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Adam Swimmer - June 17th, 2013
Hollywood heavyweight Michael Bay has signed on to develop a film version of the tactical shooter series Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Variety reports.
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Tags: first-person shooter, fps, Ghost Recon Alpha, Michael Bay, Ridley Scott, The Island, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Transformers, ubisoft
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Adam Swimmer - May 31st, 2013

“E.T. The Extra Terrestrial.”
There may be proof of extra terrestrial life in New Mexico… Or at least of video game cartridges.
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Tags: Atari 2600, E.T, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Fuel Industries, KRQE
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Adam Swimmer - May 20th, 2013

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After a fake teaser made the rounds last week for the PlayStation 4, Sony has finally released a real teaser for its next-generation console. Read more…
Tags: Atari Jaguar, e3, microsoft, playstation 4, PS4, Sega Dreamcast, Sony, TurboGrafx-16, xbox
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Adam Swimmer - May 16th, 2013

“Batman: Arkham Origins.” (VIDEO SCREENSHOT)
A teaser trailer was released today for Warner Bros. Games’ Batman: Arkham Origins – the third in the popular Arkham game series after 2009′s Batman: Arkham Asylum and 2011′s Batman: Arkham City.
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Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins, Warner Bros. Games
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Adam Swimmer - May 7th, 2013

“Wolfenstein: The New Order.” (SCREENSHOT)
Bethesda Softworks unveiled a reveal trailer for Wolfenstein: The New Order – a new entry in the popular Nazi-killing series.
As reported by GameSpot, the game is expected to be released in the fourth quarter of this year, for PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and next-generation consoles.
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Tags: All Along the Watchtower, Bathesda Softworks, Beyond Castle Wolfenstein, Bob Dylan, Castle Wolfenstein, first-person shooter, fps, Jim Hendrix, Second World War, trailer, William "B.J." Blazkowicz, Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3D, Wolfenstein: The New Order
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Adam Swimmer - April 23rd, 2013

Pizza Hut app on Xbox Live. (SCREENSHOT)
Now you can get pizza delivered to your house with an app on your Xbox 360. That is, if you are, for some reason, reading this in U.S. As the app is not available in Canada.
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Tags: Kinect, microsoft, pizza, Pizza Hut, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
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Adam Swimmer - April 10th, 2013

“Street Fighter II.” (SCREENSHOT)
I know what you’re thinking… Street Fighter II is an arcade classic. But the music is soooooooooo… 1991.
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Tags: a cappella, Castlevania, Guile, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Smooth McGroove, Street Fighter II, YouTube
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Adam Swimmer - April 3rd, 2013

“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.”
Those words by Obi Wan Kenobi echo in my ears as I hear the news from Game Informer that Disney is axing its game company LucasArts.
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Tags: Disney, George Lucas, Indiana Jones, Labyrinth, Loom, LucasArts, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, Star Wars 1313, The Secret of Monkey Island, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
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Adam Swimmer - April 2nd, 2013
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“Post-it Note Arcade – Stop Motion Animation [HD].” (SCREENSHOT)
Are you an old school arcade game fan? If so, you may be interested in checking out Michael Birkin’s stop motion homage to Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.
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Tags: 8-bit, animation, arcade games, Donkey Kong, kotaku, Mario, Megaman, Michael Birkin, Ms. Pac-Man, stop motion, Super Mario Bros., Tetris
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Adam Swimmer - March 28th, 2013

William Shatner fights the Gorn in this video screenshot.
In an exclusive ad on Yahoo for Star Trek: The Video Game, William Shatner, the one and true Captain James Tiberius Kirk, once again battles his nemesis the Gorn – a reptilian humanoid alien he fought in the original Star Trek episode Arena.
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Tags: Arena, Captain James Tiberius Kirk, Chris Pine, Digital Extremes, Gorn, Namco Bandai Games, Paramount Pictures, PlayStation 3, PS3, Star Trek, Star Trek:The Video Game, William Shatner, Windows, Xbox 360
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