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  Grand Theft Auto IV Episodes Delayed For PS3, PC Over “Minor Content Changes”

  Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City for the PlayStation and PC—and their individual downloadable episodes—won’t be making their previously scheduled release dates. Rockstar says the game will be delayed by two weeks to accommodate “minor content changes.” Rockstar says it is “forced” to delay the retail release and the downloadable episodes (Grand Theft Auto:…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 18, 2010
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  More Giant Robot Love From Front Mission Evolved

  Square Enix passed us the box art and a batch of new screens for Front Mission Evolved today, including at least one shot of a mech that seems to be joyously completing an upbeat dance routine. What won’t those giant robots do? That’s another giant robot-related prayer that Square Enix and Double Helix Games have…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2010
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  The Tester: Episode 4: The “LARPing in the Park” Lateblog Recap

  While we were at the Game Developers Conference, PlayStation Network reality show The Tester carried on as normal, meaning we didn’t get a chance to liveblog the fourth episode “LARPing in the Park” as normal. So here’s a recap. As you may recall from the previous week, Tester contestant Fame Girl was eliminated for not…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 18, 2010
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  Wipeout: The Game Set To Disappoint Fans Of Futuristic Racing This Summer

  There’s a new Wipeout game coming to the Nintendo Wii and DS this summer, but don’t get too excited – it’s not what you think. For nearly 15 years, Sony fans have thrilled to the balls-out futuristic racing action of the Wipeout series, with each installment bringing new challenges and more speed to the beloved…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2010
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  The World’s Most Badass Exercise Video Game

  The game you see here will include a calorie counter. Lose weight by delivering a punch to the gut, followed by a head butt. This is Motion Fighter, a motion-controlled bare-knuckle brawling game unveiled last week for the PlayStation 3’s new Wii-style wand controller, the PlayStation Move. During an interview with Kotaku, Sony vice president…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 18, 2010
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  Reminder: Send In Your Photos of Ugly Americans from St. Pat’s

  You saw them: Dudes in Erin Go Bragh berets slipping in green sick and Sexy Leprechauns flashing their bloomers and otherwise atop a shamrock float. Share your photos of the ugliest messes you encountered on St. Pat’s and you could win big! In honor of Comedy Central’s new show Ugly Americans, send your best photos…

  By Gawkercreative Published March 18, 2010
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  Pokemon Rangers Hold Back Bad Company On Japan’s Software Battlefield

  Just like last week, Nintendo’s latest Pokemon spin-off, Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki for the Nintendo DS, tops Japan’s weekly software chart, fending off a long list of newcomers, including Battlefield: Bad Company 2. To Bad Company 2’s credit, the PlayStation 3 version of DICE’s shooter managed a top ten spot, wedged between Japanese fare…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 18, 2010
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  One Step Closer To The Mathematical Formula For Fun

  No, in this post you will not find the algorithm of entertainment, the theorem of thrills or the postulate of pleasure. But you will find details on how one unlikely game may, accidentally, calculate fun. The game is Dante’s Inferno, EA’s enjoyable and lurid re-imagining of the classic poem. The application of a possible mathematical…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 18, 2010
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  Maybe Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Would Be Better If We Snuck Together

  Did you enjoy your glimpse of single player sneaking in the Peace Walker clip we posted on Monday? Well two can play at that game! See how two people can be sneakier than one in this latest clip. While I wasn’t initially impressed by the thought of cooperative sneaking in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker,…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2010
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  Threadless $10 Sale Lets You Dress For A Whole Week For The Price Of One Game

  Community driven t-shirt maker Threadless is kicking off its latest and, some say, greatest sale on upper torso wear, slashing prices to just $10 USD in honor of the brand’s tenth anniversary. That means super cheap gaming related t-shirts! For less than the price of a new release video game, you can dress yourself for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 18, 2010
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  Max & The Magic Marker Micro-Review: What If The DS Was My TV?

  Next week, Nintendo will release the largest Nintendo DS yet seen in America, the pocket-busting DSi XL. But I have played a DS game that no DS can display — on my TV with a giant, virtual stylus. Max & The Magic Marker is a downloadable game from Press Play, in development for a couple…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 18, 2010
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  Playing Political Games

  In a large theater at the 2010 Game Developers Conference, ten thousand game makers gathered for the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Choice awards ceremonies, where the best indie and mainstream games of the year are celebrated by and for their creators. In between the two, an unusual video was shown. Aneesh Chopra, the…

  Ian Bogost Published March 18, 2010
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  A More Nutritious Way To Review God Of War III

  A humorous Photoshop, or a look at how games would be labeled if the government handled ratings? As seen on Joystick Division

  By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2010
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  Is USB Storage In The Xbox 360’s Future?

  Is Microsoft planning to drop its overpriced Xbox 360 Memory Units in favor of more affordable USB mass storage devices? According to documentation obtained by Joystiq, the answer is yes. Currently the only external storage solution for the Xbox 360 is the Microsoft-produced Memory Unit, a relatively expensive way to add up to 512MB of…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2010
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  PlayStation Move Party Report: The Muffin Dumpster

  Muffins are the unsung hero of the games industry. They are the glue that binds publishers, PR, and the media together. The idea of a muffin is, no one hates a muffin on principle. People (psychopaths) might dislike cookies, even chocolate chip ones, or they might have a thing against a particular variety of donut.…

  Tim Rogers Published March 18, 2010
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  This Game Boy Looks Damn Good On Paper

  French graphic design duo Zim and Zou have created a paper craft Game Boy that looks so real you could almost play a giant paper craft version of Tetris on it. Thibault Zimmermann and Lucie Thomas, otherwise known as Zim and Zou, merge their artistic expertise in digital design and paper crafts to create these…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2010
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  A Cave Story On My Wall

  Hitting March 22, the Wii version of classic PC game Cave Story will include new options and visual enhancements. It won’t, however, include this spiffy canvas that just showed up on my doorstep by indie artist Christopher Reavey or this letter from game creator Daisuke Ayama.

  By Brian Crecente Published March 18, 2010
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  Middle Earth Goes Snowblind In The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North

  Warner Bros. Interactive has tapped the team behind Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath to create The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, co-op action RPG for the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3. With the console installment of Baldur’s Gate and the two EverQuest-themed Champions titles under its belt, no…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2010
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  Yam Hand? Jelly Man? BioShock Monsters That Might Have Been

  If you thought BioShock had some creepy enemies, wait until you get a look at the enemy concepts that didn’t make it into the game. Irrational Games pulled out these five pieces of concept art from deep within its vaults, giving fans a taste of a BioShock that might have been. There seems to be…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 18, 2010
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  Metroid: Other M Isn’t Completely Off the Rails

  Playing through a section of Metroid: Other M last week, I couldn’t help but notice that the Wii title felt at times very much like the sort of game the developers said it wasn’t: An on-the-rails shooter. During his talk at the Game Developers Conference last week, Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto said the game was…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 18, 2010