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  Even DC Comics’ Assembled Heroes Can’t Resist the Allure of Free-to-Play

  It doesn’t matter if you’re a starship captain or one of Earth’s mightiest heroes; once you go massively multiplayer it’s only a matter of time before free-to-play finds you. Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online breaks free of subscription fees next month. Starting in October anyone with a PlayStation 3 or a gaming PC will…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 19, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  So, the TGS is a wrap. Hope you managed to keep up with all the news. Got a favourite booth babe? Who do you think ruled the floor? 3DS vs. Vita? Let your voice be heard, because it’s talk amongst yourselves time. Big shout out to Incursor for today’s photo. Very clever, very funny. Want…

  By Nick Partyka Published September 19, 2011
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  Tokyo Game Explosion Day 4: From Massive Crowds to Plentiful Play

  The Tokyo Game Show smashed all (TGS) records again this year, bringing a whopping 222,600 people to the massive convention center to play games, dress up and check out the PS Vita. Our own Brian Ashcraft and Luke Plunkett were there from the first day to the last (yes, even the on the weekend) to…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 19, 2011
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  Radballs Is, Like, A Totally Rad Rhythm Puzzle Game for iOS

  A little bit of Lumines influence, a touch of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo design and an audiovisual presentation thick with ’80s nostalgia make Radballs stand out from the iPhone and iPad puzzle game crowd. Glow Play’s Radballs for iOS may rest somewhat uncomfortably on its totally rad presentation, invoking memories of ’80s album art,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 19, 2011
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  Hot Shots Golf Food Looks Cute, Round.

  Fore! | TOKYO, JAPAN – Snacks were served at a recent Sony event for its Move golfing game. (Photo: マクセル | チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報) Cosplay at the Tokyo Game Show is a Sweaty, Dangerous Mess Saturday was hell. The Tokyo Game Show convention halls overflowed with 86,000 people. Not everyone was there to game. Many had something…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011
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  Only the Brave and Lovely Endured the Tokyo Game Show

  The 2011 Tokyo Game Show wasn’t even supposed to happen this year. During the spring, as the country was starting to put itself back together after the earthquake, the show looked like it was a no-go. Then, there were the blackouts, power consumption concerns, and a general feeling among many Japanese that they should refrain…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011
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  This Game Knocked My Socks Off at the Tokyo Game Show

  Sumioni, aka “Ink Demon”, is a stunner. Looks can be deceiving, and looks aren’t everything. Thankfully, Sumioni‘s beauty is more than skin deep. At its heart, Sumioni is an old school 2D platformer. The catch is that you can draw the platforms. Players have different brushes at their disposable, such as a “Road Brush” to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011
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  Good Meat Sets the Tokyo Game Show Ablaze

  At the Arc System Works booth, Tokyo Game Show attendees could do more than watch players duke it out in Persona 4 The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena. They could also watch Ushijima Ii Niku (aka Ushijima “Good Meat”), one of the country’s most famous cosplayers, duke it out with cameras. Cosplaying as Noel Vermillion, Good…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011
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  Dead Space Satellite Studio Goes Belly Up

  Visceral Games, the team behind the Dead Space series, had a small studio based in Melbourne, Australia. That studio is now no more, its 21 employees let go earlier today

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011
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  What do Rez and Space Channel 5 Have In Common? This Guy.

  Artist Jake Kazdal has been working in the video game industry for around 15 years now, for companies like Electronic Arts, Zombie VR and Big Boss. Perhaps of more interest to readers of this site, though, is that between 1999 and 2003 he worked at Sega. In Tokyo. Where he got to design stuff for…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011
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  Metal Gear 3D, Zone of the Enders Coming In 2012

  Soaking up the adoration of the masses at a Tokyo Game Show stage presentation over the weekend, Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima dished out some release information regarding two of his company’s upcoming remakes. First, Metal Gear Snake Eater 3D. It’ll be out in early 2012, dashing the hopes of those who thought the game’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011
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  Get Ready To Fall in Love with Lumines All Over Again

  Monster Hunter is now synonymous with the PSP. Back in late 2004 and early 2005, that wasn’t the case. Monster Hunter was a PS2 game, and Sony was still convinced that the PSP was its new Walkman. Puzzle game Lumines, which launched in Japan in December 2004, was the PSP’s killer app. It took advantage…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011
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  “New” BioShock Infinite Trailer Makes a Mockery of the Monorail

  I’m not a scientist, so I can’t tell you exactly how much of this new BioShock Infinite trailer (commission for the Tokyo Game Show) is actually new. So let’s just guess and say “some”. There’s a can-opening sequence that looks new (at least compared to the very similar E3 clip). And some new gameplay stuff.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011
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  Let’s Watch the Most Beautiful PS Vita Game of the Tokyo Game Show

  Sumioni is one of the most striking and arresting games I’ve seen in a long, long time. Last week during the Tokyo Game Show, Acquire’s Luke Rideout showed me the game. In the above video, Rideout provides an overview for the title. Sumioni is still early—hence, the load times. The game has been called Okami…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011
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  The History of Video Game Consoles (Brought to you by TGS)

  Tucked away in a deserted corner of the Tokyo Game Show was this enormous timeline, charting the history of both video game hardware and of TGS. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011
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  This Year’s Tokyo Game Show Smashed Attendance Records

  Not only was the first public day of TGS the biggest ever, the entire show’s attendance was, too. Over TGS 2011’s four days 222,600 people attended the show, which is about twenty thousand more than last year. [Mantan Web]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011
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  How PSP Games Will Get a Second Lease of Life On the Vita

  A big problem with PSP games like the Grand Theft Auto titles was the fact the old handheld only had one thumbstick. Now that the Vita has two, and can play old PSP games, Sony is looking at a backwards fix for that. “Downloadable PSP games will play on the Vita”, Sony Worldwide Studios boss…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011
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  Cosplay at the Tokyo Game Show is a Sweaty, Dangerous Mess

  Saturday was hell. The Tokyo Game Show convention halls overflowed with 86,000 people. Not everyone was there to game. Many had something else in mind: Taking pictures of cosplayers. Tokyo Game Show’s cosplay alley is a walkway between convention center halls. Cosplayers agree that the lighting and even the stone structure and frosted glass backgrounds…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 19, 2011
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  This World of Warcraft Family is a bad Sitcom In the Making

  The family that games together stays together. Or so the Santellana family believes, having traded in family outings for nights spent roaming Azeroth on their matching mounts. They’re part of a guild that includes…the parents and two sons, and have setup a World of Warcraft command station in their living room so that all four…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2011
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  Netflix Adding Video Game Rentals, Spawning Spin-off Qwikster

  Big changes are afoot at video streaming and DVD-by-mail service Netflix. It’s splitting the business in two, with the Netflix half focusing solely on internet video streaming and a new company, Qwikster, handling the old school shipment of DVDs and Blu-ray discs by mail. It’s also about to start renting video games. Netflix will do…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 19, 2011