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Gameloft Looking to Expand through Amazon Appstore
French video game publisher, Gameloft, announced that it would seek growth from games played on television without consoles and from the newly-launched Amazon Appstore. Gameloft Chief Executive, Michel Guillemot said that being the world’s largest retailer, people are comfortable using their credit cards on Amazon, and thus provides the perfect platform for mobile games, according…
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‘Duke Nukem’ Release Delayed Until June
Initially confirmed for a May release; the video game sequel, Duke Nukem Forever will now be available on June 14 for Playstation 3, PC and Xbox 360. After fourteen years of working on the sequel to the 1996’s Duke Nukem 3D, the company 2k Games and developer Gearbox software announced in January that the long-awaited…
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‘Crysis 2’ Sequel Available This Week
The highly anticipated Crysis 2 by EA Games was released on March 22 and is now available for Playstation 3, PC and Xbox 360. The game is set in 2023 when alien invaders take over New York City and the world is on the verge of climactic disaster. No one can beat these enemies not…
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‘Dead Island’ Logo Slammed by ESRB
It seems that the logo for Zombie video game, Dead Island is too much for the ESRB which forced Deep Silver to change it to market the game in North America. The original logo featured a corpse hanging from a tree by a rope on his neck for the “I” in “island” and ESRB found…
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New ‘Sims Medieval’ Game Comes out in North America
The new limited edition Sims Medieval game set in the Middle Ages, has been released by EA for PC and Mac. According to PCworld, the Sims Medieval game allows gamers to create heroes, build their skills and send them off on quests and create their very own kingdoms in medieval times. “Our community has wanted…
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New “Arrival” Mission Announced for Mass Effect 2
BioWare announced a new episode of Mass effect 2, dubbed the Arrival, available for download on March 29 on Playstation Network, PC and Xbox Live for $6.99, 560 Microsoft points or 560 BioWare points. A description of the Arrival episode on the Mass Effect 2 website reads, “A deep cover agent is missing in Batarian…
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‘Boondock Saints’ to Become a Video Game
The director of ‘Boondock Saints’, Troy Duffy, is exploring a video game option for his cult movie, he announced to fans at Austin’s SXSW. “We’re thinking of making a video game out of ‘Boondock’ and I went and listened to these guys pitch me the game and they had already done some programming,” said Duffy…
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Video Gaming Community Shows Support for Japan
The video gaming community is getting onboard with Japan relief efforts. Game Informer’s Megan Marie decided to auction off her prized Nintendo DS, signed by some of the biggest names in the gaming community. Prominent gaming site IGN is also getting involved by organizing an all day fundraiser on March 18. The Nintendo DS auctioned…
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Mass Effect 2 Wins Best Game at BAFTA Awards
Mass Effect 2 won the award for the best video game yesterday at the UK’s BAFTA Awards, while Heavy Rain took home the top prizes for three categories. Mass Effect 2’s win yesterday follows last month’s game of the year win at the Interactive Achievement Awards held in Los Vegas, which saw the game take…
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‘Ghostbusters’ Endures the Test of Time with New Video Game
The Ghostbusters cult classic franchise which debuted in 1984 lives on, with a new Atari video game coming out this month and a possible new movie deal with Bill Murray. The original movie stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as unemployed professors who start a ghost removal service and use Ernie Hudson as…