| Have Evangelion's Misato Read Your The News
May 27, 2009 at 10:00 pm
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|   The PS3 isn't getting a Neon Genesis Evangelion game from Namco Bandai and Cellius just yet — but rather, a live news program. Make that, a live news anchored program by character Misato. The news program runs on software that collects news from real-life news (politics, the economy, sports and, yes, the anime industry). A Cellius voice synthesis engine is used to have Misato read said news in real time on this Nerv News 24 television program.  We got a chance to go hands-on with EA Montreal's follow up to the original Army of Two a few weeks prior to E3, a chance to strap on the Kevlar vest again. The two private...  One of the titles that appeared in Sony's first PlayStation 3 "sizzle" trailer at E3 2005 was a first-person shooter named Killing Day. Heavy on destruction, light on details, Killing Day soon disappeared.  After job advertisements and some exquisite leaked footage prematurely lifted the lid on the game last year, THQ have just officially announced Space Marine, a Warhammer 40K "Action RPG".
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| Army of Two: The 40th Day Preview: Total Fistbump Destruction
May 27, 2009 at 9:30 pm
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| We got a chance to go hands-on with EA Montreal's follow up to the original Army of Two a few weeks prior to E3, a chance to strap on the Kevlar vest again. The two private military contractors players controlled in the first are back in Army of Two: The 40th Day, a game that looks to have addressed some of the concerns and criticisms levied against the first...  Ubisoft announced this morning that they'll be partnering once again with record-breaking snowboarder Shaun White for a followup to last year's Shaun White Snowboarding.  Even endangered furry space creatures are enamored with our mechanical pals, as evidenced by the latest robot we love, Clank. Insomniac's little robot buddy is the co-star...  Who doesn't love the introduction of a pint-sized sidekick who cracks wise in established franchises? I know I do. So I hope these new screens of Army of Two: The 40th Day are telling.
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| 40K: Space Marine Finally, Officially Announced
May 27, 2009 at 9:00 pm
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| After job advertisements and some exquisite leaked footage prematurely lifted the lid on the game last year, THQ have just officially announced Space Marine, a Warhammer 40K "Action RPG". A few things to note: while the original material suggested that "THQ Australia" were working on the game, the official announcement says that Dawn of War and Company of Heroes developers Relic are behind it...  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.  Hack-and-slash role-playing games have long been better fits on the PC than they have been on consoles. There have been exceptions to that rule of course, and now Sacred...  XSEED has teamed up with developer GungHo Works to bring the Nintendo DS version of popular 2D online game Ragnarok Online to North America this winter. Losing the massively...  It's NPD sales day today at Kotaku Tower, which means not only console sales data, but PC data as well. Like the top 20-selling retail PC games for the month of April.
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| Ubisoft's Killing Day Still Alive?
May 27, 2009 at 8:40 pm
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| One of the titles that appeared in Sony's first PlayStation 3 "sizzle" trailer at E3 2005 was a first-person shooter named Killing Day. Heavy on destruction, light on details, Killing Day soon disappeared. Until now. Based on a newly filed trademark from Ubisoft, the game may not be dead after all, as someone at the company appears to have interest in keeping Killing Day protected...  The newest trailer for Ubisoft's Rayman-free Wii exclusive Rabbids Go Home features a brief cameo by what appears to be President Barack Obama and Barack Obama's man panties.  As part of its earnings announcement in late April, Ubisoft said that its new sports franchise Shaun White Snowboarding had sold 3 million units. That number was moderately surprising...  The PlayStation 3 is becoming known for its range of quirky, nontraditional games, such as Flow, Flower, and Noby Noby Boy. Now, one of the first announced titles to fit into this alternative category has been given a due date.  With just four days left until E3 2009 kicks off, Microsoft's press conference first out of the gate, speculation runs rampant, fanboy bunkers are being built, and countdown clocks come ever closer to death.
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| EA's E3 2009 Lineup Is Huge
May 27, 2009 at 8:20 pm
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|  Electronic Arts has announced its "final" E3 2009 lineup, a list of games it plans to showcase at next week's video game expo. EA's list is expansive, making the more profitable competition's showing look minuscule. Some of the titles, like EA Sports Active and The Sims 3 aren't exactly new, nor are they necessarily worth dedicating precious E3 time to. Others are further off, like the 2010 release Dante's Inferno and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. But it's a heckuva collection of code, some of which we've already played, some of which we haven't.  After posting consecutive quarterly financial results that have been deemed disappointments by many analysts, Electronic Arts' future is now more than ever being called into question.  In one week, E3 will reveal just about every major game you will be able to play in the next year. For racing game fans, these are the big ones expected at the big show: Blur - Activision is hoping for a Call Of Duty-scale new racing franchise...  It's official. Activision is headed to E3 and it's bringing with it a bunch of games, including the highly anticipated Modern Warfare 2 and the nervously anticipated Tony Hawk: Ride.  The first round of Kotaku's Robot Wars have left four U.S. cities in ruins and four video game robots nothing more than mounds of melted plastic and metal. Who survived to fight again? Well that all depends on who you ask.
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| Raving Rabbids Leave Obama Pantsless In New Trailer
May 27, 2009 at 8:00 pm
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| The newest trailer for Ubisoft's Rayman-free Wii exclusive Rabbids Go Home features a brief cameo by what appears to be President Barack Obama and Barack Obama's man panties. Oh, it's zany alright. The newest trailer for Rabbids Go Home explains what the upcoming Wii game is all about: collecting anything and everything the bucktoothed rabbit beasts can get their nubby paws on, then building a pile that reaches the moon. It's not unlike a Rabbid-laden Katamari Damacy, with the charm removed. One of the titles that appeared in Sony's first PlayStation 3 "sizzle" trailer at E3 2005 was a first-person shooter named Killing Day. Heavy on destruction, light on details, Killing Day soon disappeared. As part of its earnings announcement in late April, Ubisoft said that its new sports franchise Shaun White Snowboarding had sold 3 million units. That number was moderately surprising... In one week, E3 will reveal just about every major game you will be able to play in the next year. For racing game fans, these are the big ones expected at the big show: Blur - Activision is hoping for a Call Of Duty-scale new racing franchise... With just four days left until E3 2009 kicks off, Microsoft's press conference first out of the gate, speculation runs rampant, fanboy bunkers are being built, and countdown clocks come ever closer to death.
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| Rumor: Mass Layoffs Hit Bionic Commando Developer GRIN
May 27, 2009 at 7:40 pm
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|  Sweden-based developer GRIN is said to be the latest game studio hit by cutbacks, as multiple sources have told Kotaku that the Bionic Commando and Terminator: Salvation dev has laid off more than 100 staffers. GRIN, which has development offices in Sweden, Spain and Indonesia, is rumored to be in the process of shuttering its Gothenburg and Barcelona-based annexes. Layoffs at its headquarters in Stockholm are rumored to amount to nearly 30. That reduction in staff and studios is said to affect somewhere between 100 and 160 employees total.  Capcom and GRIN spring Nathan "RAD" Spencer from prison, dust off his shiny metal arm, and turn him loose against the forces of evil in Bionic Commando, the sequel to the original NES classic.  Troubled real-time strategy and role-playing developer Big Huge Games lives on, with Curt Schilling's 38 Studios stepping up at the last moment for a late game save. 38 Studios has purchased Big Huge Games from THQ...  Terminator Salvation: The Machinima series uses footage from Terminator Salvation the video game to tell the story of pilot Blair Williams and how she joined the resistance years before the events of the movie.
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| Robots, Toys and E3
May 27, 2009 at 7:20 pm
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| To: Ash From: Crecente I spent today up to my eyeballs, figuratively, in robots, automatons and E3 shhhhhhheduling. I think I've finally locked everyone down for our coverage, so now we know who is covering what, etc. etc. That certainly helps. We've got a pretty strong line-up of interviews, hands-ons and whatnots. I especially like the whatnots. Now to ensure we've got all of the logistics handled. And finally, to go and absorb... oh and report. Electronic Arts has announced its "final" E3 2009 lineup, a list of games it plans to showcase at next week's video game expo. EA's list is expansive, making the more profitable competition's showing look minuscule. In one week, E3 will reveal just about every major game you will be able to play in the next year. For racing game fans, these are the big ones expected at the big show: Blur - Activision is hoping for a Call Of Duty-scale new racing franchise...  Splinter Cell fans won't have to wait much longer for the latest entry in the franchise. In today's full-year investor call (via Videogaming247), Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot took the time to narrow down the release date for Conviction... It's official. Activision is headed to E3 and it's bringing with it a bunch of games, including the highly anticipated Modern Warfare 2 and the nervously anticipated Tony Hawk: Ride.
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| Flower, Sun, and Rain for the Nintendo DS Goes Gold
May 27, 2009 at 7:19 pm
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|  Marvelous Entertainment USA andXSEED Games announced today that Flower, Sun, and Rain for the Nintendo DS hasofficially gone gold and will ship to retail outlets nationwide starting on June16, 2009. Originally created for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainmentsystem, the DS port brings the same creative quirks that made the original acult classic, while also incorporating the touch screen functionality of the DSalong with some additional content. The PlayStation 3 is becoming known for its range of quirky, nontraditional games, such as Flow, Flower, and Noby Noby Boy. Now, one of the first announced titles to fit into this alternative category has been given a due date.  Namco Bandai Games announced that The Idolmaster, the successful (and not one bit creepy) series of Japanese games were you play a producer trying to make big music stars out of teenage girls, is coming to the Nintendo DS.
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| Before E3 Corrupts Us, Games For Change Festival Kicks Off
May 27, 2009 at 7:00 pm
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|  Games that are frivolous and possibly useless to society will be showcased next week at E3, but this week, in New York, games designed for the good of the world get the spotlight. The sixth-annual, two-day Games For Change festival kicks off in New York City tomorrow at Parsons The New School for Design kicks off tomorrow and runs through Friday, bookended by keynotes from Pulitzer-prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof and Spore executive producer Lucy Bradshaw.  “LEGO Battles offers a different type of game play to our other titles” Think of the name LEGO and all sorts of images come to mind – from the smallpiece...  Gaming's Citizen Kane Moment. Don't roll your eyes just yet! Director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Cronos) is here to tell us how its going to happen: convergence. And it's starting now with gaming's Model T.
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| More Raiden Coming To North American Xbox 360s
May 27, 2009 at 6:40 pm
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|  No, not that Raiden. Raiden IV, the top down scrolling shmup released in Japan for the Xbox 360 last year year is headed to North America, courtesy of publisher UFO Interactive. The publisher has confirmed to 1UP (and does a new ESRB rating) that the most recent entry in the long-running Raiden shooter series will grace these shores in August. With Raiden Fighters Aces just recently released by publisher Valcon for the Xbox 360, this will be a very Raiden year. As part of its earnings announcement in late April, Ubisoft said that its new sports franchise Shaun White Snowboarding had sold 3 million units. That number was moderately surprising...  Curt Schilling might have been a starter in his Hall of Fame-worthy career as a major league baseball pitcher, but the ace added a rare save to his resume today. Schilling's 38 Studios today announced the acquisition of Big Huge Games from THQ...  When it launched in 2005, the Xbox 360 was, certain issues aside, a successful product. But it was also drab. Lifeless. Until, in 2008, along came the avatars. First officially unveiled at E3 2008...
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| Analyst Says EA has 'Missed the Current Hardware Cycle'
May 27, 2009 at 6:39 pm
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|  After posting consecutive quarterly financial results that have been deemed disappointments by many analysts, Electronic Arts' future is now more than ever being called into question. And according to an often critical new report from analyst Cowen Research, these financial troubles may be catching up with them. The report says that EA has "missed the current hardware cycle," and that the publisher is not likely to return to historical levels of operating income "anytime soon" (via GamesIndustry. Electronic Arts has announced its "final" E3 2009 lineup, a list of games it plans to showcase at next week's video game expo. EA's list is expansive, making the more profitable competition's showing look minuscule. No, not that Raiden. Raiden IV, the top down scrolling shmup released in Japan for the Xbox 360 last year year is headed to North America, courtesy of publisher UFO Interactive.  May 27, 2009 - As part of its fiscal year-end financial report today, publisher Ubisoft gave guidance on release dates for some of its upcoming games, including Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction.  At another Electronic Arts event, this time down in Los Angeles, we got another opportunity to check out Spore Hero for the Nintendo Wii. This is an entirely new game built specifically for the Wii...
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| Rounding Up E3 2009's Most Popular Rumors -- Will They Happen?
May 27, 2009 at 6:25 pm
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E3 2009 is nearly upon us, and with it should come the resolution of quite a few rumors that have popped up over the past few months... Electronic Arts has announced its "final" E3 2009 lineup, a list of games it plans to showcase at next week's video game expo. EA's list is expansive, making the more profitable competition's showing look minuscule. In one week, E3 will reveal just about every major game you will be able to play in the next year. For racing game fans, these are the big ones expected at the big show: Blur - Activision is hoping for a Call Of Duty-scale new racing franchise... It's official. Activision is headed to E3 and it's bringing with it a bunch of games, including the highly anticipated Modern Warfare 2 and the nervously anticipated Tony Hawk: Ride.  The News: VG247 reports that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has confirmed that MAG will be playable for journalists at E3. According to the report, the press will be part of eight-man squads led by developers.
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| Kotaku's E3 2009 Predictions
May 27, 2009 at 6:20 pm
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| With just four days left until E3 2009 kicks off, Microsoft's press conference first out of the gate, speculation runs rampant, fanboy bunkers are being built, and countdown clocks come ever closer to death. So too must Kotaku post its annual E3 predictions, a mix of truth, rumor and thinly veiled mockery. Will Sony announce a PlayStation 3 price drop and redesign? Will Virtual Boy games make their way to the Wii's Virtual Console? Will Microsoft give us the sequel to Blood Wake we've been waiting for? Is the PC gaming industry ready for the next generation PC2? As part of its earnings announcement in late April, Ubisoft said that its new sports franchise Shaun White Snowboarding had sold 3 million units. That number was moderately surprising...  Playstation 3 exclusive inFamous is the AAA highlight for the coming week; it releases on Tuesday. Codemasters' alternate-reality Damnation leads a light week for 360.  This week's Japanese hardware contest wasn't a proud one, with total hardware unit sales just barely cracking the 100,000 mark. Not good. But it was a winning week for the Nintendo DSi and Wii.
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| Blur Devs Discuss In-Game Social Networking
May 27, 2009 at 6:12 pm
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| Between Twitter, Facebook and a hundred other applications, social networking on the Internet has gotten to the point where we can't imagine life with it. That in mind, the Blur devs have decided to do a little social networking of their own.Asked in a recent UGO interview to explain Blur's in-game social network, community manager Ben Ward said, "The whole reason the social network exists is to deliver the storyline in a way that isn't ridiculous or cheesy. You've seen other racing games and they have cut-scenes. I won't mention any names." We got a chance to go hands-on with EA Montreal's follow up to the original Army of Two a few weeks prior to E3, a chance to strap on the Kevlar vest again. The two private... Games that are frivolous and possibly useless to society will be showcased next week at E3, but this week, in New York, games designed for the good of the world get the spotlight. In one week, E3 will reveal just about every major game you will be able to play in the next year. For racing game fans, these are the big ones expected at the big show: Blur - Activision is hoping for a Call Of Duty-scale new racing franchise... It's official. Activision is headed to E3 and it's bringing with it a bunch of games, including the highly anticipated Modern Warfare 2 and the nervously anticipated Tony Hawk: Ride.
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| E3 2009 Preview: These Are The Big Racing Games, We Think
May 27, 2009 at 6:00 pm
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| In one week, E3 will reveal just about every major game you will be able to play in the next year. For racing game fans, these are the big ones expected at the big show: Blur - Activision is hoping for a Call Of Duty-scale new racing franchise, from Bizarre Creations. Realistic cars, low-stress handling, mixed with Mario Kart -style pick-ups on the track. (Expected for all major platforms) After job advertisements and some exquisite leaked footage prematurely lifted the lid on the game last year, THQ have just officially announced Space Marine, a Warhammer 40K "Action RPG". Electronic Arts has announced its "final" E3 2009 lineup, a list of games it plans to showcase at next week's video game expo. EA's list is expansive, making the more profitable competition's showing look minuscule. The newest trailer for Ubisoft's Rayman-free Wii exclusive Rabbids Go Home features a brief cameo by what appears to be President Barack Obama and Barack Obama's man panties.
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| Ubisoft Narrows Down Release Windows For Upcoming Games
May 27, 2009 at 5:51 pm
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| Splinter Cell fans won't have to wait much longer for the latest entry in the franchise. In today's full-year investor call (via Videogaming247), Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot took the time to narrow down the release date for Conviction, as well as several other games.According to Guillemot, Assassin's Creed 2, Conviction, Red Steel 2, Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage and Rabbids Go Home are all due between November and December of this year. After that, R.U.S.E, I Am Alive and a new Ghost Recon will be leading off 2010. One of the titles that appeared in Sony's first PlayStation 3 "sizzle" trailer at E3 2005 was a first-person shooter named Killing Day. Heavy on destruction, light on details, Killing Day soon disappeared. The newest trailer for Ubisoft's Rayman-free Wii exclusive Rabbids Go Home features a brief cameo by what appears to be President Barack Obama and Barack Obama's man panties. As part of its earnings announcement in late April, Ubisoft said that its new sports franchise Shaun White Snowboarding had sold 3 million units. That number was moderately surprising... May 27, 2009 - As part of its fiscal year-end financial report today, publisher Ubisoft gave guidance on release dates for some of its upcoming games, including Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction.
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| GameTrailers TV Reveals Bethesda's Next Game Thursday
May 27, 2009 at 5:40 pm
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| Keep your internal E3 hype-generating engine running smoothly, by tuning in to this week's GameTrailers TV. Especially if you want your first look at Fallout 3 developer Bethesda Softworks' next game. The show will air the first trailer of whatever Bethesda has up its sleeve, giving fans ample reason to tune in...  The latest cycle in the mindf*** that is the Kojima Productions "NEXT" countdown page went live this evening, and beyond flashing two new letters ("P" and "R"), those who wait long enough can get startled with the face of a younger-looking Snake.  The last Kojima Productions countdown clock wasn't exactly climatic. This one will hopefully make up for it. The lighting and rain return, but the letters "R" and "P" flash on the screen.  Konami's cryptic online teaser for Hideo Kojima's next project has fittingly done to countdowns what the Metal Gear Solid series did to videogame storytelling -- made them absurdly convoluted and impenetrable (oh, we kid, we kid).
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| High Voltage Software Announces Another Wii-Exclusive
May 27, 2009 at 5:22 pm
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| Fresh off announcing gory Wii-exclusive Gladiator AD, High Voltage Software has announced yet another Wii-exclusive. This one will be a Left 4 Dead style first-person shooter supporting four-player cooperative play."We've been playing a lot of Left 4 Dead and there really isn't that kind of frantic cooperative experience on the Wii right now," chief creative officer Eric Nofsinger told IGN. One of the titles that appeared in Sony's first PlayStation 3 "sizzle" trailer at E3 2005 was a first-person shooter named Killing Day. Heavy on destruction, light on details, Killing Day soon disappeared. The newest trailer for Ubisoft's Rayman-free Wii exclusive Rabbids Go Home features a brief cameo by what appears to be President Barack Obama and Barack Obama's man panties. As part of its earnings announcement in late April, Ubisoft said that its new sports franchise Shaun White Snowboarding had sold 3 million units. That number was moderately surprising... In one week, E3 will reveal just about every major game you will be able to play in the next year. For racing game fans, these are the big ones expected at the big show: Blur - Activision is hoping for a Call Of Duty-scale new racing franchise... When it launched in 2005, the Xbox 360 was, certain issues aside, a successful product. But it was also drab. Lifeless. Until, in 2008, along came the avatars. First officially unveiled at E3 2008...
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| And Then Free Realms Surpassed 2 Million Players
May 27, 2009 at 5:20 pm
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|  A week and a half after reaching the million player mark, Sony Online Entertainment's Free Realms has gone and doubled it. The player population of Free Realms continues to grow at a ridiculous rate, hitting the two million player milestone within a month of the game's official launch. According to SOE, the game is a big hit with its target audience, with 75% of its registrants under age 17 and 46% under 13. Female gamers are particularly taken with the title, representing a third of the population. Once again, SOE president John Smedley is beside himself with excitement.  Profits were up, income was down and the Imagine games sold tons in the last 12 months, according to year-end financial results released by Ubisoft today. The company took in $890.  We continue our week-long tribute to the video game robots that we love with a Star Wars droid that loves you too, meatbag. Original characters created for video games set in the Star Wars universe rarely earn the sort of love we hold for HK-47...  It's safe to assume that James Bond isn't a big massively multiplayer online game player. Sure, he has probably dabbled with World of Warcraft on one of those long flights from England to Russia, but we doubt orcs and paladins are really his thing.
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| Pirates: Duels on the High Seas Available Now
May 27, 2009 at 3:51 pm
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| O-Games announced today thatPirates: Duels on the High Seas is now available at all retail stores nationwidefor the Nintendo DS. Pirates: Duels on the High Seas is afrantic, seafaring shoot-em up game that encompasses naval battles, runningblockades, fighting pirates, battling sea monsters and discovering treasure.Gather your strongest sailors and prepare to embark on the adventure of alifetime. Set a course for an epic adventure looking for the “Seven Keys of theSeven Seas” in an era when Britannia ruled the waves and pirates terrorized theoceans. Namco Bandai Games announced that The Idolmaster, the successful (and not one bit creepy) series of Japanese games were you play a producer trying to make big music stars out of teenage girls, is coming to the Nintendo DS.  At its surface, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier is nothing more than a generic Japanese role-playing game that was seemingly cranked out of an RPG-O-Matic machine.  If you like the recently released Bubble Bobble Plus! for WiiWare, then brace yourself -- there's plenty more where that came from.Taito has announced Bust-A-Move Plus...
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| Newly Patched Crash Commando Gets Demo Tomorrow, DLC Soon
May 27, 2009 at 3:48 pm
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|  Good news today for fans of the side-scrolling multiplayer shooter Crash Commando today: Not only has the game been patched, but some unspecified DLC and new game modes are coming "in the near future." Beyond that, we don't really have any indication of what the content will be or when it's coming.As for the patch, quite a lot has been updated. Most notably, the game now supports game launching from Home, matchmaking, custom soundtracks, and a whole smattering of improvements to the interface and online play. You can check out the full list here.  Looks like Microsoft and iNiS are challenging SingStar for a second year in a row. They've announced Lips: Number One Hits, the sequel to last year's Xbox 360-exclusive karaoke title.  Koei announced in this week's edition of Famitsu magazine that Omega-Force, the development division responsible for the Dynasty Warriors series, is working on a new title.  Speaking to analysts earlier today, Ubisoft representatives said that several of their upcoming triple-A titles will be getting downloadable content. Assassin's Creed 2...  High Voltage are working on The Conduit. And Gladiator AD. And now they've just revealed a third game, only a day after revealing Gladiator. Slow down, guys! This third title is called The Grinder...  Today's newly announced The Ballad of Gay Tony episode for Grand Theft Auto IV was only half of Rockstar's GTA news. The other half could usher in a new approach to downloadable content.
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| Microsoft Announces Lips Sequel
May 27, 2009 at 3:42 pm
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| Looks like Microsoft and iNiS are challenging SingStar for a second year in a row. They've announced Lips: Number One Hits, the sequel to last year's Xbox 360-exclusive karaoke title.From the looks of it, not much will be changing for thse second go around. Number One Hits will feature a new soundtrack, but will also work with existing microphones as well as all of the original's DLC.  The developers of popular Half-Life mod Natural Selection are preparing to release standalone sequel Natural Selection 2 this year via Steam, and we've got the exclusive teaser trailer to prove it.  Ubisoft announced this morning that they'll be partnering once again with record-breaking snowboarder Shaun White for a followup to last year's Shaun White Snowboarding. Capcom and GRIN spring Nathan "RAD" Spencer from prison, dust off his shiny metal arm, and turn him loose against the forces of evil in Bionic Commando, the sequel to the original NES classic.
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| Unknown Worlds Triumphantly Teases Natural Selection 2
May 27, 2009 at 3:40 pm
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| The developers of popular Half-Life mod Natural Selection are preparing to release standalone sequel Natural Selection 2 this year via Steam, and we've got the exclusive teaser trailer to prove it.Last we heard, the development of the standalone sequel to one of the most played Half-Life 2 mods had hit a financial snag, with developers forced to sell their bodies Sodoku to get by. Now we learn that grassroots fund raising and investor capital have given developer Unknown Worlds all they need to finish the game, which will be released later this year via Steam. Looks like Microsoft and iNiS are challenging SingStar for a second year in a row. They've announced Lips: Number One Hits, the sequel to last year's Xbox 360-exclusive karaoke title. Ubisoft announced this morning that they'll be partnering once again with record-breaking snowboarder Shaun White for a followup to last year's Shaun White Snowboarding. Capcom and GRIN spring Nathan "RAD" Spencer from prison, dust off his shiny metal arm, and turn him loose against the forces of evil in Bionic Commando, the sequel to the original NES classic.
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| Bionic Commando: Rearmed is Available for Half Price on XBLA
May 27, 2009 at 3:39 pm
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| Capcom is pleased to announce thatfor a limited time, 360 owners can purchase the digital download title, BionicCommando: Rearmed, for just 400MS Points on Xbox Live Arcade. Bionic Commando: Rearmed is areworking of the classic 8-bit title, Bionic Commando, which originally released20 years ago on the NES. BCR brings intense side-scrolling shooting andgrappling action up-to-date with stunning new HD visuals, weapons and bionic armfunctionality. The musical score has also been redone to add a contemporary toneto this amazing new experience. Capcom and GRIN spring Nathan "RAD" Spencer from prison, dust off his shiny metal arm, and turn him loose against the forces of evil in Bionic Commando, the sequel to the original NES classic.  Two weeks after less-than-credible rumors about a special game-enabled Zune phone, Microsoft has officially announced the first non-music crossover functionality between its multimedia handheld and game console.  Last week, Conduit devs High Voltage Software promised that a new IP would be revealed at E3. Well, the convention is still a week away, but High Voltage has unveiled Gladiator AD anyway...
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| Prepare to take Damnation Online as Vertical Shooter hits Retail
May 27, 2009 at 3:36 pm
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| Damnation, the game that turns thecorridor shooter on its head with its mix of huge vertigo-inducing levels andacrobatic, fluid-movement gunplay, is now available for the Xbox 360, thePLAYSTATION 3 and PC. In Damnation players assume the roleof hero Captain Hamilton Rourke as he embarks on an epic journey to reveal thesinister truth behind Prescott Standard Industries, led by industrialist magnateW... When it launched in 2005, the Xbox 360 was, certain issues aside, a successful product. But it was also drab. Lifeless. Until, in 2008, along came the avatars. First officially unveiled at E3 2008... Namco Bandai Games announced that The Idolmaster, the successful (and not one bit creepy) series of Japanese games were you play a producer trying to make big music stars out of teenage girls, is coming to the Nintendo DS.  The producers of Scratch: The Ultimate DJ revealed the first images of their turntable-based controller today in preparation for its showing at E3. The game is due out for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3...
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| Dynasty Warriors Creators Announce New Fantasy RPG
May 27, 2009 at 3:28 pm
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| Koei announced in this week's edition of Famitsu magazine that Omega-Force, the development division responsible for the Dynasty Warriors series, is working on a new title. The game, called Trinity: Zill O'll Zero, will come out for the PS3 sometime this winter in Japan; no US release has been announced, but given Koei's previous track record, it's pretty likely to come out here.Trinity is set in the world of Zill O'll, a Japan-only RPG first released on the PlayStation in 1999 and later expanded and re-released on the PS2 and PSP.  Japanese game-mag publisher Enterbrain released figures in this week's issue of Famitsu ranking the top 30 best-selling games in Japan so far in 2009. The winner, as you'd expect, is Capcom's Resident Evil 5, with. High Voltage are working on The Conduit. And Gladiator AD. And now they've just revealed a third game, only a day after revealing Gladiator. Slow down, guys! This third title is called The Grinder... At another Electronic Arts event, this time down in Los Angeles, we got another opportunity to check out Spore Hero for the Nintendo Wii. This is an entirely new game built specifically for the Wii...
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| Castlevania Movie Cancelled
May 27, 2009 at 3:28 pm
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|  The long (and I mean long) in development film adaptation of everyone's favorite vampire hunter game, Castlevania, has been shelved. Sources close to the project confirmed to Bloody Disgusting that the Paul W.S. Anderson adaptation has been put on hold... for now at least. The project, originally announced with Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer) attached to direct, recently went out to new directors after White dropped off the project. When no suitable replacement could be found, the movie officially found its way into "development hell." The News: VG247 reports that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has confirmed that MAG will be playable for journalists at E3. According to the report, the press will be part of eight-man squads led by developers.  Level-5 has announced the first firm details of the games it plans to release on the mobile-phone portion of their ROID game service. The mobile games will be available... Ubisoft announced this morning that they'll be partnering once again with record-breaking snowboarder Shaun White for a followup to last year's Shaun White Snowboarding.
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| Bionic Commando Review: Grabbing Hands Grab All They Can
May 27, 2009 at 3:20 pm
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| Capcom and GRIN spring Nathan "RAD" Spencer from prison, dust off his shiny metal arm, and turn him loose against the forces of evil in Bionic Commando, the sequel to the original NES classic. Much has changed since Nathan Spencer first took on imperialist Nazi forces on a mission to rescue Super Joe...  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...  This week, two NES era favorites get remade and re-imagined, but identically titled, as both Punch-Out!! for the Wii and Bionic Commando for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ship in North America.  Launching back on the NES overtwenty years ago, the original Bionic Commando was one of those titles thatstays fresh in the minds of gamers, and harking back to the best period of NESdevelopment, if not gaming on the whole.
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| Wii Lands Exclusive Shaun White Snowboarding Sequel
May 27, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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| Ubisoft announced this morning that they'll be partnering once again with record-breaking snowboarder Shaun White for a followup to last year's Shaun White Snowboarding. The Ubisoft Montreal developed sequel -- titled Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage -- will be a Wii exclusive when it arrives in stores this holiday season...  Profits were up, income was down and the Imagine games sold tons in the last 12 months, according to year-end financial results released by Ubisoft today. The company took in $890. When it launched in 2005, the Xbox 360 was, certain issues aside, a successful product. But it was also drab. Lifeless. Until, in 2008, along came the avatars. First officially unveiled at E3 2008... Capcom and GRIN spring Nathan "RAD" Spencer from prison, dust off his shiny metal arm, and turn him loose against the forces of evil in Bionic Commando, the sequel to the original NES classic.
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| THQ Announces Resignation of Executive Vice President, Publishing
May 27, 2009 at 3:10 pm
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|  May 27, 2009 - AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that Scott Guthrie, THQ's executive vice president of publishing, has resigned to pursue another opportunity, effective immediately. Guthrie had been responsible for overseeing North America sales and distribution, and marketing.  This year, Nintendo's E3 media briefing will be all "about the games," with promises from the Wii maker that we won't be subjected to tales of Mother's Day cards and on-stage snowboarding.  Remember that bizarre story about former president Bill Clinton being approached for the role of the president in Fallout 3? Well as it turns out, that was more about an overzealous casting agent than anything Bethesda actually wanted.
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| Level-5 Reveals ROID Game Lineup
May 27, 2009 at 3:04 pm
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| Level-5 has announced the first firm details of the games it plans to release on the mobile-phone portion of their ROID game service. The mobile games will be available beginning June 1 in Japan on the local i-Mode service; prices vary on all the titles.The mobile ROID will launch with the following titles:  A Blu-ray disc version of mecha anime Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone includes a fold-in which what appears to be a new game announcement: an Evangelion title for the PS3.  Purple sneakers? Hah. Nothankyou. Oh! Unless they're custom purple Cons covered in Grim Fandango artwork. Now that, that we can consider. Reader Tonks - who also made those Noby Noby and Phoenix Wright kicks - sends us his latest work...  It's Memorial Day weekend, so Microsoft has gone ahead and revealed next week's Xbox Live Arcade titles so they can completely devote Monday to memorializing. Sure it's been out for two months on the PC...  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...
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| The Untold Story Of The Xbox 360 Avatars
May 27, 2009 at 3:00 pm
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| When it launched in 2005, the Xbox 360 was, certain issues aside, a successful product. But it was also drab. Lifeless. Until, in 2008, along came the avatars. First officially unveiled at E3 2008, Microsoft's Avatars were seen by many as an attempt to cash in on Nintendo's success with their "Mii" characters, caricatures that had become wildly popular as the individualized mascots of Nintendo's new Wii system.  Since there are custom Mii cake toppers, you'd think there would be cutom Xbox 360 Avatar. There are. Design firm Paul Pape Desgins is creating Avatars (along with sculpted Miis) based on the images users send in.  This week's Japanese hardware contest wasn't a proud one, with total hardware unit sales just barely cracking the 100,000 mark. Not good. But it was a winning week for the Nintendo DSi and Wii.  Rock Band addicts have a three-pack from industrial rock pioneers Ministry to look forward to next week, in addition to DLC from The Cranberries and The Zombies. The Ministry bundle will set you back $5.  Dead Space Extraction has a lot to live up to and a lot of preconceived notions to overcome, not just as a prequel to GameSpot's Best of 2008 award winner for Best Atmosphere and Best Sound Design, but also as an on-rails shooter.
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| AMD Foundation Announces New Changing the Game Program Partners
May 27, 2009 at 2:59 pm
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| May 27, 2009 - SUNNYVALE, Calif. - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced three new program partners to help develop educational game programs in conjunction with its AMD Changing the Game signature education initiative. Skillpoint Alliance, The World Wide Workshop Foundation's Globaloria program and Austin, Texas-based Southwest Key will initiate new programs with grants from the AMD Foundation... Looks like Microsoft and iNiS are challenging SingStar for a second year in a row. They've announced Lips: Number One Hits, the sequel to last year's Xbox 360-exclusive karaoke title. Good news today for fans of the side-scrolling multiplayer shooter Crash Commando today: Not only has the game been patched, but some unspecified DLC and new game modes are coming "in the near future. The developers of popular Half-Life mod Natural Selection are preparing to release standalone sequel Natural Selection 2 this year via Steam, and we've got the exclusive teaser trailer to prove it. The News: VG247 reports that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has confirmed that MAG will be playable for journalists at E3. According to the report, the press will be part of eight-man squads led by developers.
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| MAG to be Playable at E3
May 27, 2009 at 2:55 pm
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| The News: VG247 reports that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has confirmed that MAG will be playable for journalists at E3. According to the report, the press will be part of eight-man squads led by developers. When it launched in 2005, the Xbox 360 was, certain issues aside, a successful product. But it was also drab. Lifeless. Until, in 2008, along came the avatars. First officially unveiled at E3 2008... The producers of Scratch: The Ultimate DJ revealed the first images of their turntable-based controller today in preparation for its showing at E3. The game is due out for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3...  This week's issue of Japan's Famitsu magazine is great fun if you're a game-news masochist. The top story in it is an exclusive interview between Hirokazu Hamamura (president of Famitsu publisher Enterbrain) and Konami's Hideo Kojima...  Jack Black voiced Brutal Legend is prepping for E3 this week, unveiling a website dedicated to the game and the big show with promises of contests, interviews and a new trailer.  With all of the rumblings of news coming from Hideo Kojima's drip-fed tease for his next project it's probably no surprise that Konami's E3 press conference is promising revolutionary announcements. High Voltage are working on The Conduit. And Gladiator AD. And now they've just revealed a third game, only a day after revealing Gladiator. Slow down, guys! This third title is called The Grinder...
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| Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent Charges Into Open Beta
May 27, 2009 at 2:54 pm
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| Full steam ahead! Atlus Online’sfantasy-steampunk massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Neo Steam: TheShattered Continent, kicks off its open beta today. Anyone who registers beforeJune 8 will have an opportunity to jump in for an early glimpse at the game, andto reward players for their dedication, all beta characters will automaticallyroll over to permanent accounts at the game’s commercial launch. All that hardwork and hours spent customizing your character will not be in vain! The developers of popular Half-Life mod Natural Selection are preparing to release standalone sequel Natural Selection 2 this year via Steam, and we've got the exclusive teaser trailer to prove it.  Troubled real-time strategy and role-playing developer Big Huge Games lives on, with Curt Schilling's 38 Studios stepping up at the last moment for a late game save. 38 Studios has purchased Big Huge Games from THQ...  TheTeam behind Tales of Pirates: Customer Service IGG has prepared a series of articles to helpour players get more familiar with the whole TOP Team, including our renownedCustomer Service, Event Group, Marketing Group and much more.  Crimson Gem Saga is a simple role-playing game containing a much more arduous journey than its cheery presentation suggests. Annoying dungeon design and numerous other quirks undercut its functional competence... At its surface, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier is nothing more than a generic Japanese role-playing game that was seemingly cranked out of an RPG-O-Matic machine.
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| Lineage II Developer Diary: New Items in Gracia Final
May 27, 2009 at 2:44 pm
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| The new Lineage II expansion, GraciaFinal has introduced players to a myriad of new items, including weapons andarmor, which have never been seen in the lands of Aden. Players can also enjoyother fantastic additions, such as Cloaks, Sigils, and Attribute Crystals, ifthey are willing to lend themselves to the new fight for good in the Seeds ofDestruction and Infinity.  Empire: Total War developers Creative Assembly have announced that, as part of an upcoming patch, a number of new units will be introduced into the game, free of charge. XSEED has teamed up with developer GungHo Works to bring the Nintendo DS version of popular 2D online game Ragnarok Online to North America this winter. Losing the massively...  Rumors of a "World of Starcraft" were jettisoned this week when a Blizzard Entertainment representative revealed that its next MMO will be based off an entirely new franchise.
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| Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures Debuts on Xbox LIVE Arcade Today
May 27, 2009 at 2:44 pm
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| Telltale's first episodic game forXbox LIVE Arcade, Wallace & Gromit: Fright of the Bumblebees, releases worldwidetoday. The first of four episodes comprising Wallace & Gromit's GrandAdventures, the English language game is available for 800 Microsoft points andincludes subtitles in German, French and Spanish. Two weeks after less-than-credible rumors about a special game-enabled Zune phone, Microsoft has officially announced the first non-music crossover functionality between its multimedia handheld and game console.  Speaking with The Guardian, Microsoft's Chris Stevenson has announced that the Zune Marketplace - and everything available on it - is to be made available to Xbox 360 owners.  We're a year and a half removed from Call of Duty 4, and on the verge of a true sequel to boot. But the shooter that has largely defined a generation is still going strong...
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| Top 30 Best Selling Console Games in Japan, 2009
May 27, 2009 at 2:44 pm
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| Japanese game-mag publisher Enterbrain released figures in this week's issue of Famitsu ranking the top 30 best-selling games in Japan so far in 2009. The winner, as you'd expect, is Capcom's Resident Evil 5, with...oh, wait, no it's not, this is Japan, so the winner is actually Nintendo's DS RPG Mario & Luigi 3, with over 590,000 copies sold. (RE5 came close, though, breaking 570,000 copies between the PS3 and 360 releases.)The real surprise though, lies in the other ranking Enterbrain released this week: the top ten best-selling console budget rereleases so far this year. Koei announced in this week's edition of Famitsu magazine that Omega-Force, the development division responsible for the Dynasty Warriors series, is working on a new title.  Big Huge Games has been saved due to a newly announced acquisition from 38 Studios. This includes all of its tools, assets, and works-in-progress. Big Huge Games was... This week's issue of Japan's Famitsu magazine is great fun if you're a game-news masochist. The top story in it is an exclusive interview between Hirokazu Hamamura (president of Famitsu publisher Enterbrain) and Konami's Hideo Kojima...
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| Ubisoft Made Less Money Last Year, Had Some Huge Franchises
May 27, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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| Profits were up, income was down and the Imagine games sold tons in the last 12 months, according to year-end financial results released by Ubisoft today. The company took in $890.2 million in the 12 month period ending on March 31, 2009. Up from $852.8 million the year before. But operating income was down from $158.0 million from $183.0 million.  Activision have unveiled a new website for Guitar Hero 5, in the process confirming not only that the game is returning to a numbered title, but that it has a ballsy new release date.  Who doesn't love the introduction of a pint-sized sidekick who cracks wise in established franchises? I know I do. So I hope these new screens of Army of Two: The 40th Day are telling.  Square Enix are notorious for bleeding their intellectual properties dry. You like Final Fantasy? Here's 119 Final fantasy games, etc etc. And now that Square owns Eidos, things are only going to get worse.
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| So, What Are The Best-Selling PSN Games At The Moment?
May 27, 2009 at 4:30 am
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|  The monthly NPD charts are handy for retail sales, but for digital sales? Useless! They're not covered. No, for that stuff, we rely on PR mailouts, like this one from Sony. Provided to the Gamasutra network, this list shows the ten best-selling PlayStation Network titles for April 2009. Rag-Doll Kung Fu is at #1, and that's before it was given away for free, so it should retain the top spot next month as well.  Epic Games, the folks behind Gears of War, know a lot about how games are made now. So there's a good chance Epic has a good handle on the future. The company's Unreal Engine 3 powers a good chunk of this generation's titles.  With Empire: Total War nowhere to be seen on Direct2Drive's charts, there's only a single game that made the top 10 across all three outlets over the past few weeks. And it was Fallout 3! Yes... Today's newly announced The Ballad of Gay Tony episode for Grand Theft Auto IV was only half of Rockstar's GTA news. The other half could usher in a new approach to downloadable content.
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| This Is The Tokyo Game Show's "Main Visual"
May 27, 2009 at 4:00 am
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|  Every year a new slogan is announced for the Tokyo Game Show, held in Chiba, Japan. After that, a poster is unveiled. This is this year's. The official translation of this year's slogan is "Game, it's so energetic!" (The Japanese word "genki" has various meanings — plug in whichever you like.) TGS 2009 runs from September 24 to September 27 with the first two days being business days.  As we predicted, but not as From Software planned, the countdown clock that launched last week gets its reveal in this week's Famitsu — on newsstands this Friday, leaked on the internet right now.  May 19, 2009 - Astute bloggers over at NeoCrisis have noticed that mega-retailer Wal-Mart is quietly evaluating the used videogame market in the Northeastern United States.  Much requested crossover fighter Tatsunoko vs Capcom is coming to the U.S., according to a NeoGaf poster and magazine scan sent to Kotaku. A scan from reader Andrew shows...
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| Conduit Developers Announce ANOTHER New Game
May 27, 2009 at 3:30 am
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| High Voltage are working on The Conduit. And Gladiator AD. And now they've just revealed a third game, only a day after revealing Gladiator. Slow down, guys! This third title is called The Grinder, and is a four-player co-op shooter for the Wii, where players must battle waves of vampires, werewolves and the undead. So, yes, Left 4 Dead with friend codes. It's currently scheduled for a "holiday 2010" release.  Former Team Ninja lead Tomonobu Itagaki is in the catbird's seat, having moved on from Tecmo and on to things not Ninja Gaiden or Dead Or Alive related. It's even better for us. At another Electronic Arts event, this time down in Los Angeles, we got another opportunity to check out Spore Hero for the Nintendo Wii. This is an entirely new game built specifically for the Wii...  Gearbox Software's first-person shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines is apparently still alive and kicking in some capacity, but who knows when it will be released. The same is true for the.  Conduit developers High Voltage mustn't have got the memo. E3 is next week, not this week. Regardless, they've chosen today to announce their latest project, Gladiator AD.
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| Can You Decipher Kojima's Famitsu Interview?
May 27, 2009 at 2:30 am
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|  This week's issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu features an interview with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima about his new project. Make that a censored interview with Hideo Kojima. Can you decipher it? When speaking with Famitsu Editor-in-Chief Hirokazu Hamamura, Kojima apparently revealed more than he originally intended about his new title. Hamamura asked Kojima if Famitsu could run the full interview. Kojima agreed as long as the mag censored the important stuff. And Famitsu did just that. Epic Games, the folks behind Gears of War, know a lot about how games are made now. So there's a good chance Epic has a good handle on the future. The company's Unreal Engine 3 powers a good chunk of this generation's titles. The last Kojima Productions countdown clock wasn't exactly climatic. This one will hopefully make up for it. The lighting and rain return, but the letters "R" and "P" flash on the screen.  The nay-sayers were wrong. Noby Noby Boy's Noby Noby GIRL has over the weekend defied all the odds and, stretching her supple frame across the cosmos, touched down on Mars.
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| Robots We Love: The Jacks
May 27, 2009 at 2:00 am
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|  Truly iron fists for The King of the Iron Fists Tournament. There isn't one Jack, but a series of these Russian robots: Jack, Jack-2, Jack-4, Jack-5, Jack-6, Gun Jack and Prototype Jack. A package deal! So why do we love him? His blood is plutonium* and his eye glow. What's not to love? He's a Russian Robot with a mohawk! New Tekken games bring a new Jack, keeping the character fresh, and the new Jacks pack a punch, one upgrade at a time. Who doesn't love the introduction of a pint-sized sidekick who cracks wise in established franchises? I know I do. So I hope these new screens of Army of Two: The 40th Day are telling.  In trying to describe how much they disliked the new Terminator movie, many movie reviewers decided that comparing it to video games would do the trick. Terminator Salvation, the fourth Terminator movie, opened last weekend to cranky reviews.  Lead a squad of Jedi Knights (or Clone Troopers!) as you tear through Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes and discover the mysteries lying between seasons 1 and 2 of the hit TV series. We continue our week-long tribute to the video game robots that we love with a Star Wars droid that loves you too, meatbag. Original characters created for video games set in the Star Wars universe rarely earn the sort of love we hold for HK-47...
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| Nintendo Already Preparing Wii Fit Sequel?
May 27, 2009 at 1:30 am
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|  On the 7th of April this year, Nintendo registered trademark #2009-026024 with the Japanese Patent Office. For something called "Wii Fit Plus". Hrm. What ever could it be?
 Do you long for the days when video game ads were designed to attack or undermine competitive products? Don't despair. We can confirm such days are still here. EA's got a Wii fitness game.  Super Smash Brothers Brawl and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom not withstanding, the Wii isn't really known for its fighters. Nabi Studios hopes to change that somewhat when they bring their own brand of fighting to WiiWare.  Australia, May 24, 2009 - It's a bit of a misnomer that Apple never supported gaming until recently Sure, most of this sudden burst of gamer-friendly content has come... This week's Japanese hardware contest wasn't a proud one, with total hardware unit sales just barely cracking the 100,000 mark. Not good. But it was a winning week for the Nintendo DSi and Wii.  Surprise! The rumors that all three Metroid Prime games would receive a compilation release in the US with the "Wii-applied" control scheme were true. This might come...
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| Photorealism Is "Inevitable" In 10-15 Years
May 27, 2009 at 1:00 am
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| Epic Games, the folks behind Gears of War, know a lot about how games are made now. So there's a good chance Epic has a good handle on the future. The company's Unreal Engine 3 powers a good chunk of this generation's titles. The ensuing generations are likely to have photorealism — and Epic's Tim Sweeney thinks that'll be de facto in 10 to 15 years. The monthly NPD charts are handy for retail sales, but for digital sales? Useless! They're not covered. No, for that stuff, we rely on PR mailouts, like this one from Sony.  In an interview released today on Gamasutra, Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney estimates that we are are only "10-15 years" away from achieving perfectly realistic game graphics.  San Diego Comic Con is just around the corner. There will be loads of toys there, and in 2009, that means loads of video game toys. Here's a few of them. Toy company NECA...
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| PC Sales Charts: Fallout Lingers On
May 27, 2009 at 12:30 am
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| With Empire: Total War nowhere to be seen on Direct2Drive's charts, there's only a single game that made the top 10 across all three outlets over the past few weeks. And it was Fallout 3! Yes, Bethesda's RPG soldiers on, with more and more gamers each week drawn into its tale of post-apocalyptic intrigue and rat punching. Who knows. One day, it may stop inexplicably crashing and actually work on my PC. The monthly NPD charts are handy for retail sales, but for digital sales? Useless! They're not covered. No, for that stuff, we rely on PR mailouts, like this one from Sony.  Get a load of this. New games on the British sales charts. New games everywhere. Pokemon, UFC, EA Sports Active...it's like a breath of fresh air. I'm a bit surprised at the success of UFC, to be honest. Remember that bizarre story about former president Bill Clinton being approached for the role of the president in Fallout 3? Well as it turns out, that was more about an overzealous casting agent than anything Bethesda actually wanted.
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| Guitar Hero 5 Scavenger Hunt Announced
May 27, 2009 at 12:12 am
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| May 26, 2009 - Santa Monica, CA – May 26, 2009 – Guitar Hero launches a unique online scavenger hunt today that invites fans to scour websites, TV shows, blogs and online media sites to uncover the full list of artists that will appear on Guitar Hero 5, the next version of the most popular music game in the world. Fans are invited to start their search at GH5.GuitarHero.com and register to participate in The Guitar Hero 5 Tickets, 5 Concerts Sweepstakes and enter to win a set of 5 tickets to 5 different concerts in a major metropolitan area venue near their hometown. Activision have unveiled a new website for Guitar Hero 5, in the process confirming not only that the game is returning to a numbered title, but that it has a ballsy new release date.  How does Neversoft follow up on Guitar Hero World Tour, the game that introduced full-band instruments to the Guitar Hero series, which represented the single biggest...  The News: The GameStop product listing for Tony Hawk Ride (via Kotaku) lists the price at a staggering $119.99. It also claims the game will release on October 13, but neither bit of information is confirmed yet by the developer.
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| "The Model T Of This New Platform Is The PS3"
May 27, 2009 at 12:00 am
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| Gaming's Citizen Kane Moment. Don't roll your eyes just yet! Director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Cronos) is here to tell us how its going to happen: convergence. And it's starting now with gaming's Model T. "In the next 10 years, we're going to see all the forms of entertainment-film, television, video, games, and print-melding into a single-platform 'story engine'," the director tellsWired... Speaking with The Guardian, Microsoft's Chris Stevenson has announced that the Zune Marketplace - and everything available on it - is to be made available to Xbox 360 owners. How does Neversoft follow up on Guitar Hero World Tour, the game that introduced full-band instruments to the Guitar Hero series, which represented the single biggest...  Earlier this year, the movie comic-book Watchmen hit theaters, accompanied by the first episode of a two-part prequel game, The End Is Nigh, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
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