Publisher Square Enix, best known for their JRPG titles, has announced that its first western developed title, Order of War, will arrive September 22 in North America.

Developed by Wargaming.net, Order of War is a PC RTS set during WWII. The title features two single-player campaigns, one where you play as the Americans fighting the Germans in France, and the other where you play as the German forces against the Soviets in Poland. There is also online multi-player featuring a whole slew of game modes including a Deathmatch and a skirmish mode. Read more… »

Coverage regarding OnLive has definately quietened down since its initial announcement, but we all knew that something was being cooked up behind the scenes. Over at the OnLive blog is a post which lets US residents sign up for a public OnLive beta starting this Summer 09.

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Several game developers have already been guilty of indulging in some of life’s more reprehensible endeavors. However, there may very well be a new leader to contend with thanks to the release of iPeePee on the iPhone.

Someone over at Apple obviously approved this app for release, and it has been receiving plenty of attention – both good and bad – ever since.

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Oh dear. The latest firmware upgrade for PS3 was released only a couple of days ago, but users are reporting a couple of slightly significant drawbacks, which are somewhat more significant than the absolute mess that is the new friends list.

It seems that 3.00 isn’t bonding with Uncharted very well – many gamers are citing freezing problems specifically for Uncharted since installing 3.0, with varying degrees of regular intervals.

And now it isn’t even letting you play anything, with reports coming in of users not being able to activate their controllers. Apparently, in some cases the lights on the controller do indeed activate, but the controller remains lifeless, although these are still only isolated incidents. Still, this probably isn’t the smooth launch that Sony was hoping for to say the least.

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Behold the glory of technology. In an effort to appeal to an illiterate readership (and also craft excuses for an obnoxious oxymoron) Gamer Limit has taken a leap into the bold new frontier of video. Enjoy the above clip, in which we review the cult PC favorite, Mount and Blade.

For those of you more fond of our traditional written reviews – worry not. Hit the jump for the a textual breakdown of the above video.

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Today word got out that the Limited Edition Gran Turismo Entertainment Pack, previously only available in Japan, will arrive in the U.S. on October 20.

For $200 gamers will receive a “mystic silver” PSP-3000 (note it’s not a PSPGo), Gran Turismo PSP, an exclusive car download, a voucher for one movie download off of the PlayStation Network, a 2GB memory stick and a music voucher that allows for 10 free song downloads off of Sony’s Music Pass service.

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In one of the erm, “classiest” moves yet for a publisher, Codemasters have launched a new flash game to promote their soon to be released racing title Dirt 2.

The “game” involves inking a set of giant silicone breasts (they look fake, I can spot these things), using a surprisingly deep collection of stencils. Well surprisingly deep for a promotional flash game. Want to see my effort? Be aware it’s not really safe for work. Read on to see a big pair of GamerLimit branded globes.

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Yesterday Stardock announced that a new “Nvidia Edition” of their PC digital distribution service, Impulse, will arrive later this summer.

The new version will have all the same features as the current edition of Impulse, however it will also automatically detect and install driver updates for Nvidia graphics cards.

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As of the date of this post there are exactly 69 days left before Modern Warfare 2 comes out.  As we get closer to this extremely anticipated release, Infinity Ward is sure to unveil more information about the game, but so far details concerning the multiplayer portion have been scarce.  What the company has allowed is little snippets of footage to be released here and there to prepare your itchy trigger finger for action. 

Well the time has come to watch another exciting 2 minutes of intense multiplayer footage.  Hit the jump to feast your eyes on this glorious video. Read more… »

A recent report from SquareTrade has produced some statistics of the percentage of Xbox 360 consoles to “Red Ring’ in their first year.

Included are the times which the ‘Falcon’ and ‘Jasper’ models were released, as well as comparisons to other consoles.

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Today sees the release of Section 8 on North American Xbox 360s, and to celebrate, publisher SouthPeak Games has offered us a tasty new trailer, and a barrage of screenshots.

With only three days left until Section 8 hits PCs in the United States, SouthPeak is hoping that this latest instalment of media will entice gamers to pick up a copy when it hits stores.

So strap on your jet pack, and hit the jump to check out all the FPS goodness.

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Tune in to this week’s LimitCast as special guest Nelson from Pixelated Geek joins Josh, Chase, and Shawn for an innuendo fueled ride through all things gaming. This week’s topics include Arkham Asylum, Shadow Complex, and even a bit of shameless self promotion.

Later in the show, Nelson walks the rest of the crew through his experiences attending this year’s Blizzcon, subsequently spawning hefty discussions regarding Cataclysm, Diablo 3, and of course Starcraft 2.

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