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Garry’s Mod, the sandbox physics game based onHalf-Life 2, has surpasses one million sales on Steam after five years of availability. For half a decade, the mod has been updated by Garry Newman, and has earned a great deal of respect from its supporters. Newman has been planning a large update toGarry’s Modto coincide with the landmark sales figure, but that checkpoint was reached before he was finished. The update is coming, but you’ll have to wait a while....

Straight from the gamescom show floor is this trailer forMedal of Honor. It was just revealed at the EA press conference only moments ago, and now it’s here for your eyes. This trailer talks to those special forces people that were consulted with for the game. As you’ll see, their identities have been concealed. One guy talks about disclosing aspects of the job and then seeing those reflected half an hour later, on the screen, in the game....

Jason Rohrer has possibly been one of the most interesting forces in creating artistically legitimate videogames; any opportunity to listen to the dude will probably not result in time wasted. Rohrer’s IGS lecture, “Beyond Single Player: Hunting for an Artistic Niche,” focused on the idea that videogames in general may be wasting time and effort by focusing so predominately on single player experiences when the realm of multiplayer interaction might potentially bear greater fruit....

Oh yes, now you’re showing me the shit I wanna see, Epic! This is the official “reveal” trailer forGears of War 3‘s campaign mode. Some people (fools) like to think Gears doesn’t have a campaign worth noting. I say it’s the reason I started liking the series, and the third game looks set to have a hot one! The video shows off loads of grunting, monsters, and explosions, all set to “War Pigs....

Kevin Butler tells the truth in this ad, ladies. Once your boyfriend/husband/significant other gets a hold ofGod of War III, your relationship will be doomed. For like a week. At least. Seriously, you all are so not ready forGod of War III. The first level alone makesGod of War IIIan easy contender for 2010’s game of the year. Our reviewwent up this past week but words alone can’t really describe this experience....

Attention to everyone that likes to bitch, including those that won’t even play this game:Word is thatGran Turismo 5takes 50 minutes to install, and up to 10 GB of hard disk space.CVGlinked us to a forum post where one guy that apparently has the game says it takes this long, and that the “space taken is actually about 6.4GB, but that space gradually unpacks as you’re playing to be closer to the previously mentioned 10GB....

[Editor’s note: Visceral Games’ Vincent Napoli is the Lead Combat designer for the developer’s upcoming title, Dante’s Inferno.] Dante wields two main weapons against the enemies of the Inferno. One of them, a magical cross imbued with divine powers, is given as a parting gift from Beatrice before he descends into the Inferno. For all intents and purposes, the cross is Dante’s secondary weapon — but, the cross serves a very different purpose than the Scythe does during combat....

Pencil it in your planner, get plenty of rest, and give your boss a heads up that you’ll be sick that Tuesday. TheXbox360 version ofGuitar Hero IIhas an official street date of June 03, 2025. This means that while the game will ship to stores in late March, retail clerks will have to smile politely in your face and pretend like they don’t have stacks of them in their back room that they’ve been eating their lunch on for weeks....

If you are a fan of fighting games, odds are thatSkullgirlsis on your radar. Developed by Reverge Labs, this upcoming game features gorgeous 2D graphics and a fighting game engine developed by tournament fighter Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont. Amongst my coverage at EVO this year, I had a chance to sit down with Mike Z and check out the recently announced character “Parasoul” from one fighting game fan to another....

Since neitherThe Lord of the Rings: ConquestorMercenaries 2: World in Flameswere met with warm reception, the Internet seems to have collectively decided that the widespread layoffs at Pandemic and integration into EALA was single-handedly due to those two games. Speaking to Kotaku, EA CEO John Riccitiello wanted to make it perfectly clear there were more important factors that ultimately decided the studio’s fate. The “bloody expensive” nature of running a business in California was one such reason, with the locations of EALA and Pandemic being so close to each other only further hurting the situation....

Hardcore Gaming 101is an obscure gem of a website that has made a (virtually unknown) name for itself by creating exclusive, encyclopedic features the likes of whichMr. Lindethinks about while touching himself in the shower. I’ve been meaning to bring the place to light for a few months now, and with theirbrand-new pieceon the depressing history of one-on-one fighters in the pre-Street-Fighter-IIera, I finally get my chance. The site excels at unearthing gaming trivia unknown to all but the most insanely dedicated Wikipedia moderators, and their latest piece is no exception....

Things have been kind of slow. Sony’s over here pushing downloadable games for their new fancy PSP, but they’re not working on pumping out that back catalog fast enough. And some third-party publishers? For shame! It’s easy money, people. You just hit that “make downloadable” button, perhaps discount the price a bit, and get ready to collect your money. What the hell is taking so long? Well, at least Atlus is on the ball....

Aliens vs. Predatoris out next week, and while opinions are divided as to whether or not the game will be any good, there is one universal truth that cannot be denied — Aliens are blatantly better than Predators. This is an undisputed fact that only idiots and Danny Glover would disagree with, and I make an obvious exception for The Glove. Everyone else, however, deserves to die if they believe a Predator is better than an Alien in any way, shape or form....