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Turkey Day Tradition Giveaway

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 06:21 PM PST

Thanksgiving

Everyone here at 1UP wants to help you celebrate the brilliant holiday that's right around the corner-- at least for the folks in the United States; what's up Canada! Thanksgiving this year means free stuff! How you ask?

We want to hear about your favorite Thanksgiving gaming memories and traditions. If you share your stories with us, we will share some of our gaming swag with you! We have shirts, statues, games, hats, and stuffed animals all to help you celebrate Turkey Day!

Telltale Devs Write Jurassic Park Reviews Without Noting They Made the Game

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 03:48 PM PST

Jurassic Park

It is a difficult thing to distance yourself from something you've had a hand in creating when trying to be critical. That is especially true when you're talking about a game you've spent months or even years of your life working on day after day. Knowing this, it would be hard to take a review of a game seriously that's been written by someone who developed it. But what if you read a game review from one of that game's developers and didn't even know it?

That's a situation Telltale Games is now dealing with after a pair of its staffers wrote user reviews for Jurassic Park: The Game on Metacritic where they heaped praise upon the game without noting who they were.

Nintendo's GameCube is Now 10 Years Old

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 02:16 PM PST

GameCube

Just over five years after releasing the Nintendo 64, and three days after Microsoft entered the home game console business, Nintendo released the GameCube in North America on November 18, 2001. Although it was more powerful than the PlayStation 2, released a year earlier, and priced at just $199.99, for the second generation in a row Nintendo didn't enjoy anywhere near the level of success Sony did.

Nintendo wasn't able to tout the GameCube as the most powerful system of the generation due to the Xbox's presence. It did have an edge over the PS2 horsepower-wise, and Nintendo finally left cartridges behind for its home consoles. But rather than opt to use DVDs like Microsoft and Sony, it opted for a proprietary optical disc format smaller than DVDs both in physical size and storage space. The system itself was incapable of playing DVDs -- a feature that did wonders for the success of the PS2 -- although Japan did get the Panasonic Q system that remedied that particular problem for its small number of owners.

Rampage on its Way to the Big Screen

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 01:04 PM PST

Just because a game isn't a super-hot property right now doesn't mean it can't be optioned for a movie. Both Missile Command and Asteroids prove that, even if we don't know what degree of success (if any) they'll be met with upon being released in theaters. New Line Cinema is now looking to another classic game in Rampage as the source material for a new movie.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting Midway's arcade game will be adapted for a new monster movie. It'll be produced by John Rickard, a co-producer on several other New Line projects like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Final Destination 5, Horrible Bosses, and the upcoming Jack the Giant Killer. A story has yet to be written, as Rickard still needs to begin meeting with potential writers.

Mass Effect Multiplayer Has Been on BioWare's Wishlist for a While

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 11:41 AM PST

Mass Effect 3

Even though rumors it would happen had been circulating for quite some time, last month's announcement that Mass Effect 3 includes multiplayer came as a shock to many -- and an unpleasant one at that for diehard single-player fans. According to Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson, multiplayer hasn't been added because of some Electronic Arts mandate; the idea has always been around and the right opportunity finally presented itself.

Speaking about the genesis of multiplayer, Hudson told CVG, "[T]o us it was always a fun, intriguing idea to partake in the Mass Effect universe with friends, to look around, kind of see it from inside with others rather than just taking part in this solo experience."

Bully Sequel to be Contemplated Following Max Payne 3

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 10:27 AM PST

Bully

Last month marked the five-year anniversary of Bully's release on PlayStation 2. Aside from a re-release (in the form of Scholarship Edition) on Xbox 360 and Wii in 2008 and a PC port later that year, there hasn't been much talk of a future for Bully. In the meantime Rockstar has been busy -- Grand Theft Auto IV and both its expansions, Red Dead Redemption, two Midnight Club games, and more have been released since then, yet Bully remains the preeminent Rockstar game for many. With Bully developer Rockstar Vancouver currently occupied with Max Payne 3, there are plans to evalute the prospect of a new Bully following MP3's release in March.

Bully isn't the only Rockstar game that has had to wait a long time for a sequel. Max Payne 2 was released in 2003, making it at least an eight-and-a-half-year wait for MP3. Red Dead Revolver was out a year later, in 2004, but it wasn't until 2010 that Redemption came along.

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