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Video Game News and Reviews - October 2010

You Won't Believe Who Is Killing Zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops

Console: All Consoles
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Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


This is a SPOILER. Note that it is in all caps. That means I'm really serious about just how spoiler the following information and images are. Don't want to know? Move along and don't read this post. DON'T click on the link


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October 31st 2010 @ 23:24

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The Best Video Games Right Now

Console: All Consoles
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


Fall is here and the weather is slowly getting colder. What does that mean? It's time to stay inside, get warm and play some video games. Here are the best video games available right now


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October 30th 2010 @ 15:40

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PSP2 Will Ditch the UMD, May Rival Xbox 360 In Horsepower

Console: Handheld
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Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable


The Playstation Portable 2, rumored to have dual analog sticks, a bigger screen and touch controls, will also rival the Xbox 360 in processing power and ditch the UMD format, sources tell Kotaku


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October 29th 2010 @ 00:29

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You're Not the Only One Surviving Those Fallout: New Vegas Bugs

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


Actor/rapper Ice-T's right there with you. Of course this was pre-patch.... right? As seen on FINALLEVEL's Twitter


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October 29th 2010 @ 00:05

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Killzone 3 'Helghast Edition' Looks Like A Hell Of A Package

Console: Playstation 3
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Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


You can put a miniature Helghast helmet in your home if you purchase the deluxe edition of Killzone 3 for the PlayStation 3. But tiny space Nazi helmet replicas aren't the only goodies coming in Killzone 3 Helghast Edition


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October 29th 2010 @ 00:03

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Ice Cube Adding Call Of Duty To His Resume

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable


Jack-of-all-trades Ice Cube is lending his voice to the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops


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October 28th 2010 @ 23:58

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Medal of Honor heads into the hot zone next month

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Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


It looks like EA is really determined to win the FPS war. Just last week, the publisher revealed a free DLC pack for Medal of Honor called Clean Sweep. Now they're back with a surprise announcement - another new multiplayer mode dubbed as Hot Zone is coming on the same date of the release of the previously mentioned update


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October 28th 2010 @ 23:44

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Sony refuses comment on PlayStation Phone

Console: Handheld
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable


With the image and specs of the PlayStation Phone surfacing earlier, Engadget digs up more info on the rumored gaming phone. At first, SCEE reps replied that "These images are definitely fake." Now, both SCEE and SCEA have changed their stand to the ever-familiar spiel: "We do not comment on rumors or speculation


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October 28th 2010 @ 23:39

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Left 4 Dead patch brings the game to Mac, now on sale

Console: PC
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


OSX gamers can celebrate the Halloween this week with a bang as Valve finally launched the Mac version of the hit zombified shoot fest, Left 4 Dead. If that wasn't enough, gamers can now pick up the game and all the previously released DLC for one low price


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October 28th 2010 @ 23:36

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Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer features detailed

Console: All Consoles
Article: Preview
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


Die hard fans of the Call of Duty franchise have just over a week now until the launch of the hotly anticipated shooter sequel, Call of Duty: Black Ops, finally arrives. So to further whet our appetites, Treyarch's community manager Josh Olin has revealed some "little-known" features that will be included in Black Ops multiplayer package come the 9th of November


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October 28th 2010 @ 03:08

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The PlayStation Phone

Console: Handheld
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable


It's hard to believe that what we're looking at is real -- but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you've long been waiting for. As we reported back in August, the device you see is headed into the market soon, likely boasting Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread), along with a custom Sony Marketplace which will allow you to purchase and download games designed for the new platform. The device snapped up top (and in our gallery below) is sporting a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 (a chip similar to the one found in the G2, but 200MHz faster), 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, and the screen is in the range of 3.7 to 4.1 inches. Looking almost identical to the mockup we hit you with this summer, the handset does indeed have a long touchpad in the center which is apparently multitouch, and you can see in the photos that it's still bearing those familiar PlayStation shoulder buttons. For Sony buffs, you'll be interested to know that there's no Memory Stick slot here, but there is support for microSD cards


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October 28th 2010 @ 01:34

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GameStop To Accept iPods For Trade-In?

Console: All Consoles
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable


You may not think iPods are true gaming machines, but retail giant GameStop certainly does, as it may soon be accepting Apple's handheld devices for trade-in


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October 26th 2010 @ 22:22

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Review: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

Console: All Consoles
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): 7
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: No


Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II drops us back in control of Darth Vader's disobedient apprentice Starkiller as he searches for his love, the rebellion and himself


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October 26th 2010 @ 22:20

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Military Tactical iPad App Looks Like a Real Life Starcraft II

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable


This is the SoldierEyes map, a tactical application for iPad that shows friends and foes' real time positions in the battlefield. It isn't a game, even while it looks like an RTS, similar to Raytheon's Advanced Tactical System (RATS


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October 26th 2010 @ 22:14

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Hero Is Not The Strong, Silent Type

Console: All Consoles
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


You awaken in a tiled room, strapped to a chair, hooked up to an intravenous drip and surrounded by TV monitors broadcasting images of numbers and your grizzled face. You're being interrogated by a shadowy figure from behind a glass wall who issues a stinging charge of electricity each time you brazenly dismiss his questions


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October 26th 2010 @ 22:09

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Steve Jobs was pissed when Microsoft bought Bungie

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
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Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable


Before creating the Halo series, Bungie was already a well-known developer of shooting games for Mac. So when Microsoft acquired the studio to make games for the Xbox, Apple CEO Steve Jobs wasn't happy at all. No, he was pissed


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October 26th 2010 @ 22:03

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On Shelves This Week: October 24 - 30, 2010

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable


It's a lean gaming selection for the last week of October. I'd have to say, though, short as the list is compared to the ones we've had in the past, it's good to say that they're all potentially worth your time if and when you do decide to pick them up.From Fable III to DeathSpank, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, The Sims 3, and of course, Rock Band 3, we've got it all here


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October 26th 2010 @ 21:56

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Review: God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Console: Handheld
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): 9.5
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: No


To the people on buses and benches, necks bent and eyes locked on their Angry Birds, make way for one of the best 2010 portable games that you need buttons to play, the one starring an angry Greek god who rips wings from birds


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October 25th 2010 @ 23:24

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PSP2 Hits Next Fall With Dual Analog Sticks, Touch Pad and Bigger Screen

Console: Handheld
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable


Around the time of the Tokyo Game Show, Sony held a private meeting at its offices in Tokyo's Aoyama. The purpose was to show off the PSP2


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October 25th 2010 @ 23:19

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Medal of Honor: Review

Console: PC
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): 10
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


Playing off of the recent success of the hit game Modern Warfare 2, Medal of Honor puts you in the shoes of soldiers fighting terrorists in the modern day world. The majority, if not all of the game, takes place in remote mountain villages in what appears to be Afghanistan


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October 24th 2010 @ 21:28

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StarCraft II's upcoming custom maps revealed!

Console: PC
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


Blizzard has revealed some details about the upcoming custom maps for StarCraft II - the Aiur Chef, Left 2 Die, StarJeweled, and the Blizzard DOTA


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October 24th 2010 @ 04:12

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Call of Duty: Black Ops coming to Steam

Console: PC
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


Activision has announced that the PC version of Treyarch's hotly ancipated military shooter sequel, Call of Duty: Black Ops, is heading to Steam with full Steamworks support


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October 23rd 2010 @ 19:28

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Review: Rock Band 3

Console: All Consoles
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): 9.5
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


The people who made music games great have delivered their best game yet. Harmonix, the developers behind Guitar Hero and Rock Band, have tweaked, polished, and re-engineered the Rock Band presentation, while also adding all-new ways to play


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October 23rd 2010 @ 16:34

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Review: Fallout: New Vegas

Console: Playstation 3
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


Just in case you decide you can't wait for my review (which will be posted by next week, hopefully) heres a pretty good one from Kotaku
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October 22nd 2010 @ 22:20

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The Tale Of A Black Ops Pirate

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


On YouTube, in four parts, there is the tale of a man with military training and a $250 outlay spent on an illicit, leaked copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops. He got busted by the piracy police and confesses


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October 22nd 2010 @ 22:12

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Microsoft asks retailers to stop Kinect pre-orders due to over-demand?

Console: Xbox 360
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
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October 22nd 2010 @ 22:07

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Sony: a million Move controllers shipped to North America

Console: Playstation 3
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: No


Sony said they weren't expecting huge launch numbers for PlayStation Move, counting on word-of-mouth marketing instead to sell their new motion wand. Apparently, they didn't need to. Move reportedly moved about 1.5 million units in Europe, so much that SCEE needed to ramp up production to meet the strong demand. For North America? It's pretty much the same story


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October 21st 2010 @ 23:46

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Frankenreview: Vanquish

Console: All Consoles
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): 8.5
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: No



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October 21st 2010 @ 22:21

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Review: Final Fantasy XIV

Console: PC
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): 7.5
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes



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October 21st 2010 @ 22:09

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Here Are Your Call Of Duty: Black Ops Specs!

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


The next Call of Duty game, Black Ops, promises to be a lot more PC-friendly than the last Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 2. So let's see if your PC can run it


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October 21st 2010 @ 01:13

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Super Mario Used To Shoot Bullets

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: No



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October 21st 2010 @ 01:09

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Wolfenstein 3d (2009)

Console: All Consoles
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): 9
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: No



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October 20th 2010 @ 02:02

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Let's Meet An Australian Politician Who Loves Video Games

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Author: Sami
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When Australia is mentioned in the same breath as video games, most people's first thoughts are of something negative. Something unpleasant. So let's meet an Australian politician who's one of the good guys


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October 19th 2010 @ 22:10

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Frankenreview: Medal Of Honor

Console: Playstation 3
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): 8.5
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes
Medal Of Honor Review



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October 19th 2010 @ 22:08

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Treyarch Explains The Call of Duty Jeep Wrangler Due Out Next Month

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes


The Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty: Black Ops Edition hits dealerships next month for a suggested retail price of $30,625 and $33,500. But why does it even exist


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October 19th 2010 @ 21:57

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BFBC 2: Vietnam is going to be more hardcore - DICE

Console: All Consoles
Article: News
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Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam


If you're a huge fan of the Battlefield: Bad Company franchise, then there's something for you to look forward to, most definitely, in BFBC2: Vietnam. According to DICE designer Gustav Halling, it's going to "feel more hardcore


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October 19th 2010 @ 21:32

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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood sets Ubisoft pre-order record

Console: All Consoles
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Sami
Online Multiplayer: Yes
Assasin's Creed Brotherhood



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October 19th 2010 @ 21:26

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Happy 25th Birthday, Nintendo Entertainment System!

Console: All Consoles
Article: Other
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Brian
Online Multiplayer: No



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October 19th 2010 @ 00:19

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On Shelves This Week: October 17 - 23, 2010

Console: Playstation 3
Article: Review
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Brian
Online Multiplayer: No


It's another busy week for gamers up ahead as the latest entry of Bethesda Softworks RPG series launches, together with Nintendo’s iconic pink powder puff, EA Sports' MMA title and Konami's soccer addition. Check out the full list of titles, down below


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October 18th 2010 @ 22:29

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Awsome Assain's Creed: Brotherhood Trailer

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Author: Brian
Online Multiplayer: Yes
With all the character reveals, beta testing, and viral websites, one could almost forget that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has a strong single-player story mode. Here's a trailer to help us remember, and another story to go with it.

Check out the trailer and read the full story at Kotaku.
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October 18th 2010 @ 22:17

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Fallout: New Vegas' First DLC Will Be Xbox-Exclusive

Console: All Consoles
Article: News
Score (out of 10): No Score
Author: Brian
Online Multiplayer: Not Applicable
As if there was any doubt, Bethesda Softworks reveals plans to support Fallout: New Vegas with downloadable game add-ons, with an Xbox 360 exclusive pack coming out first. Hopefully they'll work this time.

Having released several downloadable add-ons for Fallout 3, it comes as no surprise that Bethesda has big plans for Fallout: New Vegas post-launch content. The cavalcade of downloadable goodness kicks off exclusively on the Xbox 360 sometime after the game's launch tomorrow. Check out Kotaku for the full story.
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October 18th 2010 @ 22:03

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