for games for Apple’s iPhone ap store is growing by leaps and bounds. Developers big and small are trying to get a piece, which may eventually lead to the squeezing out of independent game developers. According to analytics company Mobclix there are 13,732 game applications available on the App store and 25-50 new
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