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2K Sports Announces $1 Million Perfect Game Finalists

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2K Sports today announced the top eight qualifiers for the Major League Baseball 2K12 $1 Million Perfect Game Challenge Tournament. The eight finalists have earned a trip to New York City to compete in a live, single-elimination tournament at the MLB Fan Cave on May 9-10 to determine who walks away with the $1 million grand prize and membership in the Perfect Club. Spike TV will air a half-hour special covering the finals of the Perfect Game Challenge on May 24 at 11:30 PM ET/PT. The show will be hosted by Geoff Keighley of GTTV, and feature special appearances by … Continue reading 2K Sports Announces $1 Million Perfect Game Finalists →

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The Secret War Enlists 200,000 Fighters

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Funcom is excited to share that 200,000 participants are now engaged in battle through ‘The Secret War’, a unique browser-based social experience that draws upon the conflict between the three secret societies in Funcom’s upcoming massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World’. Launching on June 19th, 2012, ‘The Secret World’ MMO pitches players against each other as they fight for the power to control the world for their secret society, and through ‘The Secret War’ social experience, participants can get a taste of the epic conflict that hits on June 19th. In this unique social experience participants recruit their friends … Continue reading The Secret War Enlists 200,000 Fighters →

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Free Realms Turns Three

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The fun and celebration continues in Free Realms as Sony Online Entertainment’s (SOE) family-friendly, free-to-play online game turns three years old. To celebrate its third birthday, Free Realms is inviting players across the PC, Macintosh and PlayStationNetwork to an array of exciting in-game activities including a number of birthday story quests, daily birthday rewards, and an epic in-game world event featuring the return of one of Sacred Grove’s favorite villains, Cakenstein. Through a truly customizable gameplay experience, Free Realms allows players in an online world to do whatever they want, whenever they want. Players can customize their own virtual home, … Continue reading Free Realms Turns Three →

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Bethesda Making Elder Scrolls Games Into MMO

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Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, today announced The Elder Scrolls Online, an MMO in development at ZeniMax Online Studios. The Elder Scrolls Online will be the first Elder Scrolls game to allow gamers to explore the legendary Elder Scrolls world with others. The Elder Scrolls Online is being developed for PC and Mac under the leadership of industry veteran Matt Firor, who has spent the last two decades working in online game development. Details about the game are revealed in an exclusive cover story in Game Informer’s June issue, which ships to subscribers and newsstands this month. ‘We have … Continue reading Bethesda Making Elder Scrolls Games Into MMO →

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Patent Dispute Halts Xbox Sales In Germany

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If you live in Germany, you won’t be able to purchase an Xbox 360 for at least a little while. Courts in that country have granted Motorola an injunction based on an ongoing patent dispute between them and Microsoft. Also banned are sales of Windows 7 and several other Microsoft programs. Motorola tried to get a similar ruling enforced in the United States, but was told that the case would have to be worked out further before anything like that could happen there. The dispute stems from Microsoft’s use of the H.254 video compression technology, which was created by Motorola. … Continue reading Patent Dispute Halts Xbox Sales In Germany →

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Warlock: Master Of the Arcane Gets Free Demo

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The lands of Ardania are divided, as humans, monsters and undead vie for control of the world’s cities. Amid the chaos, a common thread connects the cities and empires of the land: all are guided by magic. Great archmages of all the races research spells, settle new lands and raise mighty armies with a single purpose – to unite the world and its many planes of existence under the banner of a single warlock. And now you can get an early taste of this battle for global supremacy in the demo of Warlock: Master of the Arcane. Grab the demo … Continue reading Warlock: Master Of the Arcane Gets Free Demo →