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id Ports Rage To iPhone

A surprising announcement today at QuakeCon by the graphics god himself, John Carmack, reveals that the graphics engine developed for their upcoming title Rage has been successfully ported to the iPhone. Many of the advanced texture and lighting features are retained from the console version, and it reportedly run at 60 frames per second on [...]

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Steam Deal: QuakeCon Pack

In accordance with this year’s QuakeCON event, a new bundle is available on Steam called the QuakeCON Pack. The bundle includes all Bethesda and id games on Steam (27 total) for a mere $69.99. Highlights include Oblivion, Morrowind, and Quake 1, 2, and 3. There is no expiration date listed, but one could safely assume [...]

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PlayStation Plus (PSN+), Is It Worth It?

PlayStation Plus (PSN+) has been out for a little over a month now, and while it is now clear what you actually get for the $50/year subscription fee, many people still seem to be on the fence about whether or not it’s worth it to subscribe. Now, whether or not PSN+ is worth it is [...]

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Fat Princess One Year Anniversary!

Fat Princess gives new meaning to the term “chubby chaser”. To celebrate the one year anniversary of everyone’s favorite capture-the-princess game, Atomic Operations has released the first Fat Princess single, Castle Intruder. You can hear the song here. Aside from the new single, Fat Princess is currently on sale as part of the PNS Summer [...]

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EA Mobile Back To School Sale

EA Mobile has announced a Back To School sale on iPhone/iPod touch games, featuring up to 80% off 10 of their most popular titles. Unfortunately, the sale does not seem to extend to any iPad games. Sim City Deluxe – $4.99 Rock Band – $4.99 NCAA Football – $4.99 Skate It – $0.99 Scrabble – [...]

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Starcraft II Patch 1.0.2 Live!

Hot on the heels of patch 1.0.1, Blizzard has released patch 1.0.2 which addresses the following issues: Fixed an issue where campaign mission victories would not always trigger properly. Fixed an issue where some players were unable to access single player features. Nothing major here, but it looks like it addresses some issues that would [...]

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Maxim’s Ten Most Important Hotties In Gaming Today

What day would be complete without a post objectifying women? Maxim has posted a feature on their website titled “The 10 Most Important Hotties In Gaming“. Some of them are obvious, some a little more obscure. Either way, there’s 10 nice looking ladies to stare at, each accompanied by a little blurb about why they [...]

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Batman: Arkham City Confirmed For 2011

The hotly anticipated sequel to 2009′s smash hit Batman: Arkham Asylum has finally been announced. The title is called Batman: Arkhman City, and is set for a fall 2011 release. Little else is known about the game other than the fact that it will take place in what is called Arkham City: a new fortified [...]

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You’ll never find a more wretched hive…

PS3 owners either love or hate PlayStation Home. No matter how you feel about it, though, once in a while some really cool stuff is available. To mark the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, a Mos Eisley Cantina space will be added to PlayStation Home. Along with the Cantina, a number of Star Wars related [...]

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PlayStation Network Summer Sale

The PlayStation Store is slashing prices on a number of downloadable titles in what is dubbed “Summer Sale 2010″. The following titles are discounted 50% until 8/9/2010: PS3: Fat Princess – $7.49 PixelJunk Shooter – $4.99 Groovin’ Blocks – $4.99 Madden NFL Arcade – $7.49 Wakeboarding HD – $7.49 PSP: The Eye Of Judgement Legends [...]

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