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  Some New Games For The 360’s Platinum Range

  Microsoft today got around to officially announcing the 360’s redesigned “Platinum Hits” range, which we first saw a month ago. To kick things off, they also announced eight “new” games for the range. We say “new” because, well, not all of them are new to the Platinum Hits series. Indeed, most of the eight highlighted…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2009
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  Second Year of Sega Sammy Losses

  Times are tough. Sega Sammy knows. The company has released its 2008 fiscal results, posting a loss for the second year straight. The company chalked up a net ¥ 22.88 billion loss, which was less than the ¥52.47 billion loss of last year. The company’s pachinko and arcade business caused financial bleeding. While game sales…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 14, 2009
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  PC Sales Charts: Fallout Makes A Comeback

  And no, I’m not talking about Fallout 3. I’m talking about Interplay’s Fallout Trilogy pack, which includes Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics, an oldie-but-goodie bundle which made the NPD charts! Joining it on the retail charts were Demigod, Left 4 Dead and Empire: Total War. The Steam and Direct2Drive charts, meanwhile, are a little…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2009
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  Han Solo in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

  New footage on StarWars.com shows Millenium Falcon pilot Han Solo as a playable/unlockable character in upcoming title Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. Sure, the same actor played both Han Solo and Indiana Jones, and yes, George Lucas created both characters. But really? Seems a tad on the gimmicky side — like putting Yoda…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 13, 2009
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  Splinter Cell Breaking Cover

  Splinter Cell: Conviction just kind of fell off the radar, didn’t it? Well, if a new teaser website for the game is anything to go by, we should be seeing it at E3 next month. There’s nothing much to the site – teaser websites are like that – but popping up now, only a few…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2009
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  Killing Floor Preview: Holy Co-Op Survival Horror

  On the second floor of a non-descript church in Roswell, Georgia, the small team at Tripwire Interactive have been quietly creating Steam’s next big co-op survival horror game, Killing Floor. I actually passed by their building twice before pulling in, thinking that the white brick church building couldn’t possibly house a game development company, but…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 13, 2009
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  GoldenEye Designer “Would Like” To See It On Virtual Console

  Nintendo 64 title GoldenEye is a classic title and seems like a perfect fit for the Wii’s Virtual Console. Seems, that is. Alas, the Rare development game doesn’t look like it will because of sticky legal issue: Rare is owned by Microsoft so that nixes the Virtual Console, and GoldenEye was first released on the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 13, 2009
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  A Saucy Call of Juarez Wallpaper To Pass The Time

  Two embargoes prevent me from saying too much about Ubisoft’s Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood; but between this sexy wallpaper and the last trailer we saw, you’ve got all you need for now. Just to get everyone on the same sexy page, here’s what we know about the game so far so far: Call…

  By AJ Glasser Published May 13, 2009
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  AMD Breaks 1 GHz Video Card Speed Barrier, Pleases AMD

  How pleased is AMD? So pleased. Pleased enough with its video card accomplishments to issue a press release—and pretty product shots!—about its 1 gigahertz ATI Radeon HD 4890. There’s just a slight catch. The new ATI Radeon HD 4890 GPU does get to say “First!” to reach those speeds straight from the factory, but AMD…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 13, 2009
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  Yup, New PS3 Firmware On The Way

  While these don’t seem to be as frequent – or exciting – as they once were, some people still look forward to the release of the latest PS3 firmware. This news is for those people. Sony have announced that PS3 firmware v2.76 will be released “soon” (which generally means in the next day or two),…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 13, 2009
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  More Magna Carta II Artwork Means More Anatomical Artistic License

  Softmax’s Magna Carta II once again shows off the artistic talents of Korean artist Hyung-tae Kim, courtesy of brand new character designs that are as detailed as they are flexible with human anatomy. Appreciators of Kim’s work on Magna Carta II—previously featured here—will likely be extremely pleased that the game is not just limited to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 13, 2009
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  Dragon Age: Origin Devs Talk High, Low Tech Narratives

  BioWare heads Dr. Greg Zeschuk and Dr. Ray Muzyka kicked off their GDC Canada keynote with a narrative about narratives. In the talk, Zeschuk expounded on the many types of narrative that BioWare has experimented with over their long history. From the voice-acting in a Baldur’s Gate II torture scene to a Mass Effect 2…

  By AJ Glasser Published May 13, 2009
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  New Forza 3 Wheel Showing At E3?

  If for some reason you weren’t expecting Microsoft to show off Forza Motorsport 3 for the Xbox 360 at this year’s E3 expo, start expecting it. German racing wheel maker Fanatec says its new Porsche 911 Turbo S wheel controller, the one built with Forza 3 in mind, has entered pre-production and will be shown…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 13, 2009
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  Carpet Versus Dogs: FIGHT!

  To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Hardwood Floors Vs. Carpeting FIGHT! I’m on the line about the whole carpet/hardwood floors thing too. On the one hand carpets feel nice on your feet, back, head, whatever happens to hit the floor quickly. On the other hand they aren’t just dust magnets, they’re also germ, stain, fluid magnets…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 13, 2009
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  Team Fortress 2 Sniper Update Adds New Payload Race Mode

  Round two of Sniper class update related news has hit the official Team Fortress 2 site. What’s new? Well, the new “Payload Race” game mode, for one, and two snazzy looking new maps. Payload Race looks to transform the already-released Payload mode—which shipped alongside the Medic class update last April and requires the escorting of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 13, 2009
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  About That Possible Fable 3 Tease…

  Warning: our spoiler reporting about the future of the Fable series, as glimpsed in this week’s DLC, and what Microsoft has to say about it, lurks below. We’ve known that this week’s See the Future DLC for Fable II would tease the next phase of the Fable series. Now we’ve seen it and started asking…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 13, 2009
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  ‘Kind of Bloop’ To Jazz Up Chiptunes

  Imminent chiptunes compilation project Kind of Bloop asks “What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System?” We’ll find out soon, when the 8-bit homage to Miles Davis‘ popular album releases. The computer generated cover of seminal 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue is still just a project. But it’s a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 13, 2009
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  UK “Crime Lords” Running Real-Life Empires From Their PlayStations

  Crafty criminals are reportedly bypassing traditional means of running their nefarious bad guy operations from the confines of prison, turning to video game consoles to deliver orders to the outside world. So says the UK’s Serious Organized Crime Agency, which pegs generation non-specific “PlayStations” as the newest tool used by crime committing types to do…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 13, 2009
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  ‘Madden’ PC Plans Remain Shrouded In Mystery

  It’s the eve of E3 – sort of – and EA still isn’t talking about what will become of Madden football on our personal computers. It was way back in April of last year that EA Sports chief Peter Moore leveled with gamers and said that the mighty Madden franchise wouldn’t be coming to PC.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 13, 2009
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  The King of Fighters XII ESRB Rating All But Rules Out Mai Shiranui

  Fighting fans hoping to see Fatal Fury femme fatale Mai Shiranui added to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 ports of The King of Fighters XII are likely going to be disappointed. The ESRB has weighed in on the console versions of SNK Playmore’s newest 2D fighter, giving it a T-rating. That’s par for the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 13, 2009