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Entries for July 22nd, 2010

Three things you can do if you’re not at Comic Con

Yeah, yeah, we can’t all pick up and go to San Diego this weekend for panels on every nerd-related pursuit under the sun (Guinness Book of World Records chocolate bar eating contest? Really, THQ?). But that doesn’t mean the neglected have to sit here and do nothing for four days straight. Here’s a set of [...]

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New Mass Effect 2 DLC sheds light on the Shadow Broker

BioWare posted a blurb to the Mass Effect 2 site today announcing a new downloadable content chapter called “Lair of the Shadow Broker.” The DLC teams Commander Shepard up with Liara T’Soni to confront the mysterious figure behind many major Mass Effect plot points.
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The blurb says that when Commander Shepard died two year prior [...]

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EA celebrates new Salt Lake City office, asks governor for tax break

EA’s new studio in Salt Lake City, Utah got going over three months ago, but only just now celebrated its grand opening with government officials and neighboring businesses invited into the studio for a look at games and Hasbro toy. It’s as good a time as any to ask the governor for a tax break, [...]

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Win a customized Xbox 360 from Activision even if you’re not at Comic Con

Exclusives are the lifeblood of San Diego Comic Con and the 2010 show is no exception. Sadly, many people miss out on SDCC and its exclusive trinkets and prizes each year for various reasons — but Activision’s got you covered. Read on to find out how to win a customized Xbox 360 using nothing but [...]

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Driver delayed, Conviction sells 1.9 million UPDATE

Ubisoft sent out several announcements this morning ahead of its first quarter 2010-11 earnings call. Among other highlights, Splinter Cell: Conviction sold 1.9 million units and Driver: San Francisco got bumped from a third quarter 2010 holiday release to fourth quarter.
“This year’s E3 further confirmed the potential for our end-of-year line-up, demonstrating how varied and [...]

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Daily (Stale) Bread: The news we didn’t post on July 21, 2010

A smattering of pre-Comic-Con newsbits and gaming culture interest stories took up our mid-week news day, but a few other industry goings-on still managed to capture our collective attention. Everything else on our radar made a safe landing here, in our daily stale bread.
7/21–Comic-almost-on

Practical, Visual, Three-Dimensional Pedagogy for Internet Protocol Packet Header Control FieldsAJ: Not [...]

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Old-school Tetris still getting love with a tournament , documentary, and freeware re-imagining

Tetris may have 21 years of history here in the U.S., but some players still hold the original NES and Game Boy games closest to their hearts. Here are some of the more significant recent homages to some of the oldest iteration of the game.
Shown above is a game spotted on GameSetWatch earlier today entitled [...]

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New Red Dead Redemption update targets cheaters

Rockstar posted to its Red Dead Redemption site today, informing users of an anti-cheating update due out next month. The patch also fixes griefing in Free Roam mode by allowing the griefed to flee at will to any region on the map via Transporting.
Additionally, the anti-griefing measure fixes anyone with a six-kill-or-higher streak with a [...]

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Which of these new characters in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 are actually new?

Capcom blogged a quartet of new character reveals for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 last night and we’re sharing it with you for help figuring out which of the four are actually new to the series. Chun-Li is an obvious no, but Super-Skrull?
Luckily, Wikipedia comes in handy for this. According to its Marvel vs. Capcom series [...]

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Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy confirmed for DC Universe Online voice work

Back when we saw DC Universe Online at Sony Online Entertainment’s office in Austin, TX, they weren’t ready to tell us who they’d lined up for voice acting. Today, just one day ahead of San Diego Comic Con 2010, they’re ready to tell us who they’ve got.

The big ticket actors are Mark Hamill and Kevin [...]

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