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Well, like we didn't see this one coming, Ubisoft and Major Nelson have announced a Splinter Cell Conviction Xbox 360 Bundle. The bundle has the standard Microsoft "Super" Elite flair. It comes with a copy of Splinter Cell: Conviction game, Elite console, 250 gig hard drive, and 2 wireless controllers. The bundle will cost $399 and launch in April ...

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Attention God of War 3 fans, Today a little more footage from the game has hit the Internet via Youtube user BeCkS1688. The video shows the Poseidon battle, a first person kill and a few other juicy tidbits. As you may expect this video contains many spoilers so if you are on God of War 3 media blackout I highly suggest you fight the urge to watch ...

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Lil Wayne and Young Money take a page out of Sin City for their new video "Roger That". If you watch the video up to Tygas verse he puts on a gas mask and looks like a character straight out of Borderlands. Of course your favorite female rapper Nicki Minaj is the real reason to watch this video, so enough talking, more watching. Props to On...

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Sexualization of Female Emcees in Hip-hop

Female emcees’ voices have blasted through stereo speakers since hip-hops inception. But, longevity of those artists has always been an issue. Could the pressures of maintaining an over sexualized image be the culprit of their on-again off-again relationship with hip-hop? Since the naissance of hip-hop in the late 1970’s, this genre of musi...

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It looks like Ignition Entertainment and Zombie Studios are trying to take the downloadable game scene to a new level with their new game Blacklight: Tango Down. Running off the Unreal 3 game engine and set in a universe called Blacklight the game hopes to capture some of the massive first person shooter market by offering gamers everything they wo...

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Rap Legend Guru/Gang starr has suffered a heart attack and is now in a coma. His close friend DJ Premier sent a message to the Internet informing the world of his current condition in the early hours of the morning. I would like to send my best wishes to Gang starr and his family, this man is a legend in hip hop and I grew up listening to him. We d...

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Ubisoft's Max Beland has said that Splinter Cell is likely to end up on the Playstation 3 again in the future, although he is not so sure that Conviction itself will due to the exclusivity deal. Since the start of the current generation, two Splinter Cell titles have already been multiplatform, however Microsoft have an exclusivity contract with Co...

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What's good people, As you may know there is currently a beta test for Bizarre Creations Project Gotham replacement BLUR currently gearing up for release and we at The Koalition thought some of our loyal readers should get the chance to take part. So after a few emails we managed to secure some codes, all you have to do is fill out the entry form b...

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No one knows the exact details of what has being going on, but Kotaku and G4 have been reporting on a story about security bouncers showing up at Infinity Ward offices earlier, and studio heads Vince Zampella and Jason West going missing all day after a meeting with Activision. The word going around is that Activision layed down the law to the Infi...

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The Co-op is back once again for another week of gaming madness. On this show we discuss the possibility of Gears Of War 3 going multi-platform, the Epic Mickey game, the Ex Dice boss's comments about the Wii being a virus and more. Also myself (Swiff) issues a challenge for The Koalition cast to answer a few questions so we can determine who is th...

Written on March 1, 2010 at 10:17 pm - 3 Comments - Click Here To Comment Read More

This past week we have been asking you "Which Platform Will You Purchase Final Fantasy XIII On?", via our sidebar poll. Well now it's time to count up the results and give our conclusion. 80 of you voted in total. 34 of you said that you would be purchasing the game on the Xbox 360. The remaining 46 of you said you would be purchasing the game on t...

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UPDATE: PSN is back online. Continue on with your gaming lives. An official statement on the PSN 8001050F error has been issued by Sony, better late than never. Basically if you have the original "Fat Ps3", then do not use your system for another 24 hours (or until the clock signals March 2nd). The error is being caused by a bug on the Playstati...

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I know my boy Edward V is a big Soulja Boy fan so I couldn't resist posting his new video "All Back Everything". This is not even a joke, me Jowin and Gary were just discussing this very idea for a song and then BAM! I think The Koalition offices are being tapped for creative ideas. I'll save the remarks on the Soulja Boy video for you guys. Have f...

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When those commercials said "It Only Does Everything" they weren't screwing around. In a report by Fixed News they show a raid of a home suspected to have explosives inside. While going through a pile of garbage recycled to be weapons, they spot a Playstation controller. The soldier in the video report explained that something like that controller ...

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Ever since last night, the Playstation Network has been on a global lock-down. Users playing online received a 8001050F error code, and have not been able to re connect since. The worse thing is, many games will not work regardless of if they are online or offline games since the blackout corrupts all games that rely on accessing trophy data. The g...

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Here are the charts for the week ending February 26th. Sony and Quantic Dreams exclusive Heavy Rain has shot to the number one spot, which is very surprising for a Sony exclusive, especially one that is a new IP. Heavy Rain managed to beat out the previous number one, Alien vs Predator. The second highest entry this week, was Sonic and Sega Allstar...

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