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Fallout 3 DLC Released

The first DLC for the post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 3, entitled Operation Anchorage, is now available. Players can grab it from Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live for 800 points or $10 USD. It will not be available from Bethesda directly, unlike previous DLCs from the developer. The new DLC will allow players to enter [...]

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Square Enix Developer On Teenagers & Protagonists

When Square Enix talks about its formula for creating RPGs, designers should stop and listen. Its the company behind Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger after all, so if it decides to speak about how it makes games, then you know it’s going to be interesting. The Last Remnant developer Yusuke Naora spoke about Square Enix’s [...]

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Hellgate: London Goes Free To Play

Hellgate: London has seen better times. The shooter has literally been under death’s shadow over the past couple of weeks as news spread that its servers were going offline. IP owner HanbitSoft is breathing new life into the game as it announces that it will continue running and maintaining those servers. What’s even better is [...]

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Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena Trailer

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Vin Diesel game, Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena. Riddick is sort of a guilty pleasure for me because I read that the second movie wasn’t well-received. I liked it though. There was something about Diesel’s portrayal that made the character work, that he’s just a guy trying to survive. [...]

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Blizzard Releases Patch 3.0.8 For World Of Warcraft

Blizzard released patch 3.0.8 recently, making it the first patch to go live ever since Wrath of the Lich King came out. Aside from the usual bug fixes, the update made a lot of adjustments to current skills for the sake of re-balancing the classes available in the game. Unfortunately, those alterations have been very [...]

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Nathan As Popular As Lara? Nathan Who?

It’s funny how a single question can be the highlight of a lengthy interview. CVG had a chat with Uncharted: Among Thieves game director Bruce Straley. When asked about the popularity of the game’s protagonist, Nathan Drake, in comparison with Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft, here’s what he had to say: Do you think Nathan Drake [...]

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Final Fantasy XIII To Arrive Next Year

Final Fantasy fans will be happy to note that release dates are now available for FF XIII. The game will be hitting Japan this year. The English version is going to be available on April 2010. Square Enix President Yoichi Wada (via Guardian) has told Reuters this week that the long-awaited Final Fantasy XIII will [...]

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March 29: Guitar Hero Metallica

Now might be a good time to invest in a second kick pedal for your Guitar Hero drum set, because you’ll certainly need it for some of the more challenging tracks in this upcoming game. We already know that Guitar Hero: Metallica is in the works and now we’ve got a date to circle on [...]

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Street Fighter IV Ultra Moves Showcase

Fighting games have gone a long way since they started as one-on-one affairs. The introduction of super moves added a flashy and dramatic flair to them, which makes the deal sweeter since their primary purpose is to allow players to deal heavy damage with a single sequence of commands. Street Fighter IV introduces ultra moves [...]

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King Pack for Castle Crashers Released

I don’t think this is the patch that everyone has been waiting for, but it could be quite a bit more fun. Castle Crashers is easily one of the most popular games on the Xbox Live Arcade and now it’s getting treated to something called the King Pack. Available for 160 Microsoft Points through the [...]

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