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EA Announces new Expansion Packs Coming for Battlefield 3

EA just recently announced they plan on rolling out three more expansion packs for Battlefield 3.  The first expansion was Back to Karkand, which featured the most popular maps from Battlefield 2 re-imagined in the Frostbite 2 engine.  The Back to Karkand expansion didn’t just feature new maps, but also new dog tags, weapons and assignments for each class, unlocking more weapons.  EA promises more of the same with the upcoming DLC. Battlefield: Close Quarters is...

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SIm City is Back

Recently at the Game Developer Conference it was revealed that Sim City was getting a reboot. Currently it is only being developed for the PC but Lucy Bradshaw, Senior Vice President of EA’s Maxis Label Had this to say Using our proprietary GlassBox Engine, SimCity for PC will equip players with the tools to play the most sophisticated simulation of its kind. We are dedicated to making sure the experience – no matter the platform – has the fun, flavor and playability...

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Defenders of Ardania Coming to XBLA and Windows PC on March 14

The critically-acclaimed iPad sensation, Defenders of Ardania, has been out on the iPad for a while now and is garnering the attention of strategy gamers everywhere. It was instantly recognized as a quality Tower Defence game with a twist, you control only one faction on a field full of other towers. You send your troops across the perilous paths of traps laid by your enemies and set down damage-dealing towers of your own as one of several unique factions making up the...

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New Wakfu Character Class Videos

Showing off the barbarian Sacrier’s Blood and the clockwork Xelor’s Sandglass character classes, these videos give us a peek at the powers and feel of each of these options. Beautifully rendered, multiplayer Tactical RPG Wakfu by Square-Enix offers up much in the way of choice and strategic action, and the character art is so cute.. Kawaai! ^._.^ Wakfu on the web: 

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8Vessel – A Steam-Powered, Dystopian Romp

Do Fluros dream of liquid sheep? That is the unanswerable question posed in Strange Loop Games’ new title, Vessel. Combining a run-n-gun/puzzle-platformer game style with an engine built to model particle liquid effects, this game has you working out how to activate the various buttons and levers required to fix each or the 8 broken machines in this Bioshock-esque universe. You begin the game with a cutscene, stills and text pieced together in true indie game-fashion...

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Valve to develop new gaming platform

Valve co-founder, Gabe Newell, recently told Penny Arcade that, “Well, if we have to sell hardware we will.” This opens up some interesting debate about what a platform that fully integrates Steam, Valve’s digital distribution hub, would look like. Would there be integration into a current platform? How complete would such integration be? Would games even be playable on said platform? Valve answers these questions handily by stating that they will make...

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DC Universe Online: The Battle for Earth

DC Universe Online has already gone free to play but that doesn’t mean it is being abandoned.  The third installment of DLC is coming to both PlayStation 3 and PC.  Although no price has been announced, “Legendary” members will have free access to the expansion pack while free and premium players will be able to purchase the additional content through the in-game marketplace on PS3 and PC players will be able to purchase off of DCUniverserOnline.com. The...

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5.5Victoria II – Set phasers for boring

Do you like watching plants grow? Do you find it rewarding? Then Victoria 2 could be just the experience you’re looking for. “Victoria 2 is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding it through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest and colonisation.” -www.victoria2.com Sounds exciting! Guiding a nation through the tumultuous turn of the century and industrial...

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Crusader Kings II – Piracy Trailer

The latest, and last, in the series of the “Seven Deadly Sins” Crusader Kings II trailers tackles the problem of piracy in medieval Europe.. Or something like that. Actually, it’s more like a plea not to download the game. I’m having trouble deciding whether or not the hamfisted moral here is intended to be serious. Not only that, the trailer isn’t as funny as the rest of them. Not the finale I was hoping for, Paradox! Take a look.. To...