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February 19, 2012

Robota: Vengeance pits robots against genetically modified dinosaurs

Robota: Vengeance would be your average CGI robot-warfare game featuring gladiator-style combat with genetically modified dinosaurs, if not for three important factors:…

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Rare Skylanders sell for more than $1,000 at auction

The supplemental toys surrounding Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure have become the latest in a long line of collectable merchandising campaigns to reach “You…

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‘Activision doesn’t blacklist journalists,’ working on resolution with Gameblog

Earlier this week, France’s Gameblog posted a screenshot of Amazon France’s premature listing for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, a story…

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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Forbidden Island

Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to…

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Black Ops 2 Gives Treyarch the Chance to Own Call of Duty

Black Ops proved Treyarch could match Infinity Ward, its sequel could surpass them….

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Rampant Speculation Theater presents: Microsoft files for ‘Avatar Famestar’ trademark

Last monday, Microsoft submitted a trademark filing for “Avatar Famestar” to the US Patent and Trademark Office. The application classifies the trademark…

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Sony: Call of Duty blasting onto Vita this fall

Call of Duty will be launching on Vita this fall, Sony’s SVP of PlayStation Brand Marketing told Game Trailers in a video…

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Buy 2 get 1 free on select Vita games at GameStop starting today

In true local-furniture-store fashion, purchasing any 2 first-party Vita games on this list will land you a third title (also from that…

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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is getting ready for the Vita

The Vita comes out on Wednesday, First Edition bundles notwithstanding, and we’ve been hard at work providing you with as much coverage…

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New Xenoblade Chronicles trailer shows off combat and menus

Xenoblade Chronicles is still on track for its April 2012 release in North America, proving that there’s nothing in this world that…

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Kid Icarus: Uprising ‘Sacred Treasures’ trailer is a callback

Medusa’s freaky self is back in Kid Icarus: Uprising, causing all kinds of trouble for our intrepid, toga-sporting protagonist Pit. According to…

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February 18, 2012

Oxeye Game Studio and Wolfire Games join Humble Bundle Mojam

As if the basic premise of Mojang’s 60 hour Humble Bundle charity programming marathon weren’t enough of an incentive for you to…

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The PlayStation Recap — Viva Vita Edition

The big day is almost here! This Wednesday (or Tuesday night) sees the launch of PS Vita — the most powerful and…

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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier dev diary demos cover system, invisibile dudes

I ain’t scared of no ghost, but I am completely terrified by the idea of invisible soldiers. There could be one beside…

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Just Add Water talking to publishers about Stranger’s Wrath for XBLA

Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD has been available on PSN since last December, but its 2.1 gigabyte file size — just .1 gigs…

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Bit.Trip Saga UK launch pushed forward to March 16

Ah, the rare anti-delay, a happenstance so seldom seen in the gaming world that its occurrence should be marked by fireworks and…

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Double is Skullgirls’ final, grossest character

You didn’t think the entire Skullgirls character roster was going to be comprised exclusively of buxom cartoon vixens, did you? Reverge Labs…

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Tekken Unlimited Tag Tournament 2 announced for Japanese arcades

It may not be hitting consoles until sometime this fall, but Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has been in Japanese arcades since September…

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