Archive for February, 2010

Review: Dark Void Zero – VGChartz

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

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Review: Dark Void Zero
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Promoted as a lost NES-era arcade game , Dark Void Zero attempts to bring the player back to a long gone time in …

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Elasticr vs. Aliens arcade game 2010 Drops To FREE: Swing Swing! – TheAPPera.com (blog)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

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Elasticr vs. Aliens arcade game 2010 Drops To FREE: Swing Swing!
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Aliens arcade game 2010 is FREE. Elasticr is amazingly simple to pick up, yet incredibly hard to put down. Save the Earth by flinging the hero across the …

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Super Meat Boy coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade – SCRAWL (blog)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

SCRAWL (blog)
Super Meat Boy coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade
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Online play will be included only in the Xbox LIVE Arcade game , but the developer wants each version of the game to have its own exclusive content – such as …

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Konami’s Metal Gear arcade in 3D – CNET

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

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Konami's Metal Gear arcade in 3D
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This brings back childhood memories of Beast Busters for those who can still remember this hot arcade game back in the early 1990s, except that playback was …
Metal Gear Arcade's head-tracking 3D glasses Slippery Brick
AOU 2010: Metal Gear Arcade in 3D, with head sensors Destructoid
Metal Gear Arcade mixes 3D glasses with head-tracking for this season's … Engadget (blog)

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Microsoft dates, prices Block Party promotion – GameSpot

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

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Microsoft dates, prices Block Party promotion
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Toy Soldiers leads Xbox Live Arcade cavalcade on March 2, with Scrap Metal, Perfect Dark, Game Room hub following; Fret Nice, …
Microsoft Offering Free Points, Gold Membership IGN
Microsoft working to fix 1 vs. 100 bugs Geek.com
Xbox Live Deal of the Week – 23/02/10 PALGN
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Arcade game of the year "Space Ark" set to release on Xbox LIVE® in Spring 2010 – HotIndieNews.com

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

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Arcade game of the year “Space Ark” set to release on Xbox LIVE® in Spring 2010
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The brightest and bounciest Arcade game of the year is set to release on Xbox LIVE® Arcade in spring 2010 DERBY, ENGLAND – Strawdog Studios, an independent …
'Space Ark' (XBLA) Shows Off Terraforming – New Screens & Trailer WorthPlaying.com
Space Ark – Terraforming Explained Electronic Theatre

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Atari Launches Browser-Based Missile Command – Wired News

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

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Atari Launches Browser-Based Missile Command
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Atari re-released its classic arcade game Missile Command as a free, multiplayer browser game Thurdsay. The new edition of the game was …
Report: Atari Shops Missile Command Film Rights Gamasutra
Missile Command could be headed to film Fudzilla
ATARI: “Missile Command” makes a Glorious Return after 30 years AkihabaraNews (blog)
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Everyone Loves Classic Arcade Games (Online Casino Reports)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

British-based Betfair is not only among the oldest and most highly respected online gambling sites but it possibly also the world’s largest. In addition to its poker rooms and sport betting portal, it now offers innovative online arcade games that can keep you entertained for hours.

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Art Style: Rotozoa Put Under the Microscope (IGN Wii)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Art Style: Rotozoa (Wii) After millenniums of evolution, Nintendo is sending you back to the primordial ooze.

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Sin & Punishment: Star Successor Preview (GamePro)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Following up a cult hit that was trapped in Japan for seven years is no easy task. Check out Andy’s preview of Sin & Punishment: Star Successor to see if the Wii sequel to the N64 classic is up to the task.

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Report: Atari Shops Missile Command Film Rights (Gamasutra)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Atari wants to bring the enduring missile-commanding thrills of Missile Command to the big screen with a feature film adaptation of its classic arcade hit. According to a Los Angeles Times blog report, Atari is in talks with numerous studios, but Fox and Chernin Productions — a production company recently founded by former Fox Entertainment CEO Peter Chernin — are the front-runners to …

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The Facebook games that millions love (and hate) (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

(CNN) — Sure, none of it’s real. But the overwhelming popularity of so-called social gaming — simple games that let people play with their friends on networking sites such as Facebook — is changing the face of video games, experts say.

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The Facebook games that millions love (and hate) (CNN)

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Early each morning, millions of farmers around the world rise to toil in their fields. By night, gangs of mobsters scheme and legions of poker players shuffle up and deal.

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Wiebe takes Donkey Kong Jr. crown (Geek.com)

Friday, February 19th, 2010

If you’ve seen King of Kong or you are really into classic arcade games, then you will know all the players involved and just what’s at stake, but for some other people this might seem a bit obscure. Anyway, Steve Wiebe, the hard luck hero of the movie, has reclaimed the high score in Donkey …

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Arcade, architecture set apart yacht club (The Daily Beacon)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Wild flashing lights and sound effects emitting from a string of arcade machines set a lively ambiance from within the Fort Sanders Yacht Club, a bar tucked away near the corner of 17th Street and Cumberland Avenue.

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Midway Games Disappear From XBLA (Game Informer)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Paperboy, Rootbeer Tapper, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Defender, Cyberball; these are all Midway games that have been de-listed from Xbox Live Arcade. These games have been with XBLA for a very long time, and Xbox Live’s Major Nelson has explained their absence. “Some XBLA titles are no longer available for purchase from Xbox LIVE Arcade due to publisher evolving rights and permissions,” said …

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Xbox Game Room opens March 24 (Ferrago)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Is that a roll of quarters in your pocket?

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Xbox Game Room opens March 24 (Ferrago)


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