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Introducing Mr. Yusuf Amir of Liberty City
Meet Yusuf Amir, who’s a successful businessman gangster and rival of Gay Tony. Yusuf enjoys dancing in his tightie-whities, but that’s not why this is NSFW. Huge F-bomb about 10 seconds in; it might rupture your chaste workplace speakers. Rockstar’s news release accompanying this video describes Amir as “The affable, cutthroat real estate and construction…
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PSPgo Costs as Much as a PS3 in Denmark
Either Sony’s gotta cut its price or the Danish kroner’s gotta get a lot weaker against the dollar for the PSPgo’s sake. It’s listed at 2,000 DKK – or $396 US, one reason retailers there aren’t stocking the thing. Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet reports (translation) that Fona will not sell the PSPGo in any of its…
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Conchords’ Label Confirms Rock Band DLC [Updated]
Sub Pop Records, the label for the music/comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, confirmed the act’s Emmy Night red carpet claim that three of their tracks were coming to Rock Band, Team Teabag reports. The three tracks were not specified, but two will come from the band’s eponymous debut album, joined by one song from…
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ODST Sees Nearly One Million Players its First Day
According to a widget box at the front of Bungie.net, close to 950,000 people had played Halo 3: ODST on its first day of release, logging more than 5 million games. Yes, those are impressive numbers. As of the time this post was written, ODST’s 24 hour figure for total players was 949,306; the 24-hour…
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Tretton: PS3 Shortage is Possible
Jack Tretton, the Sony Computer Entertainment America boss told Reuters today that if PlayStation 3 sales continue at their present rate, retailers could see a shortage of the consoles later this year. “If things continue at this pace, it is conceivable that there will be product shortages,” Tretton said, after noting the console’s sales are…
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Voice Actress Tips Off ‘Resident Evil 5: Director’s Cut’?
Curious tidbit from this 9 minute interview with Patricia Ja Lee, the voice of Jill Valentine in Resident Evil 5. Seven minutes in, she talks about doing work “for the director’s cut that’s coming out for Resident Evil 5.” “I guess the news is already out,” Jill says. It is? First I’ve heard of it.…
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Second Batman Challenge Map Out Early in the UK [Update]
Just a reminder that Prey in the Darkness, the second challenge map in the Batman: Arkham Asylum set of free downloadable content, will arrive on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live tomorrow. The map actually is live on the UK’s Xbox Live servers as we speak, so if you’re there and home from work/school, check it…
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360’s New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
The 802.11n adapter whose development Microsoft recently confirmed will cost you one benjamin. The existing 802.11g adapter will get a haircut and cost $79.99. That’s according to Ars Technica’s trusty, and unnamed, “Mole.” The new adapter, and its ability to stream 1080p video, is tied to Microsoft’s upcoming Zune video store update to Xbox Live…
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Firmware Update Hits the 360
An Xbox 360 firmware update went live overnight/early this morning. Although it lays the foundation for the 360’s Facebook and Twitter capabilities, no new features are included in this download. Major Nelson confirmed the new firmware in a late-night post; also, for any of our friends who were up late and gaming and found the…
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Naughty Dog Vows Uncharted 2 Isn’t the End of Drake’s Story
Naughty Dog‘s Amy Hennig told Playstation.Blog that Nathan Drake is “going to have a lot of adventures” past Uncharted 2. What is said here – very successful IP will continue – isn’t news. Yet again, what’s unsaid is. Said Hennig: [Uncharted 2] doesn’t conclude the story at all. The expectation with Uncharted 2 is that…
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Capcom Seeks Suggestions for Next Vs. Title
Whether joking or serious, Capcom-Unity’s asked for input on what its next Vs. game should be, and that sets everyone to wondering if one really is in the works. They’re offering a meager bounty for the best-reasoned suggestion. Winner gets “precisely 12% of the swag in Seth’s “random Capcom swag” box. You can supply yours…
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Putting Up Airballs — and Making Them — in NBA 2K10
2K Sports‘ NBA game, like its NHL counterpart, comes to the Wii for the first time with this year’s edition. This trailer gives a look at the motion controls which, for the most part, seem reasonably intuitive. The jump shot’s a no brainer – Wiimote and nunchuk up, flip the ‘mote, splash, as Kobe Bryant…
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Halo Composer Wrote Jingles for Flintstones Vitamins, Tidy Cats
A profile by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, calling Marty O’Donnell the John Williams of the Halo series, turns up this tidbit: He wrote the Flintstones Vitamins jingle (which you now have stuck in your head) and his kids sang the chorus. That’s not news to hardcore fans (it’s all over the Halo wikis), but O’Donnell’s past…
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Swastika Gets Wolfenstein Pulled from German Shelves
Nazi imagery is a big nein-nein in Germany, and the localized version of Wolfenstein was supposed to have removed all of it. A small swastika slipped through, and Activision is said to be recalling the game from shelves there. The news, sourced back to 4players.de (translation) attributes a statement to Activision saying that “although it…
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Left 4 Dead Patch Improves Zombie HUD, Adds Achievements
A patch went out today for Left 4 Dead that adds improvements to the HUD when you play as a zombie in versus mode. Speculation also is that it lays the foundation for the upcoming Crash Course campaign. The most notable content addition is a timer in the Zombie HUD that counts down the special…
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New DSi Colours Announced for Europe
Due Oct. 23, Europe will get metallic blue, light blue and red, preloaded with Flipnote Studio and Facebook. Also, buying one and taking it to the Nintendo DSi Shop over the Wi-Fi Connection will get 1,000 free DSi points. The points offer is good from the date of release until March 2010. There was also…
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Cops Play Wii During Undercover Drug Raid
Guns drawn, cops busted down the door of a suspected south Florida drug dealer, then proceeded to kick some ass – on Wii bowling. A security cam captured some playing video games while others searched for drugs and weapons. As you can imagine, Michael Difalco’s lawyer-mans is probably looking for a way to invalidate the…
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RedOctane Chief Says Natal ‘Likely’ for Guitar Hero
When last we heard about Natal, and the possibility of air guitaring Guitar Hero, a Neversoft producer said they were ‘interested.’ If they’re not, RedOctane is. Their president just upgraded the Natal/Guitar Hero connection to “likely.” In an interview with Digital Spy, Kai Huang, president and cofounder of RedOctane, said the studio has “definitely been…
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