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Heavy Rain vs. Deadly Premonition: Heavy Rain "wins"
Having given up on Deadly Premonition and having finished Heavy Rain , here is my review: "So that happened." While I can't say my overall impression of Heavy Rain improved - I think it's a terrible game and a poorly written story - I'm glad I finished it. After the jump, the spoiler-ridden... »
New Xbox Live policy makes it okay to declare sexuality
It used to be against the rules to use the words gay, straight, lesbian, bi, or transgender in your Xbox Live gamertag. That's just changed . From Xbox Live General Manager Marc Whitten: I'd like to announce an update to the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Code of Conduct which will allow... »
OnLive goes live in June, doesn’t cost what you’d expect
OnLive will go live on June 17th, presumably letting you play high-end PC games without needing a high-end PC. »
Playstation Wii gets an official name and a nunchuk attachment
Sony has left us in the lurch for nearly a year. That's about how long it's been since the demo of their motion controller sensor, which actually built up a fair amount of buzz. But we haven't known what to call it »
Heavy Rain vs. Deadly Premonition: Round Five
I'm officially giving up on Deadly Premonition . But I'm going to play through to the end of Heavy Rain . »
YouTube verbally mangles Mass Effect 2 and it is awesome
YouTube's new captioning system translates audio to subtitles on the fly. What a fantastic invention. Not for how useful it is, but for its unintentional hilarity. »
First look: Command & Conquer 4’s offline mode
When you boot up Command & Conquer 4 , it starts a front end from which you have to log in, much like you would get for an MMO. But then you're in the game and it's mostly like any other real time strategy game. You can play the campaign, a skirmish, or... »
Can Battlestar Galactica Online make broswer-based MMOs fun?
Hey, look, a Battlestar Galactica MMO! Leading product slate for 2010 will be Battlestar Galactica Online, a tactical space combat and adventure MMOG based upon Syfy's Battlestar Galactica series. The game, inspired by one of the most popular science fiction series in television history, will launch worldwide exclusively this fall... »
Need for Speed Shift sets out for the French Riviera
Next week Need for Speed: Shift will be getting a ten-dollar expansion pack that adds seven fancy new cars I've mostly never heard of. »
If you didn’t get into the Starcraft II beta, there’s always this
Since there are so few real time strategy games available right now, you might be interested in the beta for Ruse , which will give you an advance peek at Ubisoft's upcoming game about WWII, deception, and maintaining an online connection while you play single-player. It's open to the public and available on... »