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Duke Nukem franchise now owned by Gearbox Software

While the official Duke Nukem Forever web site pretty much gave away this fact on Friday with its trademark fine print at the bottom, today Gearbox Software made it official. T...

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  • Posted: 09/05/2010

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Big Download's News Bits & Bytes - September 4-5

We hope that folks in the US will enjoy their Labor Day holiday tomorrow. We will still be here on Monday to report on any news that might pop up during the day: Steam has...

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  • Posted: 09/05/2010

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'We bought Duke Nukem.' Franchise rights transferred from 3D Realms to Gearbox

Just two days after revealing its stewardship of the Duke Nukem Forever title at PAX, Gearbox Software just revealed that it has actually purchased the Duke Nukem brand. Gearbo...

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Swarm preview: Strength in Numbers

Hothead revealed Swarm for the first time back at E3. Then, we didn't know much about the game -- it's actually still in pre-Alpha, despite a launch window of "early 2011." Tod...

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  • Posted: 09/05/2010

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Here's the BioShock Infinite Game Informer cover(s)

Next month's Game Informer cover isn't revealing a new game - unlike last month's Batman: Arkham City cover - but it's still got plenty to offer. Behold! Three separate BioShoc...

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  • Posted: 09/04/2010

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Two more Direct2Drive games on sale until 3 pm ET Sunday

Direct2Drive's end of summer sales event keeps on keeping on with its daily price cuts. Today, the PC game download site puts two more titles on the price chopping block. Thes...

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  • Posted: 09/04/2010

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Portal 2's PAX co-op gameplay footage introduces robot hugs

Just because you aren't at PAX Prime this weekend doesn't mean you can't experience at least some of the joys and wonders that the show floor has to offer. For instance, the 10...

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Halo: Combat Evolved and the battle for boats

During development of the original Halo: Combat Evolved, Bungie actually created a working boat. One map in particular was discussed during today's Bungie panel at PAX 2010 -...

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  • Posted: 09/04/2010

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Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit trailer challenges your relationships

We take warning screens very seriously. That's why we've preemptively removed Hinkle from our friends list. We wouldn't wanna risk any "hard feelings" if he went and wrecked ou...

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  • Posted: 09/03/2010

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FEAR 3 trailer passes the torch between developers

Download HD Video FEAR 3 is coming, and all the trailers up until now have shown off just what Day 1 is doing with Monolith's most recent franchise. But where does that leave ...

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  • Posted: 09/03/2010

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