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We don't ... we're not really ... alright, look. We've got to finish this post quick, because the above image is making us sad to look at. You guys picked 2P Start's " Cold, Cold Mountain " as your favorite webcomic from last week's Wrapup . Congrats, 2P Start. Now, we've got to move on ...
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Although a version called Monopoly: Here & Now: The World (sweet mercy, that title!) was previously released on iPhone, there is also now a plain ol' version of Monopoly for $5 on the App Store. The game supports up to four players on the same network or through "pass 'n play." There's ...
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iPhone
Electronic Arts
App Store
Bluetooth
Xbox 360
If you've downloaded firmware 6.20 for your PSP, you'll be able to access the Digital Comics service, featured under the new "Extras" section of the XMB. While the PlayStation Store won't offer comics until next month, Sony is offering fans an early sneak peek at the service by offering free ...
Gaming
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Sony
Introducing 10 Questions from the Academy: A weekly feature from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences wherein significant figures in the video game industry provide their input on past trends, current events, and future challenges and goals for the entertainment software community.
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Gaming
Ubisoft
You don't see nearly the amount of coverage of Second Life (or as we call it in these parts, PlayStation Home 's creepy, aggressively pornographic uncle) these days as you used to, and BBC did a little digging to find out why. Their discovery? Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but ...
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Sega is preparing a sequel to its App Store launch title, Super Monkey Ball , due out sometime before the end of the year. According to Touch Arcade , Super Monkey Ball 2 will add 115 new levels, multiplayer functions, and, perhaps most importantly, minigames. Monkey Bowling will be included ...
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Super Monkey Ball
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iPhone
App Store
Sometimes we do crazy things -- in this case, it's something crazy for you, dear reader. You see, when PS3 Attitude reported users who had run into freezes or other bouts of unsatisfactory performance from their PS3 could report the issue to Sony thanks to firmware 3.10 , directly through ...
Hardware
Sony
PS3
There's some good news for the PC players of Left 4 Dead 2 . You know longer have to worry about whether Valve will be bringing the original Left 4 Dead campaigns into the sequel. You see, crafty modders over at l4dmods.com have already implemented the original maps into Left 4 Dead 2 . ...
Gaming
Left 4 Dead
PC
Speaking to VentureBeat , Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten discussed the recent round of Xbox Live bans . According to Whitten, banning users from Xbox Live is "a cat and mouse game." Said Whitten, "These were people that were pirating software." He added that Microsoft looks at ...
Gaming
Xbox Live
Microsoft
Stardock isn't a publicly traded company, though it strives to be as open as possible about its business. This is where the annual Stardock Customer Report (PDF link) comes in, an annual assessment of the company's financial situation. Stardock, a publisher of games such as Sins of a Solar ...
Hardware
We can't be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we'll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix's Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week.
Recommendation of the Week:
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"Thank you, to the people of Earth, for embracing our mission of cooperation and understanding. Furthering our efforts, we've decided that we will also share the interactive entertainment interface system of our home planet. Through the diplomatic initiatives employed on our world between ...
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After being banned from the PlayStation Network for hateful comments stated in Resistance 's online community, Erik Estavillo launched not one , but two , lawsuits against Sony for infringing on his "first amendment rights" -- an argument that was shot down by Judge Ronald Whyte simply ...
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Microsoft
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Sony
Japanese retailer Amiami includes a note on its listing for the Xbox 360 version of No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise that suggests that because it is based on the North American version of the Wii original, it is likely to carry the CERO Z rating (think an ESRB M rating, but harsher) when ...
Gaming
Xbox 360
Grasshopper Manufacture
We hate to go all Howard Hughes on you guys, but we must admit: This touch-screen equipped arcade version of Cooking Mama fills every bone in our body with germophobic discomfort. That can partially be attributed to the fact that we've seen our fair share of filthy hands attached to the ...
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Now that the big holiday games have already come out, it's time for you to start worrying about the deluge of games in early 2010. One of the games Sony hopes you'll use your post-Xmas trade credit towards is ModNation Racers . Although originally unveiled at E3, Sony has been incredibly ...
Hardware
Sony
"They support the living sh*t out of it, and they support it really well," Capybara's Nathan Vella told Gamasutra when talking about Sony's free PhyreEngine . "Any of the parts that are inside Phyre that we didn't know how to fix or we had an issue with, they would fix it for us in a day. ...
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Sony
Tax breaks are a great way to get developers interested in Canada, according to minister of economic development and trade for Ontario Sandra Pupatello, but they may not be the best way to keep them there. Pupatello worries that while trying to entice devs, competing provinces could drive ...
Gaming
Ubisoft
Having not played Renegade Kid's first survival/horror-FPS on the Nintendo DS back in 2007, Dementium: The Ward , I had few expectations going into my recent hands-on with the game's sequel, the aptly titled Dementium 2 . I knew that the first game enjoyed critical acclaim for more than ...
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The unsinkable publisher Gameloft recently revealed that it is planning " significantly cut " its development on Google's Android platform. Said Gameloft finance director Alexandre de Rochefort, "We have significantly cut our investment in Android platform," adding that "many others" in the ...
