A listing for “MAG 2″ has popped up on Walmart’s site , brandishing a $60 price tag and a tentative release date of January 25, 2011. This is the first we’ve heard of a sequel to this year’s 256-player online shooter MAG , but the very fact that it’s listed leads us to believe something is in the works. Could it be a re-released version of MAG packing in all of the DLC ?
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‘MAG 2′ listed by Walmart
If somehow you were able to choke up the FirePro V8800 and its 2GB of graphics buffer — traveling across an autobahn-wide 147.2GBps interface — here’s the card for you.
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ATI FirePro V9800 runs out of ideas, shoots up with 4GB of GDDR5 and six mini DisplayPorts
Mickey Mouse isn’t supposed to be in situations like this. Though I’d been having a great time spraying paint on enemies and wiping out obstacles with magical paint thinner in my PAX demo of Epic Mickey , I found myself absolutely stymied during a crucial moment. Here on my one hand was a helpless gremlin in a cage, begging for rescue
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Epic Mickey preview: Small mouse, big decisions
Not everybody needs the world’s fastest mobile GPU , so NVIDIA is sagely trickling down its Fermi magic to more affordable price points today. The 400M family is being fleshed out with five new midrange parts — GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and GT 415M, to give them their gorgeous names — and a pair of heavy hitters known as the GTX 470M and GTX 460M.
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NVIDIA GTX 470M highlights rollout of 400M mobile GPU series
The latest trailer for EA’s Medal of Honor reboot focuses on a segment from the single-player campaign — one which pits a pair of heavily armored attack helicopters against a village of hostiles. Who will emerge victorious?
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Medal of Honor trailer previews Helicopters vs. Town cage fight
Nintendo’s Japanese release calendar includes a currently unannounced game called “Super Mario Collection Special Pack.” This coincides with the rumored announcement of just such a thing from a Nintendo retailer conference in Japan.
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Nintendo of Japan releasing Mario collection for Wii in October
The Zucker brothers’ classic The Naked Gun and video games are no strangers. We’ve seen Naked Gun mashed up with GTAIV , and Doom , for example. Now, an enterprising YouTuber has brought the classic intro into Mafia 2 ’s Empire Bay.
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Video: The Naked Gun visits Mafia 2’s Empire Bay
Once again , the number of institutions offering gaming industry-centric courses has seen a significant year-over-year increase. According to a study from the Entertainment Software Association, game design, art and programming courses will be taught in 300 of America’s colleges, universities and trade schools during this academic year. Unsurprisingly, California plays host to a majority of these institutions with 40 in-state schools offering game programs, with New York and Texas trailing behind with 26 and 21 schools, respectively
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ESA reports 300 institutions offering game design classes
What’s the common thread between American McGee’s Alice , Call of Duty and Quake 3 ? They were all powered by id Tech 3. Like Unreal Engine, id Tech was heavily licensed amongst third parties, used in a wide variety of console and PC games; however, it seems that id (and new parent company Bethesda) is no longer interested in pursuing the middleware market.
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id Tech 5 exclusive to Bethesda-published titles
There’s a lot to process in the debut trailer and screens for BioShock Infinite , not the least of which is the look of the characters, which have a slightly exaggerated look to them. In a discussion with Gamers With Jobs on their 200th podcast, Irrational Games boss Ken Levine explained. “A movie uses photorealism quite often because it’s free.
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Ken Levine explains why BioShock Infinite isn’t photorealistic
