Game Devs Want Warez Pirates To Switch Sides

Last week, Syndicate, the latest game from Starbreeze studios, was released to the public by publisher EA. The game was immediately made available on the Internet but the swarthy pirates examining the files on the disc were met with an interesting item. In a direct message to those cracking their copy protection, Starbreeze included a cool job offer via a traditional pirate-formatted text file.

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PlayHaven launches “Zynga in a box” mobile-game monetization platform

PlayHaven, a real-time mobile marketing startup that has enabled a four-fold increase in in-app purchases for its game developer customers, is adding new monetization features that will help developers make even more money.

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Mass Effect 3 – Fight Live-Action TV Trailer

Watch “Watch this live-action trailer depicting what will happen in Mass Effect 3″.

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Top 25 Goriest Games of all Time

Viscerality—that is, actual ‘viscerality’ and not just game journalists using the word to describe anything fluidly violent—has been a part of videogames for as long as videogames have been capable of putting out detailed graphics.

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9 Sci-Fi Spinoffs We Want And The Characters Who’d Make Us Watch

As much as we love TV shows like Once Upon a Time, Fringe and The Walking Dead and the stories they’re telling, there are some characters that we simply can’t get enough of—so here are some pie-in-the-sky projects we’d kill to see happen.

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Will This Action-Packed Trailer Fix Things for ‘John Carter’?

A trailer filled with nearly everything that makes John Carter worth going to see: Alien creatures, political intrigue, Taylor Kitsch in a loincloth, Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris, and lots of inventive, fantastical action…. But is it enough to save this Disney movie?

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Jan Berenstain, co-creator of the Berenstain Bears children’s books, dies at 88

Jan Berenstain and her husband Stan created the Berenstain Bears, whose winsome antics filled more than 300 picture books and helped guide millions of young readers through the vicissitudes of childhood.

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James Spader Is Quitting The Office

NBC has confirmed that if the show is renewed for a ninth season, the character of Robert California won’t return… at Spader’s request.

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Movies vs. Nerds: Top 9 Complaints Proved False

Like riling up a Chihuahua, we love it when movies piss off the fanboys.

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14 Movie Cameos by the Authors of the Original Books

Some authors like to wink at those in the know by appearing in the movies based on their books. Keep your eyes peeled for these writer cameos the next time you’re enjoying one of their movies.

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