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  Tiger Woods Confirmed for Console Release as EA Opens Online Beta

  At risk of stealing its own thunder, EA Sports confirmed today that its next console golf simulation will feature beleaguered superstar Tiger Woods in the title; EA’s announcement came right as it opened the beta for its online golf game. Woods is currently on a leave from professional golf as he manages a very public,…

  By Owen Good Published January 21, 2010
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  Kingdom Hearts Beats Back Mario On Japan’s Game Chart

  Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep managed to maintain its bestselling status in Japan this week, fending off the triple platinum seller New Super Mario Bros. Wii in it second week. The newest Kingdom Hearts for the PSP didn’t have much in the way of competition, with the exception of top ten debuts Resident…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 21, 2010
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  Why Apple’s Tablet Will Include Gaming

  No one knows for certain what exactly will be announced at Apple’s semi-exclusive, invitation-only event in San Francisco next week. But a lot of us are thinking it will be the unveiling of an Apple tablet. Here’s why you should care. Apple has finally woken up to the potential and fiscal importance of gaming on…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010
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  Get A Little Depressed With The Heavy Rain Demo

  Buried deep within comment contest replies in a post on the European PlayStation Blog, SCEE PlayStation Store team member Mike Kebby reveals a demo for Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain is heading our way February 11th. Today’s PlayStation Store update on the Euro PlayStation Blog contained a comment contest to win free dynamic themes, so finding…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010
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  The Wii Loses Some Of Its Fitness Thunder To Dance Town

  Show of hands. Who has heard of the video game Dancetown? You know, the video game that National Public Radio reports might better whip you into shape than Wii Fit. NPR’s Morning Edition, the radio show I wake up every morning, got around to covering a study we covered in November that shows people can…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2010
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  She Caught Them All, We Can Go Home Now

  21-year-old Lisa Courtney from Hertfordshire, England, the biggest collector of Pokémon memorabilia in the world according to the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer Edition.

  By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010
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  The Wii Gets Its First Black Box, Maybe Its Best Box Art

  Nintendo is letting another game that isn’t New Super Mario Bros. Wii break the tradition of white Wii game cases, giving Sandlot’s Zangeki no REGINLEIV a chance to stand out from its peers with a sharp looking black box. The gory, giant slaying action game Zangeki no REGINLEIV—formerly known as Dynamic Zan—is scheduled for a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 21, 2010
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  Boy Loses Girl, Boy Chases Girl Through Hell

  Dante and Virgil race through the City of Despair in order to save Beatrice from the evil clutches of Lucifer, in this clip from Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic. This is just a very brief clip from the animated adventures of Dante, coming to Blu-Ray and DVD on February 9th in your choice of six…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010
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  Metal Gear Solid Gets Singing Weapons

  Just in case the Metal Gear Solid games were seeming conventional to you, the next one will include singing weapons. The late May PSP game Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, which so impressed me at the Tokyo Game Show last year, will have so-called AI weapons, publisher Konami announced today. Better to have them explain…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2010
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  Frankenreview: Dark Void

  Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? A plane? The Rocketeer? No! It’s our Frankenreview for Capcom’s Dark Void. Developer Airtight Games plunges players headlong into the mysterious Bermuda Triangle in Dark Void. Cargo pilot William Augustus Grey crashes on a remote island, soon finding himself teleported to a parallel world where evil…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010
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  Meet The Cast Of Sony’s Reality Show, The Tester

  Because you demanded it, Sony is launching its first PlayStation Network reality show later this year, The Tester. Eleven contestants will battle for the “gamer’s ultimate dream job,” testing PlayStation games. These are those eleven contestants. The cast of The Tester is, as aptly described by the PlayStation.blog, a diverse group, with gamers from 22-…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 21, 2010
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  My 10 Favorite Gaming Moments of 2009

  I’m just about done looking back at 2009 and just about done playing 2009 games. So I’m ready to share my fifth-annual list of my favorite in-game moments from the past year. These are not the 10 best games of 2009, nor are they ranked in any special order. They are 10 sometimes spoiler-y great,…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 21, 2010
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  Star Trek Online Boldly Goes To Del Taco

  Atari teams with Del Taco to deliver free trial-laden limited-edition Star Trek Online collector’s cups, with a free Type-8 Shuttle pet for those opting to supersize to the full game. Visitors to the nation’s number 2 Mexican fast foods restaurant will be able to procure one of four Star Trek Online collector’s cups with purchase…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010
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  Dark Void Zero Micro-Review: Classic, Focused Fun

  Dark Void Zero is built around not one, but two stories. One is a story of a jet pack wearing hero named Rusty trying to stop the invasion of Earth by aliens. The second is the fiction surrounding the game’s creation, a false history that claims the game is a remake of a classic NES-era…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010
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  Lightning Blanka Aids Haiti

  SOTA Toys is giving Street Fighter fans a chance to snag a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind Blanka statue, while providing much-needed relief to the earthquake-ravaged country of Haiti. Behold Lightning Blanka, one of the most attractive renditions of the electrified mutant Street Fighter ever created. SOTA Toys made one of these while working on the more traditional…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010
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  Tricell CEO Goes Mercenary In Resident Evil 5: Gold

  Tricell CEO Excella Gionne is so elegant she doesn’t bother changing out of her evening wear to battle Majini as a new playable character in Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition’s Mercenaries Reunion. Capcom revealed the beautiful but merciless Ms. Gionne as a playable character in Mercenaries Reunion today, with a set of screens showing off…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010
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  Capcom To Adopt 2.5D For Future Fighters

  Capcom made quite a splash in 2008 when their near reboot of Street Fighter IV combined the depth and detail of 3D graphics placed over the traditional controls and mechanics of a 2D fighting game. The developers liked the 2.5D effect so much they decided to apply it to upcoming Wii fighter Tatsunoko vs. Capcom:…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010
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  It’s Xbox 360 Day In The Amazon Gold Box

  Amazon.com is doling out 360 deals all day long, discounting titles Left 4 Dead 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Assassin’s Creed II, and more. Left 4 Dead 2 is the Deal of the Day on Amazon, with Xbox 360 and PC versions $34.99 and $27.99 respectively. While that deal runs all day long, the Gold Box…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010
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  The Mass Effect 2 Launch Trailer Has It All

  Action, adventure, drama, and even a little romance, the launch trailer for Mass Effect 2 covers all the bases. BioWare sure knows how to put together a trailer, don’t they? This Mass Effect 2 launch trailer looks like more of a movie trailer than anything from a video game, which is completely appropriate when you…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 21, 2010
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  Game of the Year 2009: The Popular Vote

  We’ve had our say, announcing which three games we think should be named game of the year for 2009. Now it’s your turn. Over the week we’ve laid out our thoughts about why Assassin’s Creed II, Demon’s Souls and Uncharted 2 is, or isn’t, the best game of 2009. And make no mistake, we still…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2010