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Another Reason To Preorder MAG From 7-Eleven
7:20AM Mike Fahey | Preorder MAG from 7-Eleven and receive an exclusive recruitment kit and poster on top of potentially getting the game far too early thanks to the company’s sporadic acknowledgement of street dates. More »
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PSN Gets Bigger, Badder Lost Planet 2 Co-Op Demo
1:40AM Mike Fahey | PlayStation 3 owners finally get a shot at the Lost Planet 2 co-op demo next week, with two exclusive missions helping make up for the wait. More »
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Postcards From A Fallen Earth
1:20AM Mike Fahey | The folks at Fallen Earth have passed along some exclusive postcards, showing off some of the prominent places in the post-apocalyptic Grand Canyon area of their upcoming MMO. Why don’t we take you to… Monkeytown? More »
Culture
Red Steel 2 Box A Work (of Art) In Progress
2:00AM Owen Good | The pre-order pages for Red Steel 2 have either no art or unofficial art. Well we’ve got the “work-in-progress” art, from Ubisoft itself. They also send word that a preorder bonus will be announced “soon.”
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Unknown Worlds Triumphantly Teases Natural Selection 2
5:40AM Mike Fahey
The developers of popular Half-Life mod Natural Selection are preparing to release standalone sequel Natural Selection 2 this year via Steam, and we’ve got the exclusive teaser trailer to prove it. More »
Culture
When You Hear “Exclusive,” Guess What It Means
3:40AM Stephen Totilo | The recent announcement of a PlayStation 3 release of Fallout 3 content that was previously announced as exclusive to Microsoft sent us searching for answers about what constitutes an “exclusive.” More »
PS3 Snags Exclusive SmackDown VS. Raw 2009 CE
1:20AM Mike Fahey | PlayStation 3 wrestling fans are getting special treatment from THQ next moth as the company announces a platform-exclusive collector’s edition of the game for PS3 owners. Why just the PlayStation 3? Well shipping a game with a Blu-ray disc filled with a making-of video and two hours of wrestling footage from 2008 wrestling matches for the Xbox 360 would just be silly. The North American version will come in special steel cage packaging, while Europe and Asia will get a miniature wrestling ring. “The WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 collector’s edition is a must-have for the WWE aficionado,” said Nelo Lucich, senior vice president of interactive, JAKKS Pacific. “With innovative content and packaging that looks great on collectors’ shelves, and a host of Blu-ray content including a behind-the-scenes, this collection is certain to be enjoyed by WWE fans for years to come.” More »
Fallout 3 Getting Exclusive Downloadable Content For Xbox 360 And PC
3:45AM Mike Fahey | At Microsoft’s 2008 E3 press conference this morning, Bethesda announced that the eagerly anticipated next chapter in the Fallout series will feature extensive downloadable content that is exclusive to the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game. No details on what the DLC will entail, but according to Bethesda’s Todd Howard it will be “substantial”. More »
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ESA Talks Problems, Perceptions, Promises
6:00AM Brian Crecente | Over the past month the Entertainment Software Association has lost a number of high profile members, acknowledged that they spent more than $US 5 million to move E3 to Santa Monica for a year and taken heat for the role, or some say lack-thereof, that CEO Michael Gallagher has played in the industry since his appointment. Earlier this week we had a chance to ask a number of pointed questions of Gallagher about some of the news that has recently rocked the association that he runs. In this exclusive first in-depth interview with Gallagher about the perceptions and problems plaguing the ESA, he reveals that the annual E3 tradeshow made up about 85 percent of the association’s operating funds and that the membership dues increases sparked by the show’s downsizing were in some cases “substantial”. He also offers his thoughts on why companies like Activision, Vivendi, LucasArts and id have left the fold of the association and why the ESA, despite the recent troubles, is still an important and viable part of the industry.
