Crysis 2 Screenshot Caption Contest Gives Fans A Chance To Retaliate

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In anticipation of the release of the Crysis 2 DLC Retaliation Pack, EA and Crytek have kicked off a Crysis 2 Caption contest for fans to compete to win prizes and be featured on the official homepage. To participate, log in to MyCrysis.com and select an image from a pre-selected collection or upload your own from any scene in the game. Once the image and caption is ready, submit it to the caption contest submission thread in the forums. At the end of the competition the top 5 submissions will be selected and declared the winners. Prizes include a GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Card, Razer Mousepads, Crysis 2 Figurines, Nanosuit T-Shirts, Crysis 2 Legion Novels and more!

L.A. Noire Kindle E-Book Featuring Stories From The City’s Dark Past

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Now available via Amazon Whispernet on Amazon.com for the Kindle, Rockstar Games has partnered with Mulholland Books to publish a collection of short fiction expanding the world of the interactive crime thriller L.A. Noire. 1940s Hollywood, murder, deception and mystery take center stage reintroducing readers to characters seen in L.A. Noire. Readers will come across not only familiar faces, but familiar cases from the game that take on a new spin to tell the tales of emotionally torn protagonists, depraved schemers and their ill-fated victims. Explore the lives of actresses desperate for the Hollywood spotlight, heroes turned defeated men, and classic Noir villains in original short fiction by Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, Joe Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, Francine Prose, Jonathan Santlofer, Duane Swierczynski and Andrew Vachss. L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories breathes new life into a time-honored American tradition, in an exciting anthology that will appeal to fans of suspense and gamers everywhere.

Become Your Own South Park Avatar At Long Last

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To celebrate the launch and the premiere of season 15, fans can go to http://www.facebook.com/southpark to design their own South Park Avatar and then save it as their profile pic. Ditch the parka and dive the brand-new South Park Avatar Creator that has been totally revamped with tons of new clothes, props, hairdos, customizable colors and skin tones. Fans can create their own avatar and post it to their Facebook profile photo. The revamped Web version of the South Park Avatar creator gives users a richer, more personalized experience allowing them to save and edit multiple Avatars and print on a variety of products featured on Zazzle.com, including t-shirts, mugs, photo sculptures and iPhone cases and skins. The iOS version has also been given a complete overhaul and users have the ability to choose from multiple body types, save and edit Avatars on their iPhones and assign directly to contacts.

Play Update To The Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean Microsite

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An update to the official microsite for the Lego Pirates of The Caribbean on Lego.com has been launched in anticipation of the premiere of On Stranger Tides May 20. Collect Character Cards inside official Lego Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides Lego sets and enter them on the site to claim pirate treasure. Five mini-games each have their own achievement. Finish them all to earn a bonus treasure. Games are simple and easy and play off the themes of the film. Go head to head with Blackbeard using cannonballs in Cannonball Mutiny or see if you can pass the Pirate Code which will require keen knowledge of all the films in the franchise. Create short animations and make Captain Jack Sparrow shake his booty or play Treasure Quest which is Mine Sweeper Jack Sparrow style! Mermaid s Song is an update to Whack-A-Mole where you have to whack the mermaids to prevent them from luring the pirates to their watery graves.

L.A. Noire And The LA Times Present A 1947 Edition Crime Map

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In honor of the new crime thriller video game L.A. Noire soon-to-be-released on PS3 and Xbox 360, the Los Angeles Times and Rockstar Games have launched a special archive edition Crime Map detailing some notorious, terrifying and fascinating crimes that made 1947 a landmark year for LAPD detectives. Check out scans of original stories from the paper overlaid on an interactive map detailing the location of the crime. Headlines ranging from Homemade Gun Works, Police Say as Man Held and Burglars Turn Acrobats to Get Milk and $2500 transport the user back in time to the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles.

 

Let Conan Tell Your Friends How You Really Feel

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If you re finding it hard to compose just the right status update for a unique Facebook moment between friends, family or semi-friends, check out the F* Cards tab on the Team Coco Facebook fan page. Browse through videos specifically written to express how you really feel about a creepy stalker, a friend constantly inviting you to an event, someone that won t stop tagging you in a photo or your Mom or Dad and their activity on Facebook. Check out some straight Facetalkin courtesy of Team Coco.

Portal 2 Personality Quiz Asks Deep, Probing Questions

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Appearing as an entry on the official blog for Portal 2, the Portal 2 team has released a personality test supposedly conceived by Aperture scientists in the 1970s. Used to determine test subject compatibility for cooperative testing initiatives, the test was categorized UNSAFE by Aperture Laboratories in 1977 after every test subject who took the test became immediately insane. Filled with questions that reveal unassailable truths and gut-wrenching personal secrets about anyone that takes the test, it was placed in a locked strong box and secured in an abandoned sub-basement filled with cement with the doorway bricked over. Only recently discovered last month a further round of testing has been requested and you can help! Questions get the user to reveal preferences about themselves like what color do you wish your eyes were and challenge their perception of themselves allowing them to post to Facebook the character they are most like in Portal 2 at the end.

Takeover The Streets Of Rio All Inside Your Browser

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Part of the digital promotional effort for Universal Pictures latest release in the Fast and Furious franchise, Fast Five a free online racing game Fast Five: Rio Takeover lets you take charge of the streets of Rio inside your browser. Use arrow keys to drive and the space bar to drift and play full screen to get the fully immersive experience. Check out the streets of Rio and watch your speed around the corners!

Celebrate Seven Years Of City Of Heroes

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To celebrate, NCSoft and Paragon Studios have released information about their in-game plan so everyone can help celebrate and so no one missed out on the fun! Starting Thursday, April 28, fans will be able to hang out with developers at various locations across different servers. On the Paragon Studios USTREAM channel fans are invited to live video chat with the Community team and join hundreds of players to ask questions and have them answered live. Throughout the month of May, all available troops, heroes and villains are being called to mobilize in-game for a very challenging month on Primal Earth. Information will be released on official City of Heroes websites and forums in the next few days as scientists in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles discover and realize the imminent threat our universe will soon be facing!

Relive The Glory Of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 On Your iPad

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Now available for the iPad {link no longer active} courtesy of EA mobile, download now to relive the brutal combos and vicious fatalities that made Mortal Kombat one of the most iconic video games of all time. Play as one of the original thirteen Klassic warriors including Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Sonya Blade. Innovative multiplayer modes, fully customizable controls and awesome visuals are maximized for the larger iPad screen. Customize your button layout in the control settings menu and dominate your opponents in head-to-head battle and then “Finish Him!” with epic Fatalities and humiliating Babalities. An all-new Two-Player Mode brings arcade style competition to the tablet so you and a friend can fight head-to-head or via local Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.