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  Mega Man 10 Gets the Band Back Together — With Bass

  Absent from Mega Man 9, Bass, Dr. Wily’s thumpin’ creation reunites with Mega Man and Proto Man as a playable character in Mega Man 10. Bass is available for download on all three consoles April 5. Bass possesses the eponymous “Bass Buster” weapon that features a higher rate of fire and seven different firing directions,…

  By Owen Good Published March 3, 2010
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  First Screens Of Vanquish, Platinum Games’ New Shooter

  Sega and Platinum Games have released first screens of their upcoming third-person shooter Vanquish, the new action title from Resident Evil and God Hand director Shinji Mikami. They’re pretty. Bayonetta pretty. The “speedy” shooter—as clearly evidenced by the employ of motion blur—with a “high-tension” battle system is bound for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2010
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  Video Game Hall of Fame to Enshrine First Class in August

  Less than a year after it was first conceived, the International Video Game Hall of Fame and Museum at Ottumwa, Iowa has announced its first class of enshrinees, who will be inducted during a four-day gala event in August. At this time last year, the idea for a Hall of Fame had barely taken root…

  By Owen Good Published March 3, 2010
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  Rumor: Ubisoft’s New DRM Scheme Already Torpedoed By Pirates

  Publisher Ubisoft’s latest attempt to curb piracy of its PC games, making its debut appearance in submarine sim Silent Hunter 5, has allegedly been cracked by “sceners” the day after its release. Ubi’s new anti-piracy measure, which will also be employed in the upcoming PC version of Assassin’s Creed II, requires that users maintain a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2010
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  BioShock 2 Moves 3 Million, GTA IV Sales Pass 15 Million

  2K’s BioShock sequel is off to a good start. Take-Two Interactive announced today that the 2K Marin-developed BioShock 2 has surpassed 3 million in sales since its release on the Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3. Good job, Mr. Bubbles. That’s a positive step in the BioShock 3 direction, with BioShock 2 quickly catching up…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2010
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  Blur Challenge Messages Can Be Sent Over Xbox Live, Too

  The Twitter-integrated challenge system in Blur allows players to send friends times to beat, regardless of what platform they use. Bizarre Creations says they’ll also be sent as Xbox Live dashboard messages, allowing for some multiplayer without a Gold account. The difference, of course, is the challenge doesn’t take place head-to-head. Friends get a message…

  By Owen Good Published March 3, 2010
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  Hump Day

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Man, Tim sure hates himself some Japan. Do you hate it there too? Or maybe Tim just needs a vacation? You know, he’s coming to GDC? What you missed: A Bit More On that Halo Reach Multiplayer Vid Test Drive Unlimited Returns EA Shows Off Mirror’s Edge, Skate-It, And World…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2010
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  Mile Marker 8: Heroes of Newerth

  Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Heroes of Newerth. In A Sentence Inspired by the incredibly popular Defense of the Ancients Warcraft III fan mod, Heroes of Newerth is…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2010
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  Insomniac Working on Two Games Right Now, Won’t Say What

  Big speculation is that tomorrow’s “surprise Sony Sequel” is Resistance 3, but if it is – a) Insomniac’s community manager is not saying and b) even if it were, the studio is also working on a second game. “If you’re hoping that I will announce a future title here, you will be disappointed,” writes James…

  By Owen Good Published March 3, 2010
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  Speak-Up On Kotaku: Team Ninja, Splitscreen’s Absence, Used Games, And The Birthday Lord

  In this week’s installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku, Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea, IncD, ZeroAnd09, and Bwwardiii sound off on splitscreen online play, Team Ninja’s Metroid, mega awesome birthday gifts, and a new way to sell used games. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2010
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  Valve Updates Portal Again, Now With New Ending

  Let the games begin. Again. Valve has whipped the Portal community into a fresh frenzy with one more update to the PC version of the first-person puzzle game. What does the the developer have in store this time? Officially, it has “Added valuable asset retrieval.” So… there you go? No new achievements, but the Steam…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2010
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  NHL 2K Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Resting

  Take-Two Interactive CEO Ben Feder sheds some light on NHL 2K’s absence from the company’s PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 line-up, explaining that the series is on hiatus this year in order to come back stronger with NHL 2K12. When NHL 2K11 didn’t show up on a list of Take-Two’s 2010 releases, some took that…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2010
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  Take-Two: More Borderlands DLC Coming

  Touting the popularity of the three pieces of downloadable content released for Borderlands to date, Take-Two CEO Ben Feder said today that more are on the way. “Borderlands continues to build on its success in the market,” Feder said during the company’s quarterly financial earnings call. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx was the “highest…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 3, 2010
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  L.A. Noire, Mafia II, Max Payne 3 & Civilization V All Due By Oct. 31 (Maybe)

  Take-Two Interactive has a very busy fiscal fourth quarter, pegging four big games, L.A. Noire, Mafia II, Max Payne 3 and Sid Meier’s Civilization V, for release between August and October. However, one of those games might not make it. That means another delay for Mafia II, a title that isn’t new to having its…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2010
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  Red Dead Redemption Delayed To May

  Rockstar’s Western follow-up Red Dead Redemption, originally slated for release in late April in North America, has been pushed back to mid-May. The delay, which was revealed today as Take-Two Interactive announced their quarterly financials, has the North American release of Red Dead Redemption set to May 18th. The new date puts the North American…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2010
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  Japan: It’s Not Funny Anymore

  I’ve lived in Japan for a long time. When I first came here, I liked living here. Now, I don’t. I haven’t changed. Japan hasn’t really changed, either. Something else, however, has. Maybe all three of these things are part of the same problem. I would like to say that I intend to flesh out…

  Tim Rogers Published March 3, 2010
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  Valve Teases Upcoming Mac Announcement, Not So Subtly

  Is Valve finally ready to make the switch and support Mac OS X? A recent update to Steam hinted at it, now it’s time for the Half-Life, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress developer to be more blunt about it. The developer has released a series of images “in anticipation of an upcoming announcement from…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 3, 2010
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  Aliens And Predators Invade PlayStation Home

  Now here’s a couple of virtual costume items that might be worth dropping a couple of bills on, if only to see an Alien and a Predator doing the running man in the lobbies of PlayStation Home. Sega Europe announces official Aliens Vs. Predator gear, coming tomorrow to the European PlayStation Home Thread Store. Choose…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2010
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  Mega Man 10 Micro-Review: Capcom Had Mercy

  Finally, a Mega Man game I can clear in 90 minutes. Is that what you want too? Two years after Mega Man 9 returned the classic Capcom series to 8-bit, classic Nintendo Entertainment System design, Mega Man 10 is upon us, with an offer that is decidedly not old school: An easy game. But it’s…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 3, 2010
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  EA Shows Off Mirror’s Edge, Skate-It, And World Adventures On The iPhone

  EA Mobile passes along a set of new screenshots showing off three big titles they’re bringing to the iPhone in the coming months – Skate-It, Mirror’s Edge, and The Sims 3 World Adventures. We’ve seen plenty of MIrror’s Edge for the iPhone over the past few months, and The Sims 3 World Adventures was a…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 3, 2010