Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - Page 2
News

The Next Big Star Wars Game Is Still Far, Far Away

The Old Republic, a new massively multiplayer game set in the Star Wars universe, won’t be out this year, obviously. But what about early next year?


In Real Life

Giant Mechas Make The World A Better Place

In late September, an incident involving a Chinese fishing vessel caused a strain in Sino-Japanese relations. Even as tensions still run high, one thing brings them together. That thing is Gundam.


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The FIFA Record Breaking Attempt Begins!

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Earlier this week we reported on Michael Pluterflam’s attempt to break the world record for playing FIFA non-stop – today he kicked things off, and we went over to Bondi Junction to help him out with a quick match. The end result? I lost – but only because I couldn’t remember how to change the controls to alternate!


Review: Splatterhouse Is Just Bloody Offal

Can Splatterhouse throw enough internal organs, flesh-ripping kills and liquid gore to keep players interested in a middling beat ‘em up adventure that full of gristle and bloodshed but little meat?


News

Xbox Live Rewards Gives You "Money" For Nothing

Microsoft’s “Xbox Live Rewards” program, which began testing over a year ago, looks set to finally be about to open to the public, with a page turning up on Xbox.com devoted to the service.


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Starcraft 2 Developers Initiate Ban Rush

In September, thousands of cheaters were busted messing around with Starcraft II. This week, with many players obviously not having learnt from the last wave of action, developers Blizzard had to swing the hammer again.


Objection! Sex In Videogames

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Welcome to Objection! This is where we take the time to go on-depth on gaming issues, and let you guys continue the discussion in the comments section.

This week we’re talking about sex in video games. A couple of days ago Kotaku ran an interesting story on how sex is presented as a goal in gaming, and we wondered how things might be done differently…


News

This Stack Of PS3s Is The 33rd Biggest Computer In The World

Remember how the US Air Force bought a ton of PlayStation 3 consoles then strung them together? Ever wonder just why the military would do a thing like that? Well, it’s not for playing Killzone on.


Tour World Of Warcraft’s Post-Cataclysm Barrens

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AU Diary: GameScore

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How much attention do you pay to review scores? And how much value do they have?