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The path of Chaos is tempting.

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GameSpy Debriefings #117

Our GDC 2010 report.

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Oscar Winners on Board for Ghost Recon Short Film

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 26, 2010 2:27 PM | Comment

Ubisoft was just getting started with its live-action Assassin's Creed promos. According to Variety, the developer is now working with a pair of Oscar winners to create a 30-minute Ghost Recon: Future Soldier short film. Aaand action! Read More »

Ubisoft Making Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Short Film

League of Legends Postmortem

By Ryan Scott & Anthony Gallegos | PC Articles | Mar 25, 2010 9:00 PM | Comment

Inspired by the insanely popular Warcraft III scenario Defense of the Ancients, Riot Games' League of Legends has quickly made a name for itself in the competitive strategy-gaming scene since its late-2009 launch. It's free to play (with a revenue stream that revolves around microtransactions), it's insanely popular (just ask all the readers who voted it GameSpy's Reader's Choice PC Game of the Year!), and it's got a development team dedicated to making sure it stays as competitive as possible. We recently sat down with design director Tom "Zileas" Cadwell to talk about where LoL's been, where it's going, and what kinds of hurdles one must overcome when crafting a well-balanced competitive game. Read More »

League of Legends Postmortem

Ubisoft: Sorry About That, Here's a Free Game

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 25, 2010 12:59 PM | Comment

The bad news is Ubisoft isn't changing its DRM strategy that shackles gamers to the Internet. The good news is the company is making peace offerings to PC gamers impacted by the recent server outages that made playing Assassin's Creed 2 near impossible. Read More »

Ubisoft Extends Olive Branch to PC Gamers

BlizzCon 2010 Announced, Endless Line Immediately Forms

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 25, 2010 11:08 AM | Comment

Get ready to queue up. Blizzard announced today its fifth BlizzCon gaming convention will kick off on Friday, October 22 in Anaheim, California. WoW, StarCraft, and Diablo fans interested in attending should get on their toes: ticket availability and pricing has yet to be announced, but last year's show sold out in just eight minutes. Read More »

Blizzard Announces BlizzCon 2010

Mafia II: Load Up the Tommy Gun for August

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 25, 2010 7:29 AM | Comment

It's been eight long years since Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven was released for the PC, becoming a critical and commercial success. Today, Take-Two announced we're one step closer to finally getting to play the sequel. Mafia II is now scheduled for a North American release on August 24 for Windows PCs, the Xbox 360, and PS3. Read More »

Mafia II Gets August Release Date

Geralt the Witcher Gearing Up for Another Adventure

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 24, 2010 3:47 PM | Comment

Good news for traveling monster hunters for hire: plenty of work is on the way in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Atari announced today the sequel to the 2007 PC hit is now being developed by CD Projekt Red. See what's in store for Geralt after the jump. Read More »

Atari Announces The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Siphoning Players from Modern Warfare 2

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 24, 2010 3:24 PM | Comment

Electronic Arts hasn't shied away from going head-to-head with Activision in the battle for online military shooter supremacy. And according to a new report, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is effectively pulling players from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and making them Battlefield converts. Read More »

Study: Bad Company 2

Special Forces Soldier Clears Replica of CoD's Training Course

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 24, 2010 8:28 AM | Comment

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 fans still suffering from mapathy will get their cure on Tuesday, March 30, when the Stimulus Package arrives. In the meantime, see what happens when a Special Forces soldier takes on a real-life replica of The Pitt. Read More »

Special Forces Soldier Takes on CoD's The Pitt

Game Room Opens, Machines Not Accepting Quarters

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 24, 2010 7:18 AM | Comment

Microsoft's Game Room opened today, bringing the classic arcade experience to the console. True to real-life arcades, the Game Room is dark, full of laser and explosion sound effects, and not all the games are working. Tell the shady change guy the machine ate your quarter after the jump. Read More »

Live Game Room Buggy at Launch

Left 4 Dead 2: DLC Pack Expanding Like a Bloated Boomer

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 23, 2010 3:46 PM | Comment

Valve kicked off its Midweek Madness Left 4 Dead 2 half-off sale today, and in the process provided some details about what we'll find in the game's upcoming DLC pack, The Passing. Slash the jump with a golf club for details. Read More »

Valve: The Passing DLC Packed with Zombie Killing Goodies

GameCrush: Pay to Play Videogames with Women

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 23, 2010 12:50 PM | Comment

A play date typically involves two families with infants. Via a newly launched social service, however, the term takes on a whole new meaning. At GameCrush, PlayDates are the women guys pay to play videogames with online. Get six minutes of one-on-one gaming after the jump. Read More »

GameCrush: Pay to Play Videogames with Women

Tick, Tock, BioWare Starts the Countdown Clock

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 23, 2010 11:19 AM | Comment

The clock is ticking at BioWare. A timer found on the studio's web site is counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until Monday, March 29 at noon Eastern. So what news will Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk have to share with us next week? Read More »

Timer Suggests Announcement Coming from BioWare on Monday

EA Embraces DLC, Plans "Premium" Demos

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 22, 2010 1:05 PM | Comment

During Electronic Arts' quarterly conference call in February, CEO John Riccitiello said the company would embrace digital distribution models in 2010. Courtesy of a paper today from outspoken Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, we get to see just how deep EA's DLC hole is going to go. Read More »

EA: DLC, Sequels, Less Risk

Commander Shepard Gets Keys to the Hammerhead Next Week

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 19, 2010 10:49 AM | Comment

It was odd, in the original Mass Effect, traversing the galaxy at the speed of light via the SSV Normandy and the Mass Relay network and then ending up on uncharted planets in the 1970's Sci-Fi inspired Mako, a clunky six-wheeled vehicle about as high-tech as a dump truck. Thankfully, the folks at BioWare responded to the chorus of Mako complaints, and next week, we'll get to see how they've improved on-world travel with the Hammerhead. Read More »

BioWare Dates Hammerhead DLC

Last Call for Beta Cops, Robbers in APB

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Mar 19, 2010 9:27 AM | Comment

Dave Jones, the man who helped create the Grand Theft Auto and Crackdown franchises, has described his upcoming cops and robbers multiplayer APB: All Points Bulletin as the culmination of nearly 20 years of work. Gamers interested in discovering what Jones and the team at Realtime Worlds have built now have their chance: the third and final APB closed beta session is now underway. Read More »

Final Closed Beta for APB Announced

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