Archive for July, 2011

PopCap Nearly Bought By Zynga

14 July 2011
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Plants vs Zombies EA love letter by PopCap

PopCap Games was recently bought by EA, but was nearly bought instead by Zynga Games, makers of Farmville and Cityville for Facebook. Incredibly, PopCap turned down the deal when Zynga offered to buy the company for $1 billion US dollars in CASH. Buying outright with a billion in cash? The mind wobbles. Zynga ended up…

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Brave Company RPG Sim Announced (3DS, iOS)

14 July 2011
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Brave Company screenshots on 3DS and iOS

Brave Company has been announced as a new 3DS sim-like RPG from Namco Bandai Games developed by Cattle Call in Japan. Cattle Call (what a name, eh) is the company behind Space Invaders Get Even, Metal Max 3 and the modern Arc the Lad titles). Brave Company gives an interesting spin on the typical “group…

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Launch Contest For The Brand New VGB

14 July 2011
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Mario Party Game Contest

To celebrate the launch of the new look VideoGamesBlogger.com, we will be giving you the readers the chance to win a game of your choice!! What should you do to win? Hey there everyone! Welcome to the first contest of the new VideoGamesBlogger redesign. This weeks contest is pretty simple! All you need to do…

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On Wii, DSi & 3DS eShop: Netflix, Game & Watch Gallery

14 July 2011
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Game & Watch Gallery GameBoy boxart

Nintendo downloads this week in America and Europe. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time on Thursdays. Nintendo has now added these new/classic games to the Wii Shop Channel, Nintendo DSi Shop and Nintendo 3DS eShop. Users with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games….

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Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Review

14 July 2011
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Hunted: The Demon's Forge screenshot

In Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, two mercenaries in battle, E’lara and Caddoc, go searching for a mysterious artifact about which Caddoc had a vision. Will their quest be an amazing adventure or should it remain in its dungeon? Let’s review shall we. Developer: inXile Entertainment Publishers: Bethesda Softworks Engine: Unreal Engine 3 Platforms: Microsoft Windows…

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EA Buys PopCap Games

13 July 2011
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Plants VS Zombies artwork

EA is on a studio-buying spree. They not only just bought Unicorn Parade shop Ohai, a browser-game developer, for a “small sum”, they keep buying additional new casual game companies at an alarming rate! In 2009 they picked up Playfish for $400 million (a social-gaming developer behind titles like Pet Society and Restaurant City), then…

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Mortal Kombat 2011 Rain DLC Dated

13 July 2011
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Mortal Kombat Rain artwork

One of the newest Mortal Kombat 2011 characters to join the roster will be Rain, whose downloadable content has a release date on July 19th for Xbox 360 and PS3. The classic purple ninja from Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat Trilogy will join the already mightily impressive roster of 29 characters (including the…

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On Xbox Live Arcade: Ms. Splosion Man, Boulder Dash XL

13 July 2011
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Ms. Splosion Man screenshot

From today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play this new game for Xbox Live Arcade and get other Xbox Live Marketplace downloadable content for Xbox 360. Here’s an overview of what Microsoft announced worldwide. Content: Ms. Splosion Man Price: 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20) Availability:…

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On PlayStation Network: Catherine Demo

13 July 2011
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Catherine screenshot of Atlus' first HD game

Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced what new PlayStation Network downloadable games, expansions, demos and videos were released for PlayStation 3 and PSP this week in America and Europe. Let’s have a look and see what they have in store for us this time… AMERICAN PlayStation Store for PS3 Summer Sale Pac-Man Championship Edition DX –…

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Batman: Arkham City Riddler Reveal Trailer

13 July 2011
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Batman: Arkham City's The Riddler

The Riddler returns in Batman: Arkham City, as revealed in a new trailer for the game that gives us our first look at Batman’s cunning foe. Unlike in the first game, this time The Riddler will have a greater role beyond simply leaving clues for Batman to solve that give you interesting audioclip insight. Of…

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They Bleed Pixels Indie Game Announced

13 July 2011
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They Bleed Pixels screenshot

They Bleed Pixels has been announced for Xbox Live Arcade: Indie Games and will be released this Summer 2011. They Bleed Pixels is an impressive looking action platformer that takes cues from awesome Indie titles like Super Meat Boy and N+ Plus, while mixing in some bloody enemy combat with all of the spike-dodging traversal….

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Uncharted 3 Screenshots Gallery

13 July 2011
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New Uncharted 3 Screenshot. Look at those facial details!

Welcome to our Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Screenshots page! Uncharted 3 certain sets the stage for amazing scenery from all over the world. As fortune hunter Nathan Drake goes on a trek into the heart of the Arabian Desert to search for the fabled “Atlantis of the Sands”. When the terrible secrets of this lost…

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Child of Eden Wallpaper

13 July 2011
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Child of Eden Wallpaper of flowering fields and pretty girls

Welcome to our Child of Eden wallpapers page! Here we will post images that you can use as desktop wallpapers, both official and otherwise. We will add to this list as we find cool new wallpapers for the game. Note that we do not own nor did we create these wallpapers. Thanks to the prospective…

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