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July 31, 2008 6:35 PM

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With Steve and Nick on location at QuakeCon, the rest of us are stuck at home, with fanciful dreams of Rage dancing in our heads. Ah, well—Faylor and I picked up PixelJunk Eden today, which is kinda like Rage, when you really think about it.

Former Scientologist calls church "a crime syndicate"
Is there life on Mars? Well, there's definitely water
Want to look stupid? Wear shorts with that suit

Today's QuakeCon 2008 round-up:

Nick previews Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein extended trailer released
John Carmack talks iPhone
Quake Live name change due to domain squatter

Wolfenstein Live not likely
Quake Arena 2 depends on Quake Live success
Rage Engine nearly complete
Compression uglies up Rage on Xbox 360
Carmack denies falling out with Activision

Elsewhere in the gaming world:

Madden 09, FaceBreaker demos hit Xbox Live
Ray tracing coming to games in 2-3 years
Ghostbusters possibly delayed
Less than 25% of Xbox Live users hail from Europe
Himalayan survival horror becomes a game
Guitar Hero World Tour PC listed by ESRB
Armored Core: For Answer trailer released
WoW gets unofficial iPhone apps
The Last Guy screens, trailer released
Pachter says DS follow-up before year's end
Activision believes PS3 will outsell 360
Too Human goes gold
Blizzard talks WoW/Age of Conan rivalry
The Godfather 2 slated for late 2008 to early 2009
Activision expecting $50M in DLC sales
More Guitar Hero, Call of Duty in 2009
WoW expansion coming between October and December
PlayStation Store updated

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Foxhawk

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July 31, 2008 6:43 PM

Nightly Soul Calibur IV thread

I've all the slots except for the top two in the middle. How to be unlocking kthxbai.
- Vincent Grayson
  
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  July 31, 2008 6:44 PM
  
  The one on the right is the apprentice, who can be unlocked by finishing Arcade mode with Vader/Yoda.
  
  The other is open, presumably for Yoda/Vader DLC.
- NFXFSX
  
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  July 31, 2008 6:44 PM
  
  Beat arcade with Yoda for the Apprentice. The other is Vader.
  - Skoal^Fyfan
    
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    July 31, 2008 7:09 PM
    
    the apprentice is SO FUICKING HARD in arcade mode to beat.
    - MacemanInTW
      
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      July 31, 2008 7:44 PM
      
      Block as much as you can, and then throw the fucker. Keep doing that./
- dirge23
  
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  July 31, 2008 6:48 PM
  
  Play me! dirge23 on xbl
- ashkie
  
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  July 31, 2008 7:00 PM
  
  I'm kind of disappointed with the unlocks in this game. Its all armor :( The characters were a joke to unlock this time around and I don't see many new stages :(((
  - DarkWolf5
    
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    July 31, 2008 7:02 PM
    
    Download content my boy! Why include it with the game when we can keep them paying for months to come!?
    
    Also what is with the Soul Calibur stuff up for download? Good Price, but how much do you get with it?
    - ashkie
      
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      July 31, 2008 7:03 PM
      
      Its more armor I guess. Theres a news story on the front page.
  - Vincent Grayson
    
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    July 31, 2008 7:05 PM
    
    Honestly, all other things being equal, I'd rather be unlocking armor rather than having to work to actually be able to use all of the characters and stages.
    - DarkWolf5
      
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      July 31, 2008 7:08 PM
      
      I loved unlocking weapons in the mission mode. Sucks that it's gone.
      - mwasher
        
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        July 31, 2008 7:14 PM
        
        I've seen a partial list of unlockable weapons that show 6-7 for each character
      - Vincent Grayson
        
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        July 31, 2008 7:16 PM
        
        You unlock weapons in story mode, and I assume some through leveling that character's "style", but I'm not entirely sure.
        
        All I know is that the characters I've finished story mode with have the Soul Edge/Calibur/etc weapon for purchase, and a few of them have joke weapons as well.
- Foxhawk
  
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  July 31, 2008 7:08 PM
  
  ooooh i'm also missing the one to the right of the custom character (2 folks by each other in the middle)
  - pancake humper
    
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    July 31, 2008 7:09 PM
    
    thats the spot for when you make a new character in Create mode. Just select that spot to edit and it will put your character there and give you the achievement.
- judasen
  
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  July 31, 2008 7:41 PM
  
  Was wondering about the "new Era" achievement. Do you get that if you have Soul Calibur on XBLA? I got it as soon as the game started the first time but noticed other people on my list didn't have it.
  - mwasher
    
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    July 31, 2008 7:58 PM
    
    everyone gets it
- sigpro
  
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  July 31, 2008 7:54 PM
  
  I still haven't gotten my copy from gamefly and the sent it on monday. Usually it's only 3 days so I was expecting it today.