Archive for June, 2010

Major Nelson Says We Can Expect Some Surprises from Rare – RipTen

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

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Major Nelson Says We Can Expect Some Surprises from Rare
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Or maybe an Xbox LIVE Arcade version of the Battletoads arcade game , complete with online co-op? You can be the first one to leave a comment. …

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THQ Details Trans-Media Strategy for Red Faction: Armageddon – Gamespy.com

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

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THQ Details Trans-Media Strategy for Red Faction: Armageddon
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“There's going to be a Red Faction Arcade game that ships about three or four months before Armageddon. What's interesting is that we will sell it to the …

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Freebie Alert: ‘Soul’, ‘Spinzizzle’, and ‘Rebounce’ – Touch Arcade

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Touch Arcade
Freebie Alert: 'Soul', 'Spinzizzle', and 'Rebounce'
Touch Arcade
While there are tons of these daily free game sites out there, it's not often that the stars align resulting in three games of this caliber all being free …

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Windows Phone 7 is Xbox Live Arcade Ready – Tom’s Guide

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

WMPoweruser.com (blog)
Windows Phone 7 is Xbox Live Arcade Ready
Tom’s Guide
“Just four lines of code changed an Xbox Live Arcade game to a Windows Phone 7 game in a recent publisher test,” Ran said during a roundtable briefing in …
Gamers rejoice: Windows Phone 7 to be Xbox Live Arcade ready Pocket-lint.com
Microsoft touting Windows Phone 7/Xbox Live advantage WMPoweruser.com (blog)

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Gamers rejoice: Windows Phone 7 to be Xbox Live Arcade ready – Pocket-lint.com

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

MobileCrunch (blog)
Gamers rejoice: Windows Phone 7 to be Xbox Live Arcade ready
Pocket-lint.com
“Just four lines of code changed an Xbox Live Arcade game to a Windows Phone 7 game in a recent publisher test”, Ran told us. Although Ran was cagey about …
Microsoft touting Windows Phone 7/Xbox Live advantage WMPoweruser.com (blog)

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Saints Row 3DS Based on XBLA Title, Includes Unlocks For Saints Row 3 – Gaming Union

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Videogamer.com
Saints Row 3DS Based on XBLA Title, Includes Unlocks For Saints Row 3
Gaming Union
Those who watched the Nintendo 3DS reveal at E3 this year may have noticed one of the franchises included for the 3DS was THQ's Saints Row series. …
Saints Row 3DS Is Also An Xbox Live Arcade Game , Connects To Saints Row 3 Kotaku.com (blog)

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Cozy Pacman Pillows, No More A Gamers Dream! – Walyou (blog)

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Walyou (blog)
Cozy Pacman Pillows, No More A Gamers Dream!
Walyou (blog)
Fans of the arcade game Pacman? Well if you are then you can have your very own Pac Man inspired pillow! It is easy and I will show you how it is done. …

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Preview: NBA Jam

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

I played a quick half of an NBA Jam game at EA’s booth between a couple of E3 appointments. In that short session, I had a great time — but I think my AI partner had a much better time than I did. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy myself: in my admittedly brief experience with EA Canada’s renewed version of the classic arcade basketball game, I found that pretty much everything about the game is …

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Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for June 28th, 2010 – diehard gamefan (blog)

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

diehard gamefan (blog)
Nintendo Download Wrap-Up for June 28th, 2010
diehard gamefan (blog)
It's not even that I favour realism over arcade play, because I can do a good arcade game like NBA Jam or Rock the Rink. That's not the problem. …

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The Great Atari Rollercoaster – IGN

Monday, June 28th, 2010

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The Great Atari Rollercoaster
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Atari was now officially in the arcade game business. Future hits included Battlezone and Breakout, the latter of which was prototyped by Steve Jobs. …

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Red Faction Arcade Game Releasing Before Armageddon – Gaming Union

Monday, June 28th, 2010

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Red Faction Arcade Game Releasing Before Armageddon
Gaming Union
Red Faction Armageddon may not be coming out till March of 2011, but for those who can't wait, there's good news for you. THQ Vice President of Core Games, …
Red Faction: XBLA/PSN Game Prior To Armageddon's Release GameFocus
THQ working on Red Faction, Saints Row PSN/XBLA games, Homefront 2 Gaming Target
Red Faction Armageddon downloadable tie-in en route GameSpot
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California Extreme starts soon

Monday, June 28th, 2010

California Extreme rocks the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA the weekend of July 17. The massive annual pinball and arcade game show is a rare cultural gem for classic arcade games and well worth checking out if you have to miss Comic Con the following weekend.

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Red Faction: XBLA/PSN Game Prior To Armageddon’s Release – GameFocus

Monday, June 28th, 2010

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Red Faction: XBLA/PSN Game Prior To Armageddon's Release
GameFocus
“There's going to be a Red Faction Arcade game that ships about three or four months before Armageddon,” said THQ's VP of core games Danny Bilson to CVG . …
THQ working on Red Faction, Saints Row PSN/XBLA games, Homefront 2 Gaming Target
Red Faction coming to XBLA/PSN Computerandvideogames.com
THQ Plans PSN Games, Starting With Red Faction TAWKN.com
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THQ working on Red Faction, Saints Row PSN/XBLA games, Homefront 2 – Gaming Target

Monday, June 28th, 2010

MCV
THQ working on Red Faction, Saints Row PSN/XBLA games, Homefront 2
Gaming Target
… Red Faction movie in production at SyFy: “There's going to be a Red Faction Arcade game that ships about three or four months before Armageddon. …
Red Faction coming to XBLA/PSN Computerandvideogames.com
THQ ANNOUNCES RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON PREQUEL Stick Skills Gaming
THQ Plans PSN Games, Starting With Red Faction TAWKN.com
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Round Table – Kinect: Hands-Free or Hands-Off Gaming? – MMOMFG (blog)

Monday, June 28th, 2010

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Round Table – Kinect: Hands-Free or Hands-Off Gaming?
MMOMFG (blog)
FPS games just don't seem right unless they make a gun peripheral that the camera can pick up on and it becomes more like an arcade game where it has …

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E3 ‘10: Hands and Feet-On with Dance Dance Revolution – Spawn Kill

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

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E3 '10: Hands and Feet-On with Dance Dance Revolution
Spawn Kill
As skeptical as I was at first to utilize the motion controls to the traditional arcade game I'm so used to, jamming to DJ Naoki's “Let's Get Away” (feat. …

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Slayer Launches Pinball Game Application – Post Chronicle

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Earthtimes (press release)
Slayer Launches Pinball Game Application
Post Chronicle
by Staff Rockers Slayer have become pinball wizards after launching a new arcade game application for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. …
SLAYER LAUNCHES PINBALL GAME APPLICATION Express.co.uk

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Ripten Review: Fortix – RipTen

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

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Ripten Review: Fortix
RipTen
Fortix is a strategy and arcade game mixed into one, offering players a simple yet challenging experience that I can't recall ever seeing before. …

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5 Awesome Arcade Games for the iPhone

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Thanks to the modern console, arcade games will never hold as large a place in gaming as they did in the 1970s and 1980s. But there is some good news for reto-gaming fans, as many arcade classics are now

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Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Arcade Game To Feature Twitter Connectivity … – TFTS (blog)

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

TFTS (blog)
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Arcade Game To Feature Twitter Connectivity …
TFTS (blog)
Virtua Figher 5: Final Showdown, the upcoming arcade-only version of popular (in Japan) fighting game Virtua Fighter 5 will contain improved internet and …
Twitter Comes To Arcades With Virtua Fighter 5 Integration Frisky Mongoose (press release)

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