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Subscription plan in the works for PSN; online play to remain free

Published 26 minutes ago by Brian Dahlquist at That VideoGame Blog

With Microsoft charging $50 a year for a Xbox Live Gold membership, it was only a matter of time before Sony decided they liked making money too. During an investor/analyst meeting on last Thursday, Sony revealed that a paid subscription service is planned for PlayStation Network that will ...
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Review / Assassin’s Creed II (PS3)
thatvideogameblog.com - 71 minutes ago
Review / Assassin’s Creed II (PS3)
— thatvideogameblog.com — You’re probably already familiar with the deal behind the original Assassin’s Creed , but just in case, here’s the quickest of rundowns; awesome trailer, massive hype, very ambitious, very repetitive, some loved, most didn’t. It’s been two years since Altair’s debut now, so here comes round ... (more) Review / Assassin’s Creed II (PS3)
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7 days around the MMO world / November 22
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7 days around the MMO world / November 22
— thatvideogameblog.com — We’ve been writing this MMO update article for a few months shy of a year now and coming up with intro paragraphs for them is getting ever more difficult. How do we continue to lead into all the MMO happenings and be unique every time? Do not fret because we’ll push forward ... (more) 7 days around the MMO world / November 22
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Review / Buzz! Quiz World (PS3)
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Review / Buzz! Quiz World (PS3)
— thatvideogameblog.com — Buzz! is one of those games that’s only ever dragged out on beer-fuelled evenings, preferably with a group of similarly soused friends. The first outing on PS3, Buzz! Quiz TV , added an online versus mode and the ability to post your own quizzes up for others to try out, which were well ... (more) Review / Buzz! Quiz World (PS3)

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Review / SingStar: Take That (PS3)
thatvideogameblog.com - 7 hours ago
Review / SingStar: Take That (PS3)
— thatvideogameblog.com — If you’re British, female and currently aged between 25 and 30, the chances are pretty good that you were, like, crazy mad in love with Take That as a teen. You may even have a classy tattoo somewhere on your person - perhaps Gary Barlow’s cherub-like face on your ankle, or Robbie’s cheeky ... (more) Review / SingStar: Take That (PS3)

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Dante’s Inferno gets viral again with fake game
thatvideogameblog.com - 12 hours ago
Dante’s Inferno gets viral again with fake game
— thatvideogameblog.com — Remember E3 all those months ago? You may or may not remember a little viral campaign that EA had out on a street corner just outside the convention hall “condemning” their upcoming Dante’s Inferno . It was actually pretty damned clever, getting some at the show to ... (more) Dante’s Inferno gets viral again with fake game

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Halo: Reach footage at Spike VGAs will not be CG
thatvideogameblog.com - 14 hours ago
Halo: Reach footage at Spike VGAs will not be CG
— thatvideogameblog.com — Time to shut down the rumor mill — Gametrailers’ Geoff Keighley has brought an end to the speculation of what we can expect to see of Halo: Reach at the Spike VGAs this December . “Let me put the rumors to rest: The HALO: REACH piece at the VGAs will not be CG,” he ... (more) Halo: Reach footage at Spike VGAs will not be CG

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Tiberium Twilight gets a release date, closed beta
thatvideogameblog.com - 16 hours ago
Tiberium Twilight gets a release date, closed beta
— thatvideogameblog.com — While EA has been praising the revitalization of its shooter franchise, the next game in its most prominent real-time strategy franchise has received a release date. Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight , the game that will bring an end to the Tiberium storyline, will hit streets on ... (more) Tiberium Twilight gets a release date, closed beta

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A Crack in Time Insomniac’s best selling Ratchet & Clank yet
thatvideogameblog.com - 18 hours ago
A Crack in Time Insomniac’s best selling Ratchet & Clank yet
— thatvideogameblog.com — Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time , the latest iteration of the vibrant franchise from Insomniac, was released late October, hence its absence in the latest NPD charts. However, that’s no reason to think any less of it. According to the Full Moon Show , the ... (more) A Crack in Time Insomniac’s best selling Ratchet & Clank yet

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Uwe Boll to exercise his filmmaking “magic” once again
thatvideogameblog.com - 20 hours ago
Uwe Boll to exercise his filmmaking “magic” once again
— thatvideogameblog.com — Uwe Boll is known for his efforts in turning notable videogame properties such as House of the Dead and Postal into films, with results that were less than satisfactory. Along with these efforts, he also turned the first Bloodrayne game into a movie, along with its sequel, both of which ... (more) Uwe Boll to exercise his filmmaking “magic” once again

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Valve sneaks in 4v4 matchmaking for Left 4 Dead
thatvideogameblog.com - 22 hours ago
Valve sneaks in 4v4 matchmaking for Left 4 Dead
— thatvideogameblog.com — The leaders of the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott weren’t kidding when they said 4v4 matchmaking was coming to the original Left 4 Dead . In an update to the PC version of the zombie slaying shooter that also addressed a few issues, the new matchmaking option is now available for those who ... (more) Valve sneaks in 4v4 matchmaking for Left 4 Dead

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PS3 sales booming in October

Published 23 hours ago by Michael Healy at That VideoGame Blog

Remember the days when the PlayStation 3 was in third place in console sales? Well, it still is, but that won’t be the case for long if Sony sustains the strength of sales its console had in the month of October. Compared with October 2008, sales of the system were up 70% last month.  ...
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Rapture’s Civil War personalities invade the Tea Garden

Published 32 hours ago by Sebastian Nordlund at That VideoGame Blog

In true Rapture spirit, with wrenched voices, art deco stylized environments — in this particular case, the Tea Garden — here’s a full 0:42 seconds of multiplayer ass-whooping of BioShock 2 , featuring one of the playable characters Danny Wilkins as the main contributor ...
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Torchlight demo out now
thatvideogameblog.com - 35 hours ago
Torchlight demo out now
— thatvideogameblog.com — Got two hours? Then you might want to check out the demo for Torchlight , Perfect World Entertainment’s new action RPG. The game is unabashedly a throwback to old-school RPG fare, with players traversing randomly generated dungeons from a third-person isometric view, a la Diablo . If ... (more) Torchlight demo out now

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Deets emerging on Kane & Lynch 2
thatvideogameblog.com - 36 hours ago
Deets emerging on Kane & Lynch 2
— thatvideogameblog.com — While it won’t be released until next year, details are beginning to surface for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days . The first item concerns the game’s protagonist: this time around, we’ll be filling the shoes of the more sadistic member of the duo, Lynch, as the plot details ... (more) Deets emerging on Kane & Lynch 2
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Dragon Age was also an age of keeping thine pantaloons buttoned

Published 37 hours ago by Michael Healy at That VideoGame Blog

Sure, there are some parts of Dragon Age: Origins where the game’s characters give in to carnal desires and resort to “bumping rumpatay’s,” as the townsfolk say. But the game shows restraint where films like Basic Instinct and V.I. Warshawski had none - there are no ...
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Serious Sam HD dropping soon

Published 38 hours ago by Michael Healy at That VideoGame Blog

The Olympics. Saturday Night Live. C-SPAN. Serious Sam . All of these things are best enjoyed in high definition. As such, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter , will be released for PC on November 24. For you anxious types, you can pre-order the game on Steam, which will retail for ten quid. ...
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More Natal developers wanted
thatvideogameblog.com - 39 hours ago
More Natal developers wanted
— thatvideogameblog.com — There may be a global recession, but that’s not stopping Microsoft from posting a slew of new job openings for Natal development. In the past two weeks, Microsoft has posted about 60 new openings , 14 of which are directly related to Natal. One such Natal listing specifically involves ... (more) More Natal developers wanted

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Steam still top dog in digital game markets
thatvideogameblog.com - 39 hours ago
Steam still top dog in digital game markets
— thatvideogameblog.com — Stardock CEO Brad Wardell has stated that while his company’s Impulse distribution service claims 10% of the PC game digital delivery market, Steam remains on top, with 70% of all digital distribution taking place on Valve’s popular service. Wardell asserts that Steam’s ... (more) Steam still top dog in digital game markets

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No fun DLC for Resident Evil 5 PC version
thatvideogameblog.com - 41 hours ago
No fun DLC for Resident Evil 5 PC version
— thatvideogameblog.com — Bad news for owners of the PC version of Resident Evil 5 . While Capcom was nice enough to bless PC fans with their very own edition of the thriller, they’ll be getting no such love when it comes to downloadable content, at least not right away. “No plans for PC at this ... (more) No fun DLC for Resident Evil 5 PC version

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