UPDATE: Electronic Arts contacted us with the following clarification: "The slide in [the EA] presentation is titled 'Best Creative Talent' -- it addresses future and past titles. KOTOR, Black, Boogie, Skate and some other titles on the slide speak to past portfolio releases and the pedigree of...
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Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, announced today that World in Conflict - the groundbreaking action-strategy game that claimed the coveted E3 2007 Game Critics "Best Strategy Game" award and topped many "Best of 2007" lists - will appear on the Xbox 360 video ga...
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Arc System Works plans to release its arcade fighting game Battle Fantasia for the PS3 and Xbox 360 according to this week's Famitsu publication. The 2.5D fighter features 12 playable characters designed by Emiko Iwasaki (of Guilty Gear fame). The home version of Battle Fantasia will feature a vari...
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UPDATE: Sony tells us that tomorrow's demo will feature a three-inning exhibition day game at Fenway Park between the World Series champion Boston Red Sox and their fallen Series foe, the Colorado Rockies. ORIGINAL STORY: A playable demo of MLB 08: The Show will be available tomorrow on the PlayStat...
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Destroying store shelves near you, Conflict: Denied Ops ships to stores across North America today for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows. Featuring accessible co-op FPS action gameplay across 10 leve...
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Tech blog Gizmodo ran an intriguing rumor about the potential of Netflix streaming movie service coming to the Xbox 360 on Live Marketplace. The speculation stems from an alleged survey sent to Netflix members (I didn't get on personally) which asked:If as part of your Netflix membership you could i...
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KOEI, recognized worldwide as the premier brand of strategy and action games, today announced that Dynasty Warriors 6 has reached gold status and will ship to North American retailers beginning February 19, 2008. Dynasty Warriors 6 will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment syst...
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While dedicated baseball fans eagerly anticipate the start of Spring Training, the next installment of the wildly popular Major League Baseball 2K franchise steps up to the plate and swings for the fences. 2K Sports, the sports publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), ...
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While it's still too early to tell whether last week's news of Madden Lead Producer David Ortiz suddenly leaving developer EA Tiburon is a good or bad thing, the following announcement definitely falls in the former for the giant sports publisher. Electronic Arts revealed today that it has extended ...
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Just a quick FYI... As we attempt to upgrade our servers to improve the user experience with our sites, the 1UP Network is going to be doing some server testing tonight. Between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00 PM PST you may experience some weirdness, such as content disappearing and reappearing. Also, ...
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The hi-def format war seems to be entering what could be called, in literary terms, the falling action. The climax is over, the battle is won, and now all that's left is to watch the chips fall. After Warner Bros. decided to exclusively back Blu-Ray and we got word that Universal could follow suit, ...
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Harmonix has announced the latest batch of new Rock Band songs, and personal tastes aside, it's a good week by any measure. The three new songs, which should be available tomorrow on the Xbox Live Marketplace and Thursday on the PlayStation Store, are: The Clash - "Complete Control"The Pol...
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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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UPDATE: According to Capcom's official blog, the Lost Planet demo for PlayStation 3 has been temporarily removed to "address issues that have come to light." It is expected to return as soon as the problems are fixed, and those who have already downloaded the demo will be unable to access ...
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Add-on content was all over the place last week, with new and upcoming content for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and multiplatform games. Another classic game hit the PlayStation Store, and three more will be coming to Xbox Originals next week. While we enter the winter drought, it might be a good ti...
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This past week Rockstar released some new Grand Theft Auto IV videos that showcase some of the main characters (and commercials) in the game, so we've pulled them together for you to check out here. Any impressions or feedback? Leave a comment below!
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"Are you a child-man?" That's the question Joshua Earles-Bennett asked 1UP this week, alluding to both Kay Hymowitz's recent piece, The Child-Man, as well as to NPR's corresponding interview with Hymowitz. Today, many young adults either delay or completely reject marriage, parenthood, h...
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Prefacing his keynote with the admission, "deep down, probably more than anything else, I'm a business guy," EA CEO John Riccitiello delivered a sobering look at the coming years for the industry. It began with his pronouncement that the days of starting a studio in your garage are done fo...
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Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is an upcoming first-person shooter that presents an alternate history of World War II where the Nazis have taken over Europe and are now invading the United States. What events could have possibly led to this dystopian new history? According to publisher Codemasters, ...
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The initial install for the PlayStation 3 version of Devil May Cry 4 has been something of a controversy. Despite reducing load times to nearly nil, some people just don't want to wait 20 minutes to start up their game the first time. Capcom has even famously responded to the whiners concerned gamer...
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