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The Consensus: MotorStorm: Arctic Edge ReviewMotorStorm: Arctic Edge (PSP)Intense racing, repetitive levels.
GameSpy.com Sunday, October 11, 2009Valve Announces Left 4 Dead 2 Scavenge ModeScavenge mode challenges players to compete in round-based
games of up to 8 players (Survivors vs. Infected).
Gameinfowire.com Sunday, October 11, 2009The Problem of Shards, Servers, and Queues In MMOsAn editorial at GamesIndustry takes a look at a couple of problems many MMOs have failed to solve as the genre has evolved over the last decade: log-in queues and a split player base. The most recent example is Aion, which launched in Europe and North America a few weeks ago. Players on some of the game's servers had to deal with lengthy queues until enough people left the starting areas and spread throughout the game. To NCSoft's credit, the queues are mostly gone already, and it wasn't simply launching with too few servers that was the problem (nor was simply launching more servers a perfect solution, as Warhammer proved). In fact, several servers had no queues at all, but many players had set their sights on the more popular ones — a problem facing other MMOs as well. At this point, it becomes a matter of programming — how can the developers for these MMOs build the networking aspect of the game such that more hardware can easily be allocated when it's needed, and also m
Slashdot Sunday, October 11, 2009Resistance 3 Billboard Spotted on Movie SetResistance 3 (PS3)Is a third title on the way? Insomniac Games keeps quiet for now.
IGN Entertainment Sunday, October 11, 2009Karos Online Closed Beta Test AnnouncedNext cbt takes place on October 23rd
GamersHell Sunday, October 11, 2009Sony?s PSX tanks in JapanThe western release of the PSX, Sony?s souped-up version of the
playstation 2 that comes with a built-in hard drive and can double as a digital video recorder, keeps getting pushed back and pushed back, and the latest news that...
About Sunday, October 11, 2009Ninja Captains Screens and Trailers #428 seconds of cinematic footage
GamersHell Sunday, October 11, 2009PlayStation: The Official Magazine (1-year) (Magazine) newly tagged ''videogames''PlayStation: The Official Magazine (1-year) (Magazine)By Future US, Inc. Buy new: $18.00 Customer Rating: First tagged "videogames" by M. Prunty "GreatOne" Customer tags: magazine(13), playstation 3(11), playstation(7), playstation magazine(5), electronic games(4), games(3), pc game(3), writing(2), xbox 360(2), articles, editorials, game magazine
Amazon Sunday, October 11, 2009Guitar Hero Smash Hits ReviewGuitar Hero Smash Hits takes some of the most famous and infamous songs from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and Guitar Hero Aerosmith and allows you to play them in full band mode. Instead of being stuck playing the songs with just the [...]
DreamStation.cc Sunday, October 11, 2009Fairytale Fights Updated Hands-OnWe make our way through the opening chapters of this not-so-sweet fairytale to take a closer look at the hack-and-slash gameplay and discover the joy of sliding around in pools of blood.
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