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  • Watch Ezio grow up in this Assassin’s Creed 2 dev diary

    Ezio Auditore da Firenze (we hear saying that five times fast unlocks a Achievement / Trophy!) isn’t going to be the same character at the end of Assassin’s Creed 2’s 30-year narrative as he is at its outset. Sure, he’ll be the same person — but, as various members of the game’s development team point out in this latest video diary, his repertoire of moves and the weapons / gear available to him will evolve the way you play as the character.Considerably more time, though, is spent pointing —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    PT Boats – Knights of the Sea freee demo coming

    Battlefront.com, an independent internet-based publisher for superior war and strategy games and one of the internets largest wargaming communities, and Akella, one of Eastern Europe?s leading development and publishing houses, proudly present a set of completely new never before seen screenshots for the upcoming naval simulation PT Boats: Knights of the Sea!The screenshots focus on the various in-game ambient and combat effects such as weather, time of day, smoke and physics.PT Boats: Knights —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    Hello Kitty to Celebrate 35th Anniversary in Hello Kitty Online

    Sanrio DigitalSanrio Digital announced today details of the virtual birthday party of the year: Hello Kitty?s 35th anniversary, hosted by Hello Kitty Online! Hello Kitty turns 35 on November 1, 2009. From now through November 1, birthday celebrations and special events are being held in Hello Kitty Online (www.hellokittyonline.com), the official online game of Hello Kitty.Hello Kitty Online is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) featuring Sanrio?s lovable —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    Japanese game devs give their verdicts on TGS

    While plenty of games press and hardcore fans flocked to 2009’s Tokyo Game Show, attendance was down versus last year, and developers noticed. “The total attendance is down from last year, but myself, it felt less like a crush of people and more like a fun festival atmosphere like we used to have,” Hideo Kojima told Famitsu in an upcoming feature.But not every developer looked favorably on the late-September show.

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    Free Dragon Age: Origins and a New Standard for Browser Based Games

    Leading video game developer BioWare announce that the first chapter of Dragon Age Journeys, a free to play browser based game set in the Dragon Age world, is now available. Dragon Age Journeys puts players in the role of a hero exploring the underground dwarven kingdom of Orzammar.Players will uncover a dastardly plot that threatens to unleash a great evil that won?t stop until it destroys all living things. Based on BioWare?s upcoming dark fantasy epic Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web

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    Casual puzzle game VEMPIRE out now on PSP and PSPgo

    VEMPIRE is available from the Sony?s PlayStation Network store in North America from today, October 22nd. The game was a launch title for the Sony PSP and Sony PSPgo minis service in Europe, Oceania and Asia and has been well received by the public and press.Luigi Fumero, Impressionware?s managing director and VEMPIRE designer, said: ?We are very happy with the reception VEMPIRE received so far. Many people are enjoying it and sales are in line with expectations.

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    Set in the subways of a post apocalyptic Moscow Metro 2033 The Last Refuge will immerse gamers in a tale of intensive, underground survival

    Powered by cutting edge technology, Metro 2033 is a gripping, atmospheric first person shooter experience from 4A Games, coming to Xbox 360 and PC in 2010THQ announce Metro 2033, a new first person shooter for Xbox 360 and PC based on the best-selling Russian novel of the same name by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Developed by Ukrainian studio 4A Games, and built with the cutting edge, proprietary 4A Game Engine, Metro 2033 is set to deliver a gripping, atmospheric experience.

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    Atari Photo sauce Available Through Facebook Platform Adds Flavor to Photos with Colorful Stickers and Speech Bubbles for Instant Sharing with Friend

    Atari, one of the world?s most recognized video game publishers, announced today the launch of the social networking application: Atari Photo Sauce.

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    Championship Manager 2010 video game Coming To Mac November 13th

    The number One selling PC game will be available soon for Mac users across EuropeBeautiful Game Studios today announces that the number 1 selling PC Game Championship Manager 2010 is coming to the Apple Mac from November 13th courtesy of leading Mac developers Virtual Programming who have a strong track record of bringing classic PC titles to the Mac. Championship Manager fans can now look forward to a classic game experience from the most established name in the genre.?We?re extremely pleased —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    DirectX 11-powered Dirt 2 heading to PCs in early December

    During Microsoft’s big coming-out party for Windows 7 today in New York City, Codemasters showed off the new DirectX 11 version of the upcoming PC port of Dirt 2 that you see above. Though the developer said little of new content additions being made to the game, the already gorgeous visuals have been gussied up with help from DirectX 11, and cheevos will be ready for the taking on Games for Windows Live. Meeting its previously announced delay head-on, Dirt 2 starts shipping in North America on —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts

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    Lunia Chronicles free to play video game coming soon

    OGPlanet, a leading publisher of free-to-play massively multiplayer online games, has today announced the upcoming launch of its second game for the European market, Lunia Chronicles. Players are invited to visit the portal and register their interest in Lunia Chronicles at http://lunia.ogplanet.com/teaser/.Looking to build on its initial success in Europe since the launch of its massively popular PvP game Rumble Fighter last July, OGPlanet plans to open the Lunia Chronicles Beta to European —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts

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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles License Changes Hands

    Nickelodeon now owns the popular comic, game, animated TV shows, toy and movie property.The Mirage Group, the original creators of the uber-popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles intellectual property, sold all rights to the franchise to Nickelodeon earlier today.  Nick, part of MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom, paid an impressive $9.75 million to be the —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    Modern Warfare 2 PC specs: 3 GHz, 16 GB install?

    There’s been a lot of hate going around in regards to the PC version of Modern Warfare 2. While it’s kind of my obligation to pay attention to that stuff, it’s gotten so out of hand that I’m trying to ignore the madness whenever humanely possible.But enough of that — GameStop of all places divulged the minimum system requirements for the game to run:OS: Windows Vista/XPProcessor: AMD 64 3200+ or Intel Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz or betterMemory: 16 GB free hard drive space / 512 MB RAM (XP) / —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts

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    More Nyko tech at EGS

    by: Sean ColleliNEWS – Nyko will be on hand for the Electronic Game Show in Mexico City, running tomorrow through the 25th. The items they have for display, like the Type Pad Pro and Speaker Com 360, have been shown before at other events, but it’s a good opportunity to see these peripherals if you didn’t make it to E3 or CES. Personally I’m looking forward to their Wii Induction Charger, and the Nyko Wand I’ve been reviewing is excellent, so it’ll be nice when the alternate colors reach store —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    Rumor: New Left 4 Dead 2 CG trailer leaked, epic

    After learning about the final two campaigns in Left 4 Dead 2, we now have a brand new trailer, either via legitimate leak or sneaky viral marketing. Either way, Valve seems intent on impressing us.Awesomeness may not be something that can be quantified in traditional units of measurement [these come close -- Ed.], but we’re prepared to say that this Left 4 Dead 2 trailer contains at least 8 quarts of it. That’s enough for the whole Little League team — which, incidentally, shouldn’t be —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts

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    Destructoid Interview: The Crystal Bearers

    Surely any fan of the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series is wondering what to expect from the upcoming Wii title The Crystal Bearers. After all,you have Bon Jovi doing the music for the commercial (whoa), the ability to use your enemy as your weapon, and the fact that the game has a December 26th release date (why the day AFTER Christmas?).We considered the best people to reveal all these mysteries and more were probably Square Enix themselves, and lucky for us, we got a chance —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    Snag An Early PC Copy Of Borderlands? Good Luck Playing It [Street Dates]

    You might be able to snag an early copy of the PC version of Borderlands from street-date ignorant vendors, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be able to play it. Forum threads are popping up on Gearbox and publisher 2K Games’ forums from indignant fans who purchased the PC version of Borderlands at stores either accidentally or purposefully breaking the street date of October 27th, upset that the game won’t be playable until October 26th, even in single-player mode. One such purchaser, a Twitter —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    Official new multiplayer video The Ballad of Gay Tony Grand Theft Auto Liberty City download

    New multiplayer video that were releasing this evening from The Ballad of Gay Tony, due for release as downloadable content and on disc as part of the Episodes From Liberty City on 29th October.Watch the Official HD video trailer…More here —- link video details and more GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    Many great events for Halloween in PC MMORPG Ryzom video game – free trial

    We invite you all to come celebrate Halloween with us on 31 October and 1 November! We’ve got many great events and surprises in store for you.During the weekend you get a chance to prove how well you know Ryzom with a giant treasure hunt! You will have from Saturday midnight to Sunday midnight in order to be first on the ladder!During all of Saturday (from midnight to midnight, GMT+1), come discover Atys like you have never seen it before!Saturday evening, after 18:00 GMT, Animation and CSR —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

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    BattleField 1942 8 on 8 free clash tornament for Playstation 3

    There is no such thing as a cease fire at my-liga.com! This weekend the growing fan community of my-liga.com awaits another exciting Multiplayer-Event! The Tournament website is online and ready for accepting your registrations.In our Battlefield 1943 ? 8on8 Tournament, teams will fight against each other until the winner team will be ascertained!In close cooperation with GamingXP and ps3-talk.de, my-liga.de is going to host the Battlefield 1943 ? 8on8 Clash Tournament which will take place on —- link GamePad: The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts The Best Video Gaming Blog Posts From Arond The Web

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