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Dragon Age: Origins Pre-order Program

10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Electronic Arts wants to ensure that you buy BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins new, not used, by offering a pre-order incentive program that throws in two pieces of downloadable content. EA’s even priced that downloadable content for the latecomers. More »
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Gimli And Gollum Voice Risen

3:20AM Mike Fahey | It’s a Lord of the Rings reunion on the PC and Xbox 360, as Andy Serkis and John Rhys Davies join the voice cast of Piranha Byte’s next big role-playing game, Risen. More »
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High Voltage Traps Ghostbusters Engine

12:40AM Mike Fahey | High Voltage, the developers behind the Wii-exclusive first-person shooter The Conduit, have signed up for a lifetime licence to the Ghostbusters-powering Infernal Engine, gearing up for some Xbox 360 and PC development. More »
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Section 8 Allows PC-Hosted Xbox 360 Servers

12:20AM Mike Fahey | The Xbox 360 version of Timegate’s Section 8 is getting a multiplayer boost, allowing players to create their own dedicated Xbox 360 server on their PC. More »
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After Monkey Island, Telltale Looking At…Loom?

8:30PM Luke Plunkett | During a podcast chit-chat with PC Gaming Now, Telltale’s Dave Grossman has revealed that, once his team is done with Tales of Monkey Island, another classic Lucasarts game might be ripe for the remake/sequel treatment. More »
Rumours

Is This The New Voice Of Starcraft II’s Kerrigan?

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Glynnis Talken Campbell, the original voice of StarCraft’s Sarah Kerrigan, Queen of the Blades, lent her famous pipes for the StarCraft II reveal trailer at BlizzCon 2008, but ultimately the actress will not be voicing the villain for the game. More »
Media

Borderlands Box Art Might Blow Your Mind

8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Gearbox Software let loose final box art for Borderlands today, certainly one of the more unique game covers we’ve seen this year. Really, how often do you see what appear to be in-game assets on the front of the box? More »
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Bushnell’s Battleswarm Enters Betaswarm

7:20AM Mike Fahey | Battleswarm, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell’s online PC game that pits real-time strategy players against first-person shooter fans, is now allowing players to sign up for beta in advance of next month’s release. More »
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Dragonica Online Nails Down Open Beta Date

12:20AM Mike Fahey | THQ*ICE is gearing up for the North American open beta test of their first massively-multiplayer online offering, Dragonica Online, with special items and events lined up for players willing to put it through its paces. More »
Culture

Latency Makes Multiplayer A Real Bitch On Mars

8:30AM Owen Good | Depending on the orbit, it takes between four and 20 minutes for information travelling at light speed to get from Earth to Mars. So we’re not going to be playing Killzone against Martians anytime soon. More »