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  There’s A Nice Lady In That Cyborg Suit

  Omi Gibson is not only a talented cosplayer, she’s the queen of Metal Gear cosplayers. Her latest photo set of a Cyborg Ninja prove exactly why she earns that moniker. The outfit she wears is killer, but while it looks fantastic, Omi blogs that it was incredibly difficult to see out of the helmet –…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 14, 2011
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  These Killzone Action Figures Are As Gray As You’d Expect

  Only six years after the release of the first Killzone, you can finallybuy action figures based on Sony’s sci-fi shooter series. These two 6.5 inch figures constitute the entirety of Killzone Series 1 from toy company DC Unlimited. They’re a Helghast Assault Infantry soldier and a Helghast Sniper (those buying the fancy edition of Killzone…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011
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  What This Man Really Wanted Was To See Breasts In 3D

  Senran Kagura aims to please. So does game designer Kenichiro Takaki. According to Takakai, what inspired the game is probably what will inspired players to buy it: boobs. In a post over on the game’s official site, Takaki, who also developed PSP game Half-Minute Hero, talks about how this is the age of 3D games.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 14, 2011
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  Your NGP Games May Look More Like This

  While Sony wowed the crowds with the quality of the NGP’s graphics at the handheld’s unveiling last year in Tokyo, this clip may give us a more realistic idea of what to expect from the PSP’s successor. It’s a technical demo for Trinigy’s Vision Game Engine running on the NGP, showing off the kind of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011
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  Are You Ready To Party With Famous Japanese Warriors?

  Capcom’s Sengoku Basara features famous figures from Japanese history like Date Masamune and Akechi Mitsuhide, but re-imagines them as hot anime dudes. No wonder Japanese ladies love this stuff! The Sengoku Basara, which already has a stage adaptation, is hitting Japanese cinemas this summer as a feature length anime called Sengoku Basara: The Last Party.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 14, 2011
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  Cardboard Robot Game Delayed By Japan’s Earthquake

  The build-your-own-robot PSP game Cardboard Senki (which actually comes with plastic robot parts) was supposed to be out in May, but it’s been pushed to June 16 because of the Tohoku Earthquake. The game is made by Level-5 of Professor Layton fame. [via ゲームメモ]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 14, 2011
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  So How Far Along Was Duke Nukem Forever Before It Was Binned?

  In 2009, Duke Nukem Forever was cancelled after over a decade in development. It’s now famously back from the grave, but if you’ve ever wondered how far the original developers were from actually finishing it, Triptych president David Riegel has your answer. “When 3D Realms shut its doors in May, I would say the game…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011
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  Sometimes Help Comes From The Most Unlikely People

  It’s been over a month since a 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked northeastern Japan. Within minutes, a massive tsunami pounded the coast. Tens of thousands were either dead or missing, with many more homeless. Popstar Gackt felt compelled to do something, but turned to what many Japanese would view as an unlikely ally to help –…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 14, 2011
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  Sonic Really Is Like A Shitty Hamburger

  So, there’s a new Sonic game on the way. Are you excited? You shouldn’t be. You should have learned your lesson by now. And if you haven’t maybe this clip will teach you.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011
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  Modern Warfare Actor Arrested, Charged With Hitting His Wife

  British TV star Billy Murray – who many of you will recognise as the voice of Captain Price in the Modern Warfare series – has been arrested in the UK and charged with assault after allegedly attacking both his wife and daughter. The 69 year-old, who is famous in Britain for his roles on long-running…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011
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  The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of PlayStation Advertising

  The Sony PlayStation was the first ever console to truly pitch itself at an adult market. This meant that the machine’s advertisements set a more mature, often strange tone that continues through to this day. The PS1, PS2, PSP and PS3, all have had their share of kooky advertisements, and all have had their share…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011
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  One of the 360’s First XBLA Hits is Delisted

  Xbox Live Arcade was available for about a year on the original Xbox, before relaunching with the Xbox 360. When it did, a game named Marble Blast Ultra became one of the first breakout hits on the downloadable service. It has now been delisted. The studio behind the game told XBLA Fans that the title…

  By Owen Good Published April 13, 2011
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  Hey, the Yars’ Revenge Remake is Out

  Scheduled for the 29th anniversary of the release of Yars’ Revenge on the Atari 2600, that would have put a May release date for the on-rails shooter reboot. Instead it quietly slipped out to Xbox Live sometime today. Not seeing it yet on PlayStation Network. It’s 800 Microsoft points on Xbox Live.

  By Owen Good Published April 13, 2011
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  BlackBerry PlayBook Review

  No, it’s not bad, like you expected it to be. The BlackBerry PlayBook isn’t just the third major tablet platform to launch, or the first one to deeply poke at figuring out why 7-inch tablets should exist—it’s literally the future of BlackBerry, since the QNX-based OS is going to be the gooey software heart of…

  By Matt buchanan Published April 13, 2011
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  Hacker’s Fight With Sony Is Over, But Not For Anonymous

  Sony and George Hotz, the hacker who jailbroke the PS3, reached a settlement that ends Sony’s multizillion dollar claim against the 21-year-old rapper provided he never screws with their stuff ever again. End of controversy, right? Well, someone failed to clear this with Anonymous, self-appointed sheriff of Internet privacy and free expression. Anonymous, which has…

  By Owen Good Published April 13, 2011
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  From Dead Rising 2: Off The Record To Asura’s Wrath, A Capcom Blow-Out

  Two new Resident Evils. A big new dragon game. The next Street Fighter twist. A Dead Rising remake. And one Hindu-inspired epic with an amazing boss battle. Those were the big games of Captivate 2011, a showcase recently held in Miami for many of the biggest Capcom games coming out in the next year. I…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 13, 2011
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  By Matt buchanan Published April 13, 2011
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  Backbreaker: Vengeance is Official; Releasing Only on Xbox 360

  Backbreaker: Vengeance, a variant on the original Backbreaker’s wildly popular “Tackle Alley” mode, will be released for the Xbox 360 over Xbox Live this year by NaturalMotion and 505 Games. It’s exclusive to the 360. Panned at release, then shored up with a huge patch three months later, Backbreaker as a full football title fell…

  By Owen Good Published April 13, 2011
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  Black Ops Mod Tools Should Arrive in May

  A PC mod toolkit for Call of Duty: Black Ops should release next month, according to this Treyarch developer (and retweeted by community manager Josh Olin.) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 disappointed many when it did not release mod tools. Treyarch promised last year that Black Ops would bring them back.

  By Owen Good Published April 13, 2011
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  Blurring Genres

  A few years back I remember Kieron [Gillen] angrily arguing that genres were stifling development. I’ve decided to muse on that. Simply by applying the label we inhibit both the game’s development, and the audience’s appreciation of the results. So perhaps one of the most frustrating results of such thinking is the notion of labelling…

  John Walker | Rock, Paper, Shotgun Published April 13, 2011