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  Want To Know This Lady’s Name? [Update]

  Remember that long-haired lady? The one in recent Final Fantasy XIII trailers with eye-catching glasses? She has a name, you know. Her name is Jill Nabato, and she’s not only a Lieutenant Colonel, but a “cruel-hearted” baddie. But, hey, nice glasses! Update: The official English spelling has been released: Jihl Nabaat. Another Final Fantasy XIII…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  Just Cause 2’s Tourist Dollar Pitch

  If only we could actually visit an island that sold itself to the world by letting you attach a truck to a helicopter, take off then use the truck as a wrecking ball to blow up a gas station. Below, the clip. And below that: a bonus! The game’s box art.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  If The PS3 Is A Formula 1 Racer, What Is Xbox 360? The Wii?

  According to this Japanese news show, the Xbox 360 is an expensive foreign car. The Wii? It’s a go-kart. Look at that kid! He’s gonna have a blast. Courtesy of Japanese television. Thank you, Japanese television.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  New Brink Screenshots

  Part of what’s got me so interested in Brink is the game’s visuals. A pinch of Crackdown, a dash of Mirror’s Edge, whisk for 30 seconds and hey presto, you’ve got Brink’s paradise island metropolis gone wrong.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  Does Uncharted 2’s Kathmandu Look Like Kathmandu?

  Comparison time! Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is set in numerous locations including Nepal’s Kathmandu. So let’s see how Uncharted 2‘s Kathmandu stacks up with, I dunno, Kathmandu! チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報:『アンチャーテッド２』 VS カトマンズの実写風景 [チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  No Multiplayer For LittleBigPlanet On PSP

  It was always going to be a struggle squeezing everything from the PS3 version of LBP into the PSP version. Something had to give. Turns out that something is multiplayer. “The one thing we’ve lost is multiplayer,” Sony’s Mark Green told Eurogamer. “You’ve got full physics systems, you got full create mode, you’ve got all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  Let’s Look At Final Fantasy XIII Summon’s Horsey Mode

  Summon character Odin has been appearing in Final Fantasy games since FFIII. The summon returns for FFXIII, and he can only be summoned by character Lighting. Here is a first look at Odin in his “Gestalt Mode” in which he transforms into a horse for Lighting to ride. Gitty-up!

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  Lots And Lots Of Alan Wake Gameplay Footage

  This starts off as a developer diary. Don’t let that bother you. For starters, the clip is full of in-game action. And secondly…their Scandinavian accents are just so soothing.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  New Devil Kings Bound For Wii *And* PS3

  Capcom’s big-in-Japan franchise Sengoku Basara 3 (Devil Kings 3) has already been announced for the Wii. But there’s another platform announcement: The game is coming to the PS3. Originally released in Japan on the PS2 back in 2005, the series’ sequels have reached a wide audience in The Land of the Rising Sun. This past…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  GRIN Were Working On A Final Fantasy Game

  There were the faintest of rumblings about this a couple of months ago, but now that GRIN are officially out of business, it can come to light that they’d been working on…a Final Fantasy game. Professional resume snoop superannuation has uncovered some concept art and CV listings for a game code-named “Fortress”, which we’re all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2009
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  Gran Turismo PSP Screens

  Like other racing games, Gran Turismo is often criticised for offering up screenshots that are…well, not what you’ll see in the game. Which is why we like these screens so much. They’re exactly what you’ll see in the game.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2009
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  PS3 Slim Ad Copies Photographs, Features Rumored Drug Users

  In its native Japan, the PS3 Slim ad machine is kicking into high gear with a slick campaign. Yet, as with many past Sony promotions, this one is already drawing controversy. Titled “Play Face”, the campaign pays homage (rips off?) to artist Phillip Toledano’s series of video game photographs of gamers’ O-face. About his original…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2009
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  Improve Your Player Stock at the Draft Combine

  NBA 2K10 one-ups the create-yourself sports fantasy with its upcoming DLC package, which allows you to play in the build-a-baller workshop and then experience the thrilling meat market of the NBA Draft Combine. More than just facial features and uniform choices, you see here how the game allows you to give your guy traits based…

  By Owen Good Published August 19, 2009
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  Kotick: Most Gamers Prefer Sequels to New IP

  Those CEOs, the things they say when they’re talking to the magazines CEOs read, thinking no one’s watching. Talking to the Economist, Activision’s Bobby Kotick said “a small segment” of gamers are the ones insisting “everything has to be new.” In an Aug. 13 profile run by the respected news magazine, Kotick responded to a…

  By Owen Good Published August 19, 2009
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  More Fairytale Fights Screens

  We’ve told you all we can about Fairytale Fights for the time being — but don’t let that stop you from ogling these blood-splattered screens. Based on how smooth these screens look, I can only surmise they were taken from a later build of the game than the one I saw. On display is that…

  By AJ Glasser Published August 19, 2009
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  Transformers DLC Brings Back More Of The Transformers We Love

  We don’t love the “new” Transformers. Not one bit. They’re too…impersonal to care about, and too spiky to cuddle. Nothankyou. Seems Activision are aware of this, as there’s more G1 characters coming to their Transformers movie game. Like who? Like Megatron. Joining the Decepticon leader in Revenge of the Fallen’s upcoming DLC pack are old-school…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2009
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  Shatner Sends C&D to Studio Over “Shatter” Joke

  Captain Kirk set the lawyers to stun when he heard a skin was coming for the PSN game “Shatter,” using his likeness and including a remix of Big Bill’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” cover. One problem: the news was a joke. Two weeks back, New Zealand site Game Console wrote up a spoof about Kiwi dev…

  By Owen Good Published August 19, 2009
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  Some Super Screen Shots of DC Universe Online

  Want to hang out with Batman? So do we. While DC Universe Online is still in the works, we’ve got some screenshots via Sony Online Entertainment to keep you from going crazy, Joker style.

  By Andrew Freedman Published August 19, 2009
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  Two Cave Bullet Hell Shooters Dated For Xbox 360

  Once again, the Xbox 360 console is the shoot ’em up console. Cave’s Espgaluda II Black Label and MUSHIHIME-SAMA FUTARI Ver 1.5 are case in point. MUSHIHIME-SAMA FUTARI Ver 1.5 will be out November 26 with a standard edition and a limited edition pack with a two disc soundtrack set. Espgaluda II Black Level will…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2009
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  Do You Dream Of Kotaku?

  To: Ashcraft From: Totilo Re: If Only There Was German Beer In My Fridge, If Only I have no German beer for you, man. I’m in the U.S. of A! And — shhh — Crecente is sleeping right now. Do you think he’s dreaming of Kotaku? Today wasn’t as insane as yesterday. Sony had already…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 19, 2009