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Need for Speed: SHIFT DLC: Team Racing Pack

Destructoid is reporting that Need for Speed: SHIFT will be getting its first downloadable content: the Team Racing Pack. As it implies, it'll allow co-op racing, and includes five new cars to boot: The new mode will allow players to go online with up to six friends and make a team ...

UbiSoft Says No to 360/PS3 No More Heroes

While the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of No More Heroes is enjoying a February 25 release date in Japan, UbiSoft has pulled out as the publisher for the North American version. In a statement to G4, the French publisher said that unlike the original Wii game and its sequel No ...

The Saboteur Goes Gold

The last big release of 2009, The Saboteur, has gone gold, and will be on time for its December 4, 2009 release date. Pandemic Studios has without a doubt had a rough week, with EA announcing its closure, people being relocated and even losing their jobs. But the studio is not to ...

Star Trek Online Open Beta Announcement

Cryptic Studios has announced that they would be running an open beta of their latest MMORPG, Star Trek Online. The beta will run from January 12 thru 26, 2010. Open beta keys will be given out on a first come first serve basis. Players and fans can access the open beta ...

Project Gotham Racing 5 Accidentally Revealed?

Microsoft executive Tom Burt may have accidentally announced the existance of Project Gotham Racing 5 when discussing the intricacies of rendering the Tesla Roadster to Forza Motorsport 3 and the new PGR. Tom Burt was posting on the ‘Customers’ blog over at Tesla and confirmed he was asked to supply sounds ...

REVIEW: Assassin’s Creed II (360/PS3)

The original Assassin's Creed was one of those games that gamers would have loved, but had enough issues to earn it mediocre reviews and gamers venting frustration (review.) Developer Ubisoft Montreal heard the complaints, and took great pains to amend them, making one of the best games of the year. Asassin's ...

Hotel Dash: Suite Success Announced

Playfirst has announced the upcoming release of Hotel Dash: Suite Success a time management game with a bit of a twist on the time management style of game play. Quinn and Flo are back and this time they are in an entrepreneurial setting. Quinn and Flo will be in a hotel ...

Angry Video Game Nerd: Castlevania Part IV

The Angry Video Game Nerd posts the fourth video in his Castlevania retrospective series, the final video. It covers the big, bad edition of Castlevania, Symphony of the Night. As always, Rolfe is NSFW. Part I Part II Part III

Starcraft II: Zerg Changeling Gameplay Video

Blizzard has posted a new Starcraft II gameplay, the first in a long while. This video takes a look at a new Zerg unit called the Changeling, which can disguise itself as enemy units. Check out the vid and let us know what you think.

Star Trek Fuels Fanboy Flames

Everyone knows that Blu-Ray beat out HD-DVD in the high definition disc based format war, primarily on the strength of Playstation 3 sales, the only Blu-Ray hardware to sell in significant numbers. So, it was interesting to see today the release of Star Trek on Blu-Ray, but what's this? Why ...

Kotick Sells More Stock, Gets More Money

Flush from making a cool $20M from selling Activision Blizzard stock, CEO Bobby Kotick has made another $17M, selling even more stock. Kotick, who netted about $20 million from selling options last week, sold another 1.68 million shares at around $11.61 to $11.72 a share. This was from the same pool of ...

Modern Warfare 2: $250M Spent In Development, Marketing

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may have brought a pretty amount of change into Activision Blizzard's coffers, but they certainly spent a ton to make record sales. It's a good thing the game has earned $550M in just five days - and it hasn't stopped earning yet, either - ...

Sony Pushes Profit Margin Target To 2013

Things continue to look bleak for Sony, as CE Howard Stringer has pushed the company's profit margin target of 5% to 2013. This profit margin forecast has now been pushed back to March 2013. The maker of Bravia TVs and PlayStation game consoles said it would deliver on its promise to make ...

Modern Warfare 2: $550M In First 5 Days

The astounding sales numbers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continue to roll in, as Activision Blizzard is reporting that the game has brought in a whopping $550M in its first five days from combined PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sales, shattering the record by Grand Theft Auto ...

Zero Punctuation Reviews Dragon Age: Origins (Sorta)

Ben Croshaw has "reviewed" Dragon Age: Origins, and when I say that, I mean he hasn't even completed even a single runthrough of the game. In fact, he's not even halfway there at the 25 hour mark. Most of the joy of Origins comes from the latter part of the ...