| Tweeted@E3: Brutal Rebuttal
June 5, 2009 at 6:45 pm
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|   You've got to hand it to the team at Brütal Legend, even when staring in the face of a potential problem leading into release, they can still crack wise. Of course, as you may have already noticed, here at E3 the hilarity works both ways!
 PlatinumGames' Bayonetta is packed with megatons. The action game from Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya starring titular witch Bayonetta was playable at E3 this week and we got to unleash some of those megatons.  There's a growing sect of Joystiq writers who are walking away from E3 2009 with the same title constituting their Game of the Show. Surprisingly, it's not a big-budget blockbuster...  The second title that High Voltage showed off behind closed doors at this year's E3 was none other than Gladiator A.D., its aptly titled gladiatorial combat game. We were able to witness several battles take place across two different stages.  This E3 was packed with explosive news and announcements, from confirmation of the PSP Go and Sony's motion controls to the whispers of a new Metroid and Zelda. But one of the most startling may have been Microsoft's Project Natal.  While wandering through the EA booth on the last day of E3, we noticed the smiling figurehead of Blur developer Bizarre Creations on the back of a man playing ... Need for Speed: Shift.
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| Hands-on: Tony Hawk Ride
June 5, 2009 at 6:32 pm
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|  The most important thing to understand about Tony Hawk Ride is that it's not a Tony Hawk game with a special skateboard peripheral. This is, in a very real sense, a completely new franchise that dispenses with the tropes of the series when they don't suit its needs.
 Recently revived 90's boyband hitting the PS3 and PS2 later in this year. With E3 wrapped up for another year, and Sony basking in the warm glow of its press conference unveilings...  EA's The Godfather II sold only 241,000 copies in the U.S. — disappointing for a name title. No wonder EA Games label president Frank Gibeau is ready to wash his hands of the franchise.  We check out Paradise to find out what's new in Harvest Moon. The latest version of Harvest Moon was on display at Natsume's booth, and we had the chance to go eyes-on with the game as we were walked through its new offerings.  Despite being the world's most popular sport, and also EA's biggest-selling annual title, FIFA 10 was relegated to a small backroom presence at E3 while Madden was everywhere.
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| Impressions: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and old flings
June 5, 2009 at 5:45 pm
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|  Elena Fisher, shrewdly describing herself as "last year's model," is back in Uncharted 2, breaking with the standard serial adventure ethos that values the one-and-done romantic interest over long-term attachment. It may have taken Marion two decades to make her way back to Indy's side, but Elena has swiftly staked a claim as Nathan Drake's true sidekick. The two reunite in Naughty Dog's sequel with the sassy Chloe spicing up the between-the-sheets melodrama. It's a diversion, at least, from the requisite mass murdering that seems to accompany Drake's carefree treasure hunts.  I saw plenty of games this past week. Some good. Some bad. Some worse. But only one game could be the best-looking thing I saw all week. And that game was Just Cause 2. The second title that High Voltage showed off behind closed doors at this year's E3 was none other than Gladiator A.D., its aptly titled gladiatorial combat game. We were able to witness several battles take place across two different stages.  Many of you likely remember the punishing gameplay of Astro Boy: Omega Factor. In fact, our first question to the High Voltage rep that demoed the game at the D3 Publisher booth was just that...  I woke up today with one mission in mind: get to THQ's booth, and check out Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. Mission. Accomplished. While I couldn't get my hands on the game - it's still early...
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| Kingdom Hearts Slips Japanese Sales Chart A Mickey
June 5, 2009 at 5:30 pm
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|   Japanese gamers snapped up a ton of new titles in Japan this past week as the new Kingdom Hearts game for the Nintendo DS topped charts. The top ten was full of new, including Gyakuten Kenji and... HAWX? While robust sales for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days likely won't surprise purveyors of Japanese gaming tastes, a top ten appearance from Tom Clancy's HAWX might. The Ubisoft game was just one of eight new releases to score a top ten spot, joining Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Empires as one of two PlayStation 3 games to crack the top third of this week's chart. Recently revived 90's boyband hitting the PS3 and PS2 later in this year. With E3 wrapped up for another year, and Sony basking in the warm glow of its press conference unveilings...  We silently infiltrate a party full of the world's most influential people, then make a not-so-silent exit during a two-player cross-platform E3 demo. The Agency is an MMO set in the modern world of high-end, high stakes espionage.  We take a look at Tecmo's Gears of War-inspired third-person shooter. Tecmo had a live demo going of Quantum, a third-person shooter, amongst the many, many playable displays of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.  We check out life on the farm in Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands. Harvest Moon is no stranger to handheld platforms, and Sunshine Island represents the latest step for the series on the Nintendo DS.
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| Team ICO LittleBigPlanet DLC coming next week
June 5, 2009 at 5:27 pm
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|  Shadow of the Colossus in LittleBigPlanet? It's been done, but not officially. A new trailer, viewable after the break, found on the Media Molecule website suggests that official Shadow of the Colossus DLC is coming to the game next week -- maybe alongside some Ico stuff, as seen in the recently leaked image. It's unclear whether it's just costumes and props, or whether it'll be an MGS4-style pack, with levels and maybe an extra gameplay addition. We know what we're hoping for. The second title that High Voltage showed off behind closed doors at this year's E3 was none other than Gladiator A.D., its aptly titled gladiatorial combat game. We were able to witness several battles take place across two different stages.  A fantastic looking game (Fez) needs a fantastic looking shirt (this). Though, we wonder what happens if you rotate it... "By buying our high-quality t-shirts, silk screened on high-quality American Apparel stock...  Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, together with LittleBigPlanet dev Media Molecule have netted an impressive eleven nominations for the 2009 Develop Industry Excellence Awards, the UK's annual prize patrol for all things excellent in the industry.  Despite its name, Playlogic is doing it best to ensure that its teen survival horror caper, Obscure: The Aftermath, is anything but hard to find. The publisher announced that in addition to the game's previously mentioned UMD release in September...
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| Top 5 Surprises of E3
June 5, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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|  With E3 2009 in the books, now is the time to do some reflecting on what we've gleaned from this past week. And what better way to kick things off than with a look at the five biggest surprises of a show that was jam-packed with surprises. Even with those that were spoiled ahead of time, it was still difficult to narrow down the list to just five items. Eliminating the likes of Halo: Reach, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and the Wii Vitality Sensor (who saw that coming?) wasn't easy, but here's a look at the top five surprises of E3 2009.Final Fantasy XIV  Capcom had this cartoony brawler on display at their E3 booth, so we took the time to beat up on some cybernetically-enhanced baddies. Spyborgs is a good example of how...  E3 2009: President of DSi-maker tells CNBC that company scrapped completed hardware because it wouldn't have sustained company's momentum. LOS ANGELES--With the announcement of a Vitality Sensor for the Wii...  June 4, 2009 - Excited about the upcoming Wii game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars? Not really so much? Well, what if we told you that you can do almost a trillion in damage in a single attack combo? That's what we thought.  E3 2009 has been a week-long blur of surprising announcements, sensational videos, and sweet new technology. It's been one hell of a week, folks. Bungie unveiled Halo: Reach...
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| Knights in the Nightmare in stores now
June 5, 2009 at 5:04 pm
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|  Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announcedthat Knights in the Nightmare™ for Nintendo DS™ is now in stores across NorthAmerica. Certain to be one of the most innovative titles of 2009, Knights in theNightmare is a wholly unique experience. Frantic, energetic action mixes withthought-provoking tactical gameplay, all within a beautifully-rendered fantasysetting and presented through a captivating, emotional narrative. Japanese gamers snapped up a ton of new titles in Japan this past week as the new Kingdom Hearts game for the Nintendo DS topped charts. The top ten was full of new, including Gyakuten Kenji and. There's a growing sect of Joystiq writers who are walking away from E3 2009 with the same title constituting their Game of the Show. Surprisingly, it's not a big-budget blockbuster... Many of you likely remember the punishing gameplay of Astro Boy: Omega Factor. In fact, our first question to the High Voltage rep that demoed the game at the D3 Publisher booth was just that...  The most identifiable new feature of New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the casually competitive multiplayer. Players are ostensibly competing for coins and score, but the gameplay...
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| Jimmy Fallon's Late Night At E3
June 5, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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| Uber gamer/ late night host Jimmy Fallon sent Saturday Night Live's Jason Sudekis to E3 to check out the latest and greatest in gaming. Sudekis, a big gamer himself, got some face time with Mickey Rourke, Eliza Dushku, and of course Project Natal. It's a great segment and a must view for anyone who watched the E3 coverage this year.  Well, have you? No? Well, if you ever did, Kudo Tsunoda and the technology behind Microsoft's Project Natal finally make it possible for you to uncover the fascinating mystery of Xbox 360 Avatar footwear.  Day two of E3 is over. What a day! We got to go to not one, but two press conferences. Lucky us. No, lucky you. Here's a round-up of the day's E3 coverage. It's right here.  (click to stay puft-size)While walking into the convention center earlier this morning to kick off our E3 coverage in earnest, we spotted what appeared to be the Peter Venkman kartin', ghost bustin' beast that is the Ecto-1.  To quiet all the naysayers saying Activision has not announced enough Guitar Hero games, the prolific publisher added one more to the music franchise: Guitar Hero ... PSP.
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| Hands-on: Scribblenauts
June 5, 2009 at 4:45 pm
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| There's a growing sect of Joystiq writers who are walking away from E3 2009 with the same title constituting their Game of the Show. Surprisingly, it's not a big-budget blockbuster, or a groundbreaking advancement in storytelling, or a bold new method of how we interact with our video games. It's Scribblenauts, an unassuming DS puzzler with a massive lexicon, charming gameplay and, as far as we can tell, a large infusion of impossible technowizardry. PlatinumGames' Bayonetta is packed with megatons. The action game from Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya starring titular witch Bayonetta was playable at E3 this week and we got to unleash some of those megatons. The second title that High Voltage showed off behind closed doors at this year's E3 was none other than Gladiator A.D., its aptly titled gladiatorial combat game. We were able to witness several battles take place across two different stages.  Hidden away among the other gems Microsoft showed at its E3 press conference, Crackdown 2's debut trailer has Agents readying themselves for battle against a new, mutating threat.
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| Just Cause 2 Impressions: In Which Everything Explodes, Awesomely
June 5, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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| I saw plenty of games this past week. Some good. Some bad. Some worse. But only one game could be the best-looking thing I saw all week. And that game was Just Cause 2. Just Cause, released a few years back now as a GTA clone set on a sparsely-populated tropical island, was one of those games where you went "eh, nice idea, but really needs a sequel to get it right". And from what I've seen of the sequel so far, it's getting things so, so right. Elena Fisher, shrewdly describing herself as "last year's model," is back in Uncharted 2, breaking with the standard serial adventure ethos that values the one-and-done romantic interest over long-term attachment. Capcom had this cartoony brawler on display at their E3 booth, so we took the time to beat up on some cybernetically-enhanced baddies. Spyborgs is a good example of how...  We get an updated look at this fantasy-themed turn-based strategy sequel and get new details on the first expansion pack. It wouldn't be E3 2009 without hundreds of games crammed into the cavernous halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center...  We take an updated look at this trading-and-combat ship strategy game at E3 2009. Among all the games at E3 2009, only one stands apart as the single most promising PC...
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| Impressions: Gladiator A.D.
June 5, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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| The second title that High Voltage showed off behind closed doors at this year's E3 was none other than Gladiator A.D., its aptly titled gladiatorial combat game. We were able to witness several battles take place across two different stages. The High Voltage rep that demoed the game for us said the company was really going for that stylized 300 look and feel. While we can't comment on the latter, we will say the former was pretty evident. Many of you likely remember the punishing gameplay of Astro Boy: Omega Factor. In fact, our first question to the High Voltage rep that demoed the game at the D3 Publisher booth was just that... Capcom had this cartoony brawler on display at their E3 booth, so we took the time to beat up on some cybernetically-enhanced baddies. Spyborgs is a good example of how... We silently infiltrate a party full of the world's most influential people, then make a not-so-silent exit during a two-player cross-platform E3 demo. The Agency is an MMO set in the modern world of high-end, high stakes espionage. We take a look at Tecmo's Gears of War-inspired third-person shooter. Tecmo had a live demo going of Quantum, a third-person shooter, amongst the many, many playable displays of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.
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| Bayonetta Foreplay At E3: Megatons & Gigatons
June 5, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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| PlatinumGames' Bayonetta is packed with megatons. The action game from Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya starring titular witch Bayonetta was playable at E3 this week and we got to unleash some of those megatons. We're not talking about video game industry shaking announcements, message board dwellers. We're talking about one of the many facets of Bayonetta's combo attacks, particularly her finishing moves that push enemy Angels into Iron Maidens and guillotines or grind them into oblivion with massive spiked wheels. When an enemy's health is low, There's a growing sect of Joystiq writers who are walking away from E3 2009 with the same title constituting their Game of the Show. Surprisingly, it's not a big-budget blockbuster... The second title that High Voltage showed off behind closed doors at this year's E3 was none other than Gladiator A.D., its aptly titled gladiatorial combat game. We were able to witness several battles take place across two different stages. This E3 was packed with explosive news and announcements, from confirmation of the PSP Go and Sony's motion controls to the whispers of a new Metroid and Zelda. But one of the most startling may have been Microsoft's Project Natal. Recently revived 90's boyband hitting the PS3 and PS2 later in this year. With E3 wrapped up for another year, and Sony basking in the warm glow of its press conference unveilings...  At the Sony booth during E3 2009 I got a chance to become a part of something much bigger than myself, stepping into the shoes of a soldier in Zipper Interactive's MAG - Massive Action Game.
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| EA confirms Dante's Inferno protest was staged
June 5, 2009 at 3:45 pm
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|  Electronic Arts has admitted that the Dante's Inferno protest during E3 was staged by a guerrilla marketing agency. The publisher confirmed to the AP that the firm hired 20 people to hold signs like "Just say Infer-NO" and "Trade in your PlayStation for a PrayStation." There's got to be a better way to promote the game.
 E3 2009: Publisher taking developer Double Fine to court over EA Partners game it passed on after Vivendi Games merger; Tim Schafer offers lyrical response. LOS ANGELES--This...  Novarama's PSP game Invizimals may smack of an obvious Pokémon clone, but the PSP Camera-enabled pet collection game is still fascinating to look at, with magical appeal that younger games might just eat up.  Yahoo reports that Activision filed a lawsuit against Double Fine, developer of the Jack Black-fueled Brütal Legend, on Wednesday to "stop the release" of the game.  If you haven't already had your fill with the announcements of Metal Gear Solid Rising, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and Metal Gear Solid Arcade, Konami has one more surprise in store.
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| Bethesda has designed iPhone versions of Fallout 3
June 5, 2009 at 3:43 pm
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|  So, there's good news and bad news for those of you who'd like to carry the apocalpyse in your pocket. Bethesda wants to bring the Fallout series to smaller screens ... they just haven't figured out how to pull it off yet. "I think that the world of Fallout is unique enough that it could work on any platform. I think some of the things we do like VATS, I think that could translate to any platform, particularly the iPhone," Todd Howard told us yesterday.  FIFA 10 is new. You knew it was coming, but still, new is new. And after reading our impressions of the game, why not sink your studs into the soft, fleshy shins of these screens  Next week at Apple's annual World Wide Developers Conference the company will be unveiling its new iPhone, a device that will sport a built-in 3D graphics chip, operate on a new, higher-speed network and hit mid-July, sources tell Kotaku.  Tecmo's "TPS" Quantum is reporting for PlayStation 3 exclusive duty in 2010. The third-person shooter looks very Japanese in its visual design, but Western in its cover system-focused gameplay.
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| 1UP's E3 Predictions: How Did We Do?
June 5, 2009 at 3:41 pm
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E3 has come and gone, and all the big reveals have been revealed. Before any of that, however, we took part in some E3 predictions, making tough calls of whether or not we expected to see popular rumors coming true... The second title that High Voltage showed off behind closed doors at this year's E3 was none other than Gladiator A.D., its aptly titled gladiatorial combat game. We were able to witness several battles take place across two different stages.  We check out Tomy's latest anime-inspired 3D fighter for the DS during E3 2009. We stopped by Tomy's E3 booth earlier and, among other things, had an opportunity to get our hands on Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 for the first time.  Vigil Studios' Darksiders is a game that was nothing short of surprising at E3. With barely any marketing behind it, the game has been under many a radar. Well, consider that no more...  We get a look at Ratchet's new weapons and Clank's new time-control ability in the duo's latest adventure. After teasing us with the all-too-brief Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty last year...
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| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Takes on E3
June 5, 2009 at 3:36 pm
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| It's not often that you'd see a late night talk show mention a show like E3, unless it's in the context of sending Triumph the Insult Comic Dog to mock everyone in attendance, but Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is a bit friendlier to the gaming crowd. As such, Jason Sudeikis of SNL and 30 Rock fame was sent to check out what's been going on in Los Angeles this week.Most of what Sudeikis does is pretty hit-or-miss (this is Jimmy Fallon's show we're talking about here), but it's all in good fun as he checks out The Beatles Rock Band, Modern Warfare 2, the PSP Go, and some of the E3 booth babes.  In the cartoon world, there is no conflict more storied or epic than the struggle between cat and mouse. Soon you will live that story. The Tom and Jerry MMO is coming. To quiet all the naysayers saying Activision has not announced enough Guitar Hero games, the prolific publisher added one more to the music franchise: Guitar Hero ... PSP.  Late Thursday night, G4's Olivia Munn (co-host of Attack of the Show) posted a seemingly innocuous Twitter message: "Just finished promos for hulu/microsoft event I'm doing on June 8!" By Friday...
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| Everything You Need to Know About Project Natal
June 5, 2009 at 3:30 pm
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| This E3 was packed with explosive news and announcements, from confirmation of the PSP Go and Sony's motion controls to the whispers of a new Metroid and Zelda. But one of the most startling may have been Microsoft's Project Natal. On it's simplest level, Project Natal is a straight forward motion control for the Xbox 360, one that doesn't use a controller. But the technology can also be used to sign you into your 360 automatically, let you play classic 360 titles without a controller and even interact with a child-like, uncanny-free artificial intelligence.  He'll fight for freedom wherever there's trouble, and the E3 show floor is no exception. We went hand-to-hand with EA's G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra for the Xbox 360. What Is It? G.  Earlier this week Microsoft let me try Project Natal in a hotel suite where test-versions of the new gaming sensor array was set up. Three times, I thought I found a flaw in the systems.  You remember Johnny Lee, right? Sure you do, he's the man who can make magic happen with the Wii Remote. And it seems he's bringing his skills to Microsoft's Project Natal controller.  Microsoft executive Shane Kim says plan calls for current hardware to be on store shelves until 2015. The original Xbox launched in November of 2001, and stopped manufacturing the console in early 2006.
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| 2K Sports Signs 11-time NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers as Cover Athlete for NBA 2K10
June 5, 2009 at 3:20 pm
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| 2K Sports, the sports publishinglabel of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., announced today that 11-time NBAAll-Star Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, will be featured as the coverathlete and spokesman for the highly anticipated basketball video game, NBA2K10. After leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a remarkable 65-17 regular seasonrecord, Bryant’s star power was a natural fit for the 10th anniversary of thehugely popular NBA 2K franchise, the #1 selling basketball video game* and #1rated NBA simulation **. Japanese gamers snapped up a ton of new titles in Japan this past week as the new Kingdom Hearts game for the Nintendo DS topped charts. The top ten was full of new, including Gyakuten Kenji and. Elena Fisher, shrewdly describing herself as "last year's model," is back in Uncharted 2, breaking with the standard serial adventure ethos that values the one-and-done romantic interest over long-term attachment. Shadow of the Colossus in LittleBigPlanet? It's been done, but not officially. A new trailer, viewable after the break, found on the Media Molecule website suggests that... PlatinumGames' Bayonetta is packed with megatons. The action game from Devil May Cry creator Hideki Kamiya starring titular witch Bayonetta was playable at E3 this week and we got to unleash some of those megatons.
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| Out of the Park Baseball 10 Released!
June 5, 2009 at 3:08 pm
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| OOTP 10 is packed with new features,and we've also worked hard to adjust and improve many aspects of the game,resulting in the best version of OOTP yet, and without a doubt the best baseballsimulation game money can buy! Whether you're managing your favorite team in a2009 Major League game, creating a customized fictional league, or playing inany historical league from 1871 to 2008, OOTP does a great job of providing youwith a realistic and extremely satisfying gaming experience.  Day three of E3's clip round up has a lot more gameplay and a lot less hardware to drool over; but you can still get another look at the PSP Go in action. Day four, meanwhile... We check out life on the farm in Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands. Harvest Moon is no stranger to handheld platforms, and Sunshine Island represents the latest step for the series on the Nintendo DS.  Fitting the other team's cake-engorged princess into the giant PlayStation 3 was easy; how they've managed to cram her into the PSP is something we don't really want to think about.  Konami's annual soccer sim is back again, and it has a few new tricks up its sleeve. For many years Pro Evolution Soccer was the untouchable king of soccer games. However slowly and steadily...
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| NinjaTrick Is Open For (Pretend) Business With In-Game Store Open Beta
June 5, 2009 at 3:08 pm
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| CyberAgent America,Inc., a publisher of free-to-play online games, today launched a new in-gamestore in the open beta for NinjaTrick, a free-to-play multiplayer action gamefor gamers of all ages and experience. Now open, the store offers a variety ofNinjutsu skills as well as hundreds of fashion items and accessories. The most identifiable new feature of New Super Mario Bros. Wii is the casually competitive multiplayer. Players are ostensibly competing for coins and score, but the gameplay...  Boozin'-with-cabaret-girls game Dream C Club not only features girls and booze, but also touching. So should it's in-store display. Spotted at retailer Gamers in Akihabara.  Gearbox's long-awaited sci-fi action role-playing game finally gets a release date, right at the end of Take-Two Interactive's fiscal year; new trailer inside. Another delay would've made this fellow even more agitated.  Well, that's a relief. Having previously expressed his desire to make Bayonetta "sadistically hard," director Hideki Kamiya was ready to address our concern that the game might turn off less dedicated gamers.
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| Rockstar, Media Molecule lead 2009 Develop Awards nods
June 5, 2009 at 11:34 am
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| Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, together with LittleBigPlanet dev Media Molecule have netted an impressive eleven nominations for the 2009 Develop Industry Excellence Awards, the UK's annual prize patrol for all things excellent in the industry. The Rockstar houses pocketed six of their own for work on GTA: Chinatown Wars and GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned, including nods for visual arts, technical innovation and audio. Rockstar Leeds is also up for the award for best handheld game studio,  E3 2009 Q&A: Discussing E3 and the current console cycle, president Ben Feder declares the just-announced PS3 exclusive has the Houser Bros. and Rockstar North's "A team working on an AAA title.  If you don't want to know anything about Mass Effect 2, don't read more. But if you're curious about just how dangerous this new game is.... Mass Effect 2 lead designer...  Sony's "Play Create Share" initiative picks up speed with the debut of ModNation Racers for the PlayStation 3, a kart racing title that lets you build the track, the kart, and the racer.  Still-in-development massively multiplayer online title Star Wars The Old Republic comes packed with voice acting, lots of voice acting. Just how much? Not even the BioWare team are sure.
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| Seen@E3: The 58th variety
June 5, 2009 at 11:34 am
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|  Joystiq doesn't just cover E3, it covers french fries as well. Seeking to add a taste of home to our exotic Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles fare, Joystiq's Kevin Kelly concocted this new condiment, which adds delightful, bloggy flavor to your favorite foods. If you can't find it in the "foods named after websites" aisle of your local grocery store, try the "regular food with stickers on it" aisle. Day three of E3's clip round up has a lot more gameplay and a lot less hardware to drool over; but you can still get another look at the PSP Go in action. Day four, meanwhile...  A light at the end of the tunnel! We're at day four, let's round it up: First Look At New Zelda Game's Concept Art FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel FIFA 10 Preview:... We silently infiltrate a party full of the world's most influential people, then make a not-so-silent exit during a two-player cross-platform E3 demo. The Agency is an MMO set in the modern world of high-end, high stakes espionage.  We take a brief look at this upcoming free-to-play fantasy online game at E3 2009. Soul of the Ultimate Nation is one of many free-to-play massively multiplayer online games present at E3 2009...
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| Obscure making PSP Go jump this fall
June 5, 2009 at 10:41 am
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| Despite its name, Playlogic is doing it best to ensure that its teen survival horror caper, Obscure: The Aftermath, is anything but hard to find. The publisher announced that in addition to the game's previously mentioned UMD release in September, the company will also release the Obscure sequel for download on the PSP Go this fall. A version for play on toaster ovens and other household appliances is also rumored to be in the works, though Playlogic representatives were not immediately available for comment. We check out Paradise to find out what's new in Harvest Moon. The latest version of Harvest Moon was on display at Natsume's booth, and we had the chance to go eyes-on with the game as we were walked through its new offerings. We take a look at Tecmo's Gears of War-inspired third-person shooter. Tecmo had a live demo going of Quantum, a third-person shooter, amongst the many, many playable displays of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. FIFA 10 is new. You knew it was coming, but still, new is new. And after reading our impressions of the game, why not sink your studs into the soft, fleshy shins of these screens If you don't want to know anything about Mass Effect 2, don't read more. But if you're curious about just how dangerous this new game is.... Mass Effect 2 lead designer...
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| Microsoft: Project Natal Can Support Multiple Players, See Fingers
June 5, 2009 at 10:40 am
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| Earlier this week Microsoft let me try Project Natal in a hotel suite where test-versions of the new gaming sensor array was set up. Three times, I thought I found a flaw in the systems. I thought the system, as impressive as it was in letting me play kickball with virtual balls on a TV and no controllers on my body, might not be able to handle multi-player gaming. You remember Johnny Lee, right? Sure you do, he's the man who can make magic happen with the Wii Remote. And it seems he's bringing his skills to Microsoft's Project Natal controller.  Alexey Pajitnov, the father of puzzle video games, like the idea of full motion controls, but thinks any such system faces major hurdles. "I am a little bit skeptical about (Project Natal)," he said.  No Banjo Kazooie at E3? No Viva Pinata? Blame Project Natal. We've been looking for Rare at E3. Microsoft's Shane Kim, corporate v. p. at Microsoft for Xbox 360 strategy and business development...
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| Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Impressions
June 5, 2009 at 10:20 am
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| I woke up today with one mission in mind: get to THQ's booth, and check out Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. Mission. Accomplished. While I couldn't get my hands on the game - it's still early, early days - I did get to check out an extended showreel of in-game action, some of it featured in the game's first trailer, most of it not.  We watch the boys defy their mother's orders in this Wii adventure. The Hardy Boys are barely old enough to drive, but that doesn't stop them from thwarting the ignorant adults who are always getting caught in their own web of lies. We silently infiltrate a party full of the world's most influential people, then make a not-so-silent exit during a two-player cross-platform E3 demo. The Agency is an MMO set in the modern world of high-end, high stakes espionage. We take a look at Tecmo's Gears of War-inspired third-person shooter. Tecmo had a live demo going of Quantum, a third-person shooter, amongst the many, many playable displays of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. We check out life on the farm in Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands. Harvest Moon is no stranger to handheld platforms, and Sunshine Island represents the latest step for the series on the Nintendo DS.
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| Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
June 5, 2009 at 10:19 am
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|  The Kingdom Hearts franchise hasquickly become a favorite among Square-Enix fans, effectively melding the spiritand story-telling of Square’s RPG games like Final Fantasy with the robustDisney universe of characters and locations...
EA's The Godfather II sold only 241,000 copies in the U.S. — disappointing for a name title. No wonder EA Games label president Frank Gibeau is ready to wash his hands of the franchise. We check out Paradise to find out what's new in Harvest Moon. The latest version of Harvest Moon was on display at Natsume's booth, and we had the chance to go eyes-on with the game as we were walked through its new offerings. We check out life on the farm in Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands. Harvest Moon is no stranger to handheld platforms, and Sunshine Island represents the latest step for the series on the Nintendo DS.  When we arrived at Majesco's booth, it was little surprise that the rep wanted to show us Cooking Mamm 3 first. It's a franchise that literally saved Majesco from bankruptcy, and it's no wonder why the company is so proud of it.  Nintendo's Glory of Heracles feels like the company's attempt at RPG Training, a My First Role-Playing Game for the crowd fearful of stats-heavy, turn-based conventions.
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| Dissidia Final Fantasy
June 5, 2009 at 10:15 am
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| Dissidia Final Fantasy is one PSPtitle that fans of the franchise have undoubtedly focused their attentions on. I woke up today with one mission in mind: get to THQ's booth, and check out Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. Mission. Accomplished. While I couldn't get my hands on the game - it's still early...  E3 2009: Konami and Kojima's original stealth actioner heads to Sony's online platform later this month for $10. LOS ANGELES--Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII and EA's...  Square Enix's Yosuke Saito is overseeing development of new action title Nier. So yesterday, we caught up with him, to have a chat and take a first look at the game. Nier is being developed by Cavia...  Though the development team for Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days shied away from E3 this year due to the ever-present danger of Swine Flu, the game itself made an appearance, as computer software is impervious to most biological pandemics.
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| Batman: Arkham Asylum
June 5, 2009 at 10:07 am
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To be totally blunt, Batman gameshave been very dodgy in the past while. In fact, the last Batman game to trulybe any good was the game based on the original movie on the NES... Joystiq doesn't just cover E3, it covers french fries as well. Seeking to add a taste of home to our exotic Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles fare, Joystiq's Kevin Kelly concocted this new condiment... Day three of E3's clip round up has a lot more gameplay and a lot less hardware to drool over; but you can still get another look at the PSP Go in action. Day four, meanwhile... A light at the end of the tunnel! We're at day four, let's round it up: First Look At New Zelda Game's Concept Art FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel FIFA 10 Preview:... We take a brief look at this upcoming free-to-play fantasy online game at E3 2009. Soul of the Ultimate Nation is one of many free-to-play massively multiplayer online games present at E3 2009...
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| Halo 3: ODST
June 5, 2009 at 10:04 am
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| The Halo franchise has been atour-de-force on Microsoft’s consoles since their inception, offering playerssome of the best FPS experiences around, both online and off. Now, Bungie islooking to revisit the action with their latest FPS set in the Halo universe,Halo 3: ODST.  On September 22, Halo 3: ODST will be released. To mark that, McFarlane Toys is releasing this. Dubbed "The Rookie", the figure is from McFarlane's Halo Series 6 line. FIRST LOOK AT 'THE ROOKIE' ODST ACTION FIGURE [Spawn via Hawty McBloggy]  E3 2009: SCEA SVP of marketing confirms third-party publishers and developers are already working with the LED-based motion-sensing tech shown during Sony's press event.  PixelJunk Monsters is certainly not the first tower defense game, but it's the game that popularized the genre on consoles. When it debuted on PlayStation Network last year, it became an instant hit.
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| Afrika Preview: And It Hurts That My Friends Never Stood Downwind
June 5, 2009 at 10:00 am
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|  Afrika, first released in Japan last year, has often been compared to Pokemon Snap. Both fairly and unfairly. And guess what? Those comparisons are totally on the money.
 While other sites bring you the latest in E3 video game news, videos and screenshots, we're taking you inside to see how the sausage gets made. This, friends, is the E3 press room...  Nintendo kicked off their E3 2009 press conference with the announcement of The New Super Mario Bros. Wii, afour-player co-operative take on classic 2D Mario gameplay.  Acclaimed -- and quite verbose -- director James Cameron today revealed the full extent of Ubisoft's involvement in the creation of his latest film, Avatar. In what's possibly a further sign of synergy between Cameron and Ubisoft...  The Sega Blog has announced that Sonic and his friends will once again be starring in a racing game. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing features a who's who of well-known Sega characters kart racing for glory.
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| McFarlane Toys' Take On Halo 3: ODST
June 5, 2009 at 8:00 am
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| On September 22, Halo 3: ODST will be released. To mark that, McFarlane Toys is releasing this. Dubbed "The Rookie", the figure is from McFarlane's Halo Series 6 line. FIRST LOOK AT 'THE ROOKIE' ODST ACTION FIGURE [Spawn via Hawty McBloggy] E3 2009: SCEA SVP of marketing confirms third-party publishers and developers are already working with the LED-based motion-sensing tech shown during Sony's press event.  The new Firefight mode in Halo 3 ODST may seem like nothing more than Bungie's version of Gears of War's Horde mode, but the dots in the top left corner... they are what's different.  Don't call it Horde mode. Well, actually, yeah, go ahead and call it Horde mode. Just know that there are some significant differences between Halo 3: ODST's Firefight mode and the Gears of War 2 sensation.  Microsoft will be offering full retail games like Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect as downloadable games via Xbox Live Marketplace Games On Demand starting this August.
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| World of Warcraft Patch Adds Cat And Bear
June 5, 2009 at 7:00 am
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|  Kitties! Blizzard is adding new textures for cat and bear forms in the next major WoW content patch. The Horde and Alliance will both get five different designs. "Night elves can choose to change their cat and bear look at any time by visiting the barber shop and changing their character's hair color," Blizzard explains, "while tauren will be able to change which look they use by switching skin tones in the barber shop — a new feature for tauren in the next major content patch."  There's an unnavigable divide between the world of MMORPGs and the art of good storytelling. Not writing, mind you -- the gang at Blizzard know their way around a word processor -- but rather, the actual sharing of a story.  June 3, 2009 - Activision's booth at E3 is one of the biggest and most spartan at the whole show. The entire area is framed in black and points towards a central stage area where a live DJ was playing DJ Hero at a bottom-thumping volume.  First they hit one million players within weeks of release. Then they hit 2 million a week and a half later. Where does the Free Realms population stand right now? I... The new Firefight mode in Halo 3 ODST may seem like nothing more than Bungie's version of Gears of War's Horde mode, but the dots in the top left corner... they are what's different.
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| New Nintendo Console Maybe In 3, 5 or 8 Years
June 5, 2009 at 6:00 am
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|  Face it, the Nintendo Wii is a souped-up GameCube. It's not HD. And that's okay! The console has been incredibly successful. But nothing lasts forever, not even the Nintendo Wii. One day, Nintendo will release a new console. "If we have an opportunity to make a new console, it will probably support HD because it is now common throughout the world," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told website VentureBeat. "However, as far as the Wii is concerned, we have not found a significant reason to make it HD-compatible at this time." E3 2009: President of DSi-maker tells CNBC that company scrapped completed hardware because it wouldn't have sustained company's momentum. LOS ANGELES--With the announcement of a Vitality Sensor for the Wii...  E3 2009 marks the first time Konami let us get our hands on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Nintendo Wii, and while the hands-on were brief, they were definitely illuminating.  The popular TMNT arcade game gets an overhaul in this remake for XBLA. There are a couple of things you should immediately know about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Earlier this week Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony each hit the show with big news, unveiling a slew of major titles, major surprises and innovative technology. But despite a strong showing across the board at the big three press conferences...
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| Touch The Fake Dream C Club Girls For Real
June 5, 2009 at 5:00 am
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| Boozin'-with-cabaret-girls game Dream C Club not only features girls and booze, but also touching. So should it's in-store display. Spotted at retailer Gamers in Akihabara. A sign asks folks to use pointer finger. Of course, this happens: Needs more booze.  Back in March, EA Director of Corporate Communications Jeff Brown told the world, "If you have a career in games or just love to play them, get out your calendar and circle the first week of June...  Singing, drinking, talking, dancing, cosplay and panty flashing. Xbox 360 hostess game Dream C Club is missing something — touching? No, it has that, too. The latest...  Dream C Club from D3 Publisher is a hostess game that lets players get drunk in-game and watch dancing girls. Here is one of those dancing girls. So far, the game has only been announced for Japan...
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| PC | Alliance of Valiant Arms Hands-On - The Basics
June 5, 2009 at 4:28 am
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|  We get our hands on this free-to-play alternate-reality online shooter at E3 2009. One of the many games on display at E3 2009 is Alliance of Valiant Arms, also known as "AVA." The game will be a free-to-play online shooter that takes place in a modern-day setting during a fictitious conflict. Who's Making This Game: The game is being developed by Asian studio Redduck and being brought to North America by way of NHN USA's ijji.com online games service. Joystiq doesn't just cover E3, it covers french fries as well. Seeking to add a taste of home to our exotic Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles fare, Joystiq's Kevin Kelly concocted this new condiment... Day three of E3's clip round up has a lot more gameplay and a lot less hardware to drool over; but you can still get another look at the PSP Go in action. Day four, meanwhile... A light at the end of the tunnel! We're at day four, let's round it up: First Look At New Zelda Game's Concept Art FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel FIFA 10 Preview:... We take a brief look at this upcoming free-to-play fantasy online game at E3 2009. Soul of the Ultimate Nation is one of many free-to-play massively multiplayer online games present at E3 2009...
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| The Clips of E3: Day Three & Four
June 5, 2009 at 4:00 am
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| Day three of E3's clip round up has a lot more gameplay and a lot less hardware to drool over; but you can still get another look at the PSP Go in action. Day four, meanwhile, was slim pickings — although that Fat Princess trailer really had me laughing. The Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer was my favorite from day three without a doubt, although Final Fantasy XIII was pretty cool. Give me Yoshi in space over emo any day.  June 4, 2009 - E3 2009 was a truly wondrous occasion. It will be known for the ages as the E3 that brought the show back from the brink of oblivion. The booths were big, the babes were mostly attractive, and the announcements were awe-inspiring.  E3 2009: Sony VP of marketing Peter Dille confirms redesigned handheld will ship in two colors on October 1; additional hues possible post-release. LOS ANGELES--Sony...  We are not only amazed Sony was able to fit Fat Princess into a trailer, but delighted. Now where the hell is our cake?  It. Just. Doesn't. End. We had another day of E3. Day one, two, three, actually! Lots of new, lots of coverage, lots of posts. We've gathered them up and put them in one place.
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| PC | Karma: Operation Barbarossa Impressions - Overview
June 5, 2009 at 3:39 am
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| We get a brief look at this free-to-play, alternate-history, online shooter at E3 2009. Karma: Operation Barbarossa is just one of the many games at E3 2009. The free-to-play shooter takes place in an alternate-history version of World War II that extended into the 1950s. According to the game, the Axis forces have taken over all of Europe, and are at war with the remaining American forces. We saw very little of the game in a brief gameplay trailer but have some idea of what to expect. I woke up today with one mission in mind: get to THQ's booth, and check out Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. Mission. Accomplished. While I couldn't get my hands on the game - it's still early... We silently infiltrate a party full of the world's most influential people, then make a not-so-silent exit during a two-player cross-platform E3 demo. The Agency is an MMO set in the modern world of high-end, high stakes espionage. We take a look at Tecmo's Gears of War-inspired third-person shooter. Tecmo had a live demo going of Quantum, a third-person shooter, amongst the many, many playable displays of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. We check out life on the farm in Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands. Harvest Moon is no stranger to handheld platforms, and Sunshine Island represents the latest step for the series on the Nintendo DS.
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| Godfather III Looking Less Likely
June 5, 2009 at 3:30 am
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| EA's The Godfather II sold only 241,000 copies in the U.S. — disappointing for a name title. No wonder EA Games label president Frank Gibeau is ready to wash his hands of the franchise. "We're not going to do another one," Gibeau, adding that no Godfather games are in the company's production schedule, which falls under the next three years. We check out Paradise to find out what's new in Harvest Moon. The latest version of Harvest Moon was on display at Natsume's booth, and we had the chance to go eyes-on with the game as we were walked through its new offerings. When we arrived at Majesco's booth, it was little surprise that the rep wanted to show us Cooking Mamm 3 first. It's a franchise that literally saved Majesco from bankruptcy, and it's no wonder why the company is so proud of it. If you haven't already had your fill with the announcements of Metal Gear Solid Rising, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and Metal Gear Solid Arcade, Konami has one more surprise in store.  Peter Molyneux, the designer between the Fable franchise, has been given a promotion: Creative Director of European studios at Microsoft Games Studios. Previously, Molyneux founded Bullfrog Productions where he created "god games" like Populous. We get a look at Ratchet's new weapons and Clank's new time-control ability in the duo's latest adventure. After teasing us with the all-too-brief Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty last year...
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| Gran Turismo Boss: I Want To Release GT5 ASAP
June 5, 2009 at 3:00 am
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|  Gran Turismo PSP is coming out. That's nice. Where the heck is Gran Turismo 5? And no, Grand Turismo 5 Prologue does not count. According to Gran Turismo honcho Kazunori Yamauchi, "I want to release it as fast as I can, but GT5 for us, when you talk about its status, it's at a point we can release it any time we want, but we can always keep working on it. It's very important for us to make sure everything is done perfectly and everything is done in detail."  After a development time that can only be described as comedic, Gran Turismo will finally be coming to the PSP this October. Here are some surprisingly honest screenshots.  The Sony press conference had a lot in it, but did it have enough for us to get a Bingo... Nooooooo! We all lost, again, for a third time! It's all so sad. Well, next year we're doing just "news" Bingo and leaving out the press conference part.  It's been a long time coming, but Gran Turismo PSP is finally coming out. Finally re-revealed at the Sony press conference, Gran Turismo is shaping up to be a thoroughly comprehensive experience worthy of the franchise moniker.  This one kind of passed us all by first time around, but if you look closely at the Gran Turismo 5 trailer from Sony's E3 press conference yesterday, you can clearly see some car damage.
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| E3 Round-Up: Day Four
June 5, 2009 at 2:00 am
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| A light at the end of the tunnel! We're at day four, let's round it up: First Look At New Zelda Game's Concept Art FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel FIFA 10 Preview: It's The Early-Season Favourite Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Preview: There's A Light Taste Hot Monkey Vengeance! BioWare Doesn't Expect You To Survive Mass Effect 2 Joystiq doesn't just cover E3, it covers french fries as well. Seeking to add a taste of home to our exotic Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles fare, Joystiq's Kevin Kelly concocted this new condiment...  At a developer's roundtable the other day, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto showed a select group of people some concept art for the new Zelda game. That select group is about to get a lot bigger. I don't know about you, but that's no Princess Zelda...  Prepare to meet your frosty, carbonated maker in this E3 trailer for Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island.Brings back memories, doesn't it? That's Dominic Armato voicing Guybrush there. E3 2009 marks the first time Konami let us get our hands on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Nintendo Wii, and while the hands-on were brief, they were definitely illuminating.
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| Sony Is Working on a UMD Solution for PSP Go
June 5, 2009 at 1:30 am
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|  One of the biggest hurdles to getting Playstation Portable owners to upgrade to the recently announced PSP Go is their existing library of UMD games which won't work on the device. But don't worry, Sony Computer Entertainment is hard at work on a solution. "We are looking into programs for owners who have previously purchased UMD titles and want to exchange them for digital versions," said Sony Computer Entertainment's Brian Keltner. "It's something we are still hammering out the details. As soon as we have solid plans in place we will make an announcement."  Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's EyePet is one of the increasing number of games that's hard to go hands-on with. The augmented reality pet-simulation is played mostly... E3 2009: Sony VP of marketing Peter Dille confirms redesigned handheld will ship in two colors on October 1; additional hues possible post-release. LOS ANGELES--Sony...  While we haven't gotten Sony to answer our question yet about how UMD games will or won't be transferable to PSP Go yet, the company has addressed two other big topics: the unit's price and the timing of game releases.  There are lots of booths at E3. This post has some of them. Booth Tour: Sony Computer Entertainment Booth Tour: Microsoft Booth Tour: Ubisoft Booth Tour: Nintendo Nintendo's E3 Booth: Everything That's Playable Booth Tour: EA
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| Wii Remote Wizard Working On Project Natal
June 5, 2009 at 1:00 am
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| You remember Johnny Lee, right? Sure you do, he's the man who can make magic happen with the Wii Remote. And it seems he's bringing his skills to Microsoft's Project Natal controller. While Lee is quick to say he doesn't deserve credit for what we saw at E3, he does add, "The part I am working on has much more to do with making sure this can transition from the E3 stage to your living room - for which there is an even larger team of very smart, very hard working people involved." Lee is currently a researcher in the Applied Sciences group at Microsoft. Alexey Pajitnov, the father of puzzle video games, like the idea of full motion controls, but thinks any such system faces major hurdles. "I am a little bit skeptical about (Project Natal)," he said. No Banjo Kazooie at E3? No Viva Pinata? Blame Project Natal. We've been looking for Rare at E3. Microsoft's Shane Kim, corporate v. p. at Microsoft for Xbox 360 strategy and business development...  If you haven't seen it yet, here's a close-up shot of Project Natal, Microsoft's motion-sensing camera for the Xbox 360.
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| PC | Soul of the Ultimate Nation Impressions - Overview
June 5, 2009 at 12:49 am
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| We take a brief look at this upcoming free-to-play fantasy online game at E3 2009. Soul of the Ultimate Nation is one of many free-to-play massively multiplayer online games present at E3 2009, though unfortunately, it was present only as a brief trailer. The game will apparently be launched stateside by ijji.com. Capcom had this cartoony brawler on display at their E3 booth, so we took the time to beat up on some cybernetically-enhanced baddies. Spyborgs is a good example of how... We silently infiltrate a party full of the world's most influential people, then make a not-so-silent exit during a two-player cross-platform E3 demo. The Agency is an MMO set in the modern world of high-end, high stakes espionage. We get an updated look at this fantasy-themed turn-based strategy sequel and get new details on the first expansion pack. It wouldn't be E3 2009 without hundreds of games crammed into the cavernous halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center...  We take a look at this World War II flight game at E3 2009. Many games are being shown at E3 2009, including IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, a new console game based on the cult-classic PC flight-combat simulator.
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| Venetica: E3 Pretty I Didn't See
June 5, 2009 at 12:30 am
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|  I was really excited to finally see DTP Entertainment's Venetica in action at this E3, but they didn't show it to me, so here's some screenshots. It's probably my biggest disappointment of this E3. I've been following Venetica since the game was first announced. It's an action role-playing game starring the daughter of death, Scarlett, who must do battle with evil forces in order to defeat an evil necromancer and save her father. Day three of E3's clip round up has a lot more gameplay and a lot less hardware to drool over; but you can still get another look at the PSP Go in action. Day four, meanwhile... A light at the end of the tunnel! We're at day four, let's round it up: First Look At New Zelda Game's Concept Art FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel FIFA 10 Preview:... Capcom had this cartoony brawler on display at their E3 booth, so we took the time to beat up on some cybernetically-enhanced baddies. Spyborgs is a good example of how... We silently infiltrate a party full of the world's most influential people, then make a not-so-silent exit during a two-player cross-platform E3 demo. The Agency is an MMO set in the modern world of high-end, high stakes espionage.
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| Mario, meet Sonic
June 5, 2009 at 12:04 am
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|  Listen -- not every game at E3 is a winner. The Joystiq heavyweights get to go play all the big games and interview all of the developer hotshots, and that's the stuff you love reading about. But some of us are down in the trenches, doing all of the demos that no one else wants to do, checking out all the games whose names are read around the schedule planning table, and answered only with the silence of bloggers who have better games to play.  We take a look at three new events and one new gameplay mode in which Sega and Nintendo characters talk to each other and help each other out. Mass hysteria! Mario and Sonic had such a blast competing at the Summer Olympics...  Watch out PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade games recharge! GamePro Senior editor Sid Shuman and I discuss the state of Xbox Live Arcade versus PlayStation Network games on a weekly basis.  June 3, 2009 - After the craziness of Day One, the middle day of E3 is sometimes a bit of a letdown; after all, the majority of the huge announcements and big games are shown off during the pre-show press conferences.  Tetris is the standard by which all other block-falling games are judged, but Bejeweled is atop a tower of its own, serving as the gold standard for grid-based matching games.  MTV Games will ring in this year's Bonnaroo music and arts festival with a batch of downloadable tracks featuring artists from the show. If you've ever wanted to jam along with Phish, this one's for you.
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| The PSP Go Looks Familiar
June 5, 2009 at 12:00 am
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|  We knew that we had seen the PSP Go before — back when Sony called it "Mylo". The Mylo is a wireless device that can be used to browse the internet. Sales have hardly been amazing, so don't think Sony's decision to use a tweaked Mylo design for the PSP Go is lazy. Oh no, it's thrifty! So the PSP Go Is Basically a Sony Mylo 2 With Gaming Then? [Gizmodo] Day three of E3's clip round up has a lot more gameplay and a lot less hardware to drool over; but you can still get another look at the PSP Go in action. Day four, meanwhile... One of the biggest hurdles to getting Playstation Portable owners to upgrade to the recently announced PSP Go is their existing library of UMD games which won't work on the device. E3 2009 Q&A: Discussing E3 and the current console cycle, president Ben Feder declares the just-announced PS3 exclusive has the Houser Bros. and Rockstar North's "A team working on an AAA title. Novarama's PSP game Invizimals may smack of an obvious Pokémon clone, but the PSP Camera-enabled pet collection game is still fascinating to look at, with magical appeal that younger games might just eat up.
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| First Look At New Zelda Game's Concept Art
June 4, 2009 at 11:25 pm
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| At a developer's roundtable the other day, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto showed a select group of people some concept art for the new Zelda game. That select group is about to get a lot bigger. I don't know about you, but that's no Princess Zelda... A light at the end of the tunnel! We're at day four, let's round it up: First Look At New Zelda Game's Concept Art FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel FIFA 10 Preview:... If you don't want to know anything about Mass Effect 2, don't read more. But if you're curious about just how dangerous this new game is.... Mass Effect 2 lead designer...  Turn 10 Studios is celebrating the announcement of Forza Motorsport 3 this week by offering up a free car to Forza 2 players who reply to their blog with their Xbox Live gamertag attached.  WayForward's a boy and his blob is at the same time an excellent recreation of the original game and an experience all its own. Much like the original game, our titular boy feeds his pet blob many varieties of jelly beans...
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| Cops Called Over Resident Evil Cosplay
June 4, 2009 at 11:00 pm
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|  Sometimes cosplay is a good thing. Sometimes it's a bad thing — especially when it gets you arrested. That's "Jay", and he was cosplaying as special commando HUNK from Capcom's Resident Evil franchise. Great costume! So great that the local authorities were altered when the gun-brandishing masked-HUNK walked into a store. A dozen police cars pulled up to the scene, guns drawn.  Sega found a winner for that Bayonetta contest, and she's been breaking men's hearts all week long over at the company's booth. But don't call her "cosplay". Don't call her "marketing".  Well, Sony's E3 press conference is over. Let's take a look back, a walk down memory lane and review our Sony E3 press conference coverage. Sony's E3 Expo Live Blog Oh Yeah...  E3 2009: Capcom brings survival horror to Sony's handheld for first time in new adventure "designed specifically" for PSP Go. LOS ANGELES--At its E3 media briefing today...  Announced at the Sony E3 2009 press conference but lost amidst new PSP, Final Fantasy, and Metal Gear Solid news, the PlayStation Portable will also be getting its own special Resident Evil game next year.
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| DS | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games DS Impressions
June 4, 2009 at 10:41 pm
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| We take a look at three new events and one new gameplay mode in which Sega and Nintendo characters talk to each other and help each other out. Mass hysteria! Mario and Sonic had such a blast competing at the Summer Olympics, it seems, that they're back for some wintery competition. During our E3 Demo for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, we got to see a few of the iconic events that the pair (and their respective crews) will be participating in. We also saw a new adventure-style mode that offers an interesting diversion from the sports-themed action. We check out Paradise to find out what's new in Harvest Moon. The latest version of Harvest Moon was on display at Natsume's booth, and we had the chance to go eyes-on with the game as we were walked through its new offerings. Capcom had this cartoony brawler on display at their E3 booth, so we took the time to beat up on some cybernetically-enhanced baddies. Spyborgs is a good example of how... We watch the boys defy their mother's orders in this Wii adventure. The Hardy Boys are barely old enough to drive, but that doesn't stop them from thwarting the ignorant adults who are always getting caught in their own web of lies. We silently infiltrate a party full of the world's most influential people, then make a not-so-silent exit during a two-player cross-platform E3 demo. The Agency is an MMO set in the modern world of high-end, high stakes espionage.
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