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  Street Fighter II HD’s Intro Lived Too Fast And Died Too Young

  Much like the game itself, this short clip (by serial SF artists and SFIIHD contributors Udon) strikes the perfect balance between contemporary style and old-school sensibilities. It’s just a shame it had to be cut to squeeze the game online. Udon’s Unused Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Intro

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  My Girlfriend Is The President Erotic Game Trailer Features Amazing Voice Over

  Back in July, we brought word of PC eroge My Girlfriend Is The President. Now, feel free to watch the game’s trailer, complete with amazing English language movie guy voice over. My Boyfriend is Obama [Japan Probe]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Fable III’s New Concept Art Needs More Chimney Sweeps

  Lionhead have tonight released some new artwork for the upcoming Fable III, showing that, as promised, Albion is moving on from a stylised renaissance and is, Dickens novels in hand, marching straight into a stylised industrial revolution. This is Bowerstone, circa Fable III. Little late to catch the steampunk bandwagon, sure, but clock-powered bad guys…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Ready To Smash Up Cars In Super Street Fighter IV?

  The upcoming SSFIV is bringing back the Street Fighter bonus stages of yore: car destruction. The latest issue of Famitsu confirms the car wrecking bonus stages in Super Street Fighter IV. There’s also a barrel bonus stage, too. Other details about the game include info about online play: • Team Battle is from 2-on-2 up…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  For Thirty Four Years, Kids Have Wanted Video Games For Christmas

  Market research firm Permuto Discoveries have published a list of the top-selling Christmas gifts for kids over the past forty years. Unsurprisingly, over the past few years at least, video games have dominated. The list provides only the single, top-selling, must-have item for the year. No room for second place here. And it shows that…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Booze Tastes Better At Kobe’s Gundam Toy Bar

  Drinks named after Gundam characters and over 300 models as seen on Alafista.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Kojima Has Warning For Game Industry

  Don’t sound the alarm bells just yet. Hideo Kojima talks with Japanese magazine Famitsu about what it was like working on adventure game Snatcher during the late 1980s. Times were different then, Kojima says. “Games development these days is completely compartmentalized; you have people who do nothing but make the logo for a game,” he…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  New Puzzle Game Features Moby, Proceeds Go To Charity

  Founded in 2007, publishers OneBigGame have this week unveiled their first game: a puzzler featuring big-name music acts, with proceeds from the title’s sales going towards some big-name charity groups. The game’s called Chime (out “soon” for 360 and PC), and was developed by British studio Zoe Mode. Lumines fans should feel right at home…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack CD Dated For Japan

  On January 27, Square Enix will be releasing the Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack in Japan — one limited edition, and the other not. The 5-disc limited edition is priced at ¥5,250 (US$58) includes a bonus “drama CD” called FINAL FANTASY XIII Episode Zero -Promise- Story01 -ENCOUNTER and written by FFXIII scenario writer Motomu Toriyama. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Sci-Fi Author Writing Not One, Not Two, But Three Games For Electronic Arts

  Acclaimed British science fiction author Richard K. Morgan has announced that he’s teaming up with EA to help pen the stories for three of the publisher’s upcoming titles. Writing on his site, Morgan – best known for his novels Altered Carbon and Black Man/Thirteen – says he was approached last year by EA’s John Miles…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Five New PSP Bundles For Japan

  This December, Japan is getting not one, but five, count ’em five, PSP-3000 bundles. Four of them are “Value Pack” bundles that include the PSP-3000 and accessories for ¥19,800 (US$219.50). Colors include Vibrant Blue, Piano Black, Pearl White and Radiant Red. The other bundle is a Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G dealio with fewer accessories,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Shooting A Nintendo DS Through A Wall

  Throwing a controller/handheld to the ground in frustration is for wussies. You really want to vent some steam, you load the offending peripheral or console into a gun and you shoot it through a wall. That’s what Amusement – the greatest gaming mag to never be published in English – did for their latest issue,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Infinity Ward: Wii Can’t Deliver Our Multi-Platform Experience

  The first Modern Warfare was truly a multi-platform release, appearing on the Xbox 360, PS3, PC/Mac and a Nintendo Wii port. Its sequel, Modern Warfare 2, isn’t getting a Wii port just yet. Whether Activision has a studio like Treyarch do a Wii port of Modern Warfare 2 remains to be seen, but developer Infinity…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Pre-Order Records

  The game that has sent the competition scurrying into 2010 looks set to break all kinds of sales records when it’s released next week, with Modern Warfare 2 setting a new mark for pre-orders at GameStop. Speaking with USA Today, the chain’s executive vice president for merchandising and marketing, Tony Bartel, has revealed “As of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 4, 2009
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  Game Tech Now Good Enough For Hans Zimmer

  Composer Hans Zimmer has standards. He likes things big. Just look at the movies he has scored: Gladiator, The Last Samurai and The Da Vinci Code. Big films! So how and why did he make the leap to games? “This is the first time I even stuck my toe into these waters,” Zimmer tells USA…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2009
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  Warren Spector So Not Done With Deus Ex

  Warren Spector, creator of Deus Ex, isn’t letting the fact he no longer has access to the series stop him from dreaming up more games in the series. Well, maybe not series. “Series”. Spector – currently at work on Epic Mickey – has told Variety that prior to picking up work the Disney gig, he…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2009
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  Square Enix Fire Some People

  It’s already been announced that the severance payouts to Taito employees has drained money from parent company Square Enix. Those were the only cuts Square Enix has made post Eidos-buyout. “There’s an ongoing process of reshuffling people, but that’s not something we do just because of integration,” Square Enix president Yoichi Wada explained to website…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 3, 2009
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  Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis Is Bad At Video Games

  Robert Zemeckis, director of Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, is good at making movies. He’s good at writing them. But he’s not very good at video games. Zemeckis tells MTV, “I love what they do in the technology, the way they move those images, I’m fascinated by the amount of code-writing…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 3, 2009
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  NCAA 10 Showcases the Charm and Bad Calls of Hoops’ Top Home Courts

  NCAA Basketball 10 isn’t just about the announcing teams and pretty graphics, it still faces the tall order of presenting all the arenas of every major conference member. Another 15 screens show us what to expect. This package delivers Lousiville at Pitt’s Petersen Events Center (Big East); Michigan State at Illinois’ Assembly Hall, one of…

  By Owen Good Published November 3, 2009
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  World Of Warcraft “Lacks Approval” To Operate In China [Update]

  Courtesy of some alleged “gross violations” of national regulations, China’s General Administration of Press and Publication have ordered that World of Warcraft be suspended in the country. According to a report on Reuters, NetEase – the company operating the game in China for publishers Activision Blizzard – have been ordered to “stop operating” the title,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2009