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Inside Shadowrun’s multiplayer mode

By Louise . June 8, 2007 . 4:03pm

  Being new to Xbox Live, I was a bit apprehensive about playing an FPS like Shadowrun against actual people.  Sure, the tutorial chapters did a good job of introducing me to the game, but playing against bots isn’t the…

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Battle of the Microsoft releases: Shadowrun versus Forza 2

By Spencer . May 28, 2007 . 10:08pm

  Usually companies split up releasing games and a single title comes out for a system in a week to make sure they don’t cannibalize their sales. Instead of following the industry trend, Microsoft has two anticipated releases coming out…

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Shadowrun goes gold at the end of the month

By Spencer . May 9, 2007 . 1:54pm

Microsoft announced that Shadowrun for the Xbox 360 and Shadowrun for Windows Vista will go gold on May 29, 2007. Shadowrun really is a game that you want to experience online and both versions allow you to connect to Xbox…

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Shadowrun retrospective

By Spencer . April 25, 2007 . 9:40am

Way before FASA Studios decided Shadowrun should be a Counterstrike-like FPS three other Shadowrun games were released for consoles in the 90s. Hardcore Gaming 101 has a detailed look back at the history of Shadowrun games starting with the SNES game…

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Shadowrun coming out in two regions this summer

By Spencer . April 6, 2007 . 5:14am

Microsoft is minimizing the time it takes to bring Shadowrun to Japan. It comes out on June 21st, about a month after it’s released in North America on May 29th. Shadowrun has been a great to play online, even though if…

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Learning to be a healer in Shadowrun

By Dan Zuccarelli . March 27, 2007 . 12:56pm

Whenever I play a 1st person team-shooter on-line it’s a stark reminder that I’m really no good at those types of games. I just can’t keep up with everyone else. I’m always able to play on-line for the first few…

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Stepping into Shadowrun

By Spencer . March 22, 2007 . 3:25pm

I’ve been one of the lucky people chosen to play the Shadowrun beta and it’s an awesome experience. One of the main elements that separates Shadowrun from other FPS games is magic and the implementation is seamless. You can assign…

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FPS pro? Then you could play Shadowrun this weekend

By Spencer . March 14, 2007 . 6:23am

Are you a competitive gamer? Live around Redmond? Then you can hang out with Microsoft and FASA studios this weekend playing Shadowrun. The event takes place on Saturday March 17th from 7:00PM to 11:00PM @ Microsoft’s Redmond campus. If you’re…

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FASA Studios fields Shadowrun questions

By Spencer . February 28, 2007 . 8:23am

Mitch Gitelman who is the studio manger of FASA shines some light on Microsoft’s upcoming game, Shadowrun. There is a lot of information in the Q&A, like how Shadowrun is going to work with the Xbox 360 and why they…