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Create Your Own Portal Levels Soon

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Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the second game add-on for the year’s highest rated multiplatform game, Portal 2, is in development and targeted for release early next year. This major update will feature an easy-to-use in-game map editor that will let users design, build and share their own single-player and co-op test chambers with the community, who will be able to view, play and vote on them with a simple click. Portal 2 was released April 19, and currently … Continue reading Create Your Own Portal Levels Soon →

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Warner Bros. To Distribute Witcher For 360

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and CD Projekt RED, developers of the blockbuster Witcher franchise of video games, announced a distribution agreement for the upcoming Xbox 360 release of "The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings" in North America. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will distribute "The Witcher 2" on Xbox 360, contributing sales and marketing resources. The console version of "The Witcher 2" is an adaptation of the hit RPG fantasy game on PC. "We have added significant enhancements to the Xbox 360 version of ‘The Witcher 2,’ going far beyond simply editing the code to run on a new platform. Thanks … Continue reading Warner Bros. To Distribute Witcher For 360 →

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New XIII game on the cards

Publisher Anuman Interactive is breathing life back into the XIII game, originally released by Ubisoft in 2003. The new game is called XIII Lost Identity and will be based on the Franco-Belgian comic of the same name. Ubisoft brought XIII to PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC eight years ago. It’s stylish cel-shaded graphics make it one to be remembered, but was let down by lack lustre gameplay and it failed to garner commercial success. The XIII comic series was originally published in 1984. Inspired by Robert Ludlam’s Bourne Identity novel, the comic’s protagonist is an amnesiac who struggles to unravel … Continue reading New XIII game on the cards →

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Dead Rising 2 DLC Incoming

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Following the release of Dead Rising 2 Off The Record, Capcom is releasing new DLC for those with points to spend for some extra edge. First up is the Cyborg Skills Pack that literally turns Frank West into a zombie killing machine. Cyborg Frank will be able to electrify enemies with every strike and cause massive damage to puny zombies and pesky humans alike with indestructible body enhancements and an inhuman brute force. In-game enhancements: • Electricity damage added to all regular attacks • Increased overall damage on melee attacks • Increased damage output and magnified electric effects with electrical … Continue reading Dead Rising 2 DLC Incoming →

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Shadowgun Ships For iOS

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Madfinger Games today announced that Shadowgun, the hit iOS game that ushered in a new era of mobile gameplay graphics, is now available for a new, lower price – $4.99. The game provides 10 levels of action and excitement, with console-quality visuals. The most advanced handheld game on the market, Shadowgun, authored with the Unity development platform, combines tactical combat with third-person action. The game puts players into the role of John Slade, a professional bounty hunter in the year 2350. Slade’s mission: hunt down Dr. Edgar Simon, renowned geneticist and former employee of the trans-galactic corporation Toltech Enterprises. Players … Continue reading Shadowgun Ships For iOS →

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Game Industry Launches Political Outreach Program

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The Video Game Voters Network (VGVN) today launched a new program to engage students at colleges and universities around the United States. The VGVN Ambassador Program will introduce students to important civic and political issues surrounding the entertainment software industry and empower them to get involved. VGVN Ambassadors will be the driving force of the program and eligible for upcoming discounts, promotions, and prizes. These self-selected students at college campuses will promote the mission of VGVN and educate fellow students on the civic issues surrounding the computer and video game industry. In addition to organizing important community for future artists, … Continue reading Game Industry Launches Political Outreach Program →