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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land You won’t be able to play Ubisoft’s strategy game R.U.S.E. using Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect anytime soon, but the PC version is another matter entirely.
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Barely two years after its release, Microsoft is pulling the plug on Halo Wars on Dec. 15, axing leaderboards and stat-tracking as well as the forums. Fans of the real-time strategy game are not pleased.
Santiago Gonzalez has been working on the kind of indie game we don’t normally expect from an indie developer: a real-time strategy game set in the present day.
Unlike the original StarCraft, Blizzard is reviewing player-made maps for StarCraft II, deleting those they deem inappropriate. When players in the forums ask why, Blizzard responds, “Because we can.”
It’s been awhile since we’ve posted a good old-fashioned Frankenreview, so we’re bringing it back with a game that hasn’t seen a sequel in over a decade – StarCraft II.
