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  EA Signs Fedor Emelianenko For EA Sports MMA

  EA Sports and Tiburon have signed one more fighter for its upcoming mixed martial arts title, adding Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko to the list of brawlers mixing it up in EA Sports MMA. Emelianenko will be joined by Dutch-American Gegard Mousasi and Brazilian Renato Sobral, three fighters who join “a long list of fighters” that…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 29, 2009
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  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review: Almost Half-Good

  It’s a movie tie-in game for a film based on a blockbuster book series, so really, what did you expect of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince besides visual fan service? Originality? The Harry Potter movie games are pretty much interchangeable. Harry runs around Hogwarts in some abbreviated version of the film’s plot with a…

  By AJ Glasser Published July 29, 2009
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  Spread Your Own Brand of Happiness Like the Little King

  We all just want to be happy, right? So does King Corobo. Tell us how you spread your special brand of happiness (forwarding Maru videos, perhaps?) and enter to win a copy of Little King’s Story, the new Wii RPG from Town Factory/Cing. Email us at [email protected] (subject line: Little King’s Contest) where the happiest…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published July 29, 2009
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  Stoked DC Assaults K2

  Bongfish’s follow-up to the Xbox 360 snowboarder Stoked has players barreling down the perilous slops of K2, the second largest mountain in the world. For every four people who have reached the summit of K2, one has died trying. Luckily, climbing will be the farthest thing from your mind in Stoked DC, which turns the…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2009
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  Square Enix Has Gyromancer In Its Future

  Fans of everything that Square Enix does should be on the look out for Gyromancer, a trademark recently filed by Square Enix for use in services such as “computer game software” and “video game software.” That’s typically a good sign that Square Enix will use Gyromancer for a computer game or video game. We’d go…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 29, 2009
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  Gears Of War 2 Gets Night Vision Goggle Booty In Japan

  If it’s good enough for Modern Warfare 2, it’s good enough for Gears, apparently. Microsoft is holding a contest for Japanese Gears Of War 2 fans that could net them a pair of night vision binoculars and a BBQ set. Sure, Gears aficionados can also win a replica Lancer gun, but it’s the option to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 29, 2009
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  World Of Warcraft’s U.S. Sales Numbers Are Massive

  Between collectors editions and normal retail boxes, the core game and expansions, the NPD reports that World of Warcraft has pushed 8.6 million units in the U.S. to date. Following up on the news that EA’s The Sims 3 had sold 800,000 copies in its first month, Gamasutra decided to find out how well the…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2009
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  CliffyB Makes Felicia’s Day

  [Thanks DH]

  By Brian Crecente Published July 29, 2009
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  R-Type Tactics Sequel Has A Bittersweet Subtitle

  Atlus brought Irem’s R-Type Tactics to North American PSPs last year as R-Type Command, a turn-based strategic deviation from the side-scrolling shoot ’em up the series is known for. A sequel is planned, with an amazing subtitle. R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate will be coming to Japan on October 29, according to a report…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 29, 2009
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  Who Is The Mystery Darkside Chronicles Cover Character?

  Capcom’s newly-released cover art for Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles contains a mysterious figure of mysterious mystery to puzzle players until it game comes out. While Leon, Claire, and Steve are clear enough of the cover of the next entry in the Resident Evil rail-shooter series for the Wii, who is that shadowy character in…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2009
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  Hard To Resist Flinging The PSPgo, For A Good Reason

  I wielded a PSPGo again yesterday and, I must confess, only will power, professionalism, and the fear of the Pottery Barn rule kept me from tossing the machine in the air. If I did toss the PSPgo, I would not have tossed it in anger. I have nothing against the system, even though Sony does…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 29, 2009
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  Doc Louis Will End You

  He made you, and he can break you. Here’s four new shots of the officially-named Doc Louis’s Punch-Out!!!, one of the rewards you can choose for being a Platinum member of Club Nintendo. Nintendo passed along these new screens in order to help anyone still struggling with the choice between this downloadable game and the…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2009
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  Streets of Rage Micro Review: Ragin’ Hard

  Porting a console classic to modern times is a no-brainer when it’s an impulse buy where half the purchase decision is fueled by nostalgia. But is Sega’s Streets of Rage worth it on the iPhone? Loved All the Rage: This is a straight-up emulation of the Genesis original, so of course everything you love and…

  By Owen Good Published July 29, 2009
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  Uncharted 2 Update: Beta Lessons And Welcome Omissions

  Uncharted 2 is four weeks from completion and, thanks to those of you who played the game’s June beta, the development team from Naughty Dog learned a couple of things. Adding a jet-ski level was not one of them. Sony was showing its full holiday line-up for PS3 and PSP in New York yesterday, including…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 29, 2009
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  Oh Yeah, Resident Evil 4 iPhone Now Available

  Sneaky parasitically-controlled humans! Capcom has officially released Resident Evil 4 for the iPhone, placing the power of Leon Kennedy at your fingertips. After a bit of a false start, Leon returns, laying waste to countless infected Spanish people in this iPhone version of the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Nintendo Wii masterpiece. A virtual joystick controls…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2009
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  A Look At Assassin’s Creed 2’s Comic-Con Outing

  Ubisoft put together this montage of footage from their Assassin’s Creed 2 showing at Comic-Con in San Diego last weekend. The clip includes some gameplay, a few very short comments from the panel and a brief interview with the guy responsible for the Assassin’s Creed 2 film shorts being produced. The movies will be using…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 29, 2009
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  Buy The Summer Of Arcade, Get $10 Back

  Microsoft wants to pay you $10 for purchasing all five of the games showcased in this year’s Summer of Arcade promotion. U.S. Xbox 360 owners who shell out the 5600 Microsoft Points necessary to net them Splosion Man, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Turtles in Time Re-shelled, Trials HD, and Shadow Complex between now and August…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2009
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  EVE Online: The Butterfly Effect

  Perhaps developer CCP hasn’t made it perfectly clear how big a part you could play in the universe of EVE Online. Perhaps this new video will rectify that oversight. This is an example of what could happen if you find yourself flying the sometimes friendly skies in EVE Online, CCP’s massively-multiplayer online space sim. I’ve…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2009
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  inFAMOUS Movie In The Works

  Sony Pictures is working out a seven-figure deal with producers Avi and Ari Arad and screenwriter Sheldon Turner to bring the PlayStation 3 exclusive inFAMOUS to the silver screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Turner pitched the movie to Sony Pictures, which pre-emptively caught it, and the studio is now working out a deal for…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2009
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  A Bit More Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Coming In October

  Get ready to pay full price for a little more content, as Nintendo confirms an October release date for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. You Pokémon fans know the drill. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky combines the best-selling DS titles Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, adds an additional five starter Pokémon…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2009