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How Sony Plans For 2008 Financial Profit
Sony hasn't given up on making money. No way, no how. This financial year it even has a plan for achieving profitability. Phew! Kaz Hirai explained all at Sony's corporate strategy meeting today, laying out the game plan:
More »• Accelerating cost down efforts
» Chip shrink
» Reducing the number of components• Strengthening the management
» Organizational Review
» Further reductions in SGA [Eds Note: Sales, General and Administration]• Introducing more new and exciting titles
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APB Full Public Beta Coming, New Art Here
We haven't heard a word from Real Time Worlds since they blew our collective minds during a talk at this year's Game Developers Conference. Recently hired Community Relations Manager Chris Dye just dropped us a line to let us know that's about to change.
Dye is tasked with the walk in the park job of building interest in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto-esque massively multiplayer online game.
“APB is at an extremely exciting and important stage, and we can now begin the process of introducing to the gaming community the various aspects of what will make up this genre defining MMO”, commented Chris.
Mario Rizzo, Business Development Manager added “This appointment signals the start of a new phase for APB where we can interact more fluidly with both gaming sites, and our potential future player base. This is an important milestone for the game now that we are transitioning into Alpha and moving towards the full public beta of APB.”
I know that a beta for an MMO is almost a necessity, but that doesn't make me any less excited.
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Microsoft To Show Off Xbox 360 RPG Line-Up In Tokyo Tomorrow
Microsoft may not be winning Japan over with its Xbox 360—it typically sells under 10,000 consoles a month in the region—but that doesn't mean it's going to stop trying. Tomorrow in Japan the company is holding a press conference to focus on its RPG line-up, presumably to show off future wares geared toward the market like Infinite Undiscovery and The Last Remnant from Square Enix, but it may have more than that. News from the event should start to hit late tonight, very early tomorrow morning in the West.
We know that Mistwalker is working on Cry On and a Blue Dragon sequel, so we may get some updates on that, but perhaps Microsoft has a megaton or two squirreled away. If you stay up late enough, you might be able to catch wind of what's going on, but rest assured that whatever drama awaits, it will be here in the morning. Get some sleep!
Big Bucks For Turbine
Time Warner Hitches Its Star To Turbine With $40 Million Investment
Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine has just snagged $40 million in equity financing primarily from Time Warner and GGV Capital, the company announced today.
The company's existing investors also helped out this funding round, and Time Warner said Turbine was "an important addition to [its] entertainment initiatives."
Both Time Warner and GGV look to be betting big on the growth of online worlds; full announcement follows the jump.
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Capcom's Captivate 08 Wrap-Up (With Bonus Disclosure)
Just in case you didn't feel like getting up at the crack of dawn to follow the kick off of our Captivate 08 coverage, highlighting Capcom's upcoming wares like Resident Evil 5, Street Fighter IV, Bionic Commando and more, here's a helpful wrap up of everything we posted today. There may be more stragglers coming tomorrow, so check in on our Captivate 08 tagged posts for everything. For full disclosure on the swag that Capcom handed out—coming to a Kotaku giveaway near you!—plus details on that zombie target, make the jump.
First Resident Evil 5 Gameplay Impressions
New Details On Street Fighter IV's Home Versions
Capcom Announces Spyborgs For Wii
Bionic Commando Hands-On Impressions
Street Fighter IV Trailer Features New, Classic Characters, Grating Voice Over
Dark Void Gameplay Impressions
Hands-On With Street Fighter IV: The Final Arcade Version
Capcom Giving Neopets The Puzzle Quest Treatment
Street Fighter IV's Sandy Summer Fun Trailer
Resident Evil 5 Not Redesigned After Race Criticism, Says Producer
Bionic Commando Multiplayer In Action
Hands-On With Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 And 1942: Joint Strike
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Toki Tori Ducks You Up
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Naruto Hitting DS Again In Path of the Ninja 2
Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2, a sequel to October 2007's DS title, is in the works from D3Publisher and Tomy Corporation, planned for a September 2008 release.
It features 30 characters from the series for gameplay that sounds a little bit action-RPG and a little bit squad-building. Wi-Fi multiplayer lets Naruto fans take on friends around the world, too. For ninja battles, presumably.
There are a staggering number of Naruto games; Path of the Ninja 2 is not to be confused with Rise of a Ninja, Ultimate Ninja, Ninja Destiny, Uzumaki Chronicles, or Naruto RPG.
I'm confused. Full release follows the jump.
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Harmonix Dudes Make Proper Time 100 List
Forget the list Miyamoto made. That one was an internet popularity contest, and considering the mobilisation powers of Nintendo fanboys, his prominence should surprise nobody. What is a pleasant surprise, however, is the presence of some gaming luminaries on the real Time 100, the list put together by the magazine themselves. They've honoured Harmonix's Alex Rigopolous and Eran Egozy, both for their innovation with Guitar Hero & Rock Band, as well as the knock-on effect of saving "classic rock for generations to come". Rock Band: not just a game, an instrument of history.Alex Rigopulos & Eran Egozy [The Time 100] [Pic]
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Meditations Upon Chun-Li
Destructoid dares to ask the question: "Is Chun-Li a post-op transsexual?" Hard hitting and thought provoking, to be sure, but, you know. Meh. Her hands are big? yarly.
But it's as good a jumpoff for me to reminisce about the intersection of Street Fighter, my fraternity in college, and a case study in cognitive dissonance.
This happened back at N.C. State, where I was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon's Beta-Beta chapter. Names have been changed to protect the ashamed, but the frat nicknames are, I swear to God, real. Here goes.
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Iron Man Weekend Party Fun Time!
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PS Store Down All Day Tomorrow
Just a reminder, the Playstation Network Store will be down from 8 am to 9 pm US Pacific Time (11 am to midnight, US Eastern, and 9 am to 10 pm Crecente). This is for the widely anticipated update to the Playstation Store.
So all you unemployed gamers and kids playing hooky, don't start raining ZOMG WAT HAPPEND TO PSN messages on us. Besides, everyone should be doing their taxes.
How much worse can I fuck things up this weekend ...
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Wait, So Now Jake Gyllenhaal Is The Prince Of Persia?
So say Latino Review, who according to "multiple sources in Hollywood" tell them the Jarhead's not merely in the running, but that Disney have already offered him the role. On first thought, he seems more "nice" than "dashing/swarthy". But on second thought...yeah, this could work. He's an awfully pretty man, and the Prince is - at least in Sands of Time - an awfully pretty man. Put Jake in some MC Hammer pants and a wig, have him run up some walls and I'm sure he'll do just fine.Exclusive: Prince of Persia MIGHT BE A Jarhead! [Latino Review]
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Hot Flashes: Magic Pen
Sure, it may borrow wholesale from Independent Games Festival finalist Crayon Physics by Petri Purho, but Magic Pen is much more multi-platform friendly, requiring but a short download via your web browser of choice. Perfect for those of us not willing to walk from our Macs to our Windows boxes. You'll draw primitive shapes—circles, triangles and rectangles—as well as pins, hinges and swing-arms to move a red ball to each level's flags. It's fun and physics accurate and has a very soothing looping guitar ditty.
Magic Pen [Fizzlebot via Jay Is Games]
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Know Flash? Win Cash. And Maybe a Job
Flash game coders have a shot at some loot and a developer gig in a contest UGOPlayer.com is running beginning April 8. So if you think you've got the next killer office time waster, it could net up to a $5,000 first-place prize and, potentially, a job writing games.
For those of us who don't know how to program, the monthlong UGOPlayer.com Online Game Fest is another useful site for goofing off at work.
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A Better Look At Soulcalibur IV's Scheherezade
Our first look at the latest soul to join Namco Bandai's weapons-based fighter was far from ideal. Magazine scans suck, but digicam pics of mags are even worse. Thankfully, Impress Game Watch has new photos of Soulcalibur IV's elfin rapier expert, Scheherezade, giving us a better in-game look at the newcomer. I'd say she looks a bit out of place—not to mention Zelda-esque—but she's not the only character sporting pointy ears this go round.
Soulcalibur IV Character Profiles [Impress Game Watch]
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EndWar Gameplay
Ubisoft just sent over this trailer for EndWar which features a snippet, a very short snippet of gameplay. What it doesn't show, for some reason, is their super cool user interface which uses, almost entirely, your voice. So far this game is shaping up to be a must get for me if for no other reason than I like the idea of pacing around in front of my television issuing "commands" to my troops. I totally need to figure out where I can buy a swagger stick.
Ubisoft just sent over this trailer for EndWar which features a snippet, a very short snippet of gameplay. What it doesn't show, for some reason, is their super cool user interface which uses, almost entirely, your voice. So far this game is shaping up to be a must get for me if for no other reason than I like the idea of pacing around in front of my television issuing "commands" to my troops. I totally need to figure out where I can buy 
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