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Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition Sells 1 Million Copies In First Five Days
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition has experienced nothing but success since launching last week. Just a day after it launched, Notch announced that the long-awaited Xbox 360 version of Minecraft was profitable after only being available for one hour, and today it was announced that it has sold 1 million copies [...]
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Treyarch: Black Ops 2 Doesn't Need A New Engine
So, Black Ops 2 has been announced, and as with all new Call of Duty announcements, there seems to be one thing on everyone’s mind: will it use a new graphics engine? It get asked time and time again, and “Nope!” is the answer those curious fans always receive. Will [...]
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GAME Australia Enters Administration, Cancels Diablo 3 Pre-Orders
Like its big brother before it, GAME Australia has entered administration. The news comes just prior to the launch of Diablo 3, and if you had the misfortune of pre-ordering the title at any of GAME’s 92 locations in Australia, we’ve got some bad news for you: GAME stores down [...]
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Tomb Raider Pushed Back To Q1 2013
It’s only May and there are already a ton of game releases to look forward to this autumn, but sadly, Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider reboot is no longer one of them. The studio has pushed the release of Tomb Raider back to quarter 1 2013, but didn’t give us a [...]
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CD Projekt Red Hiring For RPG In "New Setting"
The Witcher 2 showed up at the top of many gamer’s “Best Of 2011” lists. While folks may have already known CD Projekt from their GOG.com website or the first Witcher video game, the second game with its tight storytelling and amazing graphics really put the developer on the spot. [...]
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Nintendo Cancelling 3D TV Video Service In Japan
Mobile TV (D-TV) is a bit more popular in Japan and South Korea here, and to promote the 3D craze via their Nintendo 3DS gaming handheld, Nintendo had been running their own 3D video service through Japanese Nintendo 3DS. However, what may be a portend of bad sales, Nintendo has [...]
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EA Not Shutting Down Official Battlefield 3 Servers
If you’ve played Battlefield 3 lately, you may have noticed a lack of official servers from the folks at EA and DICE. Oh sure, there are thousands of servers being run by other people, but the DICE/EA official ranked servers are disappearing. Despite some fears that Battlefield 3 was waning [...]
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Angry Birds Successor to be Called Amazing Alex
Rovio has apparently learned from those Angry Birds that placing all one’s eggs in the same basket is not always a good business strategy, not that the Angry Birds series is in any danger of losing popularity with the crowds yet. But the game maker is finally ready to launch [...]
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GameStop Phasing Out PSP In 25% Of Stores
Now that the PS Vita is on the scene, the hope is that gamers will upgrade from their PSPs. The now-outdated handheld is becoming less of a priority at retailers, with GameStop announcing today that it will cease selling PSP games at 25% of stores. Before you begin saying that [...]
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Guild Wars 2 Stress Test Taking Place Next Week For Pre-Purchasers
If you didn’t get enough time with Guild Wars 2 during the first beta weekend that took place back at the end of April, then you’ll be pleased to know that ArenaNet has invited all who have pre-purchased the title to participate in a stress test next week. Hit the [...]
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