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knockknock.biz luggage tags. Photo courtesy of justinph . I guess it's finally time for me to level up. It was the summer of '99 when I convinced my then editor to send me on a tour of the U.S. videogame industry. When I finally returned three weeks later,...

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  • The Artist's Way: Sgt. Jaffe's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 23, 2006 03:52 PM
    For much of his career, David Jaffe has been known as the man who brought us the Twisted Metal franchise. Today, he's more recognized for last year's God of War . But if Jaffe has his way, you'll remember him as the John Lennon of videogames, turning... More
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  • Alt-Ctrl: An Exclusive Look At Need for Speed Carbon on the Wii

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 20, 2006 12:50 PM
    When the Nintendo Wii and Sony's Playstation 3 hit stores next month, they'll usher in a new era in videogames thanks to their unique controllers. Both allow you to control games by gesture; tilting and swooping movements for airplanes, rotational gestures... More
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  • Progress Bar: Command & Conquer's All-Star Cast

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 18, 2006 10:00 AM
    After first-person shooters, real-time strategy games like the " Dune "-inspired Command & Conquer series are one of the most popular genres on the PC. The Electronic Arts-published franchise took a step back from its sci-fi origins with the 2003... More
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  • Hype: Nintendo Woos Gaming Virgins

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 13, 2006 10:51 AM
    When Nintendo announced its Wii gaming system in 2005 (then code-named Revolution), they released the above concept video. It showed no actual gameplay video, just footage of gamers gesturing as if they were actually playing the games and embellished... More
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  • Hype: Xbox 360's Passage to India

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 9, 2006 03:40 PM
    We haven't been terribly impressed with the overly concepual television spots for Xbox 360 thus far (in fairness, most videogame ads are pretty stale.) But this TV commercial for the 360's recent launch in India is oddly enthralling. Hat tip: Playthrough... More
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  • Scoop: The Past, Present and Future of Fight Night

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 9, 2006 04:25 AM
    During our visit to EA Canada, associate producer Michael Blank shared a number of tidbits on the Fight Night franchise, several of which we haven't seen mentioned elsewhere. Here goes: -Currently slated to ship December 12th, "Fight Night Round 3" will... More
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  • Coming Interactions: Fight Night Round 3 (PS3)

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 9, 2006 03:12 AM
    This week, Level Up is blogging from the road as we visit several videogame publishers along the West Coast. On Friday, we stopped by EA Canada , as Electronic Arts' Burnaby studio--the company's largest--is called. First up: the EA Sports boxing game... More
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  • Hype: Waiting For Limbo

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 7, 2006 05:04 PM
    With each release of a new videogame console, CPU or graphics card, hardware manufacturers, videogame creators and journalists quickly wax lyrical about "increased realism," "photorealism" and the like. This obsession is understandable. Unlike the movies,... More
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  • Critical Hit: The Dialogue In Gears of War

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 3, 2006 02:12 PM
    Bill Gates notoriously promised that when the PlayStation 3 launched, it would run right into the buzzsaw of " Halo 3 ." But with the boys at Bungie not expected to "finish the fight" until sometime in 2007, it's Epic Games' " Gears of War " that Billg... More
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  • Scoop: Guitar Hero II

    N'Gai Croal | Oct 3, 2006 12:24 PM
    Last week at Microsoft's X06 conference in Barcelona, Activision and Red Octane announced that " Guitar Hero II "--the sequel to last year's PlayStation 2-exclusive surprise hit--would make its Xbox 360 debut next spring. That's great news for Microsoft,... More
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