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  It’s The PlayStation 3’s Turn In The Amazon Gold Box

  Heavy Rain and Madden NFL 11 lead the charge into a day filled with PlayStation 3 deals in Amazon’s shiny golden box of values. What’s up for grabs today? A day’s worth of PS3 deals on Amazon begins with Deal of the Day Heavy Rain, a game seeing increased interest lately due to the addition…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010
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  Staying Connected To Guild Wars 2 On The Go

  You can’t always be seated in front of your gaming rig playing Guild Wars 2, so ArenaNet has devised a way to keep players connected to the upcoming MMO via the iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. Anyone who has played a massively multiplayer online game seriously understands the constant craving to be connected. You put…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2010
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  Top British Politician Boldly Plays Wii

  While America’s current leaders have only discussed but never been photographed playing video games, we’ve got photographic proof of the U.K.’s deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, using a Wii sans wrist strap. Clegg played a Wii game — possibly Wii Sports Resort, given press reports that he scored a pair of bullseyes in archery —…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Your artistic skills were questioned. You answered. For today’s Talk Amongst Yourselves, we can’t just discuss games. No, we must celebrate your manipulations of beautiful Rubens art. Job well done, reader Ursus-Veritas. You have saved TAY. For 24 hours, at least. Everyone who wishes may submit this images to #TAYpics Aside from that, talk about…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 21, 2010
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  A Look At the PS3 High-Def, Snap-On Video Screen

  We haven’t had a chance to take Hori’s HD LCD Monitor 3 for the Playstation 3 for a full test run yet, but I wanted to give you a look at this high-def video monitor in action. As I mention in the video, the HD LCD Monitor 3 hit Japan in May of this year,…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 21, 2010
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  Bean!

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: RUN! Mini-Bash practiced Japanese calligraphy the other day at home! He’s pretty good and seemed to have a natural knack for it. What you missed last night Japan Goes Bananas For Pokémon: Black And White Michael Jackson, The Online Game The Pokémon Movie For Grown-Ups Do You Love Cars As…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010
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  This Game Could Appear On “Unknown Hardware”

  The future is a mysterious thing. Best to be prepared. So make your video games scalable. Devil’s Third, the upcoming game from Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki and Valhalla Games, is slated for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. In an interview with Japanese website Game Watch Impress, Itagaki says that his team is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010
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  Look At All Those Super Street Fighter IV Costumes

  Fighting game Super Street Fighter IV is getting a bunch of new costumes, previously hinted at here. Go ahead, check em out, have a look at them. CAPCOM：SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 公式サイト｜システム [Capcom]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010
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  Japan Goes Bananas For Pokémon: Black And White

  On September 18, Pokémon: Black and White went on sale in Japan. It probably did pretty good, right? No, no it didn’t. It did amazing In its first two days on sale in Japan, Black and White sold 2.63 million copies. By comparison, 2006’s Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl sold 1.58 million in its first week…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010
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  Let John Cleese Decorate Your Fable III Home

  Like previous Fables, Fable III lets you play home-owner. Unlike previous Fables, however, Fable III lets you put skulls on a bookcase, then blame it all on the butler. This housing demonstration video shows the kind of stuff you’ll be able to do to your home in the game, and if it’s all a bit…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010
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  Plants vs Zombies, Now In Your World Of Warcraft

  Providing one more reason to never stop playing World of Warcraft, it turns out the game’s latest expansion includes a quest that’s basically a stripped-down version of Popcap’s excellent Plants vs Zombies. There’s sun. There are spitting plants. There are the undead. There’s a lawn. There’s even lawnmowers as a last line of defence. This…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010
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  Missed Scott Pilgrim In Theaters?

  Well, check it out on DVD and Blu-ray. The big screen version of Scott Pilgrim graphic novels raked in a disappointing box office. Thank goodness for DVD and Blu-ray! Scott Pilgrim vs. The World will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 9 with a whole host of bonus features. Perhaps the film will…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010
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  Because The One Thing Grand Theft Auto IV Was Missing Was A Gravity Gun

  What Is This, Half-Life 2? Nope, too many bright lights, too many sex workers. Instead, this is Grand Theft Auto IV’s version of Times Square. Only now it has a gravity gun. This mod, for the PC version of the game, is obviously a little shaky, particularly given how wonky it is when selecting targets.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010
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  Michael Jackson, The Online Game

  Planet Michael is a massively multiplayer online game devoted to the music and life of the late Michael Jackson. No, this is not a joke. “We put a focus on something that will truly allow fans to immerse themselves in a Michael Jackson-like universe or music-video-like world and interact with each other and then go…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010
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  This T-Shirt Is Making Me, Among Other Things, Hungry

  This is what happens when Paul Robertson, of Scott Pilgrim and Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight fame, sits down and designs something with Meat Bun, of rad gaming t-shirts game. The collaborative shirt is called “Snack Attack”, and features an “immoderate indulgence of tasty Japanese treats”, meat buns and some familiar video game ladies…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010
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  Hey Nintendo Is A Japanese Company, You Know

  The Japanese game industry is dead. This week has been a flashback of last year’s Tokyo Game Show — complete with gloom and doom from Capcom’s Keiji Inafune. “I think Japanese gaming is dead,” Inafune told the New York Times. “When I say these things, I’m called a traitor. But I love Japan. I want…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010
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  The Man Who Thought He Was In Crysis

  Normally, cosplay photos tend to focus on Japanese titles, or the really big games. Crysis is neither of those, so it’s nice to see the PC gaming crowd represented in the adult dress-ups scene. This is Anthony Le, doing a fine job of impersonating the star of the first Crysis, Nomad. He built the suit…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010
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  Zune Pass Heading For European Xbox 360s

  For £9/€10 a month, Xbox 360 owners in the UK, Spain, France and Italy will later this year get access to the Zune Marketplace.

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010
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  Monster Hunter Looks To China

  China might already have its own version of Monster Hunter. That isn’t stopping Capcom from moving forward with launching MonHun in China. Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto has revealed that Capcom is in talks with a “major” Chinese online game company to bring PC game “Monster Hunter Frontier Online” to China. The game launched in Taiwan…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 21, 2010
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  Is Bungie Really “The Last Remaining High Quality Independent Developer”?

  Corporate “he said, she said” can be a little boring at times, but Activision boss Bobby Kotick calling Halo creators Bungie “the last remaining high quality independent developer” is too good to pass up. Speaking at an investor’s meeting, Kotick said “Bungie are a very unusual company. They’re probably the last remaining high quality independent…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010