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  Movie Mogul Talks Failed Video Game Movies

  Whether it’s Doom or Super Mario Bros., video game movies have a bad rep. It’s a mostly deserved rep. But Hollywood super producer Jerry Bruckheimer (The Rock, Pirates of the Carribean) doesn’t think it’s so cut and dried. “It depends on who’s involved with it and the approach they took,” Bruckheimer told website website Gamasutra.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 14, 2010
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  Why Splinter Cell: Conviction Took So Damn Long

  Splinter Cell: Conviction, out this week, is pretty good. It’s also been a long time coming, having been originally due for release in 2007. Why the delay? There was way more to it than hero Sam Fisher getting a new haircut. Like, the entire game needed to be re-tooled, its direction and mechanics changed. “I…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2010
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  X-Com Is Back!

  X-Com, the classic 90’s turn-based strategy game pitting mankind against alien invaders, is set to make a comeback as a first-person shooter, courtesy of the 2K studios behind BioShock 2. The game, which is actually called XCOM, is in development for the Xbox 360 and PC at 2K Australia and 2K Marin, and makes substantial…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2010
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  Perhaps The Most Comprehensive Game Loading Comparison Ever

  Want to know how fast the new Fist of the North Star game loads? On PS3? Xbox 360? How about the Xbox 360 version with the game installed to the hard drive and downloadable content installed? Then watch this video. Some enterprising enthusiast of Tecmo Koei’s recently released Fist of the North Star (aka Hokuo…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2010
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  Kotaku Off Topic: Joss

  It’s been a day (mostly) without a Crecente, a day without a Good. Don’t let it be a day without you joining us for some off topic conversation. Join Kotaku Off Topic. You too, lurkers. I’ve been doing a bit of lurking of my own, lately, keeping an eye on a lot of things, like…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2010
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  The Winner Of The Tester Explains Why He Wanted To Win Work

  Will “Cyrus” Powers is the winner of the PlayStation Network’s first reality show, a contest called The Tester. His prize? A job, testing video games for Sony Computer Entertainment, which Powers will start on April 19. Powers and ten other hopefuls were the stars of The Tester, an eight episode series that ended its first…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2010
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  Even The People Selling 3D TVs Know The Hype Seems Like A Joke

  Samsung viral ad for their 3D TVs, full of silly 3D versions of classic paintings. Imagine if 3D TVs could be half as superfluous for video games. Via Gearbox chief Randy Pitchford’s Twitter feed

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 13, 2010
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  The 4 Heroes Of Light May Be Your Next Final Fantasy Fix

  Square Enix may be bringing its lovely looking Final Fantasy spin-off stateside, with the company trademarking The 4 Heroes Of Light, a still unofficially announced video game from the RPG publisher. More than likely, that’s the Western name (or part of the name) of Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden—a role-playing game that features…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2010
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  Prince Of Persia Creator’s Other Big Game On The Express Train To Movie-hood?

  RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven is having a go at the video game movie business, working on an “Indiana Jones-ish” but also “Hitchcockian” video game set in the year 1914. Could it be anything other than Jordan Mechner’s The Last Express? The MTV Movies blog first broke the news that the man behind RoboCop, Starship Troopers,…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2010
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  New Dragon Quest X Details Teased By Japanese Man-Egg Show, Suspiciously

  Dragon Quest maker Square Enix has been awfully quiet about the series tenth game, announced in late 2008 for the Wii. Will a Japanese variety show featuring a man-egg finally reveal more about the highly anticipated Dragon Quest X? According to a posting on the blog for Japanese TV program Tama Newtown, spotted and translated…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2010
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  The Yellow Brick Road Will Be Paved With Zombie Blood

  Left 4 Dead meets the Wizard of Oz, as seen at the “Character of the Week” contest at the ConceptArt.org forums via Super Punch

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2010
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  The First NSFW Video Day Note

  To: Ash From: Totilo Re: I Don’t Know Her Name, Will Find Out Tomorrow Video format this time. NSFW painting referenced in clip can be seen here Stories You May Have Missed Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Tutorial Analysis: Stop Yelling At Me Rush’N Attack: Ex-Patriot Preview: The 80s Strikes Back Gears 3 Doubles Up…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 13, 2010
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  Modern Warfare Developer Sees More Key Departures Today

  Call of Duty creators and Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward shrinks again today, as more key talent behind the billion first-person shooter franchise jumps ship. Sources close to the studio tell Kotaku of four new departures from the troubled developer. A pair of Modern Warfare 2’s lead designers, Steve Fukuda and Zied Reike, are said…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2010
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  New Forza 3 Rides Suitable For Road And Track

  Forza Motorsport 3’s car lineup continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with ten new rides for the Xbox 360 racer now available for purchase in the Road & Track Car Pack. Jalopnik readers and AutoWeek have taken their turns selecting cars for Forza Motorsport 3, and now it’s car enthusiast magazine Road & Track’s…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2010
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  Final Fantasy Composer’s Chocobo Cosplay Wishes, Avatar Scoring Dreams

  You’ve heard his music countless time in your favorite Final Fantasy games, but there’s more to composer Nobuo Uematsu than “One Winged Angel.” At last weekend’s Anime Boston 2010, Uematsu got candid in an interview where he revealed everything from his thoughts on Avatar to his future cosplay plans. Here’s a list of some of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2010
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  Insomniac Boss Makes Ratchet & Clank ModNation Girlfriends

  When Insomniac founder and CEO Ted Price gets his hands on the creation tools in PlayStation 3 exclusive ModNation Racers, Ratchet and Clank get lucky. Aw yeah. The next big Play-Create-Share game after LittleBigPlanet, ModNation Racers isn’t due out for the PlayStation 3 until May 25, but I suppose it’s okay to give the head…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2010
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  Crysis Creator Wishes Apple Was More Enthusiastic About Computer Gaming

  Cevat Yerli makes big video games for Windows PCs and, now consoles. He owns a Mac, but his studio doesn’t make games for them. Apple, he said, doesn’t try hard to get games. Crysis 2, the next game from his studio Crytek, is coming to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Not to Mac computers,…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 13, 2010
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  Appeals Court Deems Nintendo Controllers Patent Infringement-Free

  The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned the 2008 verdict of an East Texas jury that would have resulted in a ban on sales of the Nintendo Gamecube controller, Wavebird, and Classic Controller due to patent infringement. In 2006, Anascape Ltd. took Nintendo and Microsoft to court over the technology used to…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2010
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  The Life of Game: Why I Live In Japan

  The most common email response I received to my previous column (“Japan: It’s Not Funny Anymore“) was a perplexed question: “Why do you still live in Japan?” Sometimes, this question was phrased a little more loudly: “You ungrateful son of a bitch, I would kill to live in Japan.” Wait: strike that “sometimes” — most…

  Tim Rogers Published April 13, 2010
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  Nintendo Packs Bowser’s Inside Story Inside New DSi Bundle

  Thinking about buying a new Nintendo DSi today? Think again. Nintendo of America is making the purchase of the dual-screen, dual-camera portable a little sweeter later this month, tossing in a complementary copy of Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story. On April 25, Nintendo begins bundling a copy of the latest and delightful Mario &…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2010