Video Games
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'MadWorld,' 'Deadly Creatures' freshen up Wii
Mar 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Now that we're in the third year of the Age of Wii, Nintendo's popular console is pretty easy to find. Which means that a lot more people are learning its unpleasant sec...
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'Grand Theft Auto' brings mayhem to new formats
Mar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Rockstar Games has made an insane amount of money off "Grand Theft Auto." And the "GTA" brand has such cachet that you could slap it on anything and make a bundle. "GTA"...
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No disks needed for startup's streamed video games
Mar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Music and movies can be streamed over the Internet, so why not video games? A startup founded by technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman says it has devel...
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Looking for some nonlethal fun? Mellow out with relaxing games
Mar 20, 2009 11:00 pm - I've spent an awful lot of time this winter battling deadly alien armies on bleak, ravaged planets. Last week I was on Helghan, fighting laser-eyed supersoldiers in "Kil...
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'HAWX' takes fresh approaches to combat game
Mar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Video-game combat has come a long way since the turn of the century. In the 1990s, 3D shooters like "Doom" and "Half-Life" were aimed at the PC audience, with the occasi...
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Move over Tyler; Beatles edition of 'Rock Band' planned
Mar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Rock Band is getting the perhaps greatest rock group of all time: The Beatles. The Beatles' management said Thursday that a Beatles version of the Rock Band ...
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'Street Fighter IV' kicks it old-school
Feb 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Adding a third dimension to a popular 2-D classic doesn't always work, and a "Street Fighter" installment just wouldn't be worthy of the moniker without a character on t...
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Sony's 'Killzone 2' war game lives up to hype
Feb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - When Sony announced the PlayStation 3 at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo, its centerpiece was a breathtaking chunk of footage from a game called "Killzone 2." The...
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'F.E.A.R. 2,' 'House of the Dead' deliver chills
Feb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - In the movies, the horror genre covers a surprisingly wide range of moods. At one extreme, you have all-out splatterfests like "Friday the 13th" and "My Bloody Valentine...
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New GTA, Resident Evil, F.E.A.R. highlight deluge of new releases
Jan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Real news from the virtual world: Most gamers spend the early part of the year catching up on software they couldn't get around to during the holiday glut. Maybe you've ...