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PS3 Local Content? Schmocal Content! Why Sony’s Silos Need Breaking Down Now…

At the last Sony strategy meeting, held in Tokyo this June, one of the audience members picked Sir Howard Stringer up on his progress in breaking down the ’silos’ within Sony. A year before, Sir Howard had vowed to bring down the silo mentality within Sony Corporation. And to be fair to him, much of the [...]

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Hellgate London Developer No More

Just days after an interview with co-founder Max Schaefer stated in an interview that Hellgate was rushed out of the door due to financial issues and their next game Mythos was on track, the studio has apparently closed their doors for good. Both the Seattle and San Francisco branches are done for, and all employees [...]

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Flagship Founder Admits to Rushed Hellgate London

Out of necessity according to Flagship co-founder Max Schaefer admitted in a Eurogamer interview that the company’s highly anticipated Hellgate London was rushed out the door. The company simply needed a return on their investment. We ended up rushing it to market and not keeping it in the oven long enough, just out of [...]

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CoD5: World at War - Trailer and New Information

CoD5: World at War - Debut Trailer This is the debut trailer for the recently announced, Call of Duty 5: World at War which is being developed by Treyarch and will be released on the PC and all major consoles . The debut trailer for World at War was featured exclusively on Xbox Live Marketplace last [...]

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WANTED: ultimat2.wad

So back in the day, myself and Eric modified this Doom II: Hell on Earth map called ultimate.wad and lost at least three months of our adolescence playing endless deathmatches all night every night. And we named it, wait for it, ultimat2.wad which, to my current dismay as of the date of this post, returns [...]

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Violence Decreases With Violent Game Releases

While hardly scientific and more of an observation, GamePolitics has an interesting look on how violent crime has dropped drastically with the release of heavily criticized titles. While only a few games are mentioned, think of Halo (2001) or Counter-Strike (2003) and place them on the chart. A number of outside factors considered (crimes not [...]

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Call of Duty 5 to feature fire

Obviously going to match the experience provided by Halo 3, Call of Duty 5 is set to feature some co-op fun in addition to the expected versus play. Back into World War II and taking place in both the Pacific and European theaters… with flamethrowers. Those without online can still tackle co-op play with [...]

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Call of Duty 4 PC Map Launched June 5th

So what if they’ve been downloaded a million times on the 360? So what if PS3 owners have been enjoying them for a while? The important thing is that PC players can finally indulge in the world of downloadable Call of Duty 4 content in early June. The wait has proven to be a positive though. [...]

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Proof Even Scientists Have Too Much Time to Spare

Someone. Studied. FPS. Stats. Like a serious, “educational” type thing. No, really. Researchers have figured out that in Unreal Tournament 2004, players on the red side win more by about 10%. The article states that researchers “studied” the results of over 1,300 games to figure this out. How exactly do you study a stat screen when [...]

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Three Anticipated Demos Hit Xbox Live

It may not be Christmas, but Live users have been given the gift of three demos this week.

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Call of Duty 4 Living Up to Its Hype

After pre-release skepticisms brought on by fellow gamers, I could only sit and wait for a true look at CoD4. It seems that the game may be a keeper. Other gamer writers are saying that the game mixes some qualities of Rainbow Six, Battlefield, Ghost Recon, and more. The Call of Duty 3 let down, was [...]

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TimeShift Given Free Map Pack

As millions devour Call of Duty and Halo map packs at $10 a pop, Sierra apparently didn’t see that as being a profitable venture. That, or they’re just really nice guys. The first and probably only map pack for the time altering first person shooter contains five maps in a measly 171 MB download. This [...]

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