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It appears that Crytek is looking into some new gaming ideas... and helping people at the same time.

How on earth would they do that you ask? Well simple, they would create a game to teach you self defense.

"The trademark application is for the phrase "Self Defense" and applies to both video games and print media (such as books, leaflets, and so forth). I assume this means the game is instructional in nature and would be accompanied by some sort of literature." Read More

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The second crackdown has been confirmed by microsoft for a july release. A Video Documentary has also been released and you are able to see it if you follow the link below.

"While Crackdown 2 is being developed by Ruffian Games, fans of the original should rest easy knowing that a lot of the team behind the first game are working on this one too. " Read More

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The PC Gaming Alliance revealed today that total revenues from all aspects of the PC gaming industry in 2009 was actually up by three percent over the previous year, totaling a whopping $13.1 billion.

Looks like PCs AREN'T failing to the new console trends like everyone is saying... Read More

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The PlayStation Arc/Wand/Gem/Whatever may finally have an actual name - and a logo.

As of last week, all signs were pointing to the official name of Sony's motion controller being "PlayStation Arc" - but a wrench was thrown into the works by an existing Microsoft trademark.
Now, after undoubtedly-frantic scrambling to think of a new name in Sony's boardrooms, we may have a new name for the Sony motion wand: PlayStation Move. Read More

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Valve has confirmed that Steam and the Source engine will be available on the Mac in April. Read More

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Ubisoft are no doubt on your radar for their new DRM - You have to be online at all times during your gaming period, otherwise you cannot save your game.

Yes, it was a short sighted attempt to curb piracy, but one would think that - After how many server dependant pieces of software have launched - They would do a better job of coping with the load. Apparently not!

Ubisoft Official Forum

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Scans of an upcoming Game Informer feature on Portal 2 have made their way onto the internet for all to see.

We already know some details about Portal 2, like the co-op mode will be separate from the single-player game, and that GLaDOS will make a return, but concrete gameplay details were thin on the ground. But thanks to posters on the forums of Australian gaming website PALGN, we have a plethora of scans from an upcoming Game Informer feature about the game, giving us an insight into... Read More

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The seemingly-massive Valve ARG that started with a mystery update to Portal could be teasing either Portal 2 or Half-Life 2: Episode 3 - or both. Read More

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The Male wizzard, a character long associated with no armour and flowing robes, has gotten a new look, and it is intimidating.

Activision has updated the website with a clean fresh look at the Male wizard, but that is not all.

Whispers of sequals are in abundance. With Activision saying this.

"Blizzard is currently developing new games, including a new expansion pack to the World of Warcraft franchise, Cataclysm, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, which will be released with the new and... Read More

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THQ Mobile Studio has entered liquidation and says they will be focusing on other forms of Digital Entertainment.

This is what they had to say

"We have determined to develop digital games using a global network of external developers as well as our recently announced THQ Digital studios," continues the spokesperson. Read More

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Rockstar North has confirmed that they are still going strong with the making of a PS3 exclusive named Agent.

"We last heard news on Agent back in November last year and Rockstar North, who are developing the 70's themed spying/espionage title, have been rather quiet about its progress. During the Take-Two 2010 Q1 financial's conference call they stated that the game was "still in development" at Rockstar North which is promising." Read More

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Bungie has released the new Reach Multiplayer Beta trailer, and it is outstanding.
It looks like Halo, feels like Halo, but tastes like something entirely new.
Grab your ODST disks, I'll see you in the beta on May 3rd, 2010. Read More

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For all those Halo Fans out there, tonight is the night, the night where we get a big bomb dropped on us about Halo Reach Multiplayer.

No one knows yet what it is, what it is about or how big the boom will be, but Bungie had this to say.

"On another note, I hope you all like the MP bomb we’re about to drop on the world in about a day. Enjoy!"

That was yesterday. Your guess is as good as mine with this one. Read More

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Apple has accused HTC, the company who brings you the first phone to use google's OS and Nexus One.

Steve Jobs had this to say,

"We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it...We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."

While this is all going on coincidentally Apple is being sued for Stealing technology from Nokia as is Kodak. Read More

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The Keynote speaker at the MI6 Game marketing conference has been announced, it being the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Playstation.

"We received an announcement earlier today from the organizers of the MI6 Game Marketing Conference, revealing the April 1 show's keynote speaker. The speech will be delivered by Peter Dille, the senior vice president of marketing for PlayStation. The keynote, "Redefining the Digital Living Room," will showcase "how the PlayStation Network is evolving... Read More

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Suprise suprise an article has been published about how Violent video games cause violence.

This new study "claims that it proves a connection between violent video games and aggressive children."

A Different study was done at Texas A&M University that states that their study "included many studies that do not relate well to serious aggression, an apparently biased sample of unpublished studies." Read More

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A new pc update to the ever popular game Portal comes with some interesting new findings.

The players have found around 18 minutes of morse code in files within the game, Translated they make out 5 different messages and if you turn them into a picture file you will get a static picture

"creating static-filled pictures with keyboard buttons and obscure written notes"

A new achievement is also implemented where you must destroy were you must collect 26 Radios. Read More

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E3, or Electronic Entertainment Expo, perhaps one of the largest gaming epicenters every year, is coming round bend, come june hundreds will be glued to their tv/computer screen.

What is so exciting you ask, well All the newest games are shown, announced here. Platforms that are to soon be available to the public get shown off and used for everyone to see.

So here is a list of the top 20 titles that will be shown at E3 that will make you need a jack for your mouth. Read More

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Usually you have to have a petition or major uprising to get a game company to listen to you, well not with Naughty Dog.

".It seems the main community complaint - that it’s too easy to kill enemies by shooting them in the legs – will be addressed, with decreased limb damage under consideration."

Although the Patches are not for sure to go through, Naughty Dog is considering multiple tweaks to Multiplayer that have been complained about by the community. Read More

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Mac OS X may be getting some Steamy action with well... Steam. The recent Steam beta that was released had some interesting files in it, such as some Mac buttons and an osx.menu file.

"Apple has shown little interest in helping desktop gaming, preferring to concentrate on productivity apps and conventional entertainment. Any Mac titles distributed through Steam would still need to be ported individually, sometimes a difficult proposition as a result of different architectures and drivers." Read More

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