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  Eat Up, Mario!

  They take a little longer to eat in real life. And taste better with a good bottle of red. By Mario Siabatto Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2011
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  If You Are Going To Buy One 3DS Game, Get This

  Let’s face it. The 3DS launch line-up is so-so. But more than dark horse Steel Diver or the Japan-only Professor Layton title, there is one 3DS title you should get. This is that game. Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition is the 3DS version of console-turned-arcade-game Super Street Fighter IV. It’s…Street Fighter. You fight other…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2011
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  Three’s Not A Crowd, Four Is

  From left to right: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Magicka: Vietnam and Battlefield: Bad Company2: Vietnam. And Battlefield 3? You better believe it. At least Magicka is joking.

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2011
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  A History Of The Killing Tools Of Video Games

  Gaming art collective iam8bit have teamed up with the organisers of the Game Developers Conference to release some posters for attendees. Each person gets two. Since you probably won’t get one, here they are! They’re cheery, chirpy timelines showing some of video gaming’s most memorable items. Some are for killing, like swords, guns, and chainsaws.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2011
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  Pac-Man’s Creator Now Wants To Make Pac-Man Sing, Dishes Pac-Man Trivia

  The man who created Pac-Man three decades ago says he has a vision for the next version of the venerable dot eater. He wants Pac-Man to sing a song. “I’m thinking of the next version [of Pac-Man], the next evolution,” game designer Toru Iwatani said at his GDC 2011 Pac-Man post mortem. “I’m thinking of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 2, 2011
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  Battlefield 3 Resumes Hostilities With Call Of Duty

  For a few years now, the people at Electronic Arts have been trying to make a better ice cream sundae. It’s hard to improve the ice cream sundae, of course, because it’s already a sure crowd-pleaser. Some might even question why, though obviously ice cream sells really well and that’s probably one of the main…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 2, 2011
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  Your First Look At Someone Playing Battlefield 3

  Here’s your first look at gameplay footage from EA’s upcoming Battlefield 3. If you thought that would mean a clip free from singleplayer scripting, well, you thought wrong.

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2011
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  What The 3DS Comes With Is Pretty Great

  Nintendo really screwed up when it named its new portable the 3DS. A better moniker would have the Nintendo Super DS, because thanks to its on board software, that’s exactly what it is. The Nintendo 3DS hardware is only one part of the equation. It’s a big, important part. But players also interact with Nintendo’s…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2011
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  Girls Fighting Girls? Looks Great!

  Skull Girls is a game we’ve been keeping a quiet eye on for a while now here. And with good reason. It looks great! With development being led by ex-Pandemic developer and fighting game expert Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont, along with artist Alex Ahad, Skull Girls is an all-girl fighting game due out on Xbox…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2011
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  Street Fighter’s Combos Are Simply Devastating In Real Life

  The last of “action company” Thousand Pounds’ series of Street Fighter IV flicks is now live. For a bunch of guys jumping around doing imaginary kicks, it’s brutal as hell. Oh, and funny, too. Don’t forget the funny. Does anyone else think an actual game like this would be great? Somewhere between Fight Night and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2011
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  The Greatest Video Game Movie Ever Made

  I’ve a long-standing argument that there’s never really been a great video game movie. Just a few decent ones. That rule actually needs a little explaining. You see, I mean there’s never really been a great video game adaptation While flicks like Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider and Silent Hill have their fans, none of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 2, 2011
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  PlayStation Store Update: PixelJunk, Dead Space & Vagrancy

  What’s new on the North American PlayStation Store this week? One great new game in the PixelJunk series, an add-on for the also great Dead Space 2 and, if you’ll excuse the use of “great” one more time, a great PlayStation classic. Vagrant Story, Dead Space 2: Severed and PixelJunk Shooter 2 make this a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 1, 2011
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  The Next Game From the Makers of Minecraft Is…

  Penny Arcade and Minecraft are teaming up to make a new game that seeks to reinvent the classic collectible card game genre. Scrolls will be developed by indie game studio Mojang and feature writing by Penny Arcade’s Jerry “Tycho” Holkins. “Notch and I started discussing the idea of Scrolls nearly five years ago,” said lead…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 1, 2011
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  Infamous 2 Will Have, In Theory, An Infinite Number of Levels Thanks To You

  Revealing a secret they say they held for two years, the game developers at Sucker Punch said today that Infamous 2, their open world electrified super-hero game, will let people create their own levels for the game. The goals for the June 7 PlayStation 3 exclusive, as described here in San Francisco at the Game…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 1, 2011
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  The 3DS Can Help You Have Random Pirate Duels With Strangers

  Put a video game on the Nintendo 3DS and weird things can happen, including random pirate battles. With Game Developers Conference ramping up around me in downtown San Francisco today, I walked into a hotel and briefly tried Lego Pirates of the Caribbean 3DS. Sure, there are game developers to talk to around here, but…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 1, 2011
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  Own The Art Of Alice: Madness Returns Before The Game

  We won’t be able to get our hands on Alice: Madness returns the game until June 14. Luckily Dark Horse’s gorgeous 184 page hardcover art book for the game will be here in May to tide us over. Due for publication on May 11, The Art of Alice offers fans an unprecedented look at the…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2011
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  Resistance, Mutilated Bodies and Kylie Minogue

  I flew into San Francisco today. I’m actually sitting in a middle to back row of The Great Gamification Debate as I write this. GDC is SO on. Also, check back in a few hours for an interesting new game announcement. Think Fast, Shoot Fast, Kick Ass In many ways, Playstation 3 first-person shooter Resistance…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 1, 2011
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  PS3 Owners, Your Crysis 2 Demo Is Coming Soon

  The multiplayer demo for Crysis 2 will come to PlayStation 3 owners on March 15, EA confirmed today. The full retail game ships one week later, so play it quickly!

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 1, 2011
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  Go To Hell With Shadows of the Damned This Summer

  Shinji Mikami and Goichi “Suda 51,” the creators behind demon-slaying action adventure Shadows of the Damned, will bring their next adventure to consoles on June 7, EA revealed today. The developers said during an onstage presentation that their work is heavily influenced by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s direction in the 2007 exploitation double feature…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 1, 2011
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  Batman Doesn’t Just Let Random Superheroes Wander Into The Batcave

  Even a comic book-based video game requires a little suspension of disbelief. Take the Batcave Inner Sanctum group combat raid from DC Universe Online, in which Batman enlists a group of newbie heroes to protect his most sacred of places. “Wow, Batman. Your inner sanctum is directly under Wayne Manor? How weird is that?” Right,…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2011