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Legend of Zelda fan-pic wraps up post-production

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2008-11-30 10:34:56 by Playthrough in Playthrough - Games industry news, gossip, and blah blah
 
...games from Nintendo has made it past post-production! What this means is, as much of the campiness and cheese has been covered up with as many special effects as possible with Apples MovieMaker and we might see this years old production debut soon! In Atlanta we hear, in the not so distant future. Must watch, though will cringe during
 
Tags: campiness, campiness alert, special effects, legend, movie based, production debut, apples moviemaker, past post-production, distant future
 
 
 
 
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Rockstar announces first GTA IV episode, Lost and the Damned. BIKERS!

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2008-11-28 21:15:42 by Playthrough in Playthrough - Games industry news, gossip, and blah blah
...Games announced their first expansion for GTA:IV, Lost and the Damned, marking the first episode of downloadable content for the Xbox 360. The expansion sees a new main character and plot, which intersects with the main storyline and added multiplayer modes, weapons and vehicles. This will be huge New York, NY November 20, 2008 Rockstar...
 
Tags: grand theft auto, xbox, lost, xbox live membership, liberty city, explore liberty city, xbox live worldwide, episode, rockstar games
 
 
 
 
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Ubisoft acquires Massive Entertainment

2008-11-11 20:47:10 by Playthrough in Playthrough - Games industry news, gossip, and blah blah
 
...game developers in the world by Game Developers Research and employs over 120 developers We are delighted to welcome the talented team of creators at Massive into the Ubisoft family, said Christine Burgess-Quemard, executive director of worldwide production studios at Ubisoft. Ubisoft is growing at an intense pace and our strategy is to...
 
Tags: massive, massive entertainment, ubisoft, game developers research, developers, game developers, ubisoft family, production studios, worldwide production studios
 
 
 
 
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Ubisoft acquires Massive Entertainment

2008-11-11 20:47:10 by Playthrough in Playthrough - Games industry news, gossip, and blah blah
 
...game developers in the world by Game Developers Research and employs over 120 developers We are delighted to welcome the talented team of creators at Massive into the Ubisoft family, said Christine Burgess-Quemard, executive director of worldwide production studios at Ubisoft. Ubisoft is growing at an intense pace and our strategy is to...
 
Tags: massive, massive entertainment, ubisoft, game developers research, developers, game developers, ubisoft family, production studios, worldwide production studios
 
 
 
 
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Nintendo DSi launchs in Japan, sells 170,000 in 2 days

2008-11-05 17:51:27 by Playthrough in Playthrough - Games industry news, gossip, and blah blah
 
The new Nintendo DS, known as the DSi has launched in Japan and its a beauty. Featuring a three megapixel camera and improved sound, allowing for pitch and playback adjustment, the new DS is packed full of other improvements. Clocking in at a full 12% thinner than the DS Lite, with an SD memory slot (same as on the Wii) and a 17% larger screen...
 
Tags: dsi, dsi shop, enterbrain, built-in web browser, japans enterbrain, huge improvement, megapixel camera, hot footage, playback adjustment
 
 
 
 
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Nintendo DSi launchs in Japan, sells 170,000 in 2 days

2008-11-05 17:51:27 by Playthrough in Playthrough - Games industry news, gossip, and blah blah
 
The new Nintendo DS, known as the DSi has launched in Japan and its a beauty. Featuring a three megapixel camera and improved sound, allowing for pitch and playback adjustment, the new DS is packed full of other improvements. Clocking in at a full 12% thinner than the DS Lite, with an SD memory slot (same as on the Wii) and a 17% larger screen...
 
Tags: dsi, dsi shop, enterbrain, built-in web browser, japans enterbrain, huge improvement, megapixel camera, hot footage, playback adjustment
 
 
 
 
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City of Heroes coming to OS X, unfortunately using Cider

2008-10-31 09:59:00 by Playthrough in Playthrough - Games industry news, gossip, and blah blah
 
...game. Now, the idea behind Cider is brilliant, unfortunately the execution fails in many ways. First, the software is unreliable, with performance issues abound and dont even get me started about the SecurROM DRM which is attached But lets focus on the positive! NCSoft is releasing this as a special edition, digital only release, which will...
 
Tags: in-game items, game, cider, in-game character, die hard fans, performance issues abound, valkyrie costume usable, execution fails, eve online
 
 
 
 
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City of Heroes coming to OS X, unfortunately using Cider

2008-10-31 09:59:00 by Playthrough in Playthrough - Games industry news, gossip, and blah blah
 
...game. Now, the idea behind Cider is brilliant, unfortunately the execution fails in many ways. First, the software is unreliable, with performance issues abound and dont even get me started about the SecurROM DRM which is attached But lets focus on the positive! NCSoft is releasing this as a special edition, digital only release, which will...
 
Tags: in-game items, game, cider, in-game character, die hard fans, performance issues abound, valkyrie costume usable, execution fails, eve online
 
 
 
 
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Will Star Wars: The Old Republic be the next World of Warcraft?

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2008-10-26 20:53:23 by Playthrough in Playthrough - Games industry news, gossip, and blah blah
...gameplay, we can only imagine where they could take such huge possibilities as an ever-expanding world based on the Star Wars backstory But with the forthcoming release comes some big questions. First, what about that other Stars Wars MMO? What was it again.oh yeah. Star Wars Galaxies . Is it sticking around? Yes states LucasArts exec Tom...
 
Tags: star wars, star wars fans, galaxies, star wars galaxies, republic, star wars mmo, world, star wars backstory, republic franchise