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CEO: We’ll ‘Explore the Possibility’ of Final Fantasy VII Remake
Creative types like game directors saying they’d love to do a remake of Final Fantasy VII, that’s one thing. But now the CEO himself says the company will, at least, “explore the possibility” of doing so. Yoichi Wada, the president and chief executive of Square Enix, told Siliconera that the company has heard its fans’…
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Olympic Gold Medal Skiier Teams Up With Counter Strike Champion
What’s a good encore after winning two gold medals at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games? For one of the world’s most accomplished cross-country skiers, it’s playing alongside his world champion counterpart in Counter Strike at Norway’s largest LAN party. Petter Northug (pictured, left; you can see his translated gaming profile here) will be taking on…
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Warner’s New Montréal Studio to Make D.C. Games
A report says Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, the publisher behind Scribblenauts and F.E.A.R. 2, will open a studio in Montréal to focus on developing games based on the Warner-owned D.C. Comics franchises. The Canadian gaming news site GameFocus first reported the new studio’s creation, and in a followup with Warner Interactive president Martin Tremblay, said…
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Ugly Sonic Costumes Finally Make It Into LittleBigPlanet
Remember those Sonic the Hedgehog costumes for LittleBigPlanet that we told you about last November? They’re coming your way this week, and they’re still as hideous as ever. Some things translate well into LittleBigPlanet. Ezio was lovely, and the recently released White Knight Chronicles costumes were downright hot. Sonic, on the other hand, doesn’t fare…
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Know Your Red Steel 2 Weapons
Ubisoft’s Red Steel 2 hits stores this week, so you’d best get familiar with the weapons you’ll be using to get the job done. While I’ve yet to play the game (or have any reason to attach my Wii Motion Plus at all for that matter), the style certainly has captured my attention. Then again,…
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Red Dead Redemption Box Art Is Redder Than Ever
This is the third time we’ve posted a completely different version of the official box art for Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption. Hopefully it’ll also be the last, but we’re not promising anything. First there was the stylistic cowboy. Then came a slightly more realistically-colored version of that same box art. Now we’ve lost the cowboy…
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PSN This Week: Hamsters Triumphantly Reclaim Monkey Balls
Marble Madness meets Super Monkey Ball this week on the PlayStation Network, as TikGames reveals Hamsterball, the game that reclaims running balls for adorable rodents everywhere. TikGames’ Howard Lehr is the one that calls Hamsterball Marble Madness meets Super Monkey Ball in the PlayStation Blog post revealing the new title, downloadable this Thursday for $9.99.…
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The First Console Game With Facebook Publishing
Closet Buzz!: Quiz World fans will be outing themselves all over Facebook this week, as a patch makes the PlayStation 3 trivia game the first console title with true in-game Facebook publishing. While we’ve seen several console games utilizing Twitter to keep friends up-to-date with player progress, none have allowed players to publish updates directly…
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UncategorizedThe Nintendo Download: This Is The Story Of A Cave
It’s Cave Story week on the Nintendo Download, and Nintendo has gotten every other WiiWare game out of the way in order to make sure Studio Pixel’s eagerly anticipated action adventure has center stage. IT feels like we’ve been waiting forever, but we don’t have to wait no more. Cave Story for WiiWare is here,…
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