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No Such Thing As Bad Publicity

For those who haven’t been paying attention, the city of Siena, Italy wasn’t all that happy about their flags being on display without permission in Gran Turismo 5’s Piazza del Campo track – a virtual recreation of the famous square

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No Such Thing As Bad Publicity

For those who haven’t been paying attention, the city of Siena, Italy wasn’t all that happy about their flags being on display without permission in Gran Turismo 5’s Piazza del Campo track – a virtual recreation of the famous square

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No Excuses: Planescape Torment released on Good Old Games

Unless you live under a gaming rock (or are one of them console only folks), you know Good Old Games shut down for a week last week. Many felt they were dead, and it stirred up all the existential scares

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No Excuses: Planescape Torment released on Good Old Games

Unless you live under a gaming rock (or are one of them console only folks), you know Good Old Games shut down for a week last week. Many felt they were dead, and it stirred up all the existential scares

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Explodemon: Not a new Pokemon

There are games I wouldn’t know about except for the lovely folks at the IndieGames blog. Explodemon is one of them. An 2.5D platformer coming to PSN this year (hopefully), it’s endured something of a complicated development history. Not least

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Explodemon: Not a new Pokemon

There are games I wouldn’t know about except for the lovely folks at the IndieGames blog. Explodemon is one of them. An 2.5D platformer coming to PSN this year (hopefully), it’s endured something of a complicated development history. Not least

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Final Fantasy XIV Trailer from TGS 2010: Orgy of Wow

Setting aside personal opinions regarding the last handful of titles in the Final Fantasy series as well as the direction the series has taken since the Square-Enix merger, I boldly endorse Final Fantasy XIV.  The second incarnation of an FFMMO

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Final Fantasy XIV Trailer from TGS 2010: Orgy of Wow

Setting aside personal opinions regarding the last handful of titles in the Final Fantasy series as well as the direction the series has taken since the Square-Enix merger, I boldly endorse Final Fantasy XIV.  The second incarnation of an FFMMO

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Demon's Souls 2 is Project Dark

It’ll just have a different name because it’s on the 360 as well. Sure, it’s nominally called Project Dark at the moment. But look at that trailer. Look at it. That’s totally Demon’s Souls. Claustrophobic darkness, blocking instead of a

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Demon's Souls 2 is Project Dark

It’ll just have a different name because it’s on the 360 as well. Sure, it’s nominally called Project Dark at the moment. But look at that trailer. Look at it. That’s totally Demon’s Souls. Claustrophobic darkness, blocking instead of a

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What the fuck?

Sleep deprived, but…Yakuza with zombies. People who think zombies are over-used and ruin things, your argument has been made. This is like making Call of Duty with zombies, or Final Fantasy with zombies: ridiculous. …Wait. Hold on. They did one

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What the fuck?

Sleep deprived, but…Yakuza with zombies. People who think zombies are over-used and ruin things, your argument has been made. This is like making Call of Duty with zombies, or Final Fantasy with zombies: ridiculous. …Wait. Hold on. They did one

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Your new Pokemon

Lost in the bustle of Tokyo Games Show has been Pokemon Black and White nearing release in Japan. Oh, well, we didn’t forget. And neither did Serebii, who have all the Pokemon in the new game available in list form.

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Your new Pokemon

Lost in the bustle of Tokyo Games Show has been Pokemon Black and White nearing release in Japan. Oh, well, we didn’t forget. And neither did Serebii, who have all the Pokemon in the new game available in list form.

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Shadows of the Damned next big thing

Let me hit you with a little math. Suda 51 (creator of such games as Killer 7 and No More Heroes) + Shinji Mikami (Producer of games such as Resident Evil (all up to and including 4), Viewtiful Joe, God

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Shadows of the Damned next big thing

Let me hit you with a little math. Suda 51 (creator of such games as Killer 7 and No More Heroes) + Shinji Mikami (Producer of games such as Resident Evil (all up to and including 4), Viewtiful Joe, God

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How to sell your indie game

Like that. If your game is an indie, there’s probably a lot of people already raving about it. Most of Rock Paper Shotgun, for instance, loves Magicka. But how do you get us from concept, and even gameplay, to a

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How to sell your indie game

Like that. If your game is an indie, there’s probably a lot of people already raving about it. Most of Rock Paper Shotgun, for instance, loves Magicka. But how do you get us from concept, and even gameplay, to a

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VVVVVV on Steam for $5

If you asked me what my game of the year 2010 was, there would be no hesitation. VVVVVV is possibly the best 2-D platformer I’ve ever played, and a game that was completely worth every cent of the $15 I

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VVVVVV on Steam for $5

If you asked me what my game of the year 2010 was, there would be no hesitation. VVVVVV is possibly the best 2-D platformer I’ve ever played, and a game that was completely worth every cent of the $15 I

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