game cheats

Video games, unlike other mediums, require a certain amount of skill to actually complete. Game cheats are often programmed in by the game developers to facilitate completion of the game for those who are too challenged by it but still wish to experience the remainder of the gameplay. Game cheats also allow for fun distractions like the formerly commonplace "Big Head Mode" or Paintball Mode in the N64's Goldeneye. Cheats can be entered into a PC console mode as if they were lines of code, or they may simply be exploits within the game's framework.

Game guides and cheats used to exist largely in print, but the Internet has since largely superseded them. A wide variety of websites host game cheats and walkthroughs, like GameFAQs or 1up.

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• Nintendo Thanks People For Ratting Out R4 Retailers [Nintendo]

  
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  Kyoto-based game company Nintendo created an anonymous form for collect information about the sale of R4 cartridges in Japan. This information will be used by Nintendo in its legal suit. As we posted previously, announced that it and 54 software game companies were filing a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court ...
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• Bad Ideas: R-Type, Ghosts ‘N Goblins For iPhone [IPhone]

  
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  R-Type is coming for the iPhone. Ghosts ‘N Goblins came out over the weekend. Who keeps signing these cheques? R-Type, which is being ported by DotEmu, will be out “sometime in the next few months”, while Ghosts N’ Goblins was released in Japan on Sunday. So…take two games requiring fast, precise controls, ...
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• Jill Valentine In Resident Evil: Afterlife? [Resident Evil]

  
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  Actress Sienna Guillory appeared in flick Resident Evil : Apocalypse as character Jill Valentine , but was M.I.A. in the third film, Resident Evil: Extinction. Rumors have it that there was a contract dispute with the actress. Director Paul W.S. Anderson is currently filming Resident Evil: Afterlife and star Milla ...
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• Just Cause 2: Grappling Onto Moving Helicopters [Clips]

  
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  I’m digging what I’ve seen of Just Cause 2 so far , mostly because of one thing: the game’s grappling hook. And how it may actually give us the game Bionic Commando failed to provide. Just Cause 2 ‘The Grapple’ Mini Doc 3 [GameVideos] Im digging what Ive seen of Just Cause 2 so far , ...
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• Catching Up With ToeJam & Earl [Sega]

  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Review: This Means War [Review]

  
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  Sergeant Gary “Roach” Sanderson answers the call of duty in the highly charged Modern Warfare 2 , developer Infinity Ward ’s immediate successor to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Modern Warfare 2’s single-player campaign picks up five years after the events of the previous game, telling the bloody story of ...
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• Capcom’s Flock! Claims Major Award [Award]

  
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  Scotland’s Proper Games took home honors at for BAFTA Scotland, claiming the first award in the board’s games category for Flock!, the downloadable title published by Capcom this spring. Voting was limited to Scotland-developed titles, but it was still the first year the Scotland organization (sigh, organisation ...
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• Modern Warfare 2: 360 vs PS3 (Part II) [Modern Warfare]

  
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  Last night, we pointed you towards some comparison shots showing the supposed differences between Modern Warfare 2 on the PS3 and 360. Problem was, those shots were iffy. Tonight, let’s instead look at a proper, thorough analysis. Lens of Truth have copies of the game on both systems, and have posted an ...
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• Dustbusting Blinky’s Got Pac-Roomba on the Run [Oddities]

  
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  Roomba Pac-Man? Done before , but mostly as a cosmetic enhancement. Here it’s taken to the next level – five Roombas ( Roombi? Roombae, thanks Greentrace ) engaged in a contest of Pac-Man with programmed “chase” and “escape” AI. Roomba Pac-Man [site, via RipTen ] Roomba Pac-Man? ...
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• PC game sales start hitting early

  
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  Filed under: Downloads , Action , FPS , Indie , RTS If you like saving money, even if its just the beginning of the work week, then we are happy to help out with some new PC game sales that have popped up today: Direct2Drive has launched a new bundle of seven indie games for just $24.95. The bundle sale, ...
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• Square Enix Makes FF XIII Announcement Announcement Official [Square Enix]

  
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  This Friday, North American Final Fantasy fans will want to pay close attention to Square Enix , as the company promises “a FINAL FANTASY XIII announcement you won’t want to miss!” Yes, as the Final Fantasy faithful have likely already predicted , this Friday, November 13, Square Enix plans an announcement, ...
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• Kotaku Wants Your Modern Warfare 2 Launch Pictures [Launch!]

  
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  Tonight’s the night you can go stand out in the darkness and wait to give your money to a store in exchange for a copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on your platform of choice. Don’t let my indifference deflate you, instead take pictures of whatever launch event you attend and post them here in comments. ...
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• YouTube Yanked This Vid Off Infinity Ward Channel — on Modder’s Takedown Notice [Ruh Roh]

  
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  The displeasure directed by some in the Modern Warfare 2 PC community toward Infinity Ward isn’t limited to petitions . This weekend, YouTube removed a video Infinity posted to its channel, after a modder filed a DMCA takedown notice. BASHandSlash user PST*Joker has claimed that Modern Warfare 2’s AC-130 ...
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• New Left 4 Dead patch adds 4 on 4 competitive matchmaking

  
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• Welcome To Modern Warfare 2, Everyone [Screengrab]

  
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• Atari confirms February 2 launch date for Star Trek Online

  
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  Filed under: MMO , Star Trek Online Last week we reported on rumors that Star Trek Online would be released on February 2 in the US. This week publisher Atari officially confirmed those rumors for the upcoming MMO from developer Cryptic Studios along with a release date of February 5 in Europe. The ...
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• Activision to use Modern Warfare 2 launch to help US Veterans

  
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• NBA Unrivaled Dunks On XBLA This Week [Tecmo]

  
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  Looks like we spoke too soon . Right after we posted this week’s Xbox Live Arcade offering, Tecmo slips out a press release announcing a Wednesday release for arcade baller NBA Unrivaled . Announced back in June of this year , NBA Unrivaled is Tecmo’s entry into the basketball video game market since ...
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• FarmVille Cheats Guide - Get the Best FarmVille Cheats, Hacks, and Strategies

  
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• Head In The Clouds: Flying In Video Games [Feature]

  
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