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PSO is finally getting a sequel, which is planned for sometime in 2012.

Sega recently closed their 1st alpha, and have plans to start up the second, open-alpha within the near future.

Relative to the other games in the franchise, this has the biggest shift in terms of cinematics, gameplay, customization, and player-count. New abilities include "stepping" and dodge-roles.

For anyone who follows this series like I do; See you on Ragol. Read More

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Nintendo has decided to drop the price on their newest handheld which was originally price around console prices at $249.99. The new price of $169.99 will be a nice relief for families around Christmas time and for anyone wanting to buy one.

If you already own a 3DS do not worry Nintendo has not forsaken you. You are able to get 20 free games if you connect to the Nintendo eShop at least once before 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Aug. 11. If you do this you will be registered for the Nintendo... Read More

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Hey, guys.

For anyone that misses RiotCraft2, here it is for download in .zip format:
http://tinyurl.com/3zfa77t

We actually have TWO servers now!

RiotCraft3: play.riotcraft.com
Map: http://play.riotcraft.com:8123/

And our new Hardcore server, with monsters on and whatnot:

RiotCore: play.riotcraft.com:31337
Map: http://play.riotcraft.com:1337

I hope y'all enjoy your stay!
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The beta version of the SDK for Kinect has been released, completely for free. Microsoft has upheld their promise to allow people to play around with the peripheral.

The SDK is based on the software used on XBOX 360 but ported to .NET platform. You can use the libraries with the .NET language of your choice (C#, VB.NET or C++.NET). Platform wise, you’ll need a dual core machine, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 (yes, mandatory) and a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphic card. Visual Studio 2010 Express... Read More

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Notch, the creator of Minecraft, was a hit at E3 and has tweeted how much he enjoyed the Expo and has said a bit about what the future has in store for Minecraft.

The release date for Minecraft has been moved due to complications on booking MinecraftCon and may be moved one week later. He has decided that he is going to be more secretive when it comes to the 1.7 update which he is calling the “Adventure Update.” Though he has said this, the update is going to focus on fleshing out the... Read More

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The Microsoft website had a small glitch this morning that temporarily allowed viewers to see some special suprises in store for Xbox 360 players.

Most noteworthy is the long awaited Star Wars Kinect game, Halo: Combat Evolved anniversary addition and biggest of all was Halo 4. Yes you read that correctly, 343 studios, it seems, is working on Halo 4. From the looks of it, it appears that it may give some answer to what happens with the master chief in that broken space ship floating out... Read More

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It doesn't take much time on Xbox Live or PSN to realize how abundant your mom jokes, bullying, swearing, and all the stuff that most of us said in middle school, really are. One player decided to take things to the next level when he was playing the Minecraft inspired FortressCraft.

The victim was a 26 year old Eugene, Oregon resident who refused to give another player some in-game content. What that player decided to do was contact the authorities and inform them that the other player... Read More

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Many people were dissappointed by the changes put in place in Game: Call of Duty: Black Ops. New info has been released on what changes will be made to gameplay including different perks, killstreaks, and removal of one of the things that made the Modern Warfare series famous.

Team Perks are perks that your whole team must work to get. They include Stopping Power which will increase... Read More

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Many people have been complaining that Dragon Age II felt like a rush job. Caves and dungeons felt reused and many cheap waves of enemies to just chop through.

The developers over at BioWare have heard your complaints, and vow to make Dragon Age III better and to fix what was wrong in DA II.

Mike Laidlaw addressed these complaints on the companies forums

"Following the launch of DA II, I did some interviews and some of you interpreted my statements to mean I was blind to the... Read More

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In what can only be described as the greatest parenting move since this guy decided his child should become the next axe-murderer, some kid’s parents threw him a Mario themed birthday party. And I’m not talking like your Aunt Gertrude bought you a cake from Publix and drew a fat plumber wearing a red hat on it, this kid got costumes, obstacle courses… HIS UNCLE WAS EVEN BOWSER. Oh, that’s not it. He also got a Mario cake, MUSHROOM CUPCAKES (not THOSE mushrooms, hippie), Goombas, a... Read More

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BioWare's senior director of creative development Alistair (yes... Alistair) McNally announced via tweet that Dragon Age III is in the works.

"I'm looking for exceptional environment artists to join me at #BioWare Edmonton, Canada to work on #DragonAge3 #gamejobs #jobs #3D #artists"

So it looks like the game will be in 3D. Read More

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Ever see those GameFly commercials of people throwing there TV screens out windows because they bought a bad game?


Well GameFly just acquired Direct2Drive, a digital PC game distributor previously owned by IGN.

It seems that "renting" PC games may be possible in the future, which I would love to see. Read More

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I know what you are all thinking, what more could there possibly be for us to do in Gears of War 3?

In a new teaser clip, that is well... just short enough to reveal enough to get us all riled up.

In the clip you see the gang huddled around a monitor with the faint image of Marcus' father calling out for help.

You can view the clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmrMsxAMUsY

The full teaser trailer will air May 28th during the Champions League Final Match and During Game 6 of... Read More

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You know those retailer specific pre-order DLC's you can get if you buy from a specific company, how if you don't you have to buy them to get them? Well for the Witcher 2 the game developers have assured everyone that all DLC will be free.

The only things that will have to be bought are expansion packs. Not your regular just add a side quest expansion packs either. Those will be DLC.

The representative estemated that Witcher 2 will offer 40 hours of game play on the main quest alone,... Read More

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So much has happened since the PSN outage occurred that it can be hard to keep track of all that is going on. Here is a look at what all has happened since the outage began.

April 20th the PlayStation Network goes down taking some games with built in DRM with it due to external intrusion.

April 24th Sony says PSN should be back up by the 25th

April 25th PSN still out, Sony says it could be another week. No arrests made yet over intrusion, Sony unsure if credit card data was stolen... Read More

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It seems that every day something new is coming from Sony about the PSN outage. This time the game and technology giant is saying that the online gaming service may not be back until May 31st.

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After years of back and forth debate the votes are in and it appears that games are now officially recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts as an art form.

The NEA is a US government organization/program that funds artistic projects that enhance the public good.

Game makers can apply for a $200k grant if they are going to be giving away the game for free and it is deemed as public good. Read More

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The morning of May 2 Sony found how deep the attack on PlayStation Network really went. According to Sony credit card information was stolen.

While only 12,700 card numbers have been stolen, they were only from non-U.S. cardholders from an outdated database which did not hold the card's security codes.

Word to the wise, track your credit card spending and keep and eye out for any suspicious activity. Read More

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Apparently the new Fallout: New Vegas update has been freezing game saves as well as making them unplayable.

Bethesda is hoping to get a working patch out soon. Read More

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Although Game: Minecraft already has mods, Mojang has decided that it wants to make mods official.

Signing up is completely free and will require you to agree to a license deal but will give you the source code and gives developers a unique certificate for signing their mods.

Notch, creator of Minecraft, has written out everything here:
http://notch.tumblr.com/p…5141617/the-plan-for-mods Read More

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