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Left 4 Dead Campaigns Now (Unofficially) Work In Left 4 Dead 2

6:30AM Michael McWhertor | Left 4 Dead 2 fans longing not for Francis, Bill, Zoey and Louis but for Dead Air, No Mercy, Death Toll and Blood Harvest have one more reason to go for the PC version of the zombie apocalypse shooter. More »
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Modern Warfare 2 Gets Dedicated PC Servers (Well, Sort Of)

3:00PM Luke Plunkett | So Infinity Ward ditched dedicated servers for the PC version of Modern Warfare 2, eh? It’s of little consequence, as it hasn’t taken hackers long to enable a workaround, bringing the feature back. More »
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What’s Cut From Aussie Left 4 Dead 2, And How To Uncut It

10:00AM David Wildgoose | Left 4 Dead 2 got refused classification in Australia. Valve appealed. And lost. So they’ve had to release a censored version. Let’s see how censored it really is and how easily you can uncensor it yourself. More »
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PSPgo Not Exactly Hacked — But Not Exactly Hack-Proof

4:00AM Owen Good | People made a big deal about the PSPgo’s lack of a replaceable battery, a design component intended to thwart hackers. One has already found an old exploit is still feasible on the new hardware. More »
Culture

Has Latest DSi Firmware Already Been Cracked?

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The recent DSi firmware slipped in anti-piracy measures that made it impossible to run R4-style carts. Days later, the firmware already appears to be cracked. More »
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Call Of Duty 4 Gets Hacked Up, Infinity Ward Preps Patch

11:30AM Michael McWhertor | Seems the PlayStation 3 version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has been rendered nearly unplayable, thanks to exploits that grant cheaters game-wrecking bonuses like infinite ammo, plus the ability to fly and walk through walls. The good news? More »
Culture

Street Fighter IV Characters Swap Moves, Faces

3:00PM Luke Plunkett | Now that Street Fighter IV is on PC, the PC community can get cracking on what they’re best at: silly hacks. Like these ones, which switch up the player’s moves, leaving us with a creep, stretchy Dan and a… special Sakura. More »
Culture

Mod Lets You Store Wii Games On HD — With Current Menu

7:00AM Owen Good | Let’s be real here – storing your console games on a hard drive has shit to do with “backing them up.” More like “keep playing after you trade them in to GameStop.” More »
Culture

Punch-Out!! Gets One-Of-A-Kind Slam Man Control

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | The Wii version of Punch-Out!! does a decent enough implementation of shadow boxing controls, thanks to the Wii Remote and Nunchuk option. But what about when you really, really want to punch something? More »
Culture

IDOLM@STER Characters Stretched And Shamed

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The Japanese internet has discovered (hacked?) the “debug mode” for PSP title THE iDOLM@STER SP, making iDOLM@STER character posing possible. Make that, embarrassing NSFW posing possible. Proceed with caution. You have been warned! More »