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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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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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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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While the Supreme Court of the United States has been busy deliberating on whether California can legally make it a crime to sell "M" rated video games to minors, the FTC has been doing their own studies.

According the the Federal Trade Commission data from multiple studies conducted between November 2010 and January 2011 shows that out of all the forms of entertainment retailers are doing the best job of restricting sales to minors.

The FTC sent 13-16-year-olds alone into retailers... Read More

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South Korea has just passed a new law stating that children under the age of 15 can not play online games between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.

This new law is set to stop game addiction though it is unclear which games will be covered and how it will be enforced. Read More

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Have Pokemon Black or White? Well then you are in luck, the Pokemon Global Link Service has just launched after a two-week delay caused by the recent earthquakes in Japan.

When you register for the site, you can send a Pokemon of your choice into the Dream World where you can then obtain and trade items, play mini-games, and grow berries which can be sent back to your DS or decorate your Dream World home.

The Global Battle Union allows you to record your stats when fighting other human... Read More

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It appears that Garry Newman has been tweaking the code for Garry's Mod to include something special for pirates.

If you happen to be playing a pirated version, you will get a message saying

Unable to shade polygon normals.

It appears that he is sitting back laughing gauging by his tweet

"Just enabled this error in GMod today. It happens when you pirated it. Having fun watching people complain. http://goo.gl/1CkT7 ."

http://goo.gl/1CkT7 brings you to a google... Read More

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For the longest time games have taken back seat to television and film when it came to the Grammy Awards. While they have been allowed to be entered in the other visual media section, they never got top spot.

For the first time ever games will be side by side when it comes to television and film giving the music in them larger recognition.

The five categories that now allow video game submissions are The Music for Visual Media, Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best... Read More

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A Valve-wide collaboration has left us with a Portal 2 comic that gives us another Aperture survivor and possibly a talking Companion Cube.

You can start reading the comic here:
http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic/#1

[img align=right title="Portal 2 comic"]http/www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/11/apr/portalcomic.jpg[/img] Read More

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Rumor has it that Xbox Live will start offering Free to Play games. It is speculated that you will then be able to use Microsoft Points to buy in game items though no official announcement has been made. Read More

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DARPA has made and released a video game in hopes of crowd-sourcing some of the tactical AI behind the new ACTUV antisubmarine warfare drones.

The free game can be found here:
https://actuv.darpa.mil/ Read More

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EA Sports' president Peter Moore has hinted that EA Sports' games now may start using persistent player profiles with games removing the need to start from scratch with each new game they buy.

This may bring relief to gamers and game developers alike with players no longer having reservations about loosing their "dream team" and going out and buying new games which in turn put money in the developers pockets. Read More

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Battlefield Play4Free open beta has launched with a boom today. With a quick registration and download you can play as either an U.S. or Russian soldier.

You can register and download here: http://battlefield.play4free.com/en/ Read More

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Robin Antonick, developer of the original Madden title, is suing EA for royalties and payments that never were sent his way. Antonick says that a contract he signed with the game giant was never terminated and did not realize that subsequent version of the Madden NFL software were not independently developed.

"Unknown to Antonick, Electronic Arts decided that it did not want to share these profits with him even though he was responsible for the development of virtually all the... Read More

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A new website has been created set to become the "Craigslist of the MMO world." The goal is to allow players to search their game and server and look for and list items that they wish to buy and sell.

The website, named dawnmarket.com, is apparently not up yet. Read More

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