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Steam banning "grey market" Modern Warfare 2 CD keys

Geeze . . . The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 can't catch a break. After all the controversy over no dedicated servers, the high price tag for the first person shooter and THA...

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  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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Microsoft says it's 'well within legal rights' to ban consoles

In response to a possible class action lawsuit resulting from a recent round of Xbox Live bans, Microsoft has now asserted the legality of its position. A spokesperson has told...

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  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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Happy 4th birthday, Xbox 360

Cruising the Twitters, as we are wont to do, we stumbled upon a revelation, courtesy of one Major Nelson. That revelation: Today is the fourth anniversary of the launch of the ...

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  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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The Saboteur goes gold even as Pandemic's studio space shuts down

Pandemic Studios' life as a separate game development studio came to a swift end earlier this week with the reveal that its owner Electronic Arts was shutting down their Santa ...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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Reminder: Today's Engadget Show to feature Joystiq's Chris Grant!

Are you in New York City today wondering what to do at 5PM? We suggest you head to the below address in NYC's beautiful East Village where The Engadget Show is being taped, fea...

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  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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Rockstar's Beaterator subbing for music teachers in some NYC public schools

Despite a relatively low-key launch on the PSP this past Fall, Rockstar Games' Beaterator is showing back up in the news this week for reasons that we couldn't have seen coming...

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  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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First major Left 4 Dead 2 PC patch fixes some issues

As usual, Valve is quick to respond with issues found in their PC game releases. On Saturday they issued their first major patch for their zombie co-op shooter sequel Left 4 De...

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  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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Uwe Boll is adapting everyone's favorite video game, Bloodrayne 3

At the risk of being repeatedly pawnched, we think we can accurately describe all of Uwe Boll's video game-based films as "wretched." However, we've got a theory for why that i...

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  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy Beta 1 to begin Monday

Ironclad Games' next micro-expansion for their hit space-based RTS game Sins of a Solar Empire, titled Diplomacy, is about to begin its first beta test. A note on the game's of...

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  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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Valve offers up some cool holiday greeting cards

As you prepare to shop and give presents to your family and friends you may want to give those gifts a certain special something. Valve's online store has some newly available ...

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  • Posted: 11/22/2009

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Weekly Webcomic Wrapup has turkey on the brain

You know what happens in five days? Turkey happens. It's difficult for us to think about things that aren't turkey at the moment -- unless those things are stuffing-based. We o...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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Noby Noby Girl has stretched her way to Jupiter

They said it couldn't be done -- and for good reason, considering how difficult it must be for a creature to stretch its own body to a length of 576,682,810 miles. However, tha...

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  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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The Saboteur goes gold despite developer going dark

Though The Saboteur developer Pandemic Studios is losing its 200-person staff, the company's final game has just "gone gold" across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. In a post o...

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  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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Maxim's Hometown Hotties show their . . . support for Blur

While Activision may have decided to delay the release of Blur from this fall to sometime in 2010, they haven't forgotten about the upcoming action-racing game from developer B...

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  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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Swag Saturday: Tekken 6 (360)

Here it is, folks: your chance to beat up relatives all throughout the holiday season, albeit from the relative safeness of Tekken 6's confines! For this week's Swag Saturday, ...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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Stardock CEO talks more about PC game digital downloads

Stardock's recently released 2009 customer report has quite a bit of info about the publishing company's Impulse download business. However there's also some speculation on the...

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  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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Report: Mario Kart, Pilotwings and Smash Bros. coming to Virtual Console by year's end

Gamespot is reporting that Nintendo revealed to them that a few oft-requested classic titles will be added to the Virtual Console within the coming weeks. According to the repo...

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  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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Blizzard: Diablo III "is not going to be out next year"

Blizzard is currently targeting the release of StarCraft II for the first half of 2010 and their next World of Warcraft expansion pack, Cataclysm, is due out sometime in 2010 a...

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  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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Reminder: Left 4 Dead 2 giveaway underway

As you prepare for next week's long (for some of you) Thanksgiving weekend, some of you may want to play some games in between turkey and watching football on TV. But wouldn't ...

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  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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Mystery VGA teaser revealed as Spec Ops

It appears as though yesterday's mystery teaser for the upcoming Spike TV Video Game Awards, featuring a CGI scene of a war in Dubai, is actually not the newest teaser in the w...

  • Type: Feature
  • Posted: 11/21/2009

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