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PC

Valve On Half-Life 3 Rumors: ‘This Is The Community Trolling The Community’

12:30PM December 29, 2011 | Owen Good

Every popular video game has its following of wishful thinkers, wannabe designers, and straight-up trolls. None has more hard at work on the next title than Half Life 3. And they’ve been very busy lately. More »


In Real Life

The Best Survival Horror Bowling Game You’ll Never Play

6:20AM November 15, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Fake Peter Molyneux presents a trailer for a brilliantly fake game that blends bowling and survival horror to deliver something called a “cascore” experience. More »


Nintendo

Nintendo Fakers, You Got To Do Better Than This

6:00PM May 18, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

For those who checked the internet when the Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii launched, you’ll remember the fake “secret presentation” photos. They were typically either bad photoshops or bad photos showing new hardware presentations. More »


Nintendo

Almost As Good As The Real Thing: Functional Bootlegged DS Lite

10:00AM May 11, 2011 | Drew Cohen

1UP.com‘s Jeremy Parish had been looking for a new DS Lite to replace a well-loved (and steadily deteriorating) Zelda-themed unit. He turned to eBay to fulfil his need for the recently discontinued piece of tech, and found a model that appeared to fit the bill. More »


Nintendo

And Here Come The Flood Of Fake Wii 2 Mock-Ups

2:55AM April 21, 2011 | Brian Crecente

It’s always fun to see what the smarties of the internet come up with when rumours hit of a new console. This “leaked” set of images comes straight from the folken at 4Chan’s /v/. Fake? Most likely? Fun to look at and speculate, hecks yeah. Whats this? [4Chan via TechnoBuffalo - thanks Joey!]


PC

Atlus’ Fake Rock Of Ages Ripoff Gathers No Moss

6:20AM April 2, 2011 | Mike Fahey

If a game company is going to do something silly for April Fools’ Day, we might as well all get a free game out of it, right? Today Atlus accuses developer ACE Team stole the idea for action-strategy game Rock of Ages and used it to make a 2D game that you can play right now. More »


News

Sony Blocks Fake Controllers, Warns Of Explosions

10:30PM September 24, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Fake PlayStation 3 controllers might be cheap, but that doesn’t change them from being totally phoney. Sony is doing what it can to render counterfeit PS3 controllers utterly useless. More »


In Real Life

Old Lady Modern Warfare 2 Easter Egg Is Fake And Great

6:00AM July 17, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

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This is Modern Warfare 2, but this is not real. More »


Crazy Girlfriend Vs. PS3: Fake Or Not Fake?

2:00PM December 4, 2009 | Owen Good

This is now the second When Pissed Off Girlfriends Attack Consoles video that’s crossed my inbox in the past week. The first one was obviously staged. This, however, looks good. Is it legit? YOU MAKE THE CALL! More »


News

EA Warns Against Bogus Bad Company 2 Beta Signups

11:00AM November 2, 2009 | Owen Good

Apparently there are some phishing emails going around – for what other purpose would someone fake an invitation to a sign-up for a Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta? EA says no such thing exists. More »