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What to play this weekend (Jan. 28-30)

Anyone who’s watched TV this month can tell you that this week is for playing “Dead Space 2,” which your mom hates, apparently. (Ugh.) If you’re alienated by the “Dead Space 2″ ad campaign, or just don’t like games that try to scare the pants off you, Take-Two Interactive, parent company of Rockstar Games and 2K Games, has put a whole bunch of its downloadable games and add-ons on sale on Xbox Live.… Read More »

‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ episodes coming to PS3

According to a news release from Sony, the two downloadable follow-up episodes to “Grand Theft Auto IV” — previously an Xbox 360 exclusive — will be coming to the PlayStation 3 on March 30. The highly rated episodes, called “The Lost and Damned” and “The Ballad of Gay Tony,” are expansions set in Liberty City that don’t require the original game to play, although both feature cameos from Niko Bellic, “GTA IV’s” protagonist. In “The Lost and Damned,” you play… Read More »

Gaying up Xbox Live, PlayStation Network

Anecdotal evidence that some kids might not want to play the newest “Grand Theft Auto” episode, “The Ballad of Gay Tony,” because the word “gay” appears in its title offers a glimpse at how we might keep hate-spewing kids from ruining the online games we love.… Read More »

What to play last weekend (Oct. 30-Nov. 1)

Thanks to a busy weekend, the weekly rundown of new releases comes on a Monday. A big week of new games includes “DJ Hero,” another “Grand Theft Auto IV” episode and a downloadable version of the cult classic “Zombies Ate My Neighbors.”… Read More »