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  Sengoku Basara, The Licensed Theme Park Attraction

  Capcom’s Sengoku Basara is popular in Japan. So popular that it has its own theme park attraction at the base of Mount Fuji. How many games can say that? Spawning a series of successful sequels, a stage play and an anime, Sengoku Basara has captured the imagination of many young female gamers. To mark the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2010
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  Valve Wants To Know What You’ve Got Installed On Your PC

  Developer, publisher and online giant Valve has long had an interest in your PC’s hardware, with its series of surveys. Now, though, for the first time they’re taking an interest in the software you’ve got installed on it. The company revealed today that as part of an update to the Steam client users can select…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010
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  A Great Day For The Skies Over Japan

  Today, the Gundam Boeing 777-300 made its maiden voyage, leaving from Tokyo’s Haneda airport for Osaka. But that’s not all. Parked on the tarmac next to ANA’s Gundam airplane was…ANA’s Pokémon jet. Both planes took flight today, making the skies over Japan not just friendly, but awesome. The Gundam plane will service Japan through next…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2010
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  Take Home 32 Inches Of Marcus Fenix

  Let’s say you love Gears of War. Love Marcus Fenix. Want to mark that love with a piece of memorabilia. Would you love Marcus and his enormous neck enough to spend $350 on an enormous bust? And I do mean enormous: this piece stands 32 inches tall. That’s almost big enough to stick in a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010
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  I Love Zelda, In Painting Form

  As seen on Tiny Cartridge

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2010
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  Where The Xbox 360’s Achievements Come From

  The Xbox Engineering Blog isn’t the place you’d expect to find a ripping good read, but that’s exactly what you’ll find there today, with a post detailing the history and implementation details for the Xbox 360’s “achievements”. Microsoft’s Vince Curley, Xbox LIVE & Platform Architect, reveals that during the testing and planning of what’s probably…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010
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  Poll: More Than Half Of Real Girls Cannot Compete With Game Females

  An online survey of over 300 Japanese women revealed that more than 50 percent of them do not think they can compete with females characters in dating simulators. Buck, up ladies! Responding to a question as to whether they were confident could win over their dating game playing boyfriend from virtual girl in a dating…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2010
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  These Are The People Who Fight (And Like To Watch)

  EVO 2010, the biggest event on the fighting game calendar, isn’t all about testosterone and victory. For most, it’s just about kicking back and enjoying watching the thing they love most. Richard Li, a contestant at the event (and also a video producer at 1UP), filmed these gorgeous shots of the crowd while he was…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010
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  EA Offloading Stake In Ubisoft

  Electronic Arts used to have a 15% stake in Ubisoft, giving it a 25% stake on its rival publisher’s board. Now it doesn’t!

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010
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  Does Final Fantasy Need A Reboot?

  Final Fantasy XIII was released last year, and Final Fantasy Versus XIII is forthcoming. Now might be as good a time as any to clean the slate and start over. Final Fantasy XIII was hardly a failure, selling a whopping 5 million copies plus. “But when it comes to the customers’ reaction to the quality…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2010
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  So, Where’s This New Mad Max Game?

  Over two years ago, it was revealed that director George Miller would be making a new Mad Max movie, and that God of War 2 director Cory Barlog would be making the accompanying game. And we’ve heard almost nothing since! There may be a very good reason for this. See, the film and the game…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010
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  Did You Think Fable II Had A Bunch Of Bugs?

  Then you have no idea how many didn’t make it into finished product. According to Fable II designer Peter Molyneux, there were 67,000 bugs in Fable II that the development team needed to squash. That’s…a lot. “At one point we had 67,000 bugs,” he said, “and when the Xbox test team tested the game they…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2010
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  Amazon As Market Research (For The Lonely Gamer)

  The fleshlight is, to put it bluntly, a device for assisting in the act of male masturbation. It’s also, shockingly, quite the hit with lonely video gamers. At least, it is according to this Amazon page. And since Amazon’s “customers who bought” pages are generated mechanically, there’s no room for prejudice, comedy or torment. Just…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010
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  DeathSmiles Review: Shmup Complex

  Little girls. In frilly dresses. Shooting things. Yep, you’re about to read a DeathSmiles review. The game’s developer Cave is no stranger to shooters, specifically of the manic side-scrolling type. Cave is to shooters what Square Enix is to role-playing games — an icon of the industry. The rigor, dedication and love puts in its…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 16, 2010
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  God Of War Movie Trailer Is…Unexpectedly Brilliant

  The actual God of War movie will in all likelihood feature loads of darkness, blood, man nipples and scowling. This trailer for a fake movie has none of those, and is all the better for it. It’s the trailer for the God of War movie…if the God of War movie was an indie flick. And…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010
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  Come Get Your Final Starcraft II System Specs

  Starcraft II is less than two weeks away, but many of you are still sweating on the game’s final, official system requirements (for both PC and Mac) to see if you can play it or not. Well, here they are. Things don’t look too steep from where I’m standing. My PC sits around the “recommended…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010
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  Metal Gear’s Hideo Kojima Will Judge Your Cosplay At Comic-Con

  The man responsible for inflicting Metal Gear and Metal Gear Solid on the world is going to the San Diego Comic-Con next week. Better still he’ll be judging your attempts at cosplay during the event. Hideo Kojima will be heading to San Diego, California next week, signing whatever you put in front of him and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 15, 2010
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  In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night

  So, what do you think of Ryan Reynolds as your Green Lantern, fancy computer generated super suit and all? This is the place to discuss it, gang, a post that’s not just about video games. EW has the first pics of DC’s big screen adaptation and, hoo boy, it really makes me appreciate the way…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 15, 2010
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  Kinect Pricing Reveal is Imminent, According to Trendy Social Media Channels

  Instead of just coughing up an MSRP for Kinect, Microsoft’s doing the announcement-of-an-announcement thing. But you can join up a Facebook page or text an SMS code to make sure you get immediate notification the sucker’s $149. Or whatever. Microsoft’s threatening to reveal the price of the new utility soon, but of course wants people…

  By Owen Good Published July 15, 2010
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  To Make More Oddworld, Just Add Water

  Remember that loose talk of a new Oddworld game in development? It was true. Only things have changed and now there are multiple Oddworld projects hitting multiple platforms, courtesy of developer Just Add Water. The developer of PlayStation Network and PSP game Gravity Crash is working with Oddworld Inhabitants and the brain of Lorne Lanning…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 15, 2010