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Left 4 Dead 2 – Avatar Awards

The slightly controversial sequel to the First Person Zombie slayerthon, Left 4 Dead, is almost upon us, and it will be bringing some Avatar Awards along for the ride. Unlike Microsoft’s mandatory Achievements, Avatar Awards (AA…) have not been forced on to the developers.  So playing a game on your Xbox has been a shallow Gamescore chasing experience…albeit a rather…

Are U.S.Marines Planning Something Here?

  Maybe… I’m not sure.   A ‘classified’ letter from the US Marine Corps arrived at reception this afternoon. A nervous looking receptionist hands me the letter on my way out. I see who it’s from and addressed to ‘Pvt.Viera’ (damn Yanks can’t spell my surname).   So Im a little confused, then thought to myself that my mates finally went…

‘The Who’ Rockband?

  The rumours continue…   ‘ The Who’ Rock Band could be the next Rock Band game according to an article on Shacknews, which reports that Roger Daltry, the lead singer of The Who, hinted towards this in an interview with The Republican newspaper.   When asked about his thoughts on ‘The Beatles’ Rockband, Daltry said, “The game, yeah, yeah,…

X-Com to Return?

Alright, I won’t lie, I nearly wet myself with excitement when I heard this rumour.  Why?  It’s X-com.  UFO Defense.  Enemy Unknown.  It might be known by many different names, but in my humble opinion the first release defined a genre.  Squad-based, turn-based, base building, Alien killing was never better than this.  Of course, don’t go and play it now,…

**UPDATE** Modern Warfare 2…Play as a terrorist?

Just a warning.  There might be some spoilers in the article as taken from Gamespot: Source: Leaked video viewable (for now) on CNN’s user-submitted iReport section and on Mapmodnews.com. The same video has been pulled from YouTube “due to a copyright claim by Activision Games Inc,” indicating its authenticity. What we heard: In every trailer released for Modern Warfare 2–including…

WARNING: Naked Wrestlers!

THQ’s latest grappler, WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 looks like it may have a glitch that could leave your WWE superstar embarrassingly pantsless, as shown in the above, potentially NSFW video that features virtual ladies sans underthings. An  unfortunate player was on the receiving end of that glitch, resulting in a user created WWE “diva” whose outfit is clearly not…