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  Take A Look At Tesla In These Dark Void Screens

  Nikola Tesla is no stranger to video game appearances and references. But I don’t think he’s looked this good actually being in a game since Command & Conquer Red Alert. Tesla functions in Dark Void as a sort Q to main character Will’s James Bond, building your weapons and upgrading your jet pack. Kinda makes…

  By AJ Glasser Published October 13, 2009
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  GameStop Director Unloads Millions In Stock, Raises Eyebrows

  Leonard Riggio, chairman of the board at Barnes & Noble and director at GameStop, may not be on your radar. But the exec’s unloading of 2.3 million shares of GameStop for $60.2 million was a financial blip with stock watchers. According to a report from Barron’s, via Gamasutra, that sale could be a sign of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009
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  Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Scares Up 2010 Release In Europe

  The mystery of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories’ release date in North America is still unsolved, with no word from Konami on what appears to be a delay for the Wii, PS2 and PSP game. At least Europe has a date… And that date is someday in February of 2010, according to an update on the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009
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  New York State of Mind

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: I’ll be flying out to New York next week to spend some time in Gawker’s offices and meet with some folks. I’ll also be harassing Totilo up close and personal. The best part? Maybe we can do the podcast live from the same room for a change! What you missed:…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 13, 2009
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  Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble Screens Full Of Smashtalkin’ Bananas

  Atlus’ efforts to bring bizarro high school brawler Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble clearly have not been made in vain. Or, so the talking banana man in these new screens for the PlayStation Portable game are telling me. Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble, the badass game with a badass name, has the unfortunate release date of November…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009
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  Oh, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City Is Coming Alright

  The obligatory Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City billboard, as seen on Canal St. in New York City. Thanks, y2julio!

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009
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  Dragon’s Lair Getting Squeezed Down For DSiWare

  Classic laserdisc adventure Dragon’s Lair is headed to Nintendo’s DSiWare download service, according to a new rating from Germany’s USK ratings board. Potentially good news for a game that was once bound for a regular Nintendo DS release. Given previous portable announcements, consider our enthusiasm for yet another port of Don Bluth’s beautifully animated Dragon’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009
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  Bon Jovi To Help Shill Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles In Japan

  Upcoming Wii release Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers will get a taste of Jersey for its Japanese release. Rock band Bon Jovi will be lending its flavor of rock to the game’s overseas TV advertising. Bon Jovi, a band four years older than the Final Fantasy series itself, will be co-promoting Crystal Bearers…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009
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  New Term: “XBLA Chaser”

  On this day, when we’re recognizing new ways to talk about games, I’d like to share the best new term I’ve heard for a game since a Ubisoft guy called bad games “Triple-C.” The term I heard was “XBLA Chaser,” uttered by Xbox global public relations manager Stone Chin. At a recent gaming event, he…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2009
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  What’s Inside the Blood and Hair Pasted Box?

  As we wade hip-deep into the morass of video game releases that still flood this fall, marketing companies are upping their game to try and get a little attention. What’s that mean? Shipping a bloodied box with bits of hair sticking out of it.

  By Brian Crecente Published October 13, 2009
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  The Elder Scrolls In Convenient Novel Form

  The land of Tamriel is terrorized by a floating city that first kills and then raises the dead in The Infernal City, the first of two Elder Scrolls novels by bestselling author Greg Keyes. Greg Keyes is perhaps best known for his steampunk series The Age of Unreason, which features historical figures such as Benjamin…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009
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  New Compliment: Football Player’s Performance Is Beyond Video Games

  There are many things in this world — movies with lots of explosions, for example — that people will say are “just like a video game.” Today we have an example of something so amazing it is beyond video games. The report of this greater-than-gaming feat appeared in Saturday’s Syracuse Post-Standard. The newspaper reported that…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2009
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  Two Best Words in the English Language: Bacon Deluxe

  Everything is better with bacon. You know this, we know this, and Wendy’s® knows this. So they created the NEW Bacon Deluxe: beef, cheese, lettuce & tomato with four—that’s right, four—thick slices of Applewood smoked bacon. Who’s hungry? Oh, and the NEW Bacon Deluxe comes as a single, double, or triple hot ‘n juicy bacon-dream.…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published October 13, 2009
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  Assassin’s Creed III? WWII? Sure, Why Not?

  Why don’t game developers make World War II games anymore? There’s so much history still left to scrape! The good news amid this dearth of WWII content is that the Assassin’s Creed series could very well be heading that way. While it sounds like the Ubisoft folks haven’t gone beyond the “discussions” phase of Assassin’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009
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  MagnaCarta 2’s Kan Game

  MagnaCarta 2 is in stores today (I promise this time), and this video takes a look at the unique way the game handles special abilities and magic – the Kan system. I’ve had the game for several days now, thanks to a local store that wasn’t aware of any street date, and so far I’m…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009
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  Bayonetta Contest Winners Aren’t All Sexy

  The top 11 entries to a fan-art contest for Bayonetta mostly make the upcoming game’s heroine look like the sex symbol publisher Sega hopes she’ll be. But not runner up #10. The head-stabbing work of Salvador Samano gets an autographed Xbox 360 copy of the January-slated game. And that’s without his Bayonetta showing any skin.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 13, 2009
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  inFamous 2 Looking To Recast Its Cole?

  Sucker Punch’s PlayStation 3 exclusive hero/anti-hero hit Infamous—are you ready for this?—may already have a sequel in the works. Hardly shocking, I know, but what might unsettle fans of the possible recasting of super-powered protagonist Cole McGrath. Oh, he’ll still be the same old Cole. He may just sound a little different, a little more…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009
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  Dark Void Preview: Learning To Fall With Style

  Jet packs? Check. Funny-looking helmet? Check. Nikola Tesla? I’d prefer Alan Arkin, but check. At yesterday’s Tesla Motors event, Capcom provided several forms of Dark Void expression – like developer interviews, a booklet, and a tournament where people raced to see who could get the farthest in a level in 15 minutes. The developer interviews…

  By AJ Glasser Published October 13, 2009
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  Brutal Legend Review: Testing Its Metal

  Join roadie Eddie Riggs on a magical journey to free a heavy metal fantasy world from the grips of demonic oppression in Brutal Legend. Brutal Legend is the latest game from Double Fine Productions and Tim Schafer, the man behind Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, and Psychonauts. Eddie Riggs is a roadie who fears that heavy…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2009
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  Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Dated, Priced By Famitsu

  Konami’s still-to-be-officially-announced exhumation of Game Boy classic Castlevania: The Adventure will arrive in Japan on October 27, according to details from the latest crappy cell phone shots of Famitsu magazine. Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth will colorize and modernize the 20-year-old outing of Christopher Belmont in his quest to kill Dracula for Konami’s third downloadable retro…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 13, 2009