| Quantic Dream Hints at Post-Heavy Rain Plans
May 21, 2009 at 8:48 pm
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|   Back in December, we ran an interview with Quantic Dream co-CEO David Cage in which he said the company was looking to start work on a pair of projects in addition to PS3 adventure game Heavy Rain (which, to throw a plug in, we're covering all this week).  Eager for any morsel you can get from Modern Warfare 2 and Heavy Rain? Then you'd best tune in to tonight's episode of GameTrailers TV, as both games will be featured.  In less than two weeks, the Electronic Entertainment Expo will shirk off two years of stripped down shows with an event expected to draw roughly 40,000 attendees. The shindig is being put on by the Entertainment Software Association...  When word first got out on Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain, many assumed it would be a sequel to their adventure game Indigo Prophecy. That theory didn't pan out, with the...  While some Japanese game companies are keeping their best brains at home out of swine flu concerns, one popular developer made his way out of the country to attend an industry event.
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| Meet Poison Ivy, Arkham Asylum's Newest Inmate
May 21, 2009 at 8:20 pm
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|   The Batman: Arkham Asylum is co-ed facility, housing many of the caped crusader's most legendary adversaries, including the Joker and Bane, as well as more feminine foes, like Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. Our first look at Poison Ivy in motion offers a peek at how Eidos and Batman: Arkham Asylum developer Rocksteady have interpreted the 43-year-old character. She's not just green-thumbed, she's green everything-ed. And depending on where your perspective of where Poison Ivy's outfit begins and ends, her debut trailer may be bordering on NSFW.  Warner Bros has offered $33 million for bankrupt publisher Midway -- a sum which would be enough to purchase the majority of the company and its assets.According to the release, Warner Bros.  With the announcement of its 2009 fiscal financials, Square Enix stock prices jumped to the highest they have been since 2003. Thank you Eidos acquisition. Square Enix...  Last year, LucasArts launched Star Wars The Clone Wars, first as a feature-length film and then as an animated series on the Cartoon Network. To help promote those extensions of the Star Wars universe...  Last week, we speculated that Eidos Montreal's impending announcement would be a Thief: The Dark Project sequel. Now it looks like we were right, along with pretty much everyone else.  Eidos-Montreal are in the early development stages for Thief 4, the developer confirmed this morning. Last week we heard that an announcement was coming, but there's not much grist in the news that hit today.
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| More Modern Warfare 2, Heavy Rain Peeks On GTTV Tonight
May 21, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| Eager for any morsel you can get from Modern Warfare 2 and Heavy Rain? Then you'd best tune in to tonight's episode of GameTrailers TV, as both games will be featured. Expect less Modern Warfare 2 than Heavy Rain though, as the next full video reveal of Infinity Ward's follow up to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is scheduled to air on TV this Sunday. Consider tonight's glimpse little more than a tease. Back in December, we ran an interview with Quantic Dream co-CEO David Cage in which he said the company was looking to start work on a pair of projects in addition to PS3 adventure game Heavy Rain (which...  Power on the PlayStation 3, dear reader, as a new demo for Sucker Punch's inFamous will be available for you to download as of today. European PS3 owners already have it—we're getting it soon.  Yesterday, Rose McGowan and Tricia Helfer joined Geoff Keighley for a special live taping of GameTrailers TV. The E3 2009-themed special was packed with news, some of which splashed our way from the audience.  Metal Gear makers Kojima Productions are just hours away from revealing... something, as the developer's teaser page countdown clock is set to expire today. Who knows what Kojima and crew are planning? Famitsu might know.
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| ipod Touching
May 21, 2009 at 7:40 pm
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| To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What Happens If You Don't Pay Your Speeding Ticket In Japan Tristan has been saving up since before his eighth birthday for an iPod Touch. Today, forced to stay home because he hasn't been healthy for 48 hours, he went to Target with Trish and bought one for himself. It will be interesting to see which portable he spends more time using, his DSi or his Touch.  While most people are still waiting for Nintendo to release the Wii in any color but white, the Queen of England apparently rates a new color all by herself -- gold.It was publisher THQ who passed along the gold-plated Wii to the royal family...  Regular followers of the works of actor Matthew Perry, of Friends fame, know that the man is deadly serious about Fallout 3. He claims to have played it so much, that he required medical attention.  EA Sports' Tiger Woods PGA Tour is nearly unchallenged in its genre on the PC and console. But can a game that plumbs the depth of golf translate well to a mobile platform? At $9.  Nearly 24 hours after it went out in mid-April, John Warner checked on the numbers for Raycatcher - a game he and a partner designed and distributed over Steam. The first day, it sold 1,000 copies for $5.
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| THQ Sends Queen Elizabeth Gold-Plated Wii
May 21, 2009 at 7:28 pm
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| While most people are still waiting for Nintendo to release the Wii in any color but white, the Queen of England apparently rates a new color all by herself -- gold.It was publisher THQ who passed along the gold-plated Wii to the royal family, along with a copy of BIG Family Games. "The Royal Family is arguably the most important family in the country so we felt that they had to have a copy of the new game," said THQ product manager Danielle Robinson. Regular followers of the works of actor Matthew Perry, of Friends fame, know that the man is deadly serious about Fallout 3. He claims to have played it so much, that he required medical attention.  Japanese gamers don't seem to have cooled on manga-licensed fighting games, as Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 tops this week's Japanese sales chart, the sixth entry in the 3D fighter in just over four years.  THQ knows that if you're going to deliver a Wii to Buckingham Palace to promote your new game no ordinary console will do, so they had one gold plated. The shiny Nintendo...
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| PlayStation Store Update: It's Electric!
May 21, 2009 at 7:20 pm
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|  This week's North American PlayStation Store update packs in demos and downloadables, including what might be your first chance to play inFamous for the PlayStation 3.
Eager for any morsel you can get from Modern Warfare 2 and Heavy Rain? Then you'd best tune in to tonight's episode of GameTrailers TV, as both games will be featured.  GamePro names nine classic instances where audience members in the background steal the spotlight from the games themselves! Most fighting, sports, and music games do... Power on the PlayStation 3, dear reader, as a new demo for Sucker Punch's inFamous will be available for you to download as of today. European PS3 owners already have it—we're getting it soon. Yesterday, Rose McGowan and Tricia Helfer joined Geoff Keighley for a special live taping of GameTrailers TV. The E3 2009-themed special was packed with news, some of which splashed our way from the audience.
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| Catch E3 Conferences on IGN
May 21, 2009 at 7:09 pm
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|   May 21, 2009 - The biggest game show of the year, E3, is right around the corner. One of the most exciting parts of the expo is the three first-party conferences held by Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony each year. You can expect some megaton announcements from each company about its game lineup and hardware plans for the rest of 2009 (and beyond). Yesterday, Rose McGowan and Tricia Helfer joined Geoff Keighley for a special live taping of GameTrailers TV. The E3 2009-themed special was packed with news, some of which splashed our way from the audience. Metal Gear makers Kojima Productions are just hours away from revealing... something, as the developer's teaser page countdown clock is set to expire today. Who knows what Kojima and crew are planning? Famitsu might know.  The recent announcement of a PlayStation 3 release of Fallout 3 content that was previously announced as exclusive to Microsoft sent us searching for answers about what constitutes an "exclusive.  Capcom isn't the only Japanese company that will have a more limited E3 presence than previously expected. Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that both Square Enix and Koei...
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| Your Wii Has A Minor Button-Combo Secret
May 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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|  Go to the Mii Channel. Press A. Press B. Press 1. Press and hold 2. Nintendo sent Kotaku copies of Personal Trainer: Walking yesterday, and while we think we don't need that much training to walk (left foot and then right foot, yes?), we are in fact learning things. We have learned, for example, that the Wii possesses a previously hidden talent. GamePro names nine classic instances where audience members in the background steal the spotlight from the games themselves! Most fighting, sports, and music games do... While most people are still waiting for Nintendo to release the Wii in any color but white, the Queen of England apparently rates a new color all by herself -- gold.It was publisher THQ who passed along the gold-plated Wii to the royal family... May 21, 2009 - The biggest game show of the year, E3, is right around the corner. One of the most exciting parts of the expo is the three first-party conferences held by Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony each year. Yesterday, Rose McGowan and Tricia Helfer joined Geoff Keighley for a special live taping of GameTrailers TV. The E3 2009-themed special was packed with news, some of which splashed our way from the audience.
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| Too Much Information About Matthew Perry's Klonoa Habits
May 21, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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| Regular followers of the works of actor Matthew Perry, of Friends fame, know that the man is deadly serious about Fallout 3. He claims to have played it so much, that he required medical attention. But he's also a dedicated Klonoa fan, apparently, seemingly one of the few Wii owners who has bothered to pick up the gorgeous remake. Perry publicly expresses his adoration of the Wii-make via his Twitter, offering a little bit more information about his playing style. While most people are still waiting for Nintendo to release the Wii in any color but white, the Queen of England apparently rates a new color all by herself -- gold.It was publisher THQ who passed along the gold-plated Wii to the royal family... Japanese gamers don't seem to have cooled on manga-licensed fighting games, as Bleach: Heat the Soul 6 tops this week's Japanese sales chart, the sixth entry in the 3D fighter in just over four years. The recent announcement of a PlayStation 3 release of Fallout 3 content that was previously announced as exclusive to Microsoft sent us searching for answers about what constitutes an "exclusive.
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| First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
May 21, 2009 at 6:20 pm
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|  Not to be outdone by distinguished competitor Game Informer's cover reveal of BioShock 2's Big Sister, GamePro has given us our first third-person look at the star of the sequel, the new Big Daddy. The July issue of the mag touts a deep dive into 2K Games' sequel to the original BioShock, offering "first *real* gameplay and story details," which would lead us to believe everything we've seen and heard about the game to be falsehoods and fabrications. Bummer!  Pokémon has been around for a while now — since 1996. Maybe it's time to spice up the franchise with a little more action to the hugely successful role-playing-game franchise.  It's been a while since our first impressions of Anno 1404 in a pre-alpha version at last year's Leipzig Game Convention in August, where we checked out the game's new environments and campaigns.  So far, the month of May has been the most tumultuous for 3D Realms since the studio's inception in 1987. On May 6, reports that the Texan studio--which had been working...
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| Episodic Street Brawler Based on 'Watchmen' Film Available in Multiple Formats for All Gamers
May 21, 2009 at 6:04 pm
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|  Warner Bros. InteractiveEntertainment has announced that the Watchmen: The End is Nigh videogame, basedon the Watchmen film, will be offered in a retail Blu-Ray Hi-Def game and filmhybrid, as well as additional retail and downloadable formats in North America.Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2, the second of two long-form, episodic actiongames will be released in conjunction with the Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD of theWatchmen: Director’s Cut in July 2009.  Damnation hits store shelves tomorrow everywhere but North America, and to celebrate Codemasters has released a new multiplayer trailer to show us Americans what we'll be missing. Warner Bros has offered $33 million for bankrupt publisher Midway -- a sum which would be enough to purchase the majority of the company and its assets.According to the release, Warner Bros.  The PlayStation 3's Blu-ray drive has its advantages, as proven by the Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience, a two-disc set collecting the game and the film for the PlayStation 3.  When it took back the Lord of the Rings license earlier this year, it was clear Time Warner was beefing up its game arm, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Today...
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| Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Demo Launches Today on PSN
May 21, 2009 at 6:03 pm
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| Capcom has announced that the freedemo for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite launches today on PlayStation Network.Users can download the demo and jump right into one of the deepest RPGexperiences on the PlayStation Portable yet. A full run down explaining whatusers have to look forward to in the demo is posted on Capcom Unity. InternalMonster Hunter Pro Shawn Baxter, who happens to work on the community site,explains everything you need to know. Just clickhere and it'll take you right to his post.  What better way than to pay Capcom a compliment for its hugely popular Monster Hunter franchise than ripping it off? Chinese game developers bring the world this: Hunter Blade.  Capcom has released the first in a series of video tutorials for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PlayStation Portable, in which a man with far too thick an accent discusses porcupines.  Thinking about picking up a PlayStation Portable? Now might be the time, because GameStop has a nice little deal running at the moment.According to The offer ends May 21, so if you're interested, you might want to hurry.  Playstation today invaded Best Buys across the country as part of a new outreach program entitled Experience Playstation Now. The idea is that Playstation reps take to...
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| Play NBA 2K9 with Manchester Orchestra
May 21, 2009 at 6:01 pm
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| The indie band Manchester Orchestra,hot off the release of their second full-length album and an appearance on theLate Show with David Letterman, will play NBA 2K9 with Xbox LIVE Gold MembersMay 28. If you're an Xbox LIVE Gold Member (if not, upgrade now!), and you wanta chance to play with Manchester Orchestra, send a friend request to thefollowing Gamertag (Manchester GWF) and be online half an hour before (1:30 P.M.ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Thursday, May 28, 2:00 P.M. ET.  Hideo Kojima can have his countdown clocks. Other publishers can have their surprise trailers. But the best tease of the day may be the tweet from one Stephen Toulouse. The PlayStation 3's Blu-ray drive has its advantages, as proven by the Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience, a two-disc set collecting the game and the film for the PlayStation 3.
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| Making Ghostbusters Game As Funny As The Movie Is "Next To Impossible"
May 21, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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|  Giant Bomb's biggest Ghostbusters fans have played the new Ghostbusters game, only to be reminded that video game humor has its limits. Humor is hard in games. So, as excited as the Giant Bomb podcast hosts sound about the new Ghostbusters game — and they do spent several minutes talking about how much fun they're having with a build of it — they are resigned to it not being as funny as the movie that spawned it. While most people are still waiting for Nintendo to release the Wii in any color but white, the Queen of England apparently rates a new color all by herself -- gold.It was publisher THQ who passed along the gold-plated Wii to the royal family... Yesterday, Rose McGowan and Tricia Helfer joined Geoff Keighley for a special live taping of GameTrailers TV. The E3 2009-themed special was packed with news, some of which splashed our way from the audience. THQ knows that if you're going to deliver a Wii to Buckingham Palace to promote your new game no ordinary console will do, so they had one gold plated. The shiny Nintendo...  Video game retailer GameStop reports record sales and earnings for first quarter 2009, with a slight drop in new game sales bolstered by a significant rise in used products.
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| NARUTO Shippuden: Ninja Council 4 for Nintendo DS Goes Gold
May 21, 2009 at 5:58 pm
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| TOMY Corporation today announcedthat the next installment in the hit Ninja Council series, NARUTO Shippuden:Ninja Council 4, has gone gold and will be available at retail outletsnationwide on June 2 for Nintendo DS. NARUTO Shippuden: Ninja Council 4 allowsdedicated franchise fans and new Naruto fighters alike to experience the NARUTOShippuden storyline for the first time on the handheld device with a host ofplayable characters sporting their updated NARUTO Shippuden looks and wirelessmultiplayer battles for up to four players.  It appears that LucasArts has more droid-slaying, lightsaber-swinging action planned in the Star Wars Battlefront fashion, as the ESRB has rated Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for the PSP and Nintendo DS.  The stylish series is more gorgeous than ever on the PS3. Check out the fabulous new visual filters that will make Katamari Forever shine when it releases this fall. The classic Katamari style we all know and love isn't going anywhere.  It should not exactly be news to most savvy video-game website readers that Nintendo has had a problem with backup devices for its consoles. Ever since the Super NES...
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| California Appeals Decision on Violent Games
May 21, 2009 at 5:54 pm
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|  May 21, 2009 - The State of California has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling by the U.S Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which in February struck down a state law preventing the sale and rental of "ultra-violent" video games to children. The rejected law was written by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), and the review of the Circuit Court's decision was requested by Attorney General Jerry Brown (D-Oakland) and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Back in December, we ran an interview with Quantic Dream co-CEO David Cage in which he said the company was looking to start work on a pair of projects in addition to PS3 adventure game Heavy Rain (which... Eager for any morsel you can get from Modern Warfare 2 and Heavy Rain? Then you'd best tune in to tonight's episode of GameTrailers TV, as both games will be featured. The Batman: Arkham Asylum is co-ed facility, housing many of the caped crusader's most legendary adversaries, including the Joker and Bane, as well as more feminine foes, like Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. GamePro names nine classic instances where audience members in the background steal the spotlight from the games themselves! Most fighting, sports, and music games do...
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| inFamous Demo Gives PS3 Owners 15 Minutes Of Infamy Today
May 21, 2009 at 5:40 pm
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| Power on the PlayStation 3, dear reader, as a new demo for Sucker Punch's inFamous will be available for you to download as of today. European PS3 owners already have it—we're getting it soon. North American PlayStation faithful should get their shot at the game today when the PlayStation Store update hits. inFamous is slated to ship to retail next week here in the States, giving you ample time to determine whether today's PlayStation Network demo has turned you into a fan.  Looks like Sony is serious about adding new "PSone Classics" to the PlayStation Store, as a few original PlayStation heavy hitters appear to be en route. The ESRB has rated five new PSone Classics candidates.  Just over a year ago at E3 2008, Microsoft announced it had secured Xbox 360/PC exclusivity for Fallout 3 downloadable content. Now, three releases down the line, that agreement has come to an end...  Activision's post-earnings conference calls are always worth a listen. Aside from getting updates on just how the publisher continues to rake in gobs of cash--$981 million...  The wait is finally over for Playstation 3 owners, this morning Bethesda announced that downloadable content will be coming to the PS3 version of Fallout 3. They also revealed two new DLC packs for all.
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| LittleBigPlanet Getting Web-Based Level Sharing Portal
May 21, 2009 at 5:20 pm
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|  Sharing LittleBigPlanet levels with your friends and strangers will soon be a lot easier, with a web-based portal on the way that will allow players to queue up levels using a handy web link. At the moment, sharing a LittleBigPlanet level involves giving other players your PlayStation Network handle and then having them search in-game for the particular level you wished to share...  We spoke with No More Heroes creator Goichi Suda (a.k.a. Suda 51) early on at the Nordic Game Conference in Malmö, Sweden, but when it came time for his scheduled presentation, titled "The Birth of No More Heroes," we made sure to be in attendance.  During an interview at the Nordic Game Conference in Malmö, Sweden this week, Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans revealed to 1UP that the company will soon launch a...  In an interview at the Nordic Game Conference today, Deadline Games director Søren Lund confirmed to 1UP that both episodes of the Watchmen downloadable game will be sold together on a retail disc soon. While some Japanese game companies are keeping their best brains at home out of swine flu concerns, one popular developer made his way out of the country to attend an industry event.
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| KingsIsle Entertainment to Launch New Wizard101 World: Grizzleheim
May 21, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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|  Inspired by Norse mythology, Grizzleheim is an airy, outdoorlandscape of snowy mountains, glacial ridges and towering trees that is home tothree new Wizard101 tribes - Bears, Wolves and Ravens. Players will firstencounter the Viking Bears of Grizzleheim, great traders with the ability totravel the worlds of the Spiral, in the free-to-play areas of WizardCity. Asstudent wizards adventure through subseq uent worlds, Grizzleheim will offer newquests, new locations to explore, new opponents and new Viking-themed decorativehousing items interspersed throughout the mid and higher levels of the game.  The Kotaku crew is headed to E3 2009 in just ten days. As we do every year, we're throwing a little get together on the eve of E3. And you're invited, dear reader! The...  Last year, Atari announced it had buddied up with Rez HD and Lumines creators Q Entertainment for a pair of projects: the Live Arcade cash-in comp Qubed and the enigmatic "QJ.  Thanks to Ignition Entertainment, The King of Fighters XII is coming stateside this summer, already packing some extra modes and DLC secrets that should satisfy the hardcore SNK fanbase.
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| E3 Details Spill From Epic GameTrailers Taping
May 21, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| Yesterday, Rose McGowan and Tricia Helfer joined Geoff Keighley for a special live taping of GameTrailers TV. The E3 2009-themed special was packed with news, some of which splashed our way from the audience. Playstation 3 exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves got some face time as well, with a spokesman talking up multiplayer and confirming that the beta for the game will go live on the first day of E3. Eager for any morsel you can get from Modern Warfare 2 and Heavy Rain? Then you'd best tune in to tonight's episode of GameTrailers TV, as both games will be featured. Metal Gear makers Kojima Productions are just hours away from revealing... something, as the developer's teaser page countdown clock is set to expire today. Who knows what Kojima and crew are planning? Famitsu might know. The recent announcement of a PlayStation 3 release of Fallout 3 content that was previously announced as exclusive to Microsoft sent us searching for answers about what constitutes an "exclusive.  Capcom isn't the only Japanese developer to be gun-shy about this year. Yokohama-based company Koei is also preventing staffers from attending the Los Angeles gaming convention.
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| Warner Bros. Offers $33 Million For Midway
May 21, 2009 at 1:45 pm
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|  Warner Bros has offered $33 million for bankrupt publisher Midway -- a sum which would be enough to purchase the majority of the company and its assets.According to the release, Warner Bros. will acquire the Mortal Kombat franchise as well as the publisher's Chicago and Seattle studios. The agreement does not include Midway's San Diego studio and TNA Impact, nor does it include the Wheelman devs in Newcastle.
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| When You Hear "Exclusive," Guess What It Means
May 21, 2009 at 1:40 pm
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| The recent announcement of a PlayStation 3 release of Fallout 3 content that was previously announced as exclusive to Microsoft sent us searching for answers about what constitutes an "exclusive." Last July Todd Howard, lead designer at Bethesda Softworks, took the stage during the Microsoft E3 press briefing and did a rather un-extraordinary thing. Like so many developers, publishers, marketers, and media outlets in gaming before him, he announced an "exclusive." The PlayStation 3's Blu-ray drive has its advantages, as proven by the Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience, a two-disc set collecting the game and the film for the PlayStation 3.  2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Pandemic Studios' Lord of the Rings: Conquest probably wasn't what most fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy universe were hoping for when it launched earlier this year.  Bizarre Creations' Blur is "completely focused on making racing 'fun' again," according to its creators. You know the details, but do you know what Blur looks like? Well, it looks like this.
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| Gears Brings Steam to the iPhone... Sorta
May 21, 2009 at 1:20 pm
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|  A new App on the iPhone serves up details from the Steam community to your iPod Touch or phone. Gears includes three pages of information from Steam accounts for $3. The App has you type in a Steam nickname and then displays the user's avatar, location, online status and bi-weekly gameplay stats. Another page breaks down the user's friends and their current online status, which is updated automatically.  Hmm, let's see. The PSP is doing OK, but not great. The iPhone, now, it's doing great. So what can the PSP do to be more like the iPhone? Get itself a music store! According to sources speaking with CNET...  As an avid PC gamer, and a dedicated Steam user, few things grind my gears like delayed Steam releases. You know the kind. Game comes out on console, then PC, then Steam, weeks later.  On the off chance he hasn't entirely worn out his welcome in your heart of hearts, Sega have quietly released a version of the original Sonic the Hedgehog. As with most iPhone ports these days, the game just kind of.
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| Brutal Thoughts with Jack Black
May 21, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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|  Jack Black hams it up in the first of a series of live-action shorts promoting Brutal Legend, with a guest appearance by insane game developer Tim Schafer.I don't know about you, but for me it's gotten to the point where I prefer to see animated characters with Jack Black's voice over actually seeing Jack Black himself. I really dig his voice when he's singing, but there's something about his facial expressions when he acts that begs to be covered by a computer animated panda or video game roadie.  That enigmatic blonde girl from Brighton sets her eyes on the states, with independent music and party game developer Zoë Mode launches a San Francisco studio next month.  Vancouver-based game developer United Front Games has partnered with Activision on an action-based game set in Hong Kong, the developer announced this week. United Front Games was formed in 2007 by former employees of Electronic Arts...  The founders of the game company Naughty Dog--known for its hit series Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter--have teamed up to form a new game development company specializing in games for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, iPhone, and Facebook.
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| Koei, Square Enix Also Scaling Back E3 Presence
May 21, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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| Capcom isn't the only Japanese company that will have a more limited E3 presence than previously expected. Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that both Square Enix and Koei are also scaling back their presence at next month's show due to the swine flu outbreak."A limited number of executives/employees from Square Enix's headquarters in Japan will be attending E3 this year, given the recent worldwide spread of H1N1 flu," they said in a statement.  Several Japanese game companies have restricted employee travel to the United States for this year's E3. For Osaka-based game maker Capcom, the basis for this decision was "travel restrictions".  We're down to a dozen finalists. I've emailed each of them to warn them to come read this post. Now's here how they can win: Since we expect you to write, and write under pressure...  Thanks to the doubly good update for the Spy and Sniper classes, Team Fortress 2 will be playable for free this weekend to Steam users who for some bizarre reason wouldn't already have the game.
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| PlayStation 3 Getting The Total Watchmen Experience
May 21, 2009 at 12:40 pm
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| The PlayStation 3's Blu-ray drive has its advantages, as proven by the Watchmen: The End is Nigh The Complete Experience, a two-disc set collecting the game and the film for the PlayStation 3. While the Xbox 360 is getting Watchmen: The End is Nigh Parts 1 and 2 as a standalone retail release, the PlayStation 3 is getting a much more enticing release... In an interview at the Nordic Game Conference today, Deadline Games director Søren Lund confirmed to 1UP that both episodes of the Watchmen downloadable game will be sold together on a retail disc soon. Bizarre Creations' Blur is "completely focused on making racing 'fun' again," according to its creators. You know the details, but do you know what Blur looks like? Well, it looks like this.  Ensemble Studios may not be around anymore, but its swan song lives on this week with the first batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360-exclusive Halo Wars. The Strategic Options add-on pack includes three new game modes--Keepaway... Just over a year ago at E3 2008, Microsoft announced it had secured Xbox 360/PC exclusivity for Fallout 3 downloadable content. Now, three releases down the line, that agreement has come to an end...
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| Sniper's "Jarate" is Last Team Fortress 2 Unlock
May 21, 2009 at 12:37 pm
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|  Valve has revealed the final weapon unlock, for the Sniper vs Spy update coming to Team Fortress 2. Using the ancient art of "Jarate," the jar of urine that the Sniper keeps while he stakes out a position can be thrown like a grenade. Thanks to the doubly good update for the Spy and Sniper classes, Team Fortress 2 will be playable for free this weekend to Steam users who for some bizarre reason wouldn't already have the game.  Bad news, Team Fortress 2 Spy: your Summer is about to get wet and wild, as Valve has revealed the Sniper's final unlockable. And this time it's no joke. "Jarate" is a reality.  When TF2's Scout received his update, the ad on the game's blog was done in the style of an old-school mail-away. And you know, some people actually responded. What's more, Valve responded back.  Joining his two new cloaking tools, the Spy will also sport a long-range pistol called "The Ambassador" when the next Team Fortress 2 update hits. The info page from Valve...
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| Armin Van Buuren Gets His Own DJ Game
May 21, 2009 at 12:20 pm
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|  The relentless march of DJ rhythm games continues, as TransGaming launches their new development studio with Armin van Buuren – In the Mix for the Nintendo Wii. Perhaps best known for enabling PC games to play on the Mac, TransGaming now enters the full-on game development biz, partnering with Foreign Media Games on Armin van Buuren – In the Mix...  Some of us succumb to copying the habits of friends by playing the same games are watching the same TV show. Harvey Smith is another developer giving in to a different pressure.  Though the brand new retail Bionic Commando game arrives in North America and Europe this week, developer GRIN used its keynote address at the Nordic Game Conference in Malmö... That enigmatic blonde girl from Brighton sets her eyes on the states, with independent music and party game developer Zoë Mode launches a San Francisco studio next month.
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| Game Boy | Midway gets $33 million Warner Bros. bid
May 21, 2009 at 12:06 pm
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|  When it took back the Lord of the Rings license earlier this year, it was clear Time Warner was beefing up its game arm, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Today, the company made an offer that, if approved by the bankruptcy courts, would make the division positively brawny, thanks to the Mortal Kombat license. Warner Bros has offered $33 million for bankrupt publisher Midway -- a sum which would be enough to purchase the majority of the company and its assets.According to the release, Warner Bros.  Midway today announced that they have received a more than $33 million offer from Warner Bros. to buy out most of their company. "It's in writing now, that there is interest...  For years, EA held the license to the Lord of the Rings movies. So only EA could make games using the likenesses of Seans Astin and Bean. But no more. EA's deal is up... 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Pandemic Studios' Lord of the Rings: Conquest probably wasn't what most fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy universe were hoping for when it launched earlier this year.
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| TransGaming Launches Game Development Studio with Armin van Buuren - In The Mix
May 21, 2009 at 12:05 pm
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| May 21, 2009 - Toronto, Canada - TransGaming, Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), announces the creation of a game development studio and is partnering with Foreign Media Games (FMG) on the development of its first title, "Armin van Buuren - In the Mix" for the Nintendo Wii console. The relentless march of DJ rhythm games continues, as TransGaming launches their new development studio with Armin van Buuren РIn the Mix for the Nintendo Wii. Perhaps best known for enabling PC games to play on the Mac... Some of us succumb to copying the habits of friends by playing the same games are watching the same TV show. Harvey Smith is another developer giving in to a different pressure. Though the brand new retail Bionic Commando game arrives in North America and Europe this week, developer GRIN used its keynote address at the Nordic Game Conference in Malm̦... The founders of the game company Naughty Dog--known for its hit series Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter--have teamed up to form a new game development company specializing in games for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, iPhone, and Facebook.
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| A Trip To the X Games As Seen Through LBP
May 21, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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| Freestyle skier and X Games competitor Sarah Burke is a big gamer and, apparently, a LittleBigPlanet fan. Burke recently created her own LittleBigPlanet level, with the help of the Playstation folks, to document what it's like to travel to and participate in the X Games. Burke went on to win a gold medal in Superpipe this past January, but later hurt her back in a nasty spill and was unable to play her creation with kids in the sponsor village. Hmm, let's see. The PSP is doing OK, but not great. The iPhone, now, it's doing great. So what can the PSP do to be more like the iPhone? Get itself a music store! According to sources speaking with CNET...  At one time in your life, you probably got a thrill out of setting up blocks and watching them fall down. Unfortunately, that was probably back when you sucked your thumb and dined on pureed food.  Things heat up on PlayStation Home this Thursday, as the long-promised Resistance home space finally appears in a hail of turret-fire. The ruined cityscapes of Resistance comes to life tomorrow...  Sony has announced the second round of Killzone 2 downloadable content, this time inviting players to take a "trip down memory lane" with two maps from the original game.
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| Sumthing Else Music Works Announces Release of Street Fighter IV Original Soundtrack
May 21, 2009 at 11:47 am
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| May 21, 2009 - New York - Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Capcom, proudly presents Street Fighter IV Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score from the next-generation installment of the legendary fighting series. The Street Fighter IV Original Soundtrack 2-CD set is released on May 26, 2009 to retail through Sumthing Else Music Works. The physical CD will be distributed by Sumthing Distribution and the digital release will be available on Sumthing Digital and iTunes.  Look, we all know that Square Enix like to milk the merchandising teet dry, but this, this is something else. Does the world really need a 20-disc soundtrack for, of all things...  A port of the Playstation version this aint--Lunar: Harmony of Silver Star is a full remake of the original Sega CD Lunar. In 2000, fans of the original Lunar: The Silver...  It's been announced in the latest Famitsu that the PlayStation Portable will be home to the latest upgraded re-release of Game Arts' classic RPG, Lunar: The Silver Star.
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| The Queen Of England's Gold-Plated Wii
May 21, 2009 at 11:40 am
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| THQ knows that if you're going to deliver a Wii to Buckingham Palace to promote your new game no ordinary console will do, so they had one gold plated. The shiny Nintendo console was delivered to Buckingham Palace today as part of a marketing stunt meant to promote BIG Family Games, the latest title in THQ's BIG series. The game contains 24 classic family games, from lawn darts to bocce, which THQ product manager Danielle Robinson hopes the Royal Family will enjoy.  Not the first time this has been done, granted, but Komodo's Retro Adapter is certainly the most elegant way of using all your old Nintendo pads on the Wii. Due to come in at around $20 when it ships in July... At one time in your life, you probably got a thrill out of setting up blocks and watching them fall down. Unfortunately, that was probably back when you sucked your thumb and dined on pureed food.  On the week of the release of the new Boom Blox, one of the game's chief creators heads to ThatGameCompany. Video game designer Robin Hunicke, noticeable at any gaming event for having the reddest hair of anyone in attendance...  Pele now... With the release of the Wii MotionPlus add-on three weeks away, yet another game has been announced that will support the devices. Hot on the heels of Red...
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| Blur's Shocking Teaser Trailer
May 21, 2009 at 11:20 am
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|  Following up yesterday's screens from Bizarre Creation's new weapon-based racer comes this teaser trailer, which demonstrates that good looks only get you so far in Blur.Teaser trailer? More like taser trailer. While the screenshots did an admirable job of showing off the game's graphics, I believe this teaser trailer captures the game's essence. This isn't your average pretty yet boring racing game. I'm a little worried about their overuse of electrical effects, but this is Bizarre Creations we are talking about, so I will give them the benefit of the doubt until I see more. Bizarre Creations' Blur is "completely focused on making racing 'fun' again," according to its creators. You know the details, but do you know what Blur looks like? Well, it looks like this.  The second batch of downloadable content for Killzone 2 is due out next month, bringing two maps from the first Killzone to the PlayStation 3. The Flash and Thunder Pack contains two classic Killzone maps remade from the ground up for Killzone 2.  Today Sega delivers a wealth of screens, details, and even a teaser video for the upcoming update to Rebellion's original Aliens VS Predator. Like the PC original, the new Aliens VS Predator title will feature three separate campaign modes...  After teasing an announcement on Twitter this morning, Sega made a post on their official European blog revealing the first ever screens and details on their upcoming console and handheld adaptations of Jambo! Safari.
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| Games and Entertainment Visionaries Form 4mm Games
May 21, 2009 at 11:15 am
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| May 21, 2009 - NEW YORK, NY - 4mm Games, LLC ("4mm") today officially announced its formation. The company was founded by Rockstar Games co-founders Jamie King and Gary Foreman and former Image Metrics exec Nicholas Perrett, joined by Paul Coyne, a respected twenty year veteran of the technology and entertainment industries.  Jamie King and Gary Formeman, who founded Rockstar Games with three others, are teaming up with former Image Metrics and NBC execs to create a new video game studio. 4mm Games is developing "online worlds that will define social gaming"...  The past several weeks have seen the downloadable expansions for Grand Theft Auto IV at the center of several rumors. First came a report that the Lost and Damned would...  First month Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars did not impress. At least they weren't impressive to analysts, as the game's initial NPD figures came in far below expectations.
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| Warner Bros. Bids on Midway
May 21, 2009 at 10:54 am
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| Midway today announced that they have received a more than $33 million offer from Warner Bros. to buy out most of their company. "It's in writing now, that there is interest," said Geoffrey Mogilner, director of corporate communications for Midway, who added that the company has been in talks with other potential owners as well. Warner Bros has offered $33 million for bankrupt publisher Midway -- a sum which would be enough to purchase the majority of the company and its assets.According to the release, Warner Bros. When it took back the Lord of the Rings license earlier this year, it was clear Time Warner was beefing up its game arm, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Today... For years, EA held the license to the Lord of the Rings movies. So only EA could make games using the likenesses of Seans Astin and Bean. But no more. EA's deal is up... 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Pandemic Studios' Lord of the Rings: Conquest probably wasn't what most fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy universe were hoping for when it launched earlier this year.
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| North American Pangya Back In Business
May 21, 2009 at 10:40 am
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|  The North American version of Ntreev's popular online fantasy golf game Pangya is officially back in business as of today. Pangya is a free-to-play, microtransaction-based online game that banks on players purchasing new costumes and equipment for their adorable anime avatars. In an interview at the Nordic Game Conference today, Deadline Games director Søren Lund confirmed to 1UP that both episodes of the Watchmen downloadable game will be sold together on a retail disc soon.  As Nintendo's ongoing success in the games industry proves, having the most powerful pixel processing hardware isn't everything when it comes to appealing to the mass market.  Terminator Salvation is now available on the PC, but for many, it's not quite playable. Over at the official forums, multiple reports have emerged of installation errors, with many unable to resolve the problem.  Wii owners will be getting Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis via the forthcoming Staff of Kings, but Xbox 360 owners may soon getting a classic LucasArts adventure of their own.
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| GameStop Reports Record Quarter As Used Game Sales Flourish
May 21, 2009 at 10:20 am
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| Video game retailer GameStop reports record sales and earnings for first quarter 2009, with a slight drop in new game sales bolstered by a significant rise in used products. Despite the unstable economy, GameStop once again delivers a report indicating record sales and earnings to their doubtlessly overjoyed shareholders. Sales were up 9.2% compared to this time last year, with $1.98 billion dollars worth of product passed to consumers. Net earnings were up 13.4%, rising to $70.4 million from last year's $62.1 million. THQ knows that if you're going to deliver a Wii to Buckingham Palace to promote your new game no ordinary console will do, so they had one gold plated. The shiny Nintendo... Capcom isn't the only Japanese developer to be gun-shy about this year. Yokohama-based company Koei is also preventing staffers from attending the Los Angeles gaming convention. Ensemble Studios may not be around anymore, but its swan song lives on this week with the first batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360-exclusive Halo Wars. The Strategic Options add-on pack includes three new game modes--Keepaway...
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| Rockstar Co-Founders Form New Studio
May 21, 2009 at 10:00 am
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| Jamie King and Gary Formeman, who founded Rockstar Games with three others, are teaming up with former Image Metrics and NBC execs to create a new video game studio. 4mm Games is developing "online worlds that will define social gaming", according to the company's website. The studio is teaming with CEA Autumn Games in a multi-year partnership that will encompass multiple titles and platforms. During an interview at the Nordic Game Conference in Malmö, Sweden this week, Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans revealed to 1UP that the company will soon launch a...  Battle damage brawler Ikki Tousen: Shining Dragon is known just for that: battle damage. And since it's girls in sailor suits and maid outfits, damage comes in the form of shredded clothing. Last year, Atari announced it had buddied up with Rez HD and Lumines creators Q Entertainment for a pair of projects: the Live Arcade cash-in comp Qubed and the enigmatic "QJ.  ACE Team's original beautiful and bizarre first-person brawler Zeno Clash has been out for just shy of a month, but the Chilean developer is already hard at work on a sequel.
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| What Happens If You Don't Pay Your Speeding Ticket In Japan
May 21, 2009 at 9:20 am
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| To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Swine Flue Two Hope Tristan is feeling better... Previously, I got a speeding ticket for speeding. It was a trap, a set-up so to speak. And for one reason or another, I didn't pay it by the deadline the cops had set. _>Anyway! The police sent me a new ticket today with late charges. How much? A whopping 800 yen (about $8) more. That's kinda low, you know. Capcom isn't the only Japanese company that will have a more limited E3 presence than previously expected. Gamesindustry.biz is reporting that both Square Enix and Koei... Valve has revealed the final weapon unlock, for the Sniper vs Spy update coming to Team Fortress 2. Using the ancient art of "Jarate," the jar of urine that the Sniper keeps while he stakes out a position can be thrown like a grenade. Several Japanese game companies have restricted employee travel to the United States for this year's E3. For Osaka-based game maker Capcom, the basis for this decision was "travel restrictions".  When Kojima Productions launched a web teaser, many noticed "April 2007" written at the bottom of the page. People wondered what it referred to and if it was code for something.
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| Badge of Honor
May 21, 2009 at 9:01 am
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|  In2005, there was something really magical about getting my first E3 badge. Fewseem to relate to this – most journalists just regard it as a piece of plastic(which it is). But for me, it was a guaranteed entry into the ElectronicEntertainment Expo. At the time, E3 felt like the last arcade in America, aplace where video games surrounded every inch of the LA Convention Center.
 Ninokuni is a dream collaboration between Japanese developers Level 5 and anime craftsmen Studio Ghibli. And, because they are craftsmen, Ghibli are taking their sweet time on the game. We're down to a dozen finalists. I've emailed each of them to warn them to come read this post. Now's here how they can win: Since we expect you to write, and write under pressure...
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| Studio Ghibli Taking Their Time On DS Game
May 21, 2009 at 8:30 am
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| Ninokuni is a dream collaboration between Japanese developers Level 5 and anime craftsmen Studio Ghibli. And, because they are craftsmen, Ghibli are taking their sweet time on the game. With around 15 minutes of animation to be included on the cart, and the game due in Japan later this year, Ghibli's work should have been by now...  If there are Pokémon planes, Pokémon X-ray machines and Pokémon beverages, then damn skippy there should be camping goods. There are. Later next month, a line "Pikanicamp" outdoor goods go on sale.  It can be argued that many of Punch-Out's characters are big Nintendo names in their own right. Buuuuttt, eeehhh...they don't have the pulling power of, say, one of Nintendo's other characters. What better way than to pay Capcom a compliment for its hugely popular Monster Hunter franchise than ripping it off? Chinese game developers bring the world this: Hunter Blade.  What sort of video game -- a game for the Nintendo DS, no less -- requires the animation giants at Studio Ghibli to be working on it for the past ten months? Apparently...
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| Official Pokemon Camping Gear (Sure, Why Not?)
May 21, 2009 at 8:00 am
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| If there are Pokémon planes, Pokémon X-ray machines and Pokémon beverages, then damn skippy there should be camping goods. There are. Later next month, a line "Pikanicamp" outdoor goods go on sale. There are Pokémon Diamond/Pearl themed camping gear that includes chairs, mini-tables, flashlights, sunshades and leisure seats. Pokémon has been around for a while now — since 1996. Maybe it's time to spice up the franchise with a little more action to the hugely successful role-playing-game franchise.  When cutesy monster series Pokémon was being prepped for the Western market, localizers told Nintendo this: No way will adorable monsters be accepted by Americans.
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| Atlus Announces Demon's Souls for PS3
May 21, 2009 at 7:35 am
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| Atlus U.S.A., Inc., your shiningknights in armor, today announced that they have secured the North Americanpublishing rights for Demon's Souls, a groundbreaking action RPG experience forPLAYSTATION 3. Beautiful, compelling, and unforgiving, Demon's Souls is thehardcore RPG experience PLAYSTATION 3 system owners have been waiting for sincethe platform's launch. During an interview at the Nordic Game Conference in Malmö, Sweden this week, Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans revealed to 1UP that the company will soon launch a... At one time in your life, you probably got a thrill out of setting up blocks and watching them fall down. Unfortunately, that was probably back when you sucked your thumb and dined on pureed food.  It would appear as if the machines are rising up against the PC edition of Terminator Salvation. After the game's release on Tuesday, purchasers of the PC edition flocked to publisher Evolved Games' message boards... 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Pandemic Studios' Lord of the Rings: Conquest probably wasn't what most fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy universe were hoping for when it launched earlier this year.
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| Punch-Out Caters To Nintendo Fanboys With A Secret Character
May 21, 2009 at 7:30 am
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| It can be argued that many of Punch-Out's characters are big Nintendo names in their own right. Buuuuttt, eeehhh...they don't have the pulling power of, say, one of Nintendo's other characters. Punch-Out!! - more footage of that secret character [Go Nintendo]  Did you get hold of one of those Punch-Out "Heavyweight Contender Kits" from Amazon? We hope, for your sake, that you planned on displaying those King Hippo shorts, and not actually wearing them.  According to the NPD Group, the fine market research folks who bring us batches of numbers every month, more Americans played video games in the past six months than went to a movie theater.  Everything old is new again, as Nintendo and developer Next Level Games brings the classic boxing game Punch-Out!! to the Nintendo Wii. It's the original game all over again...
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| SEGA Announces Jambo Safari Animal Rescue
May 21, 2009 at 7:24 am
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| SEGA of America, Inc., and SEGAEurope Ltd., today announced Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue, an action packedAfrican adventure exclusively for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Hitting stores latein 2009, Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue takes the fun and excitement of the classic1990’s arcade title and reinvents it with modern graphics and deeper gameplay. Not the first time this has been done, granted, but Komodo's Retro Adapter is certainly the most elegant way of using all your old Nintendo pads on the Wii. Due to come in at around $20 when it ships in July... At one time in your life, you probably got a thrill out of setting up blocks and watching them fall down. Unfortunately, that was probably back when you sucked your thumb and dined on pureed food. On the week of the release of the new Boom Blox, one of the game's chief creators heads to ThatGameCompany. Video game designer Robin Hunicke, noticeable at any gaming event for having the reddest hair of anyone in attendance... Pele now... With the release of the Wii MotionPlus add-on three weeks away, yet another game has been announced that will support the devices. Hot on the heels of Red...
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| Tom Clancy's HAWX Russian Falcons DLC Available Now
May 21, 2009 at 7:23 am
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| Today Ubisoft announces that the"Russian Falcons” downloadable content (DLC) pack for Tom Clancy's HAWX for theXbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3 will be available on May 21, 2009. The price forthe Russian Falcons DLC is 400 Microsoft Points or $4.99 for the PLAYSTATION 3system. Unleash the power of Russianaircraft, including the advanced Mig Multifunctional Frontline Fighter, thevariable geometry-featured Flogger or the close air support Su-39... Looks like Sony is serious about adding new "PSone Classics" to the PlayStation Store, as a few original PlayStation heavy hitters appear to be en route. The ESRB has rated five new PSone Classics candidates. The second batch of downloadable content for Killzone 2 is due out next month, bringing two maps from the first Killzone to the PlayStation 3. The Flash and Thunder Pack contains two classic Killzone maps remade from the ground up for Killzone 2. Just over a year ago at E3 2008, Microsoft announced it had secured Xbox 360/PC exclusivity for Fallout 3 downloadable content. Now, three releases down the line, that agreement has come to an end...  In some downloadable content news, it was revealed today that Fallout 3 will release two more expansion packs later this year, while Halo Wars releases the first patch of DLC today on Xbox Live.
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| China's Take On Monster Hunter
May 21, 2009 at 7:00 am
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| What better way than to pay Capcom a compliment for its hugely popular Monster Hunter franchise than ripping it off? Chinese game developers bring the world this: Hunter Blade. You can watch game footage and marvel at the ballsiness of the game — and font, even. It's not Monster Hunter. Oh, no. This is different. This is Hunter Blade.  The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus asks that Canada, Russia, China, Mexico, and Spain please cut down on the software piracy. Thanks! The five countries are the ones singled out by the Anti-Piracy Caucus as priorities for 2009...  Sure, Namco Bandai's Queen's Blade Spiral Chaos makes suggestive use of milk, but the PSP game is also packed with pointy and bouncy things. Queen's Blade is originally... Capcom has released the first in a series of video tutorials for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the PlayStation Portable, in which a man with far too thick an accent discusses porcupines.
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| Capcom Wises Up, Promises Punctual Steam Releases
May 21, 2009 at 6:30 am
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| As an avid PC gamer, and a dedicated Steam user, few things grind my gears like delayed Steam releases. You know the kind. Game comes out on console, then PC, then Steam, weeks later. There are many publishers that, for some reason, do things this way. Even when it's just a PC game, the Steam release lags behind. Thankfully, Capcom should no longer one of "those" companies, promising to try a lot harder to give Steam users the same kind of service dished out to console gamers. Capcom's Chris Svensson:  The first episodic Watchmen game was awful. Which is probably why we've heard little of the second. Still, the game's publishers are soldiering on, and will be releasing the pair on a retail disc. Thanks to the doubly good update for the Spy and Sniper classes, Team Fortress 2 will be playable for free this weekend to Steam users who for some bizarre reason wouldn't already have the game. When word first got out on Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain, many assumed it would be a sequel to their adventure game Indigo Prophecy. That theory didn't pan out, with the...
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| This Is A PSP Survey On Download Rental Services
May 21, 2009 at 6:00 am
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|  An online survey from market research firm TNS Interactive quizzed folks not only about game purchasing habits, but also a proposed PSP rental service with subscription option. So... Who's up for renting PSP games via download service? Thanks NoBullet for the tip! Ninokuni is a dream collaboration between Japanese developers Level 5 and anime craftsmen Studio Ghibli. And, because they are craftsmen, Ghibli are taking their sweet time on the game. If there are Pokémon planes, Pokémon X-ray machines and Pokémon beverages, then damn skippy there should be camping goods. There are. Later next month, a line "Pikanicamp" outdoor goods go on sale. It can be argued that many of Punch-Out's characters are big Nintendo names in their own right. Buuuuttt, eeehhh...they don't have the pulling power of, say, one of Nintendo's other characters.
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