This past summer we received news that Gearbox would be expanding their Brothers in Arms franchise to a new medium: comics. Today Newsarama scored some exclusive new information about the upcoming comic along with a first look. The comic's publisher, Dynamite Entertainment, revealed to Newsarama th...
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Hardly a week goes by that doesn't see a stack of new releases cluttering up the desks and bookshelves at 1UP Manor. To help you figure out which ones are best for you, we present Shelf Life, 1UP's weekly feature where we let you know what games to expect this week and point out what we've said abou...
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That swanky all-white PlayStation 3 released in Japan last fall seems to be heading to North America after all, according to a Federal Communications Commission filing drudged up by PS3 Fanboy. The white PS3 is otherwise identical to the current black 40GB model, with the same-sized hard drive, two ...
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Hot Shots Golf 5, already announced for a North American release, will bear a modified moniker when it hits the retail links this March: Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds. The North American name change was announced via a post on the PlayStation.Blog today, in which Associate Producer Chris Hinojosa-M...
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Shhh& listen, listen closely, and you can hear the subtle yet distinct howls of those who decided not to release Guitar Freaks in North America. Activision announced today (via Game Industry Biz) that the not-entirely-original Guitar Hero series has set an industry record by raking in $1 billion...
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With CES just behind us and GDC ahead, we can start to see the big-name developers warming up their engines for the year to come. For now, that means minor announcements, slow burn on hype, and updates on games from last year. So while you work on finishing with your holiday gifts, rest easy knowing...
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Politicians pondering the idea of accepting some of that free money from the Entertainment Software Association in exchange for videogame friendliness will have to get through the Parents Television Council first. "Let me be clear of our intentions," says PTC President Tim Winter. "An...
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Sure, your downloadable tracks may have gone double platinum, Rock Band, but Guitar Hero III isn't leaving its fans entirely out in the cold, either: recent entries on the official Guitar Hero III leaderboards (via Kotaku) suggest three new tracks are on the way:Journey -- "Any Way You Want It&...
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SCi's money woes and long-standing place on the sales block have been pretty well-documented. Despite Lara Croft's best efforts, the company just can't seem to keep from losing more and more money. With investors annoyed at company executives for their decision to end takeover talks with buyers, it'...
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While not news in the strictest sense, this amusing machinima short from Smooth Few Films has been making the rounds at the office today, so we wanted to pass it on to all of you. Ever wondered what the turret bots in Portal do all day when nobody's around to be shot at? If you guessed "Use l33...
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Among other controversies, yesterday's NPD numbers for December 2007 rounded out the last year so we can finally step back and look at the year as a whole. Yesterday we looked at the best-selling games of the year, but today we got word from Activision that they are officially the number one publish...
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The Bionic Commando remake (not the next-gen franchise revival) revealed on Wednesday has been officially announced as Bionic Commando: Rearmed for the North American market. The remake, developed by GRIN (also behind the new game), maintains the 2D gameplay of the 20-year-old NES classic with new w...
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Rock Band has kept its promise of constantly providing new song downloads, with the usual three-per-week doubling the game's playlist in the two months since its release. The offer of building your own track list for your band is apparently striking a chord, as EA announced today that the game has s...
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The 1UP Show 01/18/2008 The 1UP Show: Penny Arcade Adventures, Advance Wars: DoR, Wipeout Pulse. Download: WMV 640x480 | QT 640x480 Yes! The 1UP Show is back with a season eight premiere engineered to ruin all New Year's resolutions related to gettin...
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Gears of War sold in the millions, but that didn't translate to similarly spectacular sales of Epic Games' next title, Unreal Tournament III. Of course, there could be a few of reasons for that -- for example, the sheer amount of multiplayer shooters this holiday season could simply be too much of a...
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D3Publisher of America, Inc. (D3PA), today announced that Michael Rosenbaum, an award-winning Hollywood actor known best to audiences as Lex Luthor on television's "Smallville," will voice the main character in Dark Sector, an original action-thriller offering heart-pounding action, incred...
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You know who we haven't heard from in a while? Our old buddy, Leisure Suit Larry. Wonder whatever happened to that guy... oh yeah, his games became startlingly mediocre. Despite the poor reception of his debut game, though, Larry Loveage (nephew of the original Leisure Suit Larry) will be returning ...
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Dark Sector from D3 Publisher is coming this spring, complete with bladed boomerang in tow. Geeks with a passion for Dawson's Creek meets Superboy are sure to be happy to find out that one of the stars of TV's Smallville will be lending his voice to the game's emo-fabulous protagonist, Hayden Tenno....
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An immortal warrior travels throughout the ages, seeking others like him with which to do epic battle, defeat only coming through savage beheadings giving the victor his fallen foe's power -- how has this not produced more Highlander video games? It may not be the most popular license with the kids ...
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The Video Games Live series of concerts have gained a lot of buzz in the gaming community as one of the most exciting ways to hear your favorite videogame tunes. Sadly, though, the tour has been shut down since early December when they performed at the Spike TV VGA awards show. No more, says Video G...
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