Excitement building and a beta so close you can almost taste it, Blizzard announces that LAN will not be supported for its upcoming Starcraft II. In order to further push and promote battle.net, Blizzard rep Bob Colayco states, “”We don’t currently plan to support LAN play with StarCraft II, as we are building Battle.net to […]
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All your hard work..all the grinding and raiding…and now you want to switch sides. Blizzard will now make it so. According to Blizzard poster Nethaera: "We wanted to give everyone a very early heads-up that, in response to player requests, we’re developing a new service for World of Warcraft that will allow players to change
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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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Nintendo announced today that its newest handheld gaming system, the Nintendo DSi, will be released in the United States on April 5th. The new system is already available in Japan. The DSi will come in two colors, black and blue, and will retail for $170. In addition to a new slimmer design the DSi features
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Square Enix announced today that their games will be debuting on Steam this year, starting with The Last Remnant, available on PC on April 9th. President and CEO John Yamamota stated "Square Enix is committed to delivering the best quality titles to PC gamers and distribution on Steam is one of the many steps we
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Microsoft announced today that it will be releasing a red Xbox 360 bundle to commemorate Resident Evil 5 on it’s release date on March 13th. Full of goodies, this bundle will cost $399, the same price as today’s Elite Console. Inside you will receive the red xbox 360, matching red wireless controller, 120gb hard drive,
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After months of rumors circulating the internet; It’s official. Rockstar games announced today that Max Payne 3 would be releasing this winter and be available on PS3, Xbox 360 and the PC. In a press release: "We’re starting a new chapter of Max’s life with this game," said Rockstar founder Sam Houser via press release. "This
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Mystery Ubisoft deals on Steam begin today with 50% off of Assassin’s Creed! This deal ends at 12 a.m. PST. Steam will be featuring a deal on a different Ubisoft title every day this week! For more info and the deal of the day check out: http://store.steampowered.com/news/2368/
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GDC (Game Developers Conference) 2009 kicked off today in California! Keynote speaker Neil Young (not the crooner, the ngmoco founder) with a session entitled "Why the iPhone Just Changed Everything". Many diehard gamers have been reluctant to embrace the concept of mobile gaming, but the majority of developers see this as a golden opportunity, and are
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If you’ve seen the movie Wanted, no doubt it left you wanting to be able to do what they do. Wanted: Weapons of Fate, released 3/23/09 will let you do just that. Picking up where the movie left off, players will assume the identity of Wesley Gibson, and will be hunted by the renegrade Fraternity.
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