Valve has released a new patch for Portal on Steam, and the patch notes say only that it has “changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations.” A curious note, especially since Portal , as a computer game, doesn’t actually transmit anything over the radio. That got the forum train a’moving on the Steam boards, and they eventually discovered that radios have been added to each level of the game which, when carried to the correct spots in each level, will tune in a series of coded messages. Connecting to all (or any, according to some reports) of the 26 messages in the game will supposedly unlock a new hidden achievement called “Transmission Received.” At least, we think so — as of this writing, no one seems to have unlocked it yet.
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Portal releases radio patch, tunes in hints of a sequel
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Oh, sweet controversy! Tongue-in-cheek hack-n’-slash game Fairytale Fights may be the very first console game to reward players for murdering kids , including as it does an Xbox 360 Achievement for killing 1,000 children.
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Fairytale Fights has a ‘Kill 1,000 Children’ Achievement
So the big Spy/Sniper update for Team Fortress 2 landed the other day, and while the two classes new abilities are getting rave reviews another part of the update is stirring up a bit of controversy. It seems Valve decided to change the way weapons are earned
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Spy/Sniper update also changes weapon unlocks
One of the few good things Microsoft did for the games industry was introduce the concept of Achievements.
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PS3 Trophies and how they underachieve
EA Sports’s Peter Moore is a cool dude, not like that damn Easter Bunny who threw my dog in a wood chipper. Vengeance shall be mine, Bunny.
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Peter Moore brings quotes about the Wii on Easter
What do the resurrection of Christ and Killzone 2 have in common? You get to watch video of the new "Steel and Titanium" DLC on Easter, that’s what! Hmmm, maybe I can come up with a few better connections than that. Let’s see
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Killzone 2 DLC trailers and Easter
Have any of you youngins out there played the original Shining Force ? It’s that RPG on all those Sega collections that you keep thinking you really should play, but Altered Beast keeps distracting you because you think it really can’t be as bad as you remember it. The entire Shining series is a bit of a roller coaster quality wise, but it seems that Sega is bringing it back again and hopefully it will play more to its roots than recent games in the series
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Shining Force teaser site is up and teasing
Weekend Destructainment is GO! After the break, watch a group of guys as they try to play together on Xbox Live. Then check out the augmented reality demo showing off the skeletons of the top 100 Spore creatures. Next, a laser cutter plays the Super Mario Bros
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Weekend Destructainment: This is between life and videogames
Activision knows what it is doing, that much is clear. For anyone who doesn’t know about DLC or Rock Band , which is in all probability a large chunk of the population, Guitar Hero: Smash Hits is going to be like some sort of rock n’ roll godsend.
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Guitar Hero: Smash Hits features songs you’ve heard
It is a sad truth, but sometimes great games get overlooked. It’s even sadder when a great game gets overlooked on a system that really needs to be able to say, "Hey, look at this great game!" Such is the case with Valkyria Chronicles on the PS3. The strategy RPG had solid enough sales in Japan, where it has spawned its own anime, but totally flopped in Europe and North America
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Valkyria Chronicles may be getting a sequel
