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Free Radical… Purged

December 18, 2008 at 12:36 PM · 0 comments

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 A Little Bit: The game developer Free Radical is down… and out. The company door locks were changed so employees were unable to get access to their former work premises. Instead, they were told to report to an offsite location (a hotel meeting room) for a (de)briefing and a “Thanks for all your help, and [...]

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Darth Vader Makes His Appearance…

October 23, 2008 at 2:31 AM · 0 comments

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The news from Namco had come out a few days earlier, and with such timeliness with regard to the Soulcalibur IV tournament, too: Darth Vader is available later today as an Xbox LIVE downloadable item for the Soulcalibur IV game. Priced at 400 MS points (about $5.00 USD), it should introduce the dark fella for [...]

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Hurry up, before it’s too late! For those of you who were wondering what that odd blurb in the booklet and the inside jacket of your Soulcalibur IV game case was all about… the tournament for Namco’s Soulcalibur IV has officially kicked off. Already, the first of the three Brackets has filled up. However, you still have [...]

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A Little Bit: 1UP has an interview with Bill Roper, co-founder of Flagship Studios, the dissolved game development shop behind Hellgate: London. Some discussion is spent on the events that led to the fall, and the terms surrounding the outcome, as well as some of the players in the corporate drama, including Namco Bandai.

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You Gotta Have Soul(calibur (IV))

August 4, 2008 at 2:22 AM · 2 comments

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“Steve, did you get Soulcalibur IV?” Quite a common statement lately, when I had returned from the Hawaii trip. During my hiatus, Soulcalibur IV was seemingly released with little fanfare. A lot of the diehard fans are gone…? Or are they? Or are they, like me, patiently biding my time for each Soul series release? [...]

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