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Cheat Sheet 8/11: L.A. Noire wins award for Motionscan, THQ closes Aussie studios
Welcome to the next level of mainstream videogame news! -EA is “revisiting” the Alpha Centauri series. -Eidos Montreal’s Jean-Francois Dugas talks about taking Deus Ex: Human Revolution to new places. -THQ has closed two Australian studios. -Those who pre-order Trackmania 2: Canyon will be granted
Beloved arcade eulogized in documentary
We have a soft spot for arcades, understandably. We showed an excerpt of Kurt Vincent’s forthcoming documentary Arcade at our film festival last month and so out of the gates comes another look at a beloved arcade. Since its opening nearly sixty years ago in lower Manhattan, Chinatown Fair was a pla
Cheat Sheet 8/10: Steam trades up, Fallout: New Vegas DLC delayed, MW3 Survival Mode captured on video
Let’s unlock some more mainstream videogame news! -Steam is implementing Steam Trading, allowing players to trade giftable games and in-game items. –Battlefield 3 will not be coming to Steam. –Everything you ever wanted to know about Dishonored before playing it. –Take a look at Modern Warfare 3’
This Companion Cube is Both Lovable and Practical
Everyone loves Portal’s iconic Companion Cube, but few of us actually know why. In fact, it’s this illogical, fierce love for an inanimate object that does very little for us that made the “character” so interesting. Still, wouldn’t it be nice if it was useful? That seems to have been the thinking b
Cheat Sheet 8/9: New Dead Island co-op trailer, Freddy Krueger gets nightmarish in Mortal Kombat
Welcome Back! Enjoy some more mainstream videogame news! –Check out the newest Borderlands 2 details. –Driver: San Francisco will have no demo. -The new Dead island co-op trailer is all about teamwork. -Team Bondi has sold all its assets and IP to production studio Kennedy Miller Mitchell. -Watch
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