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Monkey Island 2 is often considered one of the greatest adventure games of all time, sitting alongside other classics such as Grim Fandango or Day of the Tentacle. With the remake of the first Monkey island game being a rousing success, LucasArts has decided to revisit one of their most enduring classics and [...]

This patch for the retail version of Splinter Cell Conviction updates the game to v1.04 and fixes a number of minor bugs. A list of changes can be found after the jump.

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The headline says it all: there’s new footage of the Halo: Reach Firefight mode courtesy of Halo Waypoint. Keep an eye out for surprises like the return of the bubble shield. We also noticed that drop ships seem to appear on the HUD — possibly after being marked by other players a la Battlefield.
While watching, [...]

The Microsoft Store’s official Twitter account is inviting folks to try Kinect at its stores “nationwide,” which sounds a lot more impressive before the realization hits that there are only four locations in the entire country. The MS Twitter account also notes that Kinectimals will be shown off this weekend.
Anyway, if you live near one [...]

Blizzard has recently announced its short story contest, which has had several of us here at WoW.com pondering what we should enter. The choices themselves are fairly open with StarCraft, Warcraft and Diablo universes to choose from. StarCraft has military, covert ops, high technology, space silithids and galactic conquest. Diablo offers a darker fantasy realm [...]

Game industry veteran and Sony Online Entertainment senior producer Laralyn McWilliams recently sat down to answer a few questions in an interview with the G.I.R.L. blog’s Emily Taylor. McWilliams, instrumental in the development of SOE’s Free Realms and now working on a new (and unannounced) social game, talks about everything from her current work, to [...]

The trailer for Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City demonstrates the kind of stories you can create, with typical in-game experiences described as real adventures by the game’s characters. It also makes us glad the series doesn’t have voice acting. The seafaring dungeon RPG will be in stores September 21.

The Chinese Ministry of Culture is tightening gaming restrictions in what they say is an effort to protect minors from undesirable content in gaming. “Unwholesome” and “inappropriate” were the words used, and games targeting minors will be required to avoid such content beginning August 1st.
Pornography, cults, superstitions, gambling and violence were some of the themes [...]

I know, I know — a preview of a tech demo? In fairness, this one kind of blew my mind. Here’s the skinny: outside of games we’re assigned to play, there’s rarely extra time while covering the controlled madness of E3 for Joystiq writers to check out something they’re personally interested in … other than [...]

While developer Irrational Games didn’t reveal their next game at E3 2010 last week the team behind the original BioShock is letting its fans take another look at the original pitch for their best known title. The developer’s official web site posted the first half of their pitch last month and now they have revealed [...]

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Now here’s a trailer which is scary real. If you’re anything like us, you’ve been addicted to the Civilization series at some point or another. When Civilization IV came out, it was followed by a trailer depicting an eerily plausible Civilization Anonymous group that aims to break people’s “one more turn” addictions. They’ve [...]

We spent some time with 2nd Lap — the it’s-not-just-a-PixelJunk-Racers-add-on for PSN — back in March. We enjoyed ourselves and it would appear that Pixeljunk Racers fans will get to try out 2nd Lap themselves on July 1 for ¥500 ($5.50), andriasang reports. We’ve contacted Sony for confirmation on the potential release date.
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Mafia II is a facsinating game. Not because it is an open-world crime game, of which there are plenty, but because it focuses more on semi-realism. This realism extends to the gritty, gangster-ridden plot, and that’s just what this trailer from E3 shows off. With executions, explosions, and plenty of in-game cutscenes, it [...]

Playing Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip at E3 gave me a small taste of the frustration 16-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer must have experienced after failing to beat his rival, Rafael Nadal, the past several years. Regardless of how prepared I felt going into a match, Hugo (clearly the greatest computer-controlled tennis player [...]

Want to get Gold Capped? Every week, Basil “Euripides” Berntsen takes a short break from building a raiding guild on Drenden (US-A) to write up a guide that will help you make gold. Check out the Call to Auction podcast, and feel free to email Basil any comments, questions or hate mail!
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