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September 07, 2008

On the other side: why devs pressure journalists for good game reviews - and why it's right for them to do so

amateur game reviewers - Image 1When Jeff Gerstmann was fired from GameSpot for giving a less than raving review (to put it lightly) of Eidos Interactive's Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (


Far Cry 2 and its map editor release Oct. 23rd

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Recently, over on the official Far Cry 2 blog, Ubisoft made the announcement that Far Cry 2 (and it's jaw dropping map editor) will release to stores on October 23rd. In the same post, Ubisoft answers a few questions regarding the map editor including a description of the map sharing system and how the map rating system will work. And, because we want to, we embedded the latest Ubisoft…



Street Fighter IV 'Sagat vs. Ryu' gameplay

Street Fighter IV

Now that Street Fighter IV is coming out on consoles, it's about time you start studying up on the latest moves and strategies of pro players. If you want to be the best, then check out this impressive gameplay video of a full Ryu vs. Sagat match. Ma...



Metareview -- Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise

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With Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise having released on September 2nd here in North America (and September 5th in Europe), you've all had some time to play the game. There aren't many reviews out there right now, but the ones that are available seem to generally laud the game's ambitious efforts. After we check in with the critics, toss your two cents in.

So let's get to the scores!
  • IGN (85/100) thinks it's quite the game: "Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise takes the original 360 effort as a template, and brings the 'go…



    After the Death of Lik Sang-Alternative Video Game Importers

    lik sang closed due to Sony

    With the death of Lik-Sang due to Sony lawsuits some people may be asking which other importers are out there, especially ones that will ship to Europe as our buddies over there always seem to get screwed on launch dates, often getting their consoles months after Japan and North America.

    Here is a short list of Hong Kong based importers but with the recent Lik-Sang fiasco, these video game importers may be a bit wary of shipping systems before their official release in other countries. In fact maybe Sony purposely hit Lik-Sang arguably the largest importer especially hard as a message to the others.

    Play-Asia
    Formerly Lik-Sang’s biggest competitor. Play-asia has an extensive selection of games and hardware with good prices. This video game importer has a well run store with specials and a newsletter. They also get involved in movies, music and toys.

    NCSX
    National Console Support is a video game importer based in the US but it’s unknown whether they can get consoles before official release.

    DCSLinks
    A Hong Kong based importer of mostly Japanese games. They seem smaller than some of the other stores with a smaller selection.

    MovieTyme
    MovieType has locations in the UK and US. Will they ship American consoles to Europe after the Lik-Sang fiasco remains to be seen.

    YesAsia
    A large Hong Kong based web store that carries all sorts of goodies. They are like the Amazon of Asia with DVDs, video games, karaoke, music, anime, books, comics, collectibles, toys and electronics. Again, with Lik-Sang getting stomped will they ship Sony PS3’s overseas?

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