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Gears of War sells 2 Million Units (and we unlocked over 19 million Achievements)
In addition to the 2 million copies of Gears of War 2 that flew off the shelves over the weekend, LIVE was pretty active as well. More than 1.5 million people signed into "Gears of War 2" during the weekend, racking up a total 15 million gameplay...
Xbox 360 Console banning
I’ve gotten a few messages and seen some forum threads pop up on console bannings so I thought I’d post and let folks know what’s up. In our our continued effort to keep gameplay safe and secure for our community of more than 14 million...
levelHead
I won’t waste your time trying to explain levelHead . But if you have a moment, read about it here and then check out the video here . Pretty wild huh?
Posted: Oct 02 2008, 01:37 PM by Major Nelson | with 29 comment(s)
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GETTING INTO THE GAME : Interactive Writing for Videogames
The Writers Guild Foundation has a workshop scheduled for October 18th that may be of interest to some of you. If you are curious as to what it takes write for video games, this looks like an awfully good use of a Saturday afternoon (assuming you are...
Posted: Sep 11 2008, 04:47 PM by Major Nelson | with 17 comment(s)
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PopFly game creator beta released
The Alpha came out in May, but the team just shipped the beta version with some new features for your game making fun. If you’re looking for something to do this weekend (if you’re not coming to PAX) why not kick out a game? Note: You’ll...
Announcing Platform Biased
A brand new blog and podcast from our friends over at Microsoft Game Studios . Justin , Jeff and John are testers that work over at MGS and have started their own blog and show. I’ve given them a few pointers, but don’t let that stop you from...
Posted: Jun 13 2008, 05:08 PM by Major Nelson | with 29 comment(s)
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A look at last minute game reviews
Simon Parkin over at Gamasutra has an article on last minute game reviews . Certainly there are some valid reasons to limit access to a game (so a story won’t leak for one) but what does the average gamer think about this practice?
Posted: May 27 2008, 01:50 PM by Major Nelson | with 25 comment(s)
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What would you ask Uwe boll?
Sometimes, I just never know how my day will get started: I just got a call from the producers for the Sirius Radio show that I sit on on each week and they just told me we have (notorious) film director Uwe Boll live in studio. As usual, I’ll be...
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