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Media: Zelda: Spirit Tracks Images, Videos, and More from Aonuma
Lot of new stuff for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks today. New images of multiplayer await in the gallery, while right here you can see some video footage, courtesy of Wired Game|Life:
In addition, there are more details and two ads from the ...
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Harmonix Surpasses Promise of 1000 Rock Band Songs
Harmonix promised just three months ago that they would have a thousand Rock Band songs available by 2010. Today, the company announced that not only has it done so, but it has surpassed the milestone. Now the song database for the series includes ...
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Uncharted 2 Gets Free Multiplayer Map Friday
Christmas (or Chanukah, or Kwanzaa, or whatever the heck you celebrate) will come very early from Naughty Dog on Friday, as the developer will release a new multiplayer map for the super-critically-acclaimed Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The map, ...
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Venezuela Prepares to Ban Violent Video Games from Sale or Play
A new law in Venezuela has been put into effect that will ban the sale, and even the playing, of violent video games and toys. The reason behind it is an attempt to curb the level of violent behavior which has plagued the country in recent ...
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New Star Wars Game to be Unveiled at Spike VGAs
Another day, another tease from Spike as to a world premiere title, set to be unveiled at the 2009 Video Game Awards. However, this one will likely be one of the biggest yet, as it comes to us from a certain galaxy far, far away.
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Fifth Professor Layton Announced
Level 5 announced today the name and details of the fifth Professor Layton game for the DS. It will be a direct sequel to the fourth game in its trilogy of prequels.
Upon this week's Japanese release of the fourth Layton game The Specter's (or ...
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Amazon Supports Gran Turismo 5 Special Edition
Retailers like Amazon.com in Europe seem to be offering pre-orders for at least two versions of Gran Turismo 5 one priced like a special edition. This supports previous evidence of there being a special edition of the game.
No Gran Turismo game ...
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Red Dead Redemption Announced for April 2010 Release, New Trailer Next Week
With Grand Theft Auto IV in the books, all eyes now turn to Rockstar Games' next major open-world release, Red Dead Redemption. VideoGamer.com has announced the game's release date, set for April 2010 on both the PS3 and Xbox 360.
That's not all, ...
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Dead Space 2 Teased For Reveal Next Month
Okay, so a sequel to last year's frighteningly good Dead Space isn't earth-shattering news at this point, but the question does remain as to the game's official announcement. Well, OPM seems to be teasing a major game reveal in their next issue, even ...
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Chocobo Item for Xbox Live Avatars
Enough of you tweeted about it, and now Chocobo avatars have been unlocked for Xbox Live Gold Members. To receive this exclusive Final Fantasy XIII item, register at the official website, you will receive the code during the month of December. The ...
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The Facts of Microsoft's 360 Banning Spree
Microsoft was well-praised when they banned the crap out of pirated and modded Xbox 360 consoles. But what does Microsoft's banning policy actually entail?
Well, Mike Kurz of Games Are Evil did a little digging, and found some shocking stuff.
First ...
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Website: Xbox 360 to Outsell PS3 3-to-1 this Holiday
And it has begun! The war for holiday supremacy between the PS3 and Xbox 360 will be waged yet again this holiday, and if a British website is any indication, Microsoft should take the holiday crown.
According to Mark Pearson of My Voucher Codes UK, ...
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Media: Final Fantasy XIII "Feel the Pulse" Trailer
Here it is, folks, the last trailer for Final Fantasy XIII before it is released in Japan next month. It's all in Japanese for now, but we'll update if an English language version is made available.
While much of the trailer comes from previous ...
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Reminder: GameStop Used Game Sale Starts Today
Just thought I'd remind you guys that GameStop's used game sale starts today. Basically, buy any two used games, and you'll get another free. I can't find any type of restriction on this sale, but I assume that the free one probably can't exceed the ...
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Just Cause 2 Parachutes In March 23
Square Enix seems to be especially busy lately, considering the whole Eidos thing. Their latest announcement is grappling down a date for Just Cause 2, set to hits stores on March 23, which seems to be becoming a big month for the company.
While the ...
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EA Montreal to Shift Away from Wii, Towards Core Titles
While the Wii has worked out pretty well for EA's Montreal division, it looks like even they want to move away from the casual-focused console. According to an interview with EDGE, the company wants to create a new focus on core titles.
"The Wii ...
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Army of Two: The 40th Day
Analyst: Wii Bubble Deflating, Publishers Should Go With Core Titles Over Casual
Here we go again. Yes, the Wii has garnered a lot of enemies over the years - journalists, core gamers, television screens. However, its eternal rival seems to be analysts, who are always ready to pounce on the popular console when it shows any sign ...
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New Tron Game Revealed, To Be Shown off at Spike VGAs
A recent GameTrailers teaser has revealed a new chapter in the Tron franchise. The video is very short in length, but it does provide us with a few details, particularly the December 12 date that Spike will reveal it via its annual Video Game Awards ...
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Far Cry 3 Confirmed
Today during a media junket for the upcoming Avatar video game, Ubisoft writer Kevin Shortt was asked about the next successor in the Far Cry series by OPM, a UK-based magazine. Specifically, he was asked about his personal involvement in it:
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REVIEW: New Super Mario Bros. is Platforming Joy
What The Game's About
When Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings spring a booby-trapped birthday cake on Princess Peach, Mario, Luigi, and two mushroom retainer Toads chase their escaping airship across the Mushroom Kingdom through a healthy dose of ...
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Penguins in the Desert to Hold Zelda Marathon Over Thanksgiving Weekend
On Friday, November 27th at 6 p.m. ET, The Penguins in The Desert Productions team is going to be raising money to support Big Brothers Big Sisters St.Catharines - Thorold & District. And you should help out by donating.
Why? Because they've put ...
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Killer Kosplay: Big Daddy and Big Daddy's Drill
I have seen a number of BioShock cosplay over the years since the game's release. Some have been pretty good, while others... yeah.
But this one may very well be the best, the king. This Big Daddy could be... The One.
That... is awesome. What ...
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Pandemic Announces Mercs Inc. for...?
Ugh, I hate announcements like this.
Electronic Arts' Pandemic Studios, whose name lives on, has announced that they are working on a new sequel to the Mercenaries games under the working title "Mercs Inc.", and it will be the first title developed ...
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Clergymen Accuse Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles of Promoting the Occult, Capcom Responds
I hope that everyone has been doing their prescribed eye-rolling workouts, because you're going to need the benefits of training for this one.
Three UK clergymen, Bishop Bryant of Jarrow, Archdeacon Brian Smith, and Rt Rev John Goddard, have each ...
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Xbox LIVE's Facebook Receives Two Million Users Logging In Over First Week
Reaction to the addition of Facebook to Xbox LIVE seems heavily mixed. Some are quite happy to have another avenue to access the program, while others ask "who would use it?"
The answer to that, it seems, is two million users, or ten percent of Xbox ...
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Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time's Space-Faring Gameplay was Originally a 2D Shooter
On the latest podcast of the Full Moon Show, Insomniac Games revealed that in the early stages of development, the space gameplay in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time was going to be a 2D, top-down shooter in the same vein as Geometry Wars and ...
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Media: Rabbids Go Home - Rabbids Love Vampire Movies! and More
I have to admit, it pleases me greatly that Ubisoft continues to promote Rabbids Go Home with funny new materials well after the game has been released.
And in this particular case, they have something special cooked up for fans of Ella, Bedward, and ...
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Assassin's Creed II Sells 1.6 Million Worldwide
Assassin's Creed II far surpassed the original in quality, so, in turn, it's looking like it may surpass the original in sales.
Ubisoft announced today that the game has already sold 1.6 million worldwide through internal estimates. Also, the series ...
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Guy, Cody, and Adon Join the Cast of Super Street Fighter IV
Three long-forgotten Street Fighter Alpha mainstays will be making their return in Super Street Fighter IV, according to Japanese gaming mag Famitsu.
First up is Guy, seen to the right. Better known from his time in Capcom's popular arcade brawler ...
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 vs. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix: And the Winner is...
One game was essentially remade from the ground up, featuring remixed music, hand-drawn high-definition sprites from the artists at Udon, and fine-tuned in its gameplay. The other was pretty much a straight port of a Dreamcast game, with some filters ...
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IBM Will Continue Manufacturing Cell Processors as Long as Sony Needs Them
It would seem that rumors of the demise of IBM's Cell Processor have been greatly exaggerated. They originated from German website Heise Online's interview with IBM's Vice President of Deep Computing, David Turek, in which he said they had halted ...
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Random Video of the Day: Thanksgiving: Mega Man Style
Dane Boe, who has brought us numerous video game mash-ups, brings us a special video which shows why bringing a Super Fighting Robot to Thanksgiving dinner is probably ill-advised:
...pity he mixed up Mega Man and X. Oh well. Plasma roast, ...
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Media: Assassin's Creed 2 - Console Comparison
For those of you lucky enough to own both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, deciding which version of Assassin's Creed 2 to purchase will have to be based on more than just the visuals. The team behind Assassin's Creed 2 clearly put in an equal amount ...
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Deus Ex 3 Cinematics Being Handled by Square Enix
"Deus Ex 3 is going to be the first project which will be a concrete product of joint effort between Square Enix and Eidos," Eidos Montreal General Manager Stephane D'Astous revealed to Edge. "The cinematicsby which I mean any CGI pre-rendered ...
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Get's a 40/40
Last week's issue of Japanese Famitsu Weekly awarded New Super Mario Bros. Wii with a perfect score. This adds to the game's positive critical reception as well as Famitsu's own quickly-growing pantheon of perfect score awards.
With perfect scores, ...
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Media: DC Universe Online - 15 Images of Nightwing Out Clubbin'
Sony Online Entertainment has released a batch of new screenshots and images of one Nightwing, and you can find those in our gallery. What they did not release, however, is any information on what to expect from the character, so I guess it's up to ...
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Japan Buying DSi LL Faster Than PSPgo, Ripping Them to Shreds
On Sunday, November 22nd, Nintendo's deluxe-sized DSi LL went on sale in Japan, and sales so far have not been too shabby, as Famitsu publisher Enterbrain reports that 103,524 units have been moved over the first two days. Compare to the roughly ...
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Capcom's Svensson: "Nothing is More Difficult" Than Launching New IP
A frequent point of contention in the video game business is the need for new intellectual property versus returning to the well with sequels, remakes, spin-offs, etc. During a recent interview with gameindustry.biz, Capcom Vice President of ...
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Australia May Ban Modern Warfare 2
Modern Warfare 2 could end up being another casualty of Australia's game ratings system after release. Its status in that country is being threatened by the same elements that are at the very center of Australia's ratings controversy.
The South ...
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Dress for Success
Obviously since you're a gamer you are particularly enamored by the world of high fashion. I mean, I know I see more of my fellow game geeks at Paris and Milan than I ever do at E3 or GDC. I mean, if the ESA is really serious about reviving E3 then ...
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Entire Mass Effect 2 Team to be Put to Work on DLC Once Game is Finished
Project Director Casey Hudson on the Mass Effect 2 team has come out and said that once the game is complete "pretty much" the entire team will begin creating additional download content for Mass Effect 2.
"One of the things that we weren't able to ...
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Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition's New Scenarios Detailed?
We already know that there will be tons of new Mercenaries content available as DLC and in Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition. But what about the promised new scenarios?
Well, Brazilian RE fansite REVIL, as translated via Biohaze.com, have supposedly ...
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Media: New Trailer for Borderlands DLC Zombie Island Pack
It looks like this year's best selling new IP is getting some downloadable content that will surely satisfy those eager for more of Gearbox's Borderlands. The pack, dubbed Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, appears to add even more diversity to an already ...
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EA Announces Free DLC for Need for Speed: SHIFT, Adds Team Racing
Electronic Arts finally hit paydirt with the latest Need for Speed, and is making some new DLC available to celebrate. Better yet, it's completely free, which we can totally get behind.
The DLC, called the Team Racing pack, adds a new co-op team ...
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Media: Tons and Tons of Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks Footage
Hard to believe that a new Zelda game is just a couple of weeks away, but December 7 marks the day that Spirit Tracks is inducted (or rather, CONducted?) into the legendary pantheon. The game's official website has opened, and with it comes a ton of ...
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Microsoft Sued By Datel Over Recent 360 Update
Around this time last month, Microsoft cut some accessory-makers short by blocking out many third-party memory cards via an Xbox 360 system update.
However, it seems that one company will not give up without a fight. Datel, which is UK-based, ...
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Random Video of the Day 2: Hot, Crazy Girlfriend Smashes Xbox
There is undoubtedly a lesson to be learned from the following video. The first would be "it is best to have a girlfriend who also enjoys video games."
Of course, that's easier said than done. Then again, some would argue the same could be said for ...
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Random Video (and Comic) of the Day: Ode to Minions
I'm not sure if it's something in the water or what, but it seems that over the past week, there has been a growing concern among webcomic artists about the well-being of minions and cannon-fodder in video games. The above comes from last Thursday's ...
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Miyamoto Speaks, as He is Wont to Do
Nintendo EAD General Manager Shigeru Miyamoto must be looking at a rather busy holiday season. After all, New Super Mario Bros. Wii came out just over a week ago, while The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is due at the end of the first week of ...
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Microsoft Says "Give Thanks... for Xbox 360!"
It's that time of year again... no, not that one... or that one. The other one, with turkeys. No, not Christmas, the other one that comes before it.
Right, this week is Thanksgiving... that is, if you live in the States (in Canada, we had ours last ...
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