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NintendoWare Weekly: Tales of Monkey Island, Bookworm, The Combatribes
by David Hinkle 
{ Nov 30th 2009 at 12:00PM } 
Master Arica Harbor with these Bad Company 2 beta tips
by Xav de Matos { Nov 29th 2009 at 9:30PM } 
With the map's design in mind, Holberg's tips feature a slew of ideas on how you can destroy specific areas of the map to redirect adversary foot traffic -- right into the sights of your favorite firearm. Our tips? Keep shooting people on the other team and you're bound to win eventually. We're professionals here, folks.
Fight Night Round 4 gets 'Rivalries' DLC this week, you get a new trailer right now
by Ben Gilbert { Nov 29th 2009 at 3:30PM } 
The DLC's trailer (found after the break) details all the new additions, as well as giving us our first in-action look at the new fighters. We'll be re-imagining Holyfield's fateful fight with Tyson getting pummeled into the ground when the DLC arrives on December 3 – call it virtual retribution.
Gallery: Fight Night Round 4 (DLC)
Return to Alderaan in Star Wars: The Old Republic
by Xav de Matos { Nov 28th 2009 at 11:30AM } 
Honestly, while we're excited to see the planet again, we also can't help but be a little sad. Like watching the movie Titanic or Lindsay Lohan's career, it just doesn't feel right when you know the whole thing will end in tragedy. For those of you looking to practice epic MMO-clicking, Bioware's official site houses more media and information on the doomed planet.
Mass Effect 2 vids profile Tali and Adept class
by Alexander Sliwinski { Nov 27th 2009 at 11:30AM }
Head past the break to see a video of the Adept class, which has been granted some flashy new tricks.
Gallery: Mass Effect 2 (11-06-09)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC beta starts early 2010
by Ludwig Kietzmann { Nov 26th 2009 at 6:00PM }
The PC version of DICE's first-person, military-person shooter will boast full support for DirectX 11, a maximum of 32 active players (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions go up to 24), clans, friend lists and dedicated servers, which is that controversial thing we referenced in the previous paragraph.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will arrive on store shelves in March 2, 2010. It's the one that ups the lone-soldier-walking-towards-you ante with some helicopters, a tank and another soldier that is slightly farther away.
Gallery: Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Interview: BioWare's Greg Zeschuk on Dragon Age, DLC, and more
by Christopher Grant { Nov 26th 2009 at 3:00PM } 
Joystiq: Dragon Age is the first PS3 game that BioWare's developed. Can you talk about that process?
Greg Zeschuk: We did partner with Edge of Reality, so we partnered with folks who have had the experience, and that was a good process where we actually had some folks that knew how to do it but also, in general, just worked together with them. A lot of it ended up being like we needed a lot of work to get done and a lot of stuff very fast and everyone was very busy on Dragon Age itself. Collectively, on the console, I would say it was very interesting and challenging to take the richness of the PC game of Dragon Age, with all these different powers and everything else, and actually try to transpose it to the consoles. And the interesting thing about that, or where it worked out really well, is that we literally set ourselves a goal: We didn't want console players to fell like we ripped them off by taking anything away, by minimizing or simplifying. We want them to feel they have all the power at their fingertips, but it's very accessible. It's got the multiple rings that sort of have subsets to them, and you can actually pretty much access any power just a couple little joystick twiddles and button presses. And so with that experience, I think we succeeded there.
Another place where we succeeded on both the PS3 and 360 versions: it feels very different from the PC. Where the PC has got the traditional Baldur's Gate top-down [perspective], the PS3 and 360 are over-the-shoulder and they do have that kind of, very KOTOR feel and that's probably what I play, and that's what I feel most familiar with is KOTOR -- and it actually feels more action-y than the PC does, so I think people will find a very different experience. I recommend both platforms actually, PC and console versions.
Gallery: Dragon Age: Origins
EA takes 30 percent off several PC games until Monday
by David Hinkle { Nov 26th 2009 at 12:05PM }
Not everything is on sale, however -- some of the newer titles like Left 4 Dead 2 and the Dragon Age Collector's Edition don't qualify (though the regular version of the latter is on sale for $35). If you're determined to get good deals on some of these newer games, we have a feeling you'll be able to find 'em somewhere.
[Via Big Download]
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Rock Band platform now has over 1,000 songs
by Griffin McElroy { Nov 25th 2009 at 2:00PM }
To put this achievement in chronological terms, we'd estimate that the average length of these songs is, oh, about four minutes. By our calculations, a full playthrough of the Rock Band catalog would take you two days, 18 hours and 40 minutes. Not accounting for the number of times you'll inevitably fail out on "Painkiller," of course.
Congratulations, Harmonix, on this rocking accomplishment! Now, get back to work. That Paul Simon track pack isn't going to program itself.
Mass Effect 2 system requirements revealed, restrictive DRM removed
by Griffin McElroy { Nov 25th 2009 at 12:30PM }
Now, for the great: The retail version of Mass Effect 2 won't include the restrictive, pestering DRM featured in the franchise's first installment. Rather, the game will simply do a disc check upon boot-up -- the same piracy-preventing measure exercised by Dragon Age: Origins. Activate, dear friends! Activate your game to your heart's content.
Fight Night: Round 4 gets new fighters, modes, major update Dec. 3
by David Hinkle { Nov 24th 2009 at 10:00PM }
Punch your way through to our gallery
Pugilists looking to beef up their stable of brawlers in Fight Night Round 4 will be able to do just that when EA offers up three new fighters in a DLC pack for 360 and PS3 on December 3. For the price of 160
($2) and $1.99, respectively, you'll be able to add boxing greats Evander Holyfield, Sonny Liston and Bernard Hopkins to your virtual lineup of potential pulverizers. In addition to the new DLC, EA will also bring in the cut man to fix a few issues fighters are having with the game -- you can find the full list of fixes after the break -- and will add Old School Rules and Ring Rivalry mode. Here's the fight card:Full bundle (Xbox 360/PS3) - 800
($10) / $9.99
- Evander Holyfield, Sonny Liston and Bernard Hopkins
- Ring Rivalry game mode (allows players to choose from over 20 different match options recreating boxing's most famous matchups)
- Old School Rules game mode (simulates the common rules of boxing prior to the establishment of the Marquis of Queensbury Rules)
($2) / $1.99 eachOld School Rules mode -- 320
($4) / $3.99Ring Rivalry mode -- 160
($2) / $1.99Gallery: Fight Night Round 4 (DLC)
Rumor: OPM teases Dead Space reveal in December
by Ludwig Kietzmann { Nov 24th 2009 at 6:00PM }
Considering the artwork depicted on the "next month" page of November's Official PlayStation Magazine, it requires only the slightest of hops to reach the conclusion that a new Dead Space announcement is lurking just around the corner. Allegedly snapped by GOONL!NE (as in the connectivity instruction, not the lineup of criminals), the artwork features a grotesque, tentacled creature viewed through what appears to be the iconic toaster visor of Dead Space protagonist Isaac Clarke. The site confidently suggests that the creature itself is derived from the original game's concept art.Now's the time to strategically remember several job listings, which mentioned a Dead Space follow-up, along with EA CEO John Riccitiello's recently expressed desire to have EA focus on more profitable, safer games. What could be safer than an isolated spaceship sending out a distress call?
The November issue of Official PlayStation Magazine is on sale
[Via CVG]
EA Montreal shifting focus to 'big, blockbuster-type titles'
by David Hinkle { Nov 24th 2009 at 11:45AM }
Tascan explains that the Wii market is "a little bit unpredictable these days," further encouraging a shift to additional "big, blockbuster-type titles." We probably don't need Tascan to point out that Army of Two is "the most successful original IP EA has had in the last few years," since it's the first to get a big, blockbuster sequel ahead of Dead Space and -- can we dream? -- Mirror's Edge.
Rumor: Leaked video shows Mercenaries multiplayer sequel
by Justin McElroy { Nov 24th 2009 at 10:15AM }
The video features plenty of car-on-car and car-on-dude violence, as well as the extremely rare Triple Teabag, which hasn't been seen since the Ukranian Ice Hurling team's dramatic win over Poland in the 1906 Winter Olympics. It must be seen to be believed, and you can do just that right after the break.
This Wednesday: XBLA takes Madden NFL Arcade to the end zone
by Justin McElroy { Nov 23rd 2009 at 2:45PM }
($15). Editor's Note: Thank you to reader TuchdwnMan449 for reminding us that it's called the "end zone" and not "the scoring rectangle thing" as our headline originally read. We pledge to improve our understanding of sports before writing future football posts.
