Saturday, December 18, 2010

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Nintendo 3DS Cartridges Are So Beefy, They Might Surprise You

5:45PM December 18, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Nintendo has contracted the production of its Nintendo 3DS cartridges to Taiwan-based solid-state maker Macronix. And apparently, those cartridges offer enormous memory space. More »

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There Will Be No Kinect Sex Game

5:30PM December 18, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

ThriXXX, the developer behind a title claiming to be Kinect’s first sex game, won’t be doing anything of the sort after platform holder Microsoft decided to block its release. More »

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Ten Percent Of Warcraft Gamers Account For More Than Half Its Playing Time

5:00PM December 18, 2010 | Owen Good

Studying players’ time following the release of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm 10 days ago, Raptr determined that the top 11 percent of most active users account for more than half of the total time spent in the game. More »

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The Witcher 2 Could Be The Hardest Game You’ll Ever Play

4:30PM December 18, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Provided, that is, you decide to play the role-playing title on “insane” difficulty. Which gives you one life. For a game that could take anywhere from 30-60 hours to finish. More »

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Microsoft Wants To "Quadruple" Kinect’s Accuracy

4:00PM December 18, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

While Kinect’s hardware is locked in and finalised, the firmware that controls it is flexible and able to be upgraded. And that’s exactly what Microsoft is planning on doing, according to a report on Eurogamer. More »

On Comet, On Cupid, On Donner — And Yoshi

3:30PM December 18, 2010 | Justin Page

Have a very Mario Christmas! Cute piece of fan art by demiurgic on Tumblr. More »

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Your Illustrated Guide To ESRB Ratings

2:30PM December 18, 2010 | Owen Good

Sunday Comics mainstay Nerf Now!! explains – in stark terms – the differences in the ESRB ratings. Artist Josué Pereira felt this was maybe a little risqué for his site, so he’s allowing us to publish it exclusively. More »

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Team Fortress 2 Descends Into Medieval Madness For Holidays

2:00PM December 18, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Valve celebrates Australian Christmas the way our antipodean friends have done for hundreds of years—by releasing a new Team Fortress 2 update. This one’s stuffed with 20 hats, new store items and the olde weapons-only “Medieval Mode.” More »

See The Weapon, Be The Weapon In Crysis 2

1:30PM December 18, 2010 | Owen Good

Here’s Crysis 2′s latest trailer – “Be The Weapon” – which showcases plenty of gameplay, some of being abilities and maps seen at the closed-door screenings back at E3. More »

A Very LEGO Christmas

12:40PM December 18, 2010 | Brian Crecente

and a very bricky New Year. More »