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Lord of the Rings: Conquest Gallery

Earlier this morning Electronic Arts officially announced the long-rumored Lord of the Rings meets Battlefield title, Lord of the Rings Conquest.

The game, under development by Pandemic Studios, will give gamers a chance to fight some of Tolkein's greatest battles as either the good guys or the bad when it hits this fall.

“We’ll freely admit that we’re rabid fans of The Lord of the Rings fantasy,” says Josh Resnick, co-founder and general manager at Pandemic Studios. “Our experience creating massive, rich, action-packed games means that The Lord of the Rings: Conquest will give fans exactly what they want: full control of the blade, bow and magic to fight its epic battles any way they want – even if they choose to play from the evil side.”

Hit the jump for the official press release.

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Two New Screens for Golden Axe: Beast Rider

SEGA America's blog gives gamers a look inside work at Secret Level, which just finished Iron Man for them and is cranking on Golden Axe: Beast Rider. A cool Flickr slideshow shows the team and some concepts, both in hard copy and rendered on computer. And two new screen caps, which is the video game porn you're here for.
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New R-Type Command Screens

Atlus just sent over this batch of fresh new R-Type Command screens. R-Type Command is set to hit the Playstation Portable on May 6, but you can grab a demo (which includes a taste of ad-hoc multiplayer) for free on the PSN store. I don't know if it's a good idea for me to own an R-Type on a system that I can easily either throw through a window or smash on the ground. Not that, that would happen, but it is R-Type.


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Feeding your ID in Saint's Row 2

I'm hanging out at Volition in a cozy darkened side room, waiting for their presentation on Saint's Row 2 to begin. Producer Greg Donovan (right) is with me and we sit there a bit awkwardly, waiting for the game's Lead Designer, James Tsai (left), to join us.

It's not Donovan's fault that things are weird. Someone has painstakingly setup a small table filled with various drinks and snacks that, as Donovan explains, "aren't there everyday."

Things are weird because I have an absurd headache on top of an even more absurd head cold making me a complete bitch to talk to. Donovan breaks the silence again.

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SpongeBob SquarePants Drawn to Life

I am ashamed to admit that I'm a bit of a closet SpongeBob fan. Really, you can't blame me. When you have a child, and spend time with him watching television on occasion, you're going to eventually get drawn into liking one or two of his shows. SpongeBob, actually, can be quite funny at times.

As I mentioned before, one of my all-time favorite episodes is the one featuring the inordinately creepy DoodleBob, the creation of a artistically-lacking SpongeBob and a real-world pencil.

THQ contacted us after I posted about my reserved anticipation for the game with a couple of screen shots. I have to say they don't really assay my fears that the developers will entirely miss the point of what makes DoodleBob so awesome. In a nutshell? More creepy, less kiddie. Don't underestimate the SpongeBob adult fan club.

Hit the jump for a couple more screens and some of the game's details.

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New Street Fighter IV Screens Now With Improved Lightning

By now you've probably figured out that not one Kotaku writers, but three of us have actually played Street Fighter IV... extensively. And yet we still haven't written a single impression. I can't speak for everyone, but I'm betting they feel just as much at a loss for where to start as I do. I promise to get something up on the site, hopefully several somethings, by the end of the week. Until then, be content with these spiffy new screens.


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Mass Effect DLC Brings Batarians to the Mix

Bioware today announced the first downloadable content pack for their Xbox 360 RPG Mass Effect.

The Bring Down the Sky downloadable content pack hits LIVE on March 10 at 2 a.m. PST, for 400 MS points ($5) and is the first in a series of planned downloadable content that expands the Mass Effect universe and continues the plot.

The pack will include an uncharted world that introduces the Batarians alien race. In the pack a Batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova. Only Commander Shepard can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent.

The developers say the pack will contain about an hour and a half of action and a new Achievement worth 50 Gamerscore points.

Hit the jump for a second shot from the pack.

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Final Fantasy XIII Scans from Famitsu PS3

A reader at FinalFantasy-XIII.net has scanned in 37 pages from the latest PS3-centric Famitsu magazine that covers Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII Versus. There's not a lot new here (if any) but if you haven't been following every tiny bit of minutia coming out about the titles, there will probably be some things you haven't seen in here. Of course, if you can read Japanese there will no doubt be lots of fun info about the game to take in as well. More »

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl Hands-On Round-Up

Brian Ashcraft made his way to the Yodobashi Camera store in Osaka's Umeda yesterday to pick up a copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and found that despite the teeth-gnashing angst of importers like Play-Asia and National Console Support (and just a few of our readers), he had no problem landing himself a copy of the game.

Here's a run down of his posts which include impressions, images and such:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Line Madness
Super Smash Bros. Brawl in the House
Here's The Super Smash Bros. Brawl Online Menu
What's Super Smash Bros. Brawl Online Like? Eh...
Does Super Smash Bros. Brawl Actually Deliver?


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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Dated, Priced

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue hits stores in North America on April 17 for $40, it will also be sold as a digital download for the same price on the Playstation Store. If you buy the disc version it comes packed with an extra behind-the-scenes high-def video called "Beyond the Apex".

The precursor to GTA5 will include 60 vehicles, 16 car online races at 60 frames per second and 1080p HD support. The game also supports online racing events, an in-cockpit view with real-time gauges and human animation and support of the vibration Dualshock controller.

"Ten years following the introduction of Gran Turismo(TM) on PS one(R), Gran Turismo 5 Prologue delivers the most realistic and technologically advanced racing experience on any platform," said Jeff Reese, director, software marketing, SCEA. "With 1080p graphics, revolutionary online features like Gran Turismo(TM) TV and the new in-cockpit racing view, the world'sbest-selling racing franchise will once again set the standard for racing games."

The game will launch with Gran Turismo TV, a dedicated online channel on the Playstation Network that will include worldwide motorsport programming.

Is it just me or is everyone else getting confused with all of these demos and prologues? I'm not sure if this is the best way to roll out a triple-A title. Hit the jump for the official fact sheet and a batch of new screens.

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Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core Screens

Playstation Universe has posted a huge gallery of new screenshots from the Japanese version of Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core. While I'm not a huge fan of this particular portion of the series, the screens and footage I have seen from it so far have been pretty impressive. I have included several of them here in a small gallery, but you can see the entire gallery of fifty on Playstation Universe.

[Thanks, Philly]


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Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep and Final Fantasy: Dissidia Screens

Famitsu is currently hosting some new Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (PSP) and Final Fantasy Dissidia screens. Also available are screens for Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (DS) and Kingdom Hearts: Coded (cell phone). I got a chance to check out trailers for all of these games at TGS and was on the whole not terribly impressed by the latter two titles although Birth By Sleep looks like it will be the best of the lot. Dissidia also looks great as far as the graphics are concerned, but for gameplay, we'll just have to wait and see. More »

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New Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway Screens

These brand new shots from recently delayed, but still anticipated Gearbox shooter Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway just landed on our doorstep. I like the moody lighting.


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Four New Fallout 3 Screens Climb to the Surface

Brother None of Fallout 3 fan site No Mutants Allowed wrote in to let us know that Czech gaming site tiscali.games hs gotten their hands on some new Fallout 3 screenshots. There's only four and they aren't of the greatest quality, but if you are eager to see more Fallout 3, these screens should fit the bill. You can see them on tiscali.games here or if you would like to read the descriptions in English, you can see them here at No Mutants Allowed.

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Harvey Birdman Screens

If you liked Phoenix Wright, you'll love Harvey Birdman. Or maybe you won't, I don't know your life. Regardless, Capcom has graced us with a bunch of new screens for the upcoming game featuring Harvey and the game up to their courtroom antics. I always love the inclusion of the various Hanna-Barbera characters and if you look close, you can even see Peanut holding a PSP. Ah, self-referentiality, you never grow old.


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Home Made Mario Galaxy Screens

A Kotaku tipster who prefers to remain nameless (for obvious reasons) has sent in some photos of Super Mario Galaxy in action at an undisclosed location. Sure they are a little fuzzy and taken from the side, but what are you gonna do? It like those blurry, naked photos of topless celebs you always see on the cover of The Star. Not a whole lot that will knock your socks off, but it's always fun to see something you're not supposed to, right? More »

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New PGR4 Screens

Project Gotham Racing 4 is less than a month away so Microsoft decided that now would be a good time to ship out a batch of new screenshots all taken with the game's Photo Mode. Hey, did you realize you can view pics captured in Photo Mode in 3D by using a standard pair of red and blue glasses and turning on the 3D glasses cheat? I had no clue.

New batches of PGR4 screens are expected every Thursday until the game's release, we're told.


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Penny Arcade Adventures Gallery

I didn't get to post a whole lot of screens for the upcoming Penny Arcade Adventures when I gave my impressions of it yesterday, so I thought I would make up for it by posting this massive twenty photo gallery. The screens show a number of different parts of the game including the battle system, regular gameplay and a shot of the character creation screen. This game just keeps looking better and better and after what I saw at PAX, it will be a definite download for me.