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Windows Phone 7 RTM

By pthurrott

Well, the day has finally arrived. I was told very early on that Windows Phone would most likely be released to manufacturing (RTM)... »

 

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Duke Nukem alive and well and living at Gearbox Studios

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After the original Duke Nukem developer famously and spectacularly collapsed, 2K Games handed the game over to Gearbox studios, the guys who showed us what they could do with Borderlands . Duke Nukem Forever is well underway for a release sometime next year and an official unveiling at this weekend's Penny Arcade Expo.... »

Back the Future goes episodic! Jurassic Park tags along.

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Telltale Games has secured the rights to create video games based on two of Universal Pictures' most popular intellectual properties, Back to the Future and Jurassic Park. The first game released under the agreement will be a Telltale Games "season" based on the successful Back to the Future series of films. What great... »

August 23, 2010: wallet threat level yellow

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It's a strange week, full of uncertainty, tension, and ocean liners. Mafia II is 2K Games' other entry in the open-world genre, created by a very talented group of developers in the Czech Republic. »

Just when you thought you were over WCG Ultimate Gamer

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Last year's WCG Ultimate Gamer , sponsored by World Cyber Games, Samsung, and - full disclosure! - my overlords at Syfy, was a real guilty pleasure for me. Reality TV is so cheesy, and I'm totally above that sort of thing, until I'm actually watching it. At which point, yeah, you can bet... »

What’s freaking out Alma in FEAR 3?

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FEAR 3 shambles awkwardly towards its unspecified release date, kind of like a zombie in no hurry. The attached screenshots don't help to give it much identity »

Modern Warfare 2 is so buggy it breaks other games

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According to Joystiq , Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox 360 accidentally lets you play games you didn't buy. »

Civilization V hates your old laptop

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I'm writing this on a laptop that I got specifically to play Civilization IV . At the time, it was a middle-to-high-end system with the necessary 3D accelerator to run Firaxis' insanely addictive strategy game »

Jimmy’s got a gun in the Playstation 3 version of Mafia II

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The Playstation 3 version of Mafia II gets a unique mode where you play as a bald madman named Jimmy raising havoc in pursuit of a high score. From 2K Games' press release: The Betrayal of Jimmy features dozens of intense newly created arcade-style, city-based missions that keep Jimmy driving, shooting and rampaging... »

Starcraft II: Once upon a time, it was a dark and stormy night

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I've just finished the single-player campaign in Starcraft II . I hated it. I only played through to the end because I had to review the game ( the review is posted here ; spoiler: I gave it a B). »

Games for Windows Live outdated and in need of a copy editor

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It takes a while to reinstall a copy of Bioshock 2 , mainly because there are so many ways the Games for Windows Live part of the reinstall can go wrong. For instance, the above message repeatedly showing up when you try to start the game, even after going to the link to... »