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  Afrika Preview: And It Hurts That My Friends Never Stood Downwind

  Afrika, first released in Japan last year, has often been compared to Pokemon Snap. Both fairly and unfairly. And guess what? Those comparisons are totally on the money. What Is It? Afrika is a game that tasks you, a budding photojournalist, with travelling to Africa. Where you’ll be driven around in a jeep, crawl through…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2009
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  Phew

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft What. A. Week. I’m exhausted. You? What you missed last night Sony Is Working on a UMD Solution for PSP Go First Look At New Zelda Game’s Concept Art Cops Called Over Resident Evil Cosplay New iPhone Will Include 3D Graphics Chip, Hits July BioWare Doesn’t Expect You To Survive Mass…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  Behind The Scenes Look At Splinter Cell: Conviction

  We love these behind the scenes clips — especially when people get nervous and totally ticked off. So humanizing.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  McFarlane Toys’ Take On Halo 3: ODST

  On September 22, Halo 3: ODST will be released. To mark that, McFarlane Toys is releasing this. Dubbed “The Rookie”, the figure is from McFarlane’s Halo Series 6 line. FIRST LOOK AT ‘THE ROOKIE’ ODST ACTION FIGURE [Spawn via Hawty McBloggy]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  World of Warcraft Patch Adds Cat And Bear

  Kitties! Blizzard is adding new textures for cat and bear forms in the next major WoW content patch. The Horde and Alliance will both get five different designs. “Night elves can choose to change their cat and bear look at any time by visiting the barber shop and changing their character’s hair color,” Blizzard explains,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  New Nintendo Console Maybe In 3, 5 or 8 Years

  Face it, the Nintendo Wii is a souped-up GameCube. It’s not HD. And that’s okay! The console has been incredibly successful. But nothing lasts forever, not even the Nintendo Wii. One day, Nintendo will release a new console. “If we have an opportunity to make a new console, it will probably support HD because it…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  Sometimes, You’re Just In The Right Place At The Right Time

  For reference, see this & this

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2009
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  Touch The Fake Dream C Club Girls For Real

  Boozin’-with-cabaret-girls game Dream C Club not only features girls and booze, but also touching. So should it’s in-store display. Spotted at retailer Gamers in Akihabara. A sign asks folks to use pointer finger. Of course, this happens: Needs more booze. ドリームクラブ、ホストガールに思う存分パイタッチ [Akiba Blog]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  The Clips of E3: Day Three & Four

  Day three of E3’s clip round up has a lot more gameplay and a lot less hardware to drool over; but you can still get another look at the PSP Go in action. Day four, meanwhile, was slim pickings — although that Fat Princess trailer really had me laughing. The Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer…

  By AJ Glasser Published June 5, 2009
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  Godfather III Looking Less Likely

  EA’s The Godfather II sold only 241,000 copies in the U.S. — disappointing for a name title. No wonder EA Games label president Frank Gibeau is ready to wash his hands of the franchise. “We’re not going to do another one,” Gibeau, adding that no Godfather games are in the company’s production schedule, which falls…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  Gran Turismo Boss: I Want To Release GT5 ASAP

  Gran Turismo PSP is coming out. That’s nice. Where the heck is Gran Turismo 5? And no, Grand Turismo 5 Prologue does not count. According to Gran Turismo honcho Kazunori Yamauchi, “I want to release it as fast as I can, but GT5 for us, when you talk about its status, it’s at a point…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  E3 Round-Up: Day Four

  A light at the end of the tunnel! We’re at day four, let’s round it up: First Look At New Zelda Game’s Concept Art FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel FIFA 10 Preview: It’s The Early-Season Favourite Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Preview: There’s A Light Taste Hot Monkey Vengeance! BioWare Doesn’t Expect You To…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  Sony Is Working on a UMD Solution for PSP Go

  One of the biggest hurdles to getting Playstation Portable owners to upgrade to the recently announced PSP Go is their existing library of UMD games which won’t work on the device. But don’t worry, Sony Computer Entertainment is hard at work on a solution. “We are looking into programs for owners who have previously purchased…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 5, 2009
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  Wii Remote Wizard Working On Project Natal

  You remember Johnny Lee, right? Sure you do, he’s the man who can make magic happen with the Wii Remote. And it seems he’s bringing his skills to Microsoft’s Project Natal controller. While Lee is quick to say he doesn’t deserve credit for what we saw at E3, he does add, “The part I am…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  Venetica: E3 Pretty I Didn’t See

  I was really excited to finally see DTP Entertainment‘s Venetica in action at this E3, but they didn’t show it to me, so here’s some screenshots. It’s probably my biggest disappointment of this E3. I’ve been following Venetica since the game was first announced. It’s an action role-playing game starring the daughter of death, Scarlett,…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 5, 2009
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  The PSP Go Looks Familiar

  We knew that we had seen the PSP Go before — back when Sony called it “Mylo”. The Mylo is a wireless device that can be used to browse the internet. Sales have hardly been amazing, so don’t think Sony’s decision to use a tweaked Mylo design for the PSP Go is lazy. Oh no,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2009
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  First Look At New Zelda Game’s Concept Art

  At a developer’s roundtable the other day, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto showed a select group of people some concept art for a new Zelda game. That select group isn’t so select anymore. I don’t know about you, but that’s no Princess Zelda. Could it be, as so many are speculating, the living incarnation of the Master…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2009
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  Cops Called Over Resident Evil Cosplay

  Sometimes cosplay is a good thing. Sometimes it’s a bad thing — especially when it gets you arrested. That’s “Jay”, and he was cosplaying as special commando HUNK from Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise. Great costume! So great that the local authorities were altered when the gun-brandishing masked-HUNK walked into a store. A dozen police cars…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2009
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  FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel

  FIFA 10 is new. You knew it was coming, but still, new is new. And after reading our impressions of the game, why not sink your studs into the soft, fleshy shins of these screens

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2009
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  Smash Bros. Brawl User Online Service Ending

  When Nintendo’s Wii fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl launched in 2008, it was touted for its user-generated stage designs and replay data. That service, sadly, will soon cease. From the game’s official website: As of June 30th, 2009, the current service that accepts user-generated snapshots, stage designs, and replay data will no longer be…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2009