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Valve Rolls Out Patch For Left 4 Dead 2

1:30PM Owen Good | The PC version of Left 4 Dead 2 has been patched. Just fire up Steam and it’ll fix and update a slew of issues. Got a bug? Maybe it’s covered in this, check the jump for more. More »
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Rebellion Vows Dedicated Servers For Alien Vs. Predator

12:00PM Owen Good | You might recall last month that David Brickley, a Rebellion senior producer, was asked directly, three times, to confirm dedicated server support in Alien vs. Predator, and wouldn’t say yes or no. The studio’s chief now officially confirms its presence. More »
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Close Your Eyes And BioWare Will Give You A Big Surprise

11:30AM Owen Good | Well, you might want to open your eyes, too. Sometime “next week”, a surprise will go up on the official Mass Effect 2 website. Whatever could it be? More »
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After A Trying Week, Saboteur Goes Gold

11:00AM Owen Good | Pandemic Studios, scene of deep job losses and the effective closure of the studio earlier this week, pumped out one final piece of happy news – The Saboteur has been gone to gold master - with an apropos and semi-ironic signoff. More »
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No PC DLC For RE5, Says Capcom

10:00AM Owen Good | Capcom’s announcement of a DLC bonanza on Wednesday conspicuously excluded PC versions and dates. That’s because the company doesn’t intend to release it for the PC. For now, anyway. More »
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The NIMF Is No More

5:00AM Owen Good | The National Institute on the Media and the Family – whose annual report cards were more fair and reasonable than such an Orwellian name might imply – will close at the end of 2009 after 14 years of watchdoggery. More »
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Modern Warfare 2 Selling Just Fine On PC

6:00PM Luke Plunkett | Proving that the Modern Warfare 2 “boycott” was more hollow tantrum than actual boycott, Infinity Ward have revealed that the PC version of the game has been outselling its predecessor. More »
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Microsoft Denies “One Million Banned” Report

3:00PM Luke Plunkett | There are some out there who believe that during the recent wave of Xbox Live bannings, Microsoft kicked as many as one million people off their online service. It’s a belief Microsoft execs do not subscribe to. More »
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Virtual Console: Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Pilotwings, All Coming

2:30PM Luke Plunkett | Has a year of uninspiring selections all but made you forget the Wii’s Virtual Console even existed? Understandable. Might want to buckle up, though, because three of the most-requested games for the service are finally making an appearance. More »
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Valve Bans Grey-Market Modern Warfare 2 Keys

2:00PM Owen Good | Some who bought CD keys for Modern Warfare 2 — no physical media in other words — from import resellers have seen their access to the game vanish, as Activision has apparently asked Valve to ban such keys. More »