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By Matt Keller - Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:00am

With the end of March upon us, we make the translation from crazy game release period to crazy game announcement period. A few bits and bobs were revealed at GDC this week, but we’ll start seeing the real juicy stuff in the next 2-3 months, particularly with the apparently re-energised E3 happening in June. I think this year we’re going to see a lot more games released during the American summer time – the current release schedule already has Ghostbusters, InFamous, and The Sims 3 are already lined up for the first month. Is possible that gaming sales could top the summer box office?

This week The Warp Pipe will share a bunch of random thoughts and observations on material vaguely related to video games.

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The Warp Pipe - 14/12/08

By Matt Keller - Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:58am

With Christmas rapidly approaching, The Warp Pipe is calling time for 2008. After 45 columns without a break this year, I’m clocking off a little early to read a few books, watch some movies, replay some of 2008’s best games and of course, fly to Queensland to spend Christmas with the family. The Warp Pipe will be back on the 18th of January with a few minor tweaks and a couple of bold predictions for 2009.

Speaking of bold proclamations, The Warp Pipe made a few just before the start of the second, third and final quarters of the year. I thought we’d use the final column of the year evaluating my ability to predict the quality of soon-to-be-released video games.

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Now Playing (30/09/08)

By Timmy Campbell - Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:29pm

This week has been huge for game releases and we have been getting in some amazing trailers to go with it. As another months draws to a close it brings us that little bit closer to the Christmas release list.

We head back to our past with a bear, a bird and a portable hedgehog? We look at things you can do off a board and we check back in with Delta Squad to see what gets their gears moving. We get a brief to the weapons from the war to end all wars and peek into a quantum world.

By Chienne - Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:22pm

Well, Games Convention is over again for another year - perhaps the last to be held in Leipzig! Don't get too upset just yet, we'll be sorting through the information we've received for a little while yet.

First off the blocks, however, is the sixth-annual "Best of GC" awards, handed out to the most innovative new products on show at Games Convention. This year, there were nine categories - chosen from 29 exhibitors who entered 122 hardware items and software titles - nearly a 50% increase on 2006, which saw a mere 85 submissions.

The envelope please...

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The Warp Pipe - 06/07/08

By Matt K - Sun Jul 6, 2008 9:06am

Mid-year sales tend to be pretty awful, but one particular Australian retailer was running out a lot of stock for around the $5 mark, mainly on the PC, PS2, DS and Xbox 360. Needless to say, this week, I came home a couple of hundred dollars poorer and weighed down by bags of games, yet could not find many of the titles I wanted due to the store having been raided by people buying up multiple copies of the one game to trade or sell on eBay. Such is life. I'm still trying to wrestle my way through Alone in the Dark on the Xbox 360, a game with some stunning ideas, but absolutely horrendous controls and far too many bugs and glitches.

This week, The Warp Pipe will look at the current Q3 release list, gauging the perceived level of hype and giving a brief impression as to the quality of each game.

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The Warp Pipe - 17/02/08

By Matt K - Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:13am

So here we are with the second edition of The Warp Pipe, Internode Games Network's Sunday morning editorial. The reaction to the first article of the series was obviously good enough to keep me around a bit more, and I'm happy to continue to serve the Internode overlords so long as they give me scraps from the table and take me for walks. It took three of them to pry me away from the awesomeness that is Audiosurf this week, and they had to chain me to the desk and whip me every half hour to ensure I didn't go back to it.

As for the column itself, we're going to stick to the same formula from here on out, so if you don't like it have a whinge to your mum. She's the only one that'll care. Our main topic this week may contain sensitive issues for some Sega fans, but I'm sure they're used to the abuse by now.

By TheMeadow - Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:42pm

BioWare may have a nice reign as one of the world's best RPG creators, but the idea of them making Sonic the Hedgehog into one of those is a little far fetched. Nevertheless we have come to expect great titles from BioWare and this might just be the start of something magical Sonic fans have been waiting for.

Titled Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, the game's being made for the DS and sees Sonic relaxing on vacation after defeating Dr. Eggman two years ago. He gets a call that Knuckles has been kidnapped (I don't know how - that guy is badass!), and six chaos emeralds are missing. Dr. Eggman may not be the main villain but don't rule him out just yet, BioWare have plans for him.

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