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People familiar with mole whacking games may initially have trouble with Phelios’ Whack the Dead, since moles, zombies and people will pop up from the holes. The goal in the new iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac and Windows game is to whack zombies who pop up from the graves for points. To trip players up though, moles and normal humans may also pop up from the holes.

Depending on which version you choose, Whack the Dead may even be free. The iPhone and iPod Touch version of the game (available through the iTunes App Store) costs $2.99. The Mac and Windows versions, however, are available as free downloads through the I Play Phone Games site. Its a good marketing idea - test the game for free, and if people like it, they’ll buy it…

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Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Tokyo Game Show 2008 - During Tecmo’s Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2008 press conference, it displayed an assortment of exciting new titles. Each game that was shown on the drop screen was coupled with a few words from an integral part of its development team. Among the trailers shown, a few of the most exciting ones were Bastard!! Online, DOA (Dead or Alive) Online, and Quantum Theory.

Click through for details about each game…

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Title: Mass Effect
Price: $49.99
System(s): PC (Xbox 360)
Release Date: May, 28, 2007
Publisher (Developer): Microsoft (BioWare)
ESRB Rating: Mature for Blood, Language, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Violence
Pros: Great storyline, interactive dialogue, good character customization, great graphics, deep game play, fixed console technical issues, great interface
Cons: Too short, game play a bit slow, repeating locations, no expansion episode
Overall Score: Two Thumbs Up, 98/100,  A,  * * * * 1/2 Stars

With most, if not all of the major technical issues now resolved, Mass Effect for the PC is a more enjoyable experience than its Xbox 360 counterpart. While there hasn’t been much new added to the general game content, PC gamers who are new to the series will certainly want to see what last year’s hype was all about.

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Midway and Surreal Software is looking to bring a new twist to the popular open-world genre with the release of This is Vegas. Filled with plenty of gambling, parties, fast cars and even faster women, gamers will try to reclaim Vegas from megalomaniacs with fat pockets who are trying to transform the adult fantasy playground into something more family friendly. The only way to stop Vegas from becoming Mayberry is to use Vegas as your own privet playground.

This is Vegas is meant to be a lighthearted, satirical and comedic game instead of the usual…

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Considrering Blizzard Entertainment is making tens of millions of dollars each year with World of Warcraft, the company should at least be spending some of that cash on a new game or, at the very least, something that isn’t centered on the Warcraft universe. Thankfully, it looks like Blizzard might just be doing just that with the rumored development of Starcraft Online.

Developed by Blizzard in 1998 and originally released for the PC and Mac, Starcraft has remained hugely popular in the United States and abroad (especially in Korea). It was only last year (2008) that Blizzard announced a Starcraft sequel was in the works for the PC. This came after…

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A demo for Conflict: Denied Ops, the fifth game released in the series and first for next generation console, is available now for download through Xbox Live Marketplace. The free demo will feature both a single-player and two-player co-op modes.

Like other games in the Conflict franchise, players will have the ability to switch between either of the two CIA paramilitary operatives: Lincoln Graves and Reggie Lang. Locations will take gamers all around the globe including South America, Africa and…

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By far one of the best and most addictive online multiplayer games out there is, Team Fortress 2. Released by Valve Software last year as part of the hugely successful Orange Box, Team Fortress 2 had been in development for nearly ten years.

Even with that much development behind it, the cartoon-style FPS still didn’t come out swinging when it was released. With only a handful of maps and game types, plus a number of bugs, some might have complained that there wasn’t enough to support a growing fan following. Thankfully, Valve has finally released the first series of expansions for the game…

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Call of Duty 4 has proven itself to be as unstoppable a force as the SAS team you play within the game. Activision today announced that more people around the world purchased the fourth installment in the Call of Duty series than any other game in 2007.

Citing data from the NPD Group, the publisher claims it has sold more then 7 million units of the game since it launched in November of 2007. Developed by Infinity Ward, Call of Duty 4 was released across all platforms and was one of the…

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EA Games has announced that Battlefield Heroes, a cartoon-style online multiplayer shooter based on the popular series of the same name, will be free for download when it is released in summer of 2008. Instead of gamers having to buy the title at retail stores, Battlefield Heroes   will be absolutely free to play.

Supported by adverts and micro payments, Heroes will mark EA’s first venture into add-driving revenue in the Western markets. South Korea has already had some success with…

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Lest ye forget that computers play yon videogames, Microsoft used CES as an opportunity to announce upcoming games with the Games for Windows logo stamped on it. The nine games are:

• Alone in the Dark (Atari)
• Bionic Commando (Capcom)
• Conflict: Denied Ops (Eidos Interactive)
• Empire: Total War (SEGA)
• LEGO Indiana Jones (LucasArts)
• Microsoft Train Simulator 2 (Microsoft Game Studios)
• Sins of a Solar Empire (Stardock)
• Space Siege (SEGA)
• Tomb Raider: Underworld (Eidos Interactive)

Microsoft also announced titles expected to release in 2008 include Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Funcom, Eidos Interactive), Borderlands (2K Games), The Club (SEGA), Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks) and Frontlines: Fuel of War (THQ).

In order for a game to get the “Games for Widows” self-promoting logo on it, it must meet Microsoft’s standards and criteria including: an “Easy Install” option, compatibility with the Windows Vista Games Explorer, compatible with the Xbox 360 controller, is compatible with 64-bit processors, supports normal and widescreen resolutions and can be launched from Media Center.

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