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Call of Duty: Ghosts Octane multiplayer map

Call of Duty: Ghosts Octane Multiplayer Map Impressions

We had the good fortune to play through three different multiplayer maps at the Call of Duty: Ghosts Multiplayer Reveal event. For five hours, we lived, breathed and died (repeatedly) COD: Ghosts multiplayer. The maps Activision had on display spanned different sizes and design elements. Of the three maps we played, Octane was the smallest […]

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Splinter Cell Blacklist

Ubisoft Releases New Splinter Cell Blacklist 101 Trailer

We’re pretty excited for the Aug. 20 release of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist, so Ubisoft’s new Splinter Cell Blacklist 101 Trailer hasn’t exactly succeeded in calming us down at all. The new video, which Ubisoft released today, sees tech ops specialist Charlie Cole providing a thorough debriefing of Sam Fisher’s most challenging mission. In

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John Carmack Quits id Software, Joins Oculus as CTO

Fresh off the heels of his QuakeCon 2013 keynote speeches, “John Carmack Oculus Rift” is now far more than a fun “whatcha think?” conversation, but a full-time job. Carmack has quit id Software and joined Oculus as Chief Technology Officer. Carmack, now a full-time employee at Oculus VR, will devote his time to working on

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Bethesda: Wolfenstein The New Order Delay to 2014, No Multiplayer

At QuakeCon 2013 this weekend, Bethesda Softworks announced a Wolfenstein The New Order delay until a to-be-announced time in 2014. The publisher also noted that the game will not have any multiplayer components. Wolfenstein: The New Order is scheduled to release on the current-gen systems and PC as well as the PS4 and Xbox One.

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Court: EA NCAA Football Can’t Use Players Without Permission

The EA Sports motto may be “It’s In the Game,” but if the game includes NCAA football players, their likenesses can’t be “in” it unless EA receives permission from each respective player. That’s the ruling today from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled this morning that the First Amendment does not justify the

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