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Such fantastic, eloquent wordplay! Man! You see, the headline says that developer DICE's latest first-person shooter marches into the early 2010 battlefield ... because March is when the vehicular, open-world mayhem begins (that's the 2nd in North America, the 5th in Europe). Perhaps it went over your head: "march" is what soldiers do ... into a battlefield. Woah ... but isn't that also the name of the franchise? Oh, snap, it's Battlefield!

So, let's recap: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is marching this March into a video game battlefield because that is what soldiers do and this is a video game called Battlefield about soldiers in a battlefield. This March. Battlefield.

Field of battle.

Gallery: Battlefield: Bad Company 2

JoystiqBad Company 2 marches into Q1 2010 battlefield originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Washington Wizards basketball star Gilbert Arenas has admitted to boosting ... his Halo score. Arenas confessed to The Washington Post that he has been boosting his Halo rank through fake social matches where he'll end up number one. Arenas says, "It's a glitch in the game. I seen some kids that were like 600s, they won 600 Halo games and we only had that game for two weeks. And all the kids go to school. So I'm like, 'What the hell you all doing?' And they said that's what they doing, two-on-two."

Arenas' gamertag profile on Bungie.net tells the boosting tale in great detail. Just to be clear, this is only an artificial boost, since he was manipulating "social" rather than "ranked" matches. His skill rating hasn't improved. Sure, it's silly -- and damn funny -- that the NBA 2K lovin' Arenas (even though he's the NBA Live cover athlete) boosted his Halo score, but at least it shows he cares and worked for his "fake" rank.

[Thanks Andrew; via WashingtonPost]

JoystiqGilbert Arenas admits to Halo score boosting originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Like looking into the Ark of the Covenant, there is a sect of fanboy that believes to actually see the face of Master Chief would mean the melting of your face and the imminent collapse of the universe. Then there are those so desperate to see the man (or woman), they'll look for it in the reflection of the helmet in the Halo 3 commercial, or just Photoshop it in. Ever see Chuck Norris Master Chief, how about Ellen?

As for this video, the Master Chief looks half-Protoss under the mask. Maybe Bungie is hinting that Halo 3 will reveal a merging of the Starcraft and Halo universes? Wouldn't that be amazing? We could write fan fiction all day about such things. But is it the face of the Master Chief? Does the Master Chief even have a face? What is a face? All these questions and more will still be there when we finish the fight this September and Halo 3 unleashes so we can test this little video for ourselves.

[Thanks, Justin and Jonah]

JoystiqThe face of Halo's Master Chief? originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ever wanted to own a game studio, or to see an idea come to fruition? Got a few hundred thousand dollars going spare? This could be the auction for you. An Oregon-based "award-winning video game development team" is up for auction, and the lucky winner will get the team of eight to do his or her bidding for 90 days.

Unfortunately we can't decide if it's a humorous publicity stunt or a deep and meaningful statement about the industry. It might be an easy way to get outsourced work, but selling your team on eBay is surely something of a low.

JoystiqGame development team for sale on eBay originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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