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  Many Winners, One Loser In Japan’s Weekly Console Battle

  The Japanese video game enthusiast went shopping this week, buying more hardware than last week. There were no major shake-ups, but at least the PSPgo is selling back in the thousands. Well, the thousand. After dipping below the 1K mark for a couple weeks, the PlayStation Portable is selling almost as well as the PlayStation…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010
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  UFC Undisputed Hits a Sophomore Slump?

  The breakout hit of 2009, both in sales and acclaim, UFC Undisputed 2010 followed up with plenty of strong reviews but nowhere near the cash register performance of its predecessor, according to an analyst. Gamasutra notes that Lazard Capital Markets says UFC Undisputed 2010 is “tracking below our expectations at retail,” and mentioned that Amazon…

  By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010
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  Video Games Bid Adieu to World War II

  Sixty five years after the end of World War II, the second world war seems to have lost its attraction for video game developers. Storied video game franchises like Medal of Honor, Battlefield and Brothers in Arms seem to have either died off or turned to modern settings after producing more than 20 games set…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2010
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  Left 4 Dead 2 – It’s A Chainsaw Massacre!

  Week seven of Left 4 Dead 2’s Mutation mode brings “Chainsaw Massacre” to the game’s campaign. Four Survivors, four chainsaws, four zillion zombies. Next week: “Room For One.”

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010
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  To Do In Atlanta: Pokémon Southeast Regional Championship

  Tomorrow the Gwinnett Center in Atlanta will be transformed into a battleground, as the southeast regional Pokémon video game championship pits Pokémon against Pokémon, brother against brother. It’ll be like the Civil War, only cuter, and without the city burning down. Why attend the southeast regional Pokémon championship? Why, to be the very best, of…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010
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  X-Scape Review: The Beauty Of The Old Ugly

  Can you love shapes and straight lines? Crimson spider robots casting maroon shadows? Pink stripes painted beside tan in tunnels of sky-blue enemies? Fly to an era when game graphics were ugly and the best of that ugliness was beautiful. Your method of time-warp transportation is X-Scape, another downloadable DSi game with a questionable name,…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2010
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  Report: Xbox 360’s Joy Ride Is Now A Project Natal Game

  Microsoft’s free-to-play Avatar racing game Joy Ride is reportedly getting a major motion-controlled tune-up. The BigPark-developed racer is now planned as a Project Natal launch title, CVG reports, and may no longer be free. CVG cites a “senior retail source” in its report, who says Joy Ride will “no longer be free to play, but…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010
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  Mega Man’s Best Friend

  From the creator of the crocheted Mega Man hat, as seen on Crafty Dork, via Capcom

  By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010
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  Call Of Duty Undead Return In World At War: Zombies II

  Imperial zombies return in Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II for the iPhone, recreating its console cousins’ Shi No Numa (Zombie Swamp) map, with new characters, traps, the Wunderwaffe DG-2, and Hellhounds adding to the portable carnage. Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II is an iPhone version of World at War’s…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010
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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  Goodbye, four day work week. It’s time to move on to greener weekend pastures, filled with non-obligation gaming, sleeping in and other delightful hobbyist pursuits. This weekend, I’ve got a build-up of things to play, including new iPhone game release Sigma, for some match three thrills, and Art Style: Light Trax, for conjuring fond memories…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010
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  VI Fit Is Wii Sports For The Blind

  Wii Sports can be a big factor in getting sedentary children moving, but what about blind children? A video game research project at the University of Nevada, Reno, is creating Wii Sports-based PC games that don’t require eyesight to play. The two games in the VI Fit line play much like their Wii Sports counterparts.…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010
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  Team Fortress 2 Gets Real

  If Valve was ever going to make a movie based on Team Fortress 2, we’d hope it was animated. If some studio executive insisted it be live action, however, we could tolerate it looking like this. Greg Peltz and Ryan Rasmussen may look like they’re late to the Team Fortress 2 cosplay party, which seemed…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010
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  Bring On The Monkey Mind-Powered Robots

  Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have trained monkeys to manipulate robotic appendages using the power of their minds, once again proving one solid scientific fact: monkeys kick ass. Just look at that monkey in the picture there. Is that not the coolest monkey ever? He’s manipulating a robotic arm with seven-degrees-of-freedom through two motor…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010
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  Cole Sports A Sharp New Look In inFamous 2

  Coming as a surprise to no one, Game Informer’s July issue confirms the sequel to Sucker Punch’s PlayStation 3 superhero hit inFamous, with a cover showing off a new look for series protagonist Cole MacGrath. inFamous 2 is no real surprise. Soy registered Infamous2TheGame.com back in April, and voice actors were talking about auditioning for…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010
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  It’s Like Galaga, But You’re The Aliens Up Top

  Yes, the DS I am holding here is upside down. I have a good reason for that. I am playing a cutting-edge game. Have you ever seen a shoot-em-up that lets you controls the bad aliens at the top of the screen? Finally, I can rain destruction on a stupid upward-shooting space-ship. This is how…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2010
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  Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Still Loves Clones

  Star Wars The Force Unleashed II’s official website is now live bringing with it this fancy new art. We also learn a bit more about the game. In the sequel to The Force Unleashed, due out Oct. 26, players once more take on the role of Darth Vader’s fugitive apprentice, StarKiller, six months after the…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2010
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  Kometen Review: Languid Pools of Gravity

  A comet has been born, please take good care of it. That’s the premise for this interesting, artistic iTunes game. You explore a universe of watercolor planets with a space-debris eating comet by swiping and dancing between pools of gravity. There’s no story, no levels. It’s pretty straightforward. It’s hardly a game. Is it worth…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2010
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  Olivia Munn’s Debut As The Daily Show’s Senior Asian Correspondent

  Witness Olivia Munn’s debut on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, covering the plight of Gulf Coast Vietnamese fishermen as the program’s Senior Asian Correspondent. As reported earlier this morning, the co-host of Attack of the Show is taking a spin as a faux news reporter for Comedy Central’s hit show, and now we’ve got a…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010
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  1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die

  Coming this October from Universe Publishing, 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die sounds like the sort of book that could seriously chew up your free time from now until you die. Compiled by an international team of critics, 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die is a collection of chronologically-ordered…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2010
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  A Deeper Look at Deus Ex: Human Revolution

  The year is 2027, the game: Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This latest trailer for the upcoming game gives us a bit more insight into the story behind the title, but alas still no gameplay. It is a game about human augmentation, about the growing power of corporations and one man’s struggle to deal with his…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 4, 2010