Archive for December, 2010

Dead Rising 2: Case West Review

Friday, December 31st, 2010

The success of Case Zero finds Dead Rising fans with a new epilogue, this time with Frank West. Do the rough parts of the game make it a tough sell?

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Fallout New Vegas: Dead Money

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Will you even want the treasure from this casino?

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Harmonix Gone Solo, Shareholders File Against Viacom

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Perhaps in response to the sales figures for both Green Day Rock Band and Rock Band 3 hitting below expectations, but Viacom announced last month that it would be selling off its majority share in music-rhythm developer Harmonix, a company it has held since 2006. The sale was confirmed last week, Columbus-Nova – an independent [...]

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Microsoft: Windows 8 to ‘Represent New Push’ in PC Gaming

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

PC Gamers have heard it all when it comes to Microsoft promises toward their system of choice. But if a source close to Tech Radar is to be believed, not only will Windows 8 (supposedly optimized for tablet PCs) from the company reinvigorate platform support, but represent a new era of support. Release details for [...]

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Activision Files Suit Against EA in Infinity Ward Case

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

2010 couldn’t finish without a return to one of the year’s biggest news stories. Activision has filed a $400 million lawsuit against Electronic Arts in response to their acquiring a contract with ex-Infinity Ward employees Vince Zampella and Jason West. The litigation seeks damages for what Activision alleges was illegal coaxing of the studio heads [...]

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EA Partners to Publish Portal 2 Boxed Copies

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Valve is again reaching out to EA, the last time being the handling of the Playstation 3 version of their Orange Box, the publisher’s Partners label agreeing to distribute boxed copies of the upcoming Portal 2. Valve will still handle the digital distribution with its Steam platform (no word if said support will extend to [...]

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Getting to Know your Geek: Year End Round Up

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

It’s been a year of ups and downs for all of us at Elder Geek.

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BaltimoreGamer.com Offering Tickets to MAGFest 9

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Our friends over at BaltimoreGamer are running a “Caption This!”contest for tickets to MAGFest 9! So, if you’re wanting to get into the show, this is a great way to do so! The winner will receive TWO free all-access badges to MAGFest (The Music and Gaming Festival). To view the contest, click here! In case [...]

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MAGFest to Host Child’s Play Charity Auction

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

The next MAGFest is coming up Jan 13-16, 2011, and will be holding a charity auction, with 100% of proceeds to be donated to Child’s Play. Child’s Play is a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in a network of over 60 hospitals worldwide. Since their inception [...]

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Achievement Unlocked: The Effect of Goal Oriented Gaming

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Trophies and achievements are an everyday part of a gamers life, but what are the repercussions of goal oriented gaming?

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A Call For Support

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

A controversial title, despite being close to its intended release date, has been all but canceled.

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Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger vs Darkdeath Evilman Review

Friday, December 24th, 2010

Is this the new must own tactical RPG?

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Review

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Mario returns with another trip to the galaxy. Does Yoshi and new powerups make it a different enough game?

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Video Review

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

What part of “di di mau” don’t you understand?

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Super Metroid Soundtrack Remastered Trailer

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

TenchuX recently completed a remastered soundtrack to the immortal Super Metroid. All donations made will benefit Child’s Play.

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