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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition

December 7th 2009 00:00

With the new Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition; here is a video preview of some of the Limited Edition Unlocks. The new Battlefield comes out on March 2, 2010!

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The Saboteur - Irishman in Paris Trailer

November 23rd 2009 00:00

The Saboteur - Irishman in Paris Trailer: Which is Available On December 8th, 2009.

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The Offical

August 21st 2009 03:27

Google now had web page elements for web pages and blogs. So I'm trying out the custom Video Game Search & News! Try it out. Just for Gamer Chip!!

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Are There No More Bad Games Being Made?

October 17th 2008 05:56

The latest copy of PC Powerplay has reviewed a raft of new games, many of which are the big name releases for the coming holiday season. And lets face it, games that are acrsoss platforms these days are pretty much the same. Startling, these games, of which there are eleven, average out at a score of 7.9/10. It's easy to say that most of these titles are flagship IP's for the publishers, but in an age where smaller developers are being consumed by the EA's and Activision Blizzard's of the world, it seems to indicate that blockbuster titles are becoming the norm, designed with low risk and huge amounts of community feedback along the way.
Perhaps you put these remarkably high scores down to the reviews themselves... The question has been raised in the past as to the legitimacy of game reviewers scores, with many tarred with the gamespot brush, but this magazine has long had a reputation for quality and impartiality and there has been no reason to think otherwise.

The actual list of games looks like this:

Fallout 3 : 9
Far Cry 2 : 10
Warhammer Online : 7
Dead Space : 7
Crysis: Warhead : 7
Civilisation 4 : 8
Brothers In Arms HH: 8
Mercs 4 WIF : 7
Pro Evolution 9 : 7
X2 : 8
Falcon 4 : 9

Production values in games are at Hollywood levels now, with professional writers and directors involved. Gameplay mechanics are being improved through the boot camp of expos, media and community events held showing early builds of their games. It's a smart system, allowing hard core fans the opportunity to let the developers know where they are doing well or screwing up and giving them the chance to fix it before launch. And a system that seems to be resulting in monotonously predictable review scores.
The upside is that we are getting higher quality product, it's becoming gamers paradise. The downside... Too many to choose from? Or is it the new ways in which games are selling and marketing themselves through DLC and micro transactions? Like those changes or not, the fact is that consistancy seems to be the word of the season, with something of quality for every genre fan. And in the year to come there can only be more of the same, as developers get to grips with console technology and the emerging engines.

And the reason for the picture? I suppose it's because the moral of the story is that we can now pretty much have our cake and eat it too.

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Posted By: Colin Stevens - Category: Other, PC, Xbox 360

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Fracture Creates A New Multiplayer World

October 8th 2008 00:22

$fracture lucasarts xbox$

Our predictions for Fracture are, thankfully, still looking hopeful thanks to the early review of Fracture from Kotaku

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Star Wars MMO To Release On 21st October?

October 7th 2008 00:15

The Force is strong with this one... This one being the day of the 21st October. The date has been textured in as the launch of a new LucasArts and Bioware joint proejct, considered by most to be the much anticipated and often spoken of Star Wars MMO

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Dead Space DLC Unique To Each Platform

October 2nd 2008 05:09

EA are letting you choose which console will be the better for the upcoming space horror shooter Dead Space

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PS3 Left For Dead By Valve

September 24th 2008 05:30

Valve are among the most respected and successful game developers of recent history. With a string of uber-successful titles franchises such as Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal and in the future the highly anticipated Left 4 Dead. Add to that what is arguably the most used and reliable digital distribution system, Steam, and you have a very desirable business partner

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Fallout MMO Hot On The Heels Of Fallout 3?

September 24th 2008 00:17

The pre-release hype machine is building Fallout 3 to almost unachievable proportions, with any possibility of more Pip-goodness being lapped up like water for a thirsty canine companion. Interplay has supplied one more ration for Fallout starved fans with the hint at a Fallout MMO currently being worked on at their new Orange County office.

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Quantum Of Solace Release Date And Exclusives Announced

September 23rd 2008 06:34

Bond. James Bond. I am a fan, always have been. I've even dabbled in a Martini or two based on nothing more than that they are the drink of choice in the movies. They're good by the way

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Fracture Multiplayer Video Terraforms Gaming

September 18th 2008 23:46

$fracture$

It looks crazily hectic and a load of laughs. Check out the world mangling fun of Fracture mutliplayer in the clip below

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Guitar Hero Outselling Rock Band 6:1 - Activision

September 18th 2008 04:15

Guys who run gaming companies are the kind of people who don't like to let you die wondering. In a classic piece of schoolyard pouting, Activision boss Bob Kotick would like to let you know that Guitar Hero is doing well. So well that Rock Band can go suck eggs because it has girls germs

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Microsoft TV Ads: Clone Wars The Next Step

September 18th 2008 03:56

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Others say it's a desperate attempt at attention from people out of ideas who have been soundly whipped by the new bully in the schoolyard. That bully is Apple, and with the resounding panning of the new advertising campaign from Microsoft, Bill Gates is poised to flatter the pants off Steve Jobs

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Sorry World, R18 Rating In Aus Won't Stop Games Bans

September 10th 2008 23:40

Australia is an island. And that's we way we want to stay according to Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus. Debus wades into the debate surrounding the modification, or non-modification of Fallout 3 to comply with the Australian Classifications Board. "In the board's view the game warrants an RC classification in accordance with item 1(a) of the computer games table of the National Classification Code," Debus said

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Fallout 3 Edited Version Now The Only Version

September 9th 2008 23:37

There are some great things about Australia. Our beaches, appreciation of English humour and Jennifer Hawkins to name but a few. Then there is the Classifications board. The anti-Hawkins. I say this because all of the great work she has instigated to create the image of Australia overflowing with fantastic sights and beautiful people is about to be overshadowed by what is being called Fallout 3 - Australian Edition. This is the now infamous version of Fallout 3 that has to be created to cater for the Australian Classifications Boards willingness to ignore the fact that discerning adults play video games

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Ubisoft Planning Far Cry 3 Already

August 28th 2008 00:22

Far Cry is synonymous with lush forest settings, and if the rumours are true the third installment is due to stay that way

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Fallout 3 Confirmed For October 17th Release - Australia

August 13th 2008 02:45

GamerChip brings you the news you have been waiting for: RedAnt, the Australian distributor for Fallout 3, has confirmed through the EB Games website that the game will be released on October 17th. The RedAnt website is yet to post details which will be of concern to some, but EB Games has yet to steer us wrong on this one

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2 More MMO's To Shut Down?

August 12th 2008 23:48

RUMOUR: Joystiq reports that the latest culling of MMO's will be occuring within NCsoft, with a "reliable source" within the company stating that they are on the verge of laying off the entire development team, leading the title Dungeon Runner to "be closed" and the fate of Tabula Rasa in the air

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Fallout 3 Receives MA15 Rating For Australia

August 11th 2008 13:38

Australian Gamer have been kind enough to confirm the GamerChip story regarding the edited version of Fallout 3 hitting Australian shelves. The OFLC has decreed that fifteen years and older gamers will have a very similar version to that released around the civilized world - the one with the 18 rating. Details will come to hand soon as to the exact nature of these changes, but it would seem to be fairly cosmetic, such as drugs being renamed. The sexually explicit content, not having been raised as the cause of the ban originally looks to remain intact

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Fallout 3: Australian Ed. Awaiting Classification

August 4th 2008 04:39

Only a few days after GamerChip revealing that retail chains had received the news (see: not rumour) that there was a new Australia-friendly version of Fallout 3 coming, Internode has expertly probed deep enough into the story to bring a tear to Peter Harvey's eye

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