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playing doctor
Ubisoft Makes Grey's Anatomy Game Official
Though most likely perturbed by having their fun ruined by the ESRB last month, Ubisoft has gone ahead and made Grey's Anatomy for the Nintendo Wii, DS, and PC official. More » -
PSN Exclusive
Creat And Tikgames Bring Cuboid To PSN
Creat and Tikgames are combining gamers' craving for puzzles with their deep-seated love of geometric shapes, resulting in Cuboid, a new puzzler coming soon to the PlayStation Network. More » -
Video
iPhone, DS, Touch and Kaossilator Make Beautiful Music Together
In this video you see jetdaisuke jamming with an iPhone, two DS, iPod Touch and Kaossilator. More »
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By Brian Crecente
Comment by killah101: With this kind of economic crisis, how do people still find time to do things like this..... 8 Responses | Other threads
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Get Down, Get Down
50 Cent Takes Cover In New Blood On The Sand Clip
Isn't he supposed to be Bulletproof? A fresh new video and screens from THQ's 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand show off the game's cover system, which involves Fiddy shouting expletives between firing weapons.
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by Soldier_CLE proclaims Steve Wiebe The REAL King of Kong!!!.: Just an honest question... "Am I the only person on this planet that is less than enthused about this game?" 15 Responses | Other threads
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The Saga Continues
Bioshock Could See Upwards Of Five Sequels, Story Willing
While wary of "cashing in" on the franchise, Global President of 2K Christoph Hartmann suggests that Bioshock could follow the Star Wars saga, generating sequels as long as the story holds out. More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by Yadah: At some point it will start to loose its charm...... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Ces09
Mad Catz' Hits CES With Street Fighter, HAWX Controllers
Mad Catz is unveiling their new controllers for Street Fighter IV, a HAWX compatible flight stick and their latest PC flight stick at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. More »
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By Brian Crecente
Comment by Christoph: Am I the only one who thinks that this kind of controller would only make it harder to play?... 8 Responses | Other threads
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pew pew pew
Champions Online Cares Where Your Force Beams Come From
In the latest edition of their Champions Online Q&A feature, developer Cryptic details how powers in their upcoming superhero MMORPG can be tweaked by players for a more customized hero. More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by Trygle12 is waiting on Disgaea 2 Portable: Crotch beam is a go. DestroyMan would be proud. 11 Responses | Other threads
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dood
Square Brings Disgaea 3 To Europe In February
For the Disgaea fans to cheap to import or too unversed on the English language to read this article, Square Enix is delivering Disgaea 3 to European PlayStation 3 owners next month. More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by Witzbold: Thats interesting since I remember Koei used to do alot of the publishing for the Euro NIS titles. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Ces09
Rock Band Branded Memory Cards Come to the Wii
SanDisk today unveiled a Rock Band branded 2GB memory card for the Wii. More »
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By Brian Crecente
Comment by ncsbert: 50 megs for one song? That seems a little steep. They should sell these with some bonus tracks pre-loaded.... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Game Announce
MySims Line Expands With Inevitable Kart Racing And Party Games
EA begins to slowly work the MySims brand into the ground with the addition of two all-new and completely predictable games for the Wii and DS - MySims Party and MySims Racing. More » -
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skate or die
Skate Early With The Skate 2 Demo
Skateboarding fans eager to experience the second game in EA's Skate series will find satisfaction in the coming week, as the company announces a Skate 2 demo for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. More »
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By Mike Fahey
Comment by rainofwalrus: SKATE was one of the best games ever made. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Igf09
IGF Finalists Include PixelJunk Eden, The Maw, Cortex Command
Increasingly, the Independent Games Festival is where smart game publishers go to find tomorrow's big hits. Games like Braid, World of Goo, flow and Everyday Shooter all had their start here.
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Sales Charts
PC Sales Charts
Two charts in one week! What a treat. Monday's were for the week ending December 20, and were late thanks to the holiday slow-down. These are for the week ending December 27.
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Prince Of Persia
In Defence Of Prince Of Persia
Ah, Prince of Persia. You either love it for what it tried, or hate it for what it tried. We love it, though, and Tom Cross at GSW does a good job of explaining why. More »
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By Luke Plunkett
Comment by StuLTissimus: Agreed. I think the dialog between the Prince and Elika is rather tasteful.... 20 Responses | Other threads
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Japan
Gundam Senjou no Kizuna Is PSP Bound
Rumor confirmed! Japanese arcade title Gundam Senjou no Kizuna is getting a PSP version — minus the cockpit display complete with 180 degree screen. More »
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By Brian Ashcraft
Comment by Witzbold: I wonder if this game will be taking advantage of the PS3 - PSPs networking ability to play others online.... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Sales Charts
British Sales Charts
Looks like lots of people in Britain got Wiis for Christmas. And lots of people also got a second controller to go with it. Least, we reckon that's what happened. More »
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By Luke Plunkett
Comment by CanaryWundaboy: Gears 2 - #5 Resistance 2 - #37 First PS3 exclusive on the list doesnt even break the top 15. Ouch for Sony. 8 Responses | Other threads
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PS3
Sony Exec Wants More Thrilling Episodic Content
Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Europe (SCEWSE?) exec Michael Denny is not thrilled with episodic content. He wants it to be more exciting, you know, more cliffhangery. More »
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By Brian Ashcraft
Comment by jove: too true! all games should have episodic content and for free or a very small fee. good episodic content of course.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Nintendo
Wii Fit Sells Three Million In Japan
Wii Fit was released in Japan in December 2007. Proved to be, despite its liberal use of the word "fit", a hit. So much so that it's now sold three million copies. More »
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By Luke Plunkett
Comment by Dingler: Props to the creator of that picture. Had me giggling for a good 10 minutes.... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Alone contest
You'd Most Like To Be Alone In The Dark With...
Darth Vader. The "Alone With The Darth" boxart has been chosen by Kotakuland as its favorite finalists. Congrats to all who entered and a word about contest hijinx after the jump. More » -
X-Blades
X-Blades PS3 Trophy List
Hot of the presses, it's a full list of PS3 Trophies for X-Blades - complete with easy accomplishments and balls-hard feats. More »
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By AJ Glasser
Comment by Falcon: I can't stand the main character's design. She looks like one of the bleach-blond, fake-tanned sorority girls from my university that... 8 Responses | Other threads
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Rumor
Your English Language Rhythm Heaven Boxart
While Amazon isn't the place to pin your hopes and dreams on for game info, the web retail appears to have revealed the English language Rhythm Heaven boxart. More »
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By Brian Ashcraft
Comment by dodongski: thank god it's coming out in the US. my friend finished the japanese version (even if he didn't know japanese) 3 Responses | Other threads
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Retail
Game Sales Up 17% In The UK
Music sales are down, movie takings are down, consumer spending is down...lucky for British retail, then, that game sales are on the up! In fact, they're so up that it's making everything else look good. More »
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By Luke Plunkett
Comment by Black-Dog-Howls: At first I thought this generation was going to be something akin to the hairband and synth new wave of... 8 Responses | Other threads
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Wii
House Of The Dead: Overkill Devs Want Arcade Machine Feel
Does House of the Dead: Overkill brings arcade shooting to the Nintendo Wii? Yes, says the game's developer Headstrong Games. More »
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By Brian Ashcraft
Comment by Witzbold: This does look quite great. Im just worried when it hits Japan its gonna get the green blood treatment though, 11 Responses | Other threads
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Journalism
1UP Sold To Hearst Corporation, EGM To Close [Update]
What began as a rumour last month has now escalated into full-blown fact; Ziff Davis have officially sold the 1UP network to competitors Hearst, owners of UGO.com.
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By Luke Plunkett
Comment by twinturbo2: Egon is right, print is dead. This makes it, what, the second gaming mag to go down in flames due to 17 Responses | Other threads
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Clips
Fred Willard's Nintendo Shilling Lets Us Down
Nicole Kidman. Liv Tyler. Fred Willard? Nintendo has roped in Spinal Tap actor Fred Willard to promote Personal Trainer: Cooking in this disappointingly disappointing clip. More »
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By Brian Ashcraft
Comment by Jezuz: Never again will I be able to look at that man without wondering if his friends are autistic or gay. 6 Responses | Other threads
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The greatest depression
What Do You Do With Your Old Games?
Hey, we're in a recession! And some of us have old games to unload. What to do, what do do. More »
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By Brian Ashcraft
Comment by Kazuhite: I keep all of mine. I don't like how selling them usually ends up in me losing over 50% of... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Game Over Man
Aliens: Colonial Marines Got QTEs, Custom Cover & Flashbacks
Details on Gearbox's Aliens shooter are thin. But excitement is thick. So let's address both those issues with this preview for the game, which touches on story, setting and the use of cover. More »
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By Luke Plunkett
Comment by Mamba: Ugh, I thought we'd all agreed not to use QTEs in FPSes after Jericho.... 10 Responses | Other threads
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street fighter iv
The Kind of Cammy Images You've Come To Expect
While Street Fighter series character Cammy White did not bring her assets to the arcade version of SFIV, she is doing so to the home versions. More » -
Clips
Please Be Seated For This King Of Fighters XII Trailer
Heed the warning. Don't stand and watch. If you're standing, it's further for your jaw to fall before it hits the ground. More chance of seriously hurting yourself.
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By Luke Plunkett
Comment by suya123: I am so pissed that older Terry is not in this! We might not get Buster Wolf!... 16 Responses | Other threads
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