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Modern Warfare 2 has a premium strategy guide,
seriously

post from Destructoid on 03 November 2009 05:40:00 AM. © Destructoid

Modern Warfare 2 has a premium strategy guide, seriously screenshot

Not content to have two special editions of the game itself, Modern Warfare 2 will also have a "Prestige Edition" strategy guide. Yeah, aren't we going just a little overboard with the whole "premium" thing now, guys?

Brady has revealed two versions of the official Modern Warfare 2 strategy guide, a normal one and a more expensive one. The main differences are the fact that the Prestige Edition is hardcover and includes information on how to obtain the game's Achievements and Trophies. Apparently that makes it worth £20 in the UK, while the inferior "Signature Edition" costs £13.

This is absolutely amazing, and I really don't know what else to say about it. Hit the jump for the press release.

BradyGames Reveals Official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Guide
Strategy guide publisher BradyGames announces Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Signature Series Strategy Guide, available 9th November
Tuesday 3rd November/… Official strategy guide expert, BradyGames, today announces it has been working exclusively with Activision and Infinity Ward on the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Signature Series Strategy Guide – the ultimate accessory to the most anticipated game of 2009. Published by BradyGames, for PAL regions, the guide, which is the only choice for gamers looking to discover everything the new theatre of operations has to offer, will be released the day before the game, on 9th November 2009, with an RRP of £12.99 for the Signature Series book and £19.99 for the Prestige Edition hardcover that also includes additional bonus content.
BradyGames’ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Signature Series Strategy Guide is an essential addition to any Call of Duty player’s arsenal, weighing-in at over 300 pages with an exclusive bonus foldout and has been written by one of the videogames industry’s most highly respected guide authors, Philip Marcus and multiplayer specialists the Sea Snipers, in direct collaboration with Activision and Infinity Ward for Xbox 360™, PlayStation®3 and PC.
The only officially-licensed guide features an in-depth walkthrough of every single-player mission and the “Special Ops” two-player cooperative mode, highlighting battle-tested tactics to ensure success in defeating this latest threat to world peace. With laser-targeted precision, this Signature Series guide reveals the locations of all unlockables and secrets, including special weapons, camouflage and challenges.
The thrill and excitement of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s multiplayer mode is also covered in a dedicated and highly-detailed section, providing online players with expert tactics for team-based play, as well as custom maps displaying vital locations in each mode of gameplay and more. The official Signature Series guide is also the one-stop supply drop on how to attain all of the game’s Xbox 360 Achievement Points and PlayStation 3 Trophies, with the associated bragging rights that go with knowing you’ve completed some of the game’s most intense challenges before anyone else.
Beautifully crafted and illustrated, readers of this, the official companion guide to the world’s most anticipated game, can benefit from the hundreds of hours of play the authors have invested in covering every square foot of gameplay; no stone or supply crate has been left unturned to guarantee that players get the utmost from their game featuring devastating new weapons and attachments, more compelling perks, exciting new game modes, more character class options and a gripping new campaign.
Mike Degler, Director of Licensing, BradyGames says: ‘”All of us at BradyGames are thrilled to be working with Infinity Ward and Activision again on the Modern Warfare 2 strategy guide. We were given unprecedented access to the game and the development team at Infinity Ward which inspired us to create one of the best strategy guides ever published.”

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Comment on RetroBox - First Version Released! by
user

post from Mattias Gustavsson on 03 November 2009 05:39:30 AM. © Mattias Gustavsson

user wrote: Take a look at this hardware[...]

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Build A Mario Church For This Window [Art]

post from Kotaku on 03 November 2009 05:30:00 AM. © Kotaku

Stained glass is something Jewish kids can enjoy while guesting in their Catholic friends' cathedrals (like what happened to me on Sundays after sleepovers). If only all stained glass windows were this geeky.

This Mario Bros. mushroom was created by artist Radiance Art with over 80 individual pieces of glass. It's mounted in a 15-inch square zinc frame and you can pick it up on Radiance Art's Etsy page for $175 (USD).

Building a Church of Mario to put it in, however, will be the real drain on your wallet. Especially if you expand the concept to a Church of Nintendo and commission Radiance Art for Pac-Man and Zelda stained glass windows.

Stained Glass Mario Mushroom Powers Up Ordinary Windows [Technabob]

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Dragon spotted in Magic: Tactics teaser trailer

post from Destructoid on 03 November 2009 05:20:00 AM. © Destructoid

Wizards of the Coast and SOE are partnering to take the classic paper game Magic: The Gathering in an unexpected videogame direction -- 3D strategy. We’re sure the cards will still have a role in Magic: The Gathering Tactics, but the above teaser suggests that this is the full-blown 3D realization that dorks have been thinking about since they purchased their first Goat card or collected that full set of foiled Lands.

The PC and PS3-bound title was announced yesterday afternoon, but we missed a spot in our coverage. Above is a teaser for the game, revealing a hair or two less than the announcement did. Still, there’s a dragon in it, as well as epic music, making it worth your time if you're a fan.

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Top 6 PC Games to Buy in November 2009

post from Unigamesity on 03 November 2009 05:10:09 AM. © Unigamesity

If you saved money the whole year to purchase some really great games it is this month you’re going to spend most of them as we’ll have some really hot and amazing releases with many contenders for the game of the year award! So count your[...]

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Will lightning strike twice at Apple

post from Bruce On Games on 03 November 2009 05:08:11 AM. © Bruce On Games

I opened one of the first computer stores, Microdigital in Liverpool, in 1978. So I was in a good[...]

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Tales of Vesperia PS3 Clothes Cost Money [Psn]

post from Kotaku on 03 November 2009 05:00:00 AM. © Kotaku

Namco Bandai has released clothing downloadable content for the characters in the PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia. The outfits have hit the PSN, but how much do all of them cost?

Those wanting to purchase new outfits for all, open your wallets. Each costume is ¥300, and there are 9 characters for a grand total of ¥2,700 or US$29.75.

Granted, this isn't as outrageous as the DLC in Namco Bandai's iDOLM@STER, but $30 isn't exactly cheap!

PS3????? ?? ?????????????????????300? × 9?? ? 2700????? [?????]

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Microsoft man mocks the idea of Facebook on a
game system

post from Destructoid on 03 November 2009 05:00:00 AM. © Destructoid

Microsoft man mocks the idea of Facebook on a game system screenshot

Eric Neustadter, Xbox Live operations manager, thinks that Facebook connectivity on the DSi is silly. He finds it a pointless idea, considering we have other, better alternatives for staying connected to social networks. Oh those silly games system and their pointless synergy. When will they learn?

"I find the in-game uses, okay, may be interesting, the out-of-game, hey, it's a camera, use it to connect to Facebook or whatever -- I don't find that at all interesting," says Neustadter, while criticizing the DSi. "Don't we all have phones that do that? Why do we need our gaming device to do that?"

Yeah, that's a really good point. Why do we need a gaming device to do that? Like the whole Xbox 360/Facebook thing for example. Why would anybody want that? What kind of idiotic company would come up with such a pointless and stupid thing? Good job Neustadter's company would never do such a thing ... oh ... oh wait.

LOL!

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Japanese Final Fantasy Tactics concert will have
61 songs

Japanese Final Fantasy Tactics concert will have 61 songs screenshot

Remember the first time you booted up Square's PlayStation strategy RPG Final Fantasy Tactics? If you're like me, one of the most memorable things was the opening song. Hell, all the music was fantastic, wasn't it? If you ask me, THE Final Fantasy Tactics games have some of the best music in the business.

I'd kill to see this upcoming Japanese concert, kicking off on November 22nd. It's not an official Square Enix event, but that does not mean that it won't be good. What it lacks in officialness it makes up for in music. It features just about all of the game's soundtrack, leaving nothing to the imagination with its 61 songs. Luckily, they'll be in medley form. If not, that would be one long concert.

[via OSV]

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Taylor Swift Gets Sparklies In Band Hero [Clips]

The only thing missing from this behind the Band Hero scenes with Taylor Swift video is Kanye West. Yeah, bet you didn't see that joke coming a mile away.

In all non-meme-related seriousness, though, the video showcases the motion capture used to get Miley Cyrus's would-be rival rendered into the game. Apparently, the starlet requested sparklies and that's exactly what she got.

I imagine Kanye West would request a bottle of Hennessy if he were in the game. It'd be funny if instead he got a foot to insert in his mouth.

OK, I'm officially done bagging on Kanye now and will forget all about his crazy-bad behavior at the MTV Music Video Awards this year. Just for fun, though, how would you work a "I'ma let you finish" joke into this post?