Captain Solo: Playing Star Wars: The Old Republic Alone

A confession: I have little experience in the world of online role-playing games. I did not fall under the spell of World of Warcraft, nor did I ever play Star Wars Galaxies. These games have spawned their own vocabulary, rules and in some cases etiquette. I understand none of it. (Though I’m learning.) It took [...]

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A Right To Bear Virtual Arms?

theodp writes "In the world of virtual goods, reports GeekWire's Todd Bishop, it looks like there's no such thing as a Second Amendment. According to a forum post by an Epic Games community manager, a new policy will remove 'gun-like' items from Microsoft's Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace on January 1. The policy reportedly applies to accessories for the avatars that represent Xbox Live users, not to games themselves, and owners of virtual weaponry like the Gears of War 3 Avatar Lancer purchased before the policy goes into effect will be permitted to continue to wield them."

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Vita?s Ridge Racer started development last spring

It’s tradition for a Ridge Racer game to accompany a console launch, and the PS Vita is no exception. Surprisingly though, Ridge Racer Vita only started development �back in spring this year. Andriasang …

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The Old Republic at 350,000 peak concurrent users ? report

It would seem that, so far, EA’s big risk that is Star Wars: The Old Republic is paying off.�Baird Equity Research analyst�Colin Sebastian thinks so at least. The analyst recently told GamesIndustry.biz that …

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Dead Island shipments at 3 million

Techland’s open-world zombie slaughterer, Dead Island, has sold-in — as in, sold to retailers — to the tune of three million copies worldwide, publisher Deep Silver’s revealed. “Dead Island has sold very, very …

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GameSpot Mario Kart Tournament for the Ages Round 1

Who's the best at Mario Kart in the GameSpot office? Find out as the the staff plays through 4 generations of the venerable franchise.

 

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"GameSpot Mario Kart Tournament for the Ages Round 1" was posted by benitog on Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:00:00 -0800

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New Hitman game named?

Eidos’ second new Hitman game may be titled Hitman: Profession; such a trademark has been discovered after the company announced it was beginning work on another addition to the franchise �last month. It’s …

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