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A member of 2K games’ forums has announced his great find. At his local GameStop store, he came across some promotional information about a pre-order bonus attached to Bioshock 2. With this pre-order, you are given two special multiplayer models, Blanche The Actress and Zigo The Fisherman. To be honest, I think this is a rather lame pre-order bonus, but I guess it’s better than nothing. Follow the break for some (small) images. Continue Reading »

In a typical turn of events that just about anyone could have expected, the PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum has been delayed until September 15. A bit of good news is that the delay will allow the developers to add support for PhysX. Console versions are still on schedule to release on the original release date of August 25. In case you’ve forgotten, the demo is still expected to release today on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

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Apple has just released one last update to Leopard, labeled 10.5.8. Follow the break to see the changes that have been made to the soon to be retired OS, which will be replaced by Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.

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Today, Treyarch has released their third pack of DLC maps for Call of Duty: World at War. Featuring three new multiplayer maps and a new zombie map, the map pack has released for Xbox 360 and PS3. No word yet on PC release details. Follow the break for descriptions of the new maps.

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Microsoft has just released their Windows 7 RTM build to TechNet and MSDN subscribers, as well as a handful of beta testers. For the rest of us unlucky ones, we’ll have to wait until October 22 for the full release. Until then, enjoy the RC.

In an effort to most likely get attention and boost their popularity, RadioShack will officially be changing their name to The Shack and will be holding huge launch parties in both NYC and San Fran. Was this a good move on RadioShack’s The Shack’s part? What made them take the “Radio” out of their name all of a sudden? What do they have against radios? Who knows.

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Yesterday when I opened my Steam client, I was greeted with the usual Steam Updates window. Within this window was an interesting and funny looking game by the name of Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood. After looking at the promo images on Steam, this game had me quite interested, so I risked my $5.24 (currently on sale) and here are my findings.

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It seems Valve is finally making good on the promise they made of new campaigns for L4D. After the announcement of L4D2, many gamers were up in arms about the fact that L4D1 got little to no DLC. There is even a L4D2 boycott.  Has Valve finally given in to us and, in an attempt to please us humble gamers, are delivering on their promise? No matter the reason, Valve has announced an addon campaign for L4D1, “Crash Course”, planned for PC and Xbox 360 release in September. Follow the break for the official press release.

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As anyone that has been following the details of Alan Wake will know, the game was originally announced as a PC and Xbox 360 title several years ago. It fell off the radar for a few years, with a few details and screens being shown. Most recently, the game has picked up quite a bit of steam and is moving along nicely. Not too long ago, developer Remedy announced that it will launch for Xbox 360 first, with the PC version being delayed and releasing some time afterward. A week later, they announced that the game may not release for PC at all. It seems PC gamers have had enough. A petition has been started to urge action from the creators.

Within the last several weeks, many things have been happening with this slimmer PS3 machine. Several images like the one above have been popping up every once in awhile. Even DigiTimes says that Sony has been ordering tons of “key PS3 components” that could make a million units in one quarter (or three months), but I thought the PS3 wasn’t selling very well?

On Amazon, a listing for a PS3 “Konsole Slim” showed up, but that since been taken down. No official announcement from Sony about the PS3 slim has been made, but it’s for sure that we’ll hear one soon enough.