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According to Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz, the second plastic skateboard installment of the Tony Hawk franchise only managed to move 3,000 copies during its first week of release.That's pretty abysmal, but it really isn't much of a surprise. Considering the poor critical and retail reception Tony Hawk: Ride received, I'm replica Corum 396-157-47-0F08-EB30R Watch surprised the Tony Hawk: Shred even exists. Giving the sequel a green light was a real gamble for publisher Activision, and it did not pay off. The end result is a game that's not selling and development studio Robomodo having to lay off a large portion of its staff.At least we now know that a lack of snowboarding wasn't the reason the first game failed, right?

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There's chatter that Britain's most famous secret agent is set to star in a stealth game. This might be footage of said game.The footage is from an artist's demo reel and shows Singularity, Marvel:? Ultimate Alliance and, apparently, the upcoming James Bond game all edited together. (No, Hulk is not in the next Bond game!)In the clip, 007 is shown sneaking up behind guards and slitting their throats. Besides footage of Bond hiding behind boxes, replica Corum 396-250-20-0F02-EB30R Men's watch peaking out and firing his weapon, the secret agent smashes one dude's head on a toilet, breaks down barriers and runs on rooftops.When the clip was originally posted online, it apparently had the title of “Demo Reel 2010 by Hanjin Song”. According to Song's LinkedIn page, he was employed at Raven Software until October 2010.

Raven Software is rumored to be developing the Bond stealth title.As Kotaku previously posted, the game was believed to have previously been put on ice, but with MGM Studios — owners of the Bond rights — in the process of filing for bankruptcy, it seems publishers Activision have dusted the game off and will hope to actually get it out on store shelves.Kotaku is following up with Raven Software and will update should the replica Corum 396-250-20-0F01-FM30R Men's watch company comment.First look at James Bond 007 videogame from Raven Software, Activision :: Gaming :: MI6 :: James Bond 007 Video Games [MI6 Thanks, Alex!]”Earlier this year, the US Copyright Group filed a lawsuit against 4,577 people it accused of pirating the movie Far Cry, a big screen adaptation of a 2004 PC shooter.

In December, things aren't going so well.A District Court judge has ordered that the case can only apply to defendants who lived in the same district the suit was filed in. This leaves only 140 accused pirates left in the District of Columbia to face the music.That's not only good news to the 4,437 people who are off the hook, but also thousands of other replica Corum 396-250-20-0F01-EB30R Men's watch Americans currently facing similar action from other copyright organisations, as the same precedent will now apply to their cases as well.As for the 140 still stuck on the case, hopefully they get off. Not because we advocate piracy here, but because surely watching Far Cry was punishment enough.

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In a September 2008 cable, a member of the U.S. consulate in Shanghai writes to the U.S. State Department, assessing the future prospects of the North Korean nation whose iron-fisted leader had been rumored to be in ill health.(Redaction in the original Wikileak; emphasis added by Kotaku)?8. (C) There is consensus among xx that, at least for the replica Corum 396-250-20-0F05-FZ30R Men's watch moment, none of KJI's three sons is likely to be tapped to succeed him. xx considers the two youngest sons, Kim Jong-chol and Kim Jong-un, far too inexperienced and incapable of effective governance. xx, observing that KJI's oldest son, Kim Jong-nam, is “too much of a ,” Kim Jong-chol is “more interested in video games” than governing, and Kim Jong-un is simply too young.

Additionally, KJI had been groomed for many years to replace his father and former North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung before the latter passed away. In contrast, xx, none of the sons has received similar preparatory treatment.The cable's author surmises that none of the sons would succeed the father, allowing the country's military leaders to assume control. In the years since, though, Kim Jong-Il has appeared to promote his youngest son, Kim replica Corum 396-250-20-0F04-FO30R Men's watch Jong-un, who is in his late 20s, as the next leader, not only flouting that analysis here but suggesting that youth is less a detrimental quality in a new leader than a video game fixation.In 2005, the New York Times reported that Kim Jong-chol may have also been viewed as “too effeminate” to take over the Communist country.

The heir apparent, Kim Jong-un, is featured in the upcoming 2011 video game Homefront as the leader of a resurgent and unified Korea that invades the United States.This cable is one of some 250,000 released by the Wikileaks organization, whose controversial leader Julian Assange was arrested in London earlier this week due to allegations of ual replica Corum 396-250-20-0F03-FB30R Men's watch assault.PIC - South Korea's President Roh Moo-Hyun (C) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd-L) review the honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in the capital Pyongyang, North Korea, 02 October 2007. STR/AFP/Getty Images”Watch your back as you talk about video games right here.

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It's developed by Tripwire Interactive, a development studio located on the top floor of a church in Roswell, Georgia. A church whose attendees might have serious issues with Killing Floor's Twisted Christmas event.Running from December 14 through January 4, the Twisted Christmas event is free to everyone that owns Killing Floor. It replaces the game's regular collection of super-powered specimens with festive holiday-themed replica Corum 396-250-20-B100-EB30R Men's watch creatures hell-bent on your annihilation. It's got evil reindeer, evil gingerbread men, and yes Virginia; there is an evil Santa Claus. Santa even gets his own level, Santa's Evil Lair, which seems a little out of character for the jolly old elf but hey, we'll play along.

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