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Mirror’s Edge 2 listed on lighting artist’s portfolio

Published 14 minutes ago by Jordan Fehr at That VideoGame Blog

Battlefield 3 and Mirror’s Edge 2 have both been found listed under the 2009-present section of DICE lighting artist Oscar Carlen’s portfolio . Publisher EA has been talking about both games pretty openly in the past — EA’s Patrick Soderlund has said that another ...

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Mirror's Edge

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Dead Space

Ubisoft announces first Assassin’s Creed II DLCs

Published 58 minutes ago by Rain Anderson at That VideoGame Blog

Assassin’s Creed II will be getting its first two pieces of downloadable content in the early months of 2010, Ubisoft announced today. Or maybe “pieces” is the wrong thing to call them — the minimum requirement of 1GB space required for each of them seems to ...

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Modern Warfare 2

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Modern Warfare 2 receives ELSPA diamond sales award

Published 104 minutes ago by Rangebar Merani at That VideoGame Blog

After already bringing in $550 million in sales in its first five days on the market and becoming the biggest launch in entertainment history , Modern Warfare 2 is still not letting up and has now been awarded the ELSPA diamond sales award. The Xbox 360 version of MW2 has become just the ...

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Modern Warfare 2

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New Super Mario Bros

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Red Dead Redemption’s official trailer debuts

Published 2 hours ago by Rain Anderson at That VideoGame Blog

The Red Dead Redemption “My name is John Marston” trailer that Rockstar promised has debuted, bringing with it confirmation of the April 27, 2010 release date a leaked video provided last week, and it certainly looks, sounds and smells of the wild west alright. Rockstar’s ...

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Red Dead Redemption

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Europe gets Final Fantasy XIII box art, a chocobo yawns

— thatvideogameblog.com — Final Fantasy XIII may be a big-budget sci-fantasy RPG offering gorgeous visuals and a dramatic story, but... you probably couldn’t tell that from looking at the somewhat boring European box art that Square Enix revealed today. Even if you’re a fan of the whole ... (more) Europe gets Final Fantasy XIII box art, a chocobo yawns

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Final Fantasy XII

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VGAs tease another new game announcement

Published 4 hours ago by Rain Anderson at That VideoGame Blog

Let’s see here.. we already know that the reveals of Halo: Reach , Tron , Spec Ops , and the recently announced Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands will happen at SpikeTV’s VGAs next week. Now another one’s been added to the bunch, which could actually turn out to be ...

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Dante’s Inferno demo dated

— thatvideogameblog.com — The PlayStation Network and Xbox Live demos of Dante’s Inferno have been dated today; The mission to... reach the gates of Hell and rid Death of his scythe begins next Thursday, on December 10, for PSN users and oddly two whole weeks later, on December 24, for XBL uses. The full game ... (more) Dante’s Inferno demo dated

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PSP

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Dirt 2 PC demo out now

— thatvideogameblog.com — The demo of the DirectX 11-powered PC version of Colin McRae Dirt 2 is now available. Two... events — Trailblazer and Landrush — are available for inspection in the 1.3GB download which for example can be grabbed from here , here , here or here . A benchmark mode is also included. ... (more) Dirt 2 PC demo out now

Colin McRae: Dirt

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Dirt 2

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Blur’s living life on the fast lane

— thatvideogameblog.com — New footage from Blur , the ‘ Project Gotham Racing meets Mario Kart ‘ title that PGR... dev Bizarre has been working on since being bought out by Activision, has seen the light of day. And it’s all very.. chaotic. Still can’t quite make out if that’s a good or a ... (more) Blur’s living life on the fast lane

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Project Gotham Racing

Mario

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Metal Gear Solid brings peace to Japan in March

— thatvideogameblog.com — Hey Peace Walker , I think we need to take things a bit slower. I really like... you and all, but I just finished playing your demo and now you have a release date ? We’re moving too fast for this relationship to grow! When I was waiting for MGS4 to arrive, there was nearly four years of ... (more) Metal Gear Solid brings peace to Japan in March

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

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PSP

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Amazon lists Yakuza 3 for March release…in Germany

— thatvideogameblog.com — There have been a lot of different rumors and conflicting stories surrounding the release of Yakuza 3... in the west but still no official confirmation from Sega. Now a further development has occurred with Amazon Germany listing the game with a release date set for March of next year. Even ... (more) Amazon lists Yakuza 3 for March release…in Germany

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Contact developer reveals new DS RPG Space Agency

— thatvideogameblog.com — Audio Inc, the studio behind DS titles Contact and Sakura Note has revealed another RPG for the... DS called Space Agency, by way of the poorly translated and hilarious trailer seen above. If you’ve played Contact (and shame on you if you haven’t), the art style should be ... (more) Contact developer reveals new DS RPG Space Agency

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New Brink footage shows how the game actually plays

Published 18 hours ago by Rain Anderson at That VideoGame Blog

We didn’t have to wait long for that proper Brink gameplay footage to arrive after all; As part of their week-long coverage G4 has released a new, two-minute, Adam Sessler-narrated X-Play clip that dives into the game’s premise as well as its main attraction, the SMART movement ...

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Brink

Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka leaving Konami?

Published 19 hours ago by Joshua Kopstein at That VideoGame Blog

Aeropause is reporting that Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka is leaving Konami, sourcing a unnamed contact from Konami Japan. Yamaoka has worked for Konami as a sound designer for the past 16 years, known best for the haunting melodies and thick industrial ambience that give the Silent ...

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Silent Hill

thatvideogameblog.com - 20 hours ago

Fancy going to E3 in your underwear? Now you can! Maybe…

— thatvideogameblog.com — I’ve never been to a videogame convention before. I imagine it’s all a bit weird. Speccy nerds... queuing to play FaceShooter3 and dribbling over booth babes is how I picture it. Not for me, thanks. I’d rather dribble over endless trailers and booth babe pics in the comfort of ... (more) Fancy going to E3 in your underwear? Now you can! Maybe…

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Nintendo downloads for the week of Nov. 30

Published 21 hours ago by Matthew Razak at That VideoGame Blog

What the hell, Nintendo? Two weeks of massive downloads! Is someone trying to capture the download market this holiday season? Well, you’re going to have to try a little harder. While last week’s epic releases were exactly that, this week does not shine as brightly. Despite the ...

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DSiWare

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thatvideogameblog.com - 22 hours ago

Serious Sam: The Next Encounter getting the HD treatment in 2010

— thatvideogameblog.com — It seems that Croatian developers don’t like taking breaks. Not even a week after Serious Sam HD... was released on Steam, developer Croteam has announced that Serious Sam HD: The Next Encounter will be released in early 2010. The game will be released on PC and “home ... (more) Serious Sam: The Next Encounter getting the HD treatment ...