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No Plans for Layton on Wii
In an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine, the Level 5 CEO Akihiro Hino has said the studio has no plans to bring Professor Layton to the Wii, despite the series’ strong popularity on the DS. Hino said the current trilogy will close out with “Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel,” and a new one…
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Next Bourne Game Titled ‘Ascendancy’?
Electronic Arts will be handling the next video game iteration of the Jason Bourne series, since the last one failed to deliver anything compelling, and a developer’s online resume briefly revealed its title to be “The Bourne Ascendancy.” Superannuation – yep, that guy misses nothing – spotted the LinkedIn profile of the audio director for…
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Overseas Poormouthing Continues for PSPgo
Don McCabe of the U.K. retailer Chips is on the record with his disaffection for the PSPgo. But he’s ramped up his opinion from “not worth stocking” to “will fail miserably.’ Of that, McCabe is “99.9 percent certain,” he said to GamesIndustry.biz. It’s certainly not the kind of thing Sony wants to hear through its…
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The First Four Letters Say it All
Dumbbells – two pound dumbbells, to be exact. Your Wiimote is waiting to pump (clap) you up with this $20 “peripheral” available from Everlast, said to be compatible with a slew of exergaming titles. The listing says the weights don’t interfere with the IR capability so, hell, why not hook it up to Dead Space:…
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Mobigame’s “Edge” is Back on iTunes
Edge, the iPhone game that kicked off the latest and nastiest battle over over trademark rights to the word in video games, is back up on the iTunes App Store as “Edge by Mobigame.” Mobigame rebranded the game in the United States and United Kingdom markets specifically to neutralize any claim Tim Langdell‘s Edge Games…
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Dragon Age: Origins Gets Day One DLC
The Warden’s Keep, a downloadable add-on to Dragon Age: Origins that BioWare had been planning for some time, will be available as paid DLC the day the game releases, GameSpot reports. Warden’s Keep draws its name from the Grey Wardens, an ancient order involved in Dragon Age’s canon. The DLC delivers a dungeon-based adventure, new…
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Cannon Fodder Set to Music, in Empire: Total War
If you’ve seen war, or if you’re a student of it, perhaps this will merely strike you as a well edited sequence of cutscenes from Empire: Total War. Others might find it strangely gripping, especially because of the music. Guess first-person combat in the 18th century didn’t include a firing-from-cover mechanism. The Perfect War –…
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GameStop Promises Manuals, Covers for Used Games Bought Online
This might sound like extra credit for doing nothing, but hey, it’s a guarantee. Buy a used game online, GameStop supplies the art and the manual. No more generic game cases on your shelf. The wannabe-lawyer in me wants to note that they don’t say “case” and, as you know, there are variances in case…
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NCAA 10 Hits the Road to the Final Four
Lots of games try to emulate what you see on the television, but NCAA Basketball 10 fully integrates CBS Sports’ Road to the Final Four – theme music, key graphics and, of course, Bill Raftery. Of course, in the real Final Four, you’re hearing Jim Nantz and Clark Kellogg. But Raftery and Gus Johnson supply…
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Tretton: What’s Good for Sony is What’s Good for Gaming
File this also under “What they say when we’re not listening.” Speaking to Forbes, the SCEA chief Jack Tretton answers a few softballs about the PS3 Slim, then says, “the environment where PlayStation wins is best for this industry.” To use a sports metaphor, we hear the same thing every time the Lakers, the Yankees,…
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Platinum: Actually, it’s Sarah Palin who Looks Like Bayonetta
The Sarah Palin/Bayonetta jokes are officially played out, by decree of the Platinum Games designer Hideki Kamiya. In fact, he says Bayonetta’s look is so iconic, soon people will be saying that Sarah Palin looks like her Answering reader mail with Platinum’s J.P. Kellams, the two lay the whole Palin/Bayonetta comparison at Kotaku’s feet. Guilty…
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Activision Originally Didn’t Want Modern Warfare
Speaking to Official PlayStation Magazine, Infinity Ward’s boss said that Activision did not believe in Infinity Ward’s concept for a modern Call of Duty setting and was actively working to demonstrate the idea wouldn’t succeed. Vince Zampella, IW’s chief, said the studio had wanted to do a modern combat shooter for years, and bring their…
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The Living World of Dragon Age: Origins
Bioware’s designers and writers wax earnestly about Ferelden and Orlais as though they comprise a familiar history – and for them, they do. They also inform the set and level design of Dragon Age: Origins. But this is, and always will be, Dragon Age: Origins. And so shall this post be tagged “Demon Tits,” as…
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Guy Sues Sony, Saying Firmware Update Bricked His PS3
You read enough of these and you begin to understand why giant corporations have huge legal divisions. A Florida man filed a class-action suit on Friday saying his PS3, purchased Jan. 3, 2009, was bricked by September’s firmware 3.0 update. John Kennedy filed his complaint against Sony Computer Entertainment America on Oct. 3 in, where…
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FTC Ruling Might Affect Video Game Reviews
A unanimous ruling by the Federal Trade Commission today would update truth-in-advertising language to require the disclosure of “material connections” – hint, hint “cash or an in-kind payment to review a product” – by the recipient of such considerations. Bloggers, as reported earlier, are specifically mentioned by the recommendation, which has obvious implications for the…
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How Do You Want Your RE5? Tell Capcom
Recap: a “Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition,” was announced two weeks ago at TGS. But that’s a Japanese version. The North American edition is not finalized. And so Capcom is asking: Should it be digital or physical? “Here’s where we’re at,” says Chris Kramer: In Japan, Alternative Edition will be released as a new physical…
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360’s Next-Gen Wireless Out Nov. 3?
GameStop is taking preorders for the Xbox 360 Wireless N adapter, whose existence was recently confirmed, but for which no launch date was given. It ships Nov. 3, says GameStop. For those not in the know, the 802.11n standard is a step up from the plebeian 802.11g. The other piece of news, this new product…
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