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SomeMass Effect 2players on PlayStation 3 are having their save files corrupted, which is particularly painful when it comes to relatively long games like this. BioWare is aware of this, has a patch in the works,and offers adviceon how to avoid ruining your save. “Simply restart your game every few hours” to prevent freezing and corruption. Remind anyone ofFallout: New Vegasand its increasingly long load times? Here’s what the patch will specifically address:...

It’s time to re-experience Commander Video’s profound musical journey in the upcomingBit.Trip COMPLETE. Scheduled to be released for Wii onSeptember 13, this disc will contain all six episodes of theBit.Tripseries, plus all new challenges and a bonus soundtrack disc. Jonathan Holmes is floating in ecstasy, anxious to gently brush against this most blessed artifact, and I’d like to think that some of his enthusiasm has rubbed off on the rest of you....

You know, I appreciate the concept of the beloved icons of my favorite hobby merging into the fashion world — if done well. This rarely happens, and while the results can be humorous (seePac-Man head models), they’re usually not something that any geek I know woul dbe caught dead wearing, fashion-conscious or not. Anyway, Giles Deacon is the designer behind the dress,and while I couldn’t find the cost listed anywhere, it’s probably more than my car....

Your first ever look at People Can Fly’sBulletstormhas arrived. The over-the-top shooter is all about having a good time at the expense of your enemies. The cooler you kill someone, the more points you get to upgrade your weapons. Check outmy previewand come back in a bit for our video interview with Epic’s Tanya Jessen for more onBulletstorm. What do you all make of the new Epic game based on all that’s been revealed so far?...

The debate overBully: Scholarship Editioncontinues to rageas concerned teachers, still yet to actually play the game, continue to talk about it based merely off the title, while stating that we in the media and the games industry don’t “get it” — a most ironic statement coming from people who believeBullyis entirely about bullying people. Mary-Lou Donnelly, head of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union wrote a little editorial in which she claimed thatBully“contributes nothing positive to youth culture,” and “contradicts everything that educators are trying to accomplish....

I thought the practice of turning everything into a card game had gone by the wayside some years ago. Apparently, I was wrong, as there is going to be aÂResident Evil “deck building game” released this November. See, it’s called a “deck building game” because there’s a set collection of cards to choose from that all come in one box and you build an appropriate deck of them for use with play....

I have often wondered if executives should even post on message boards. Yesterday Christian Svensson, Senior Director of Strategic Planning & Research for Capcom, decided to talk a littleSpyborgswith the nice folks onCapcom’s forum. In a mere two posts, Svensson announced thatSpyborgswill not be showing at E3 this year, and implied that the game will max out the Wii’s hardware. The poster that originally grabbed Svensson’s attention made mention that he was tired of poor third-party support on the console, and wanted a game that would “make full use of the Wii’s power....

Wow. Okay.Batman: Arkham Asylumlooks like it won’t be your averageBatmanlicensed title. In a small way, I suppose we have Christopher Nolan to thank. He showed the masses that Batman is a brutal dude, who relies on fear and stealth more than he does nipple-plated armor and teenybopper sidekicks. And yeah, fear and stealth seems to be what the game has up its sleeve. A new trailer was released yesterday (available after the break), focusing Batman doing his stealth thing — dropping from unseen places, cranking sleeper holds, and surprising bad dudes....

Ubisoft has confirmed to IGN that the PlayStation 3 version of Q Entertainment’sChild of Edenhas been moved all the way back to September of this year. No specific reasons for the delay were cited. Considering quite a few people were planning on going with the “expected”-to-support-Move PS3 version as a middle ground between full-body Kinect and a standard gamepad, this is rather disappointing to hear. Remember,Child of Edenwill release for Xbox 360 on June 14 in North America....

One of the biggest and most relevant victims of this “global economic downturn” (at least to us) was Circuit City. The electronics chainclosed its doorslate last year, but itsWeb sitehas recently re-opened, showing that the company, at least in name, is not dead yet. Circuit City is now owned by Systemax Inc, who has pledged to re-open the brand with better service, shipping, selection and lower prices. Of course, every company says that....

My Commander Shepard looks like Peter Weller, yours may look like Sylvester Stallone. Either way, it doesn’t matter — BioWare has a face for Shepard. Just look at yourMass Effectbox. Now look at the header image again. Yep. That’s (probably) Commander Shepard and he’s gracing the cover of the July issue ofOfficial Xbox Magazine. We don’t know what’s in the magazine (content, lol), but we have a feeling it’s a bit of an explanation about where Shepard has been, or at least, why he was teased as deceased a few months ago....

The very first gaming system I had was a Commodore 64, and the very first game I ever bought (or rather, had bought for me) wasDizzy, Prince of the Yolkfolk. It can be said that I have a very nostalgic view of the noble Commodore, but please forgive me for not being terribly excited at the prospect of its libraryappearing on the Wii Virtual Consolelater in the year with the first titles beingInternational KarateandUridum....

When you think of game engines, the first one that comes to mind is Epic’s ubiquitous Unreal Engine. If you want to think more PC-based, then Valve’s Source engine is well known. Crytek’s CryENGINE is probably best known from the twoCrysisgames and for bringing most gamers’ rigs to their knees. Last week at gamescom, Crytek announced that a free version of the CryENGINE 3 was available for download and downloaded it was: 100,000 times within 5 days....