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  The Wii Virtual Console Gets A Great Addition: Online Play

  At least in Japan! That’s because Sega will release a Virtual Console Arcade version of Puyo Puyo—which you may have played in the form of Kirby’s Avalanche or Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine—with online multiplayer support for Wii. According to Inside Games, via Andriasang, Sega will release the 1992 version of Puyo Puyo, complete with…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011
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  A Fistful of Dollars Stopped a Nomination for Red Dead Redemption

  Check out that list of games nominated for the Writers Guild’s Video Game Writing Award. Seem like anyone’s missing? Well, there’s neither Red Dead Redemption nor anything from BioWare. The Guild says these games makers “refused” to submit a script. Why is that? The matter of a $60 fee seems to be a sticking point.…

  By Owen Good Published February 4, 2011
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  Pac-Man And Galaga For 3DS May Be New Portable Growing Pains

  Namco is reviving two of its most memorable arcade hits—Pac-Man and Galaga—for the Nintendo 3DS, tapping into some of the system’s most unique features, its gyroscopic tilt control and glasses-free stereoscopic 3D. They may take some getting used to. Both games, Pac-Man Tilt and Galaga 3D Impact, are part of the same package, Pac-Man &…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011
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  Warcraft Helps with the Homework

  A World of Warcraft GM allegedly – allegedly – solves a calculus problem for a beleaguered subscriber. It’s most likely a fake, but still funny. But wouldn’t it be awesome if it’s real? Seen on WoWBash

  By Owen Good Published February 4, 2011
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  Someone’s Trying To Make A Zombies Ate My Neighbors Movie

  Yes, someone out there thinks that turning 16-bit classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors into a big screen zom-com might be a great idea. If this sounds like a scary proposition to you, this project still has a long way to go. According to a report from First Showing, LucasArts’ 1993 zombie classic is being prepped…

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  Would you Like Some Cheese With That Gaming Wine?

  I like to call drinking a bottle of California red tonight “research.” But it really isn’t. I just ordered two bottles of 8-Bit Vinter’s last red because I love wine. What you missed Every Band on Tour Needs HelloGoodBye’s Magic Gaming Box And Now A Spooky Kinect Ghost Story The Argument For Angry Birds As…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2011
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  Want a Code For A Free Download of Call of Duty: Black Ops’ First Strike?

  I’ve got about a dozen codes for the Call of Duty: Black Ops’s First Strike map pack to give away. Head on over to my Twitter and follow me so you can see when I drop them tonight. They’ll be hitting within the next hour or so. These are Xbox 360 only codes.

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2011
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  The Cutest, But Not Safest Game Of Angry Birds

  Photographer Jason Lee transforms the young ones into birds and pigs, a dangerously adorable game of Angry Birds, as seen on Flickr Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011
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  League of Evil Offers a Meaty Experience of Its Own

  Super Meat Boy’s replayable challenge and smartly simple design would make it a natural for an iPhone, right? Yeah, not much chance we’ll be seeing that. But consider League of Evil, which draws on the same concept while expanding it. Released this week by Ravenous Games, League of Evil follows the same gameplay objective as…

  By Owen Good Published February 4, 2011
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  Ace Combat Is Also Going Through Some Changes With ‘Assault Horizon’

  Namco’s venerable Ace Combat series is also getting a once-over—just like Ridge Racer—with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, which adds a little “Close Range Assault,” bringing the camera closer for more intense dogfightin’ action. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon is slated to come to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later this year.

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011
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  Thought Demon’s Souls Was Hard? Dark Souls Will Be Even Harder

  Demon’s Souls was a challenging game, and while some thrived on that challenge, others shied away. That cowardly bunch will find no succor in the game’s follow-up, as Dark Souls promises to be even more difficult. More difficult than Demon’s Souls. To some that seems like an impossible thing, yet that’s just what Dark Souls…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011
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  Nintendo Frowns On (Most) Cheap iPhone Games

  Nintendo would love for us to keep paying $40 or so for portable games. Never mind that 99-cent stuff on iPhone. Those games are a threat to Nintendo? Well, they’re a “risk,” Nintendo says. “I actually think one of the biggest risks today in our gaming industry are these inexpensive games that are, candidly, disposable…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2011
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  Ridge Racer Is Taking A Sharp Left Turn With ‘Unbounded’

  Namco’s Ridge Racer series is turning 18 years old this year. What will it do with its new adult freedoms? Get a new developer and what appears to be plenty of destruction, as seen in the new Ridge Racer Unbounded. Put your seatbelts on, Ridge Racer fans, for developer Bugbear Entertainment is taking the wheel…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011
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  Gymkhana Makes Sense For A Racing Game, But Zombies?

  The new racing video game, Dirt 3, includes its version of Gymkhana, the wild stunt-driving that’s been called “drifting-cum-LSD-fueled-acrobatics.” Makes sense. The inclusion of some sort of undead multiplayer racing? Well, that’s a surprise. Dirt 3, scheduled for a spring release, is another mostly-serious racing game from Codemasters. It’s got 50 cars (1980s Audio Quattro…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2011
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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  This weekend, I’ll be both running and gunning as I work my way through Konami’s new Contra spin-off, Hard Corps: Uprising. You know, the one from Guilty Gear makers Arc System Works? I’ll also spend some time doing a hard drive transfer, making the “slim” Xbox 360 that’s been sitting in my office the full-time…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011
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  Of Angry Birds and MineCraft Clones

  This week in Gaming Apps we looked at a MineCraft program that allows you to explore the game’s pixelated island without fear of Creepers. We also saw an Angry Bird clone perhaps better than the original, and more! Here’s your look at this week’s Gaming Apps of the Day. Legendary Wars Could Be The Next…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2011
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  Stephen Colbert Tries To Understand The Power Of Video Games

  Game designer Jane McGonigal tried to convince Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert yesterday that playing video games helps people to be more confident. He’s got his unique way of interpreting things. McGonigal argued that controlling an avatar even if just for 90 seconds can give someone a confidence boost for a full day. Stephen Colbert needs…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 4, 2011
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  The Intercooler STS Is One Sleek And Sexy Cooling Solution

  Last year Microsoft introduced the Xbox 360 Slim, a darker, skinnier, and prettier version of the Xbox 360. A body that sexy needs a cooling solution to match. Here comes the Nyko Intercooler STS. Specs Price: US$19.99 Platform: Xbox 360 What’s in the box: The Intercooler, and that’s all. There was a time when the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011
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  Scientists Working On Alien Communication Standards

  After 37 years of broadcasting assorted human garbage to the universe at large, scientists are working on a protocol to insure future messages to extraterrestrial intelligences are more efficient and well-received. Can’t we just use Twitter? The Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico broadcast its first messages into space in 1974, beaming a stream of…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2011
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  The Most Convoluted Easter Egg I’ve Ever Seen

  I’m sure there are more complex video game Easter Eggs out there, but this is the most complex one I’ve ever laid eyes on. Beyond the joy of killing an endlessly reanimating army of zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops latest zombie map, is a bit of a story and a single challenge. When…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2011