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sales charts
PC Sales Charts
Two charts in one week! What a treat. Monday's were for the week ending December 20, and were late thanks to the holiday slow-down. These are for the week ending December 27.
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street fighter iv
The Kind of Cammy Images You've Come To Expect
While Street Fighter series character Cammy White did not bring her assets to the arcade version of SFIV, she is doing so to the home versions. More » -
pc
Dawn Of War II Specs Will Wage An Endless War On Your PC
Developers Relic - otherwise known as "they who can not put a foot wrong" - have released both the minimum and recommended specs for Dawn of War 2. Worried? Let's take a look. More » -
eidos
New Trailer And Screens Herald Battlestations: Pacific Website
Eidos has just launched Battlestations.net, the community-focused website for their upcoming follow-up to Battlestations: Midway, Battlestations: Pacific, and they're celebrating by bombarding fans with new screens and trailers.
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turbine
Turbine Confirms New Massively Multiplayer Title Featuring In-Game Item Sales
Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine confirmed that they are working on a new massively multiplayer online game that will sell in-game items for cash. More » -
crayon physics deluxe
Crayon Physics Deluxe Hits PC Tomorrow
Crayon Physics Deluxe, last year's Seumas McNally Grand Prize winner at the Independent Games Festival, hits PCs tomorrow, developer Petri Purho emailed to let us know. -
blizzard
Look At These New StarCraft II Screenies
Because they look really great. Blizzard's released three new (very pretty) SCII images that should hopefully tie you over. Until when? Well, that's up to you decide, not us. More » -
pc hardware
Let's Crack Open The HP Firebird 803 And Feast On Its Insides
A lot of you seem to be big on the HP Firebird 803. Maybe for its looks, maybe for its hardware, maybe for its price tag, who knows. Whatever, let's take a look at its guts! More » -
tribes
Hey, Tribes 2 Is Back!
Turn those frowns upside down, Tribes 2 fans. While the game may be officially six feet under, a group of dedicated fans have brought Tribes 2 back to life, online multiplayer and all. More » -
clips
Madballs Added To Game That Was About Angry Balls Anyway
As an impassioned Madball fan, seeing Oculus Orbus appear in a video game, no matter what the quality, is cause for celebration. Even if the personally enduring 80s fad is simply being slapped on. -
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review
Gunnar Gaming Glasses Review: Why Buy Wi-Five?
I ran into the Gunnar Optiks folks last year during the Penny Arcade Expo. The idea of glasses designed to reduce eye-strain from extended computer use or gaming sessions appealed to me.
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Universal Growth
EVE Online Breaks Concurrent User Record
Five years old and growing! EVE Online celebrated the beginning of the new year by reaching a new record for concurrent users connected to the game, with more than 45,000 players online at once. -
pc
Lenovo Packs Motion Gaming Controller In With New Desktop
Lenovo rolled out their new line of computers today in preparation for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show. Among the list is an "all-in-one" desktop that includes a motion-sensing remote for gaming.
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internet cafe
Teen Sucks At Gaming, Torches Warehouse
A high school student frustrated over a recent gaming session at an internet cafe in South Korea set light to a warehouse Saturday evening.
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sales charts
PC Sales Charts
Holiday's over, PC sales charts. You had a grand couple weeks off, now get back to work. We need to be shown how Blizzard are able to afford to sprinkle gold dust on the canteen doughnuts.
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pc
Lord Of The Rings: Conquest: PC System Requirements
Pandemic have released the PC system requirements for upcoming Middle Earth kill-em-all LotR: Conquest. Going by the install size and specs, looks like a straight console port. Which is OK. Means it'll run! More » -
Changing Games
Vote For Mod DB's Mod Of The Year Awards
Mod DB has announced the start of voting for the 7th Annual Mod of the Year Awards, celebrating the best in fan-crafted game modifications, and your vote counts. More » -
oh well
Innovative MMO Twin Skies Not Quite As Innovative Anymore
Neopets creators Adam Powell and Donna Williams have decided to strip the 3D portion of their MMO Twin Skies in order to focus on creating just another free-to-play online flash game. -
research
Americans Spent 2008 Playing World Of Warcraft, PlayStation 2 Games
We get a fair idea of which games sell the most. But what about the games we play the most? Little harder to quantify. That hasn't stopped surveyors Nielsen from trying to find out! More » -
Classic Reborn
So Where's The License For Archon Now?
React! Games has picked up the license to Free Fall Associates' classic action board game hybrid, Archon, with plans to return the game to its former glory in 2009. More » -
blizzard
IBM: World of Warcraft Is Good
It's a seesaw. Somedays playing World of Warcraft is good, good, good. Somedays it's bad, bad, bad. What about today? More » -
concept
The Gaming Laptop Of A Wealthy, Wasteful Future
Gaming on a laptop? It's hardly ideal. But that's going off the hardware limitations of 2008! By the distant future, who knows what gaming on a laptop will be like. Might even be like this. More » -
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Gary Busey Would Approve Of These Saints Row 2 PC Specs
While THQ's budget sadly doesn't extend to having Gary Busey endorse Saints Row 2's PC requirements, we can make believe. Just imagine crazy eyes, some enormous teeth and two thumbs up. More » -
cortex command
Cortex Command, My Secret Holiday Joy
I've spent the past week or two methodically playing though a list of Independent Games Festival entries as a judge for the annual indie awards.
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independent games
Space War Commander Launches With New Year
Who said there would be no new games this week? Pish, and possibly posh. Independent PC developer Dreamspike has announced their real-time strategy title Space War Commander will launch on New Year's Day. More » -
podcast
Chet Faliszek Talks Left 4 Dead's Future
Valve's Chet Faliszek is one of the guys responsible for the dialog and writing in some of Valve's greatest games, like Left 4 Dead and Portal. More » -
retail
Fallout 3 To Show 19 Other Nations What Post-Apocalyptic America Looks Like
North America, Western Europe, Japan. Those are the three major gaming regions in the world. Fallout 3 being released there, no big deal. But Fallout 3 in the Balkans and Middle East? More » -
wiiware
Luc Bernard Founds New iPhone/WiiWare/PC Company
Last we heard from Eternity's Child creator Luc Bernard, he was in a huff, and then out of a huff. Seems he's past huffs altogether now, as he's establishing a new game studio. More » -
media
Old Republic Screens, Concept Art Eschew Giant Lightsabers In Favor Of Robots, Spacious Interiors
BioWare have passed along some new media for upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic. Gleeful detractors will be sad to learn there are no giant lightsabers.
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holiday sales
Steam Puts Everything On Sale
Even Steam isn't immune to the lure of post-holiday surplus cash, launching a massive Holiday Sale during which every single game in the store is marked down 10 to 75%.
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