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New weaponry for Liberty City

New weaponry for Liberty City

Sep. 17 | A Weazel News Special Report: Arms Smugglers Bring New Wave of Weaponry to Liberty City In this Weazel news exclusive, Weazel’s crack team of investigative reporters and former lobbyists cut through the filter of the mainstream media...

Review: Need for Speed: Shift

Review: Need for Speed: Shift

Sep. 16 | The Lowdown: Need For Speed: Shift is a great first attempt at bring the series into the simulation world. They’ve managed to get most things right to satisfy the hard core racing fan, but the arcade elements still linger. THE FACT SHEET...

Review: Darkest of Days

Review: Darkest of Days

Sep. 16 | The lowdown: Despite some minor gameplay shortfalls and lack of multiplayer action, Darkest of Days utilizes the concept of time travel very well for the FPS genre. I would recommend a rental of this title, or a purchase when the price drops...

Modern Warfare 2 Special Edition console announced

Modern Warfare 2 Special Edition console announced

Sep. 15 | Nick mentioned the possibility of a Forza console with a 250GB HD a few weeks ago. Tonight, Microsoft and Activision announced a Modern Warfare 2 console with a 250 GB hard drive, two wireless controllers and a standard edition of Modern Warfare...

Deals of the Week

Deals of the Week

Sep. 15 | Xbox Live Gold members can pick up Lode Runner this week for 800 points (normally 1200 points). Not a whole lot going on around retailers this week. Over at Toys-R-Us you can pick up Platinum Hits titles Buy One Get One 50% off. Best Buy is...

New Releases: Week of 9/14/2009

New Releases: Week of 9/14/2009

Sep. 14 | Simply put, there are ALOT of games releasing this week. Need for Speed: Shift and NHL 10 seem to be the highlights. Releasing tomorrow at retail (Tuesday 9/15): Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Need for Speed:...

Sheet music now available for Rock Band and Guitar Hero songs

Sheet music now available for Rock Band and Guitar Hero songs

Sep. 14 | This seems like a great idea, as I know it can sometimes be difficult to track down sheet music for some of the more popular, modern songs. No word on a pricing, but it shouldn’t be too bad. Sheet Music Plus Gives Gamers the Gift of Music...

Win a copy of Shadow Complex for XBLA

Win a copy of Shadow Complex for XBLA

Sep. 14 | iStartedSomething, a popular Windows blog is giving away 30 copies of the hit arcade title Shadow Complex. The game has won several awards, including some “Best of E3 2009.” To enter the contest, simply enter your name and email address...

i-eX Gaming Chairs Score Points With Serious Gamers by Offering Serious Comfort

i-eX Gaming Chairs Score Points With Serious Gamers by Offering Serious Comfort

Sep. 10 |   I’ve never understood the whole ‘gaming chair’ thing myself, but they seem to be very popular and I think if I was going to get one it would certainly be one of these. The i-eX Gaming Chair looks rather stylish, and comfortable,...

Toys"R"Us Launches Video Game Trade-In Program at Stores Nationwide

Toys"R"Us Launches Video Game Trade-In Program at Stores Nationwide

Sep. 10 | So it seems we’ve got another company jumping on the video game trade-in bandwagon, this time it’s Toys R Us, yes Toys R Us. Who knows that kind of trade-in we’ll be able to get for our games, but the interesting thing here is that they’ll...
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