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  GTA Chinatown Wars Completists Exceed 4000

  It’s not easy to get to the very final mission of Rockstar’s DS Grand Theft Auto. But the number of people who have done so has doubled in the past month. When last I checked to see how many people had jumped through the hoops to access the final two missions of Chinatown Wars, it…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009
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  Book It

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Where Is My Canned Coffee? Do You Have It? I Think You Do. Trish finally published her book in Amazon’s Kindle store. I talked her into going the digital route, because I think with the increasing pressure agents and book publishers are under, the best way to get any attention…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 11, 2009
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  Zeno Clash Characters Now Ready For Wacky Garry’s Mod Situations

  The charitable developers at ACE Team have released the first batch of downloadable content for their first-person brawler Zeno Clash. Sorry, these aren’t new levels or knuckle skins, but new models for Garry’s Mod. That means the bizarre cast of characters from Zeno Clash is yours for the goofy manipulating in Garry’s Mod, meaning even…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Blizzard Hires Casual Games Guru From PopCap

  The former general manager of Xbox Live Arcade and v.p. at Peggle studio PopCap is going to Blizzard. Let the development speculation begin. Kotaku has learned that Greg Canessa, the man who ran Xbox Live Arcade at the Xbox 360’s launch for Microsoft and has since served as vice president of game platforms at PopCap…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009
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  Video Game Girls Go Burlesque, Strip Off Their Varia Suits

  This weekend, burlesque troupe Devil’s Playground did its best video game cosplaying, then did what normally happens at such events: they got mostly naked. But the undressing was handled with respect for the games referenced. While the folks at Nintendo may not approve of Princess Peach, pictured, and Metroid‘s Samus Aran getting on-stage nude codes,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Bethesda Calls Its Splash Damage Shooter A “Genre-Breaker” Killer App

  Bethesda Softworks is growing, adding titles like Wet and Rogue Warrior to its role-playing game heavy portfolio. It’s also expanding on its hype, touting the Splash Damage-developed first-person shooter it’s publishing in a big way. We’re going to get our first taste of the game at this year’s E3, but Bethesda’s European managing director Sean…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Star Trek D-A-C, Texas Cheat ‘Em Beam To Xbox Live Arcade This Week

  This week’s new additions to the Xbox Live Arcade library are both out of this world and down to earth, as Star Trek D-A-C and Texas Cheat ‘Em become Xbox 360 digital downloads on Wednesday. Both Naked Sky Entertainment’s Star Trek D-A-C and Wideload’s Texas Cheat ‘Em will set Xbox Live subscribers 800 Microsoft Points,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Live Rock Band Pearl Jam “Project” Coming Next Year

  Pearl Jam fans are being asked to curate the live performances of the Seattle-based band’s best, a cross-promotional project that will result in a forthcoming Rock Band release. The currently untitled Rock Band project—which combines the efforts of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club, MTV Games, Harmonix and music subscription service Rhapsody—will feature the best of the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  GameStop Gives Away Movie Tickets With Movie Games

  Beginning now through June 30th, purchasing select movie tie-in games at GameStop scores you a free movie ticket to help curb the buyer’s remorse that sets in soon after said purchase. All you have to do is purchase one game that GameStop considers a movie game between now and June 30th in order to receive…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009
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  Top Gun Devs Upgraded Jets, Added Cole Trickle

  While making the world’s latest video game about the Tom Cruise classic, the Top Gun iPhone development team took a few liberties — in the name of both fun and air supremacy. There’s a man called Maverick and a guy nicknamed Iceman giving you orders as you fly missions under their tutelage. There are fighter…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009
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  Terminator Salvation Rains Death From Above

  The only thing worse than unstoppable mechanical creatures hell-bent on humanity’s extinction? Flying unstoppable mechanical creatures hell-bent on humanity’s extinction. After reading Crecente’s preview of the game and seeing this and other trailers of the title in action, I lack the will to even come up with a satisfyingly witty “Gears of ____* remark. This…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009
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  New Game Informer Offers First Look At Modern Warfare 2

  The newest issue of exclusive-hoarding magazine Game Informer has landed Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2 for its “world exclusive first look” at the upcoming shooter. Ten pages worth of coverage promises “to blow your mind.” Oh sure, technically we’ve already had a first look at the follow up to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Famous People Sell Games Better Than Game Reviewers

  Publishers should recognize that the televised appearance of celebrities in their underwear hyping Guitar Hero is helping that series beat its better-reviewed competition, according to a gaming analyst. There are many ways that star game reviewer and Giant Bomb honcho Jeff Gerstmann and star model Heidi Klum are unalike. One of those, may be their…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009
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  New Tony Hawk Game “With A Twist” Revealed This Week

  The newest skateboarding game to bear the Tony Hawk name will be revealed to the public on GameTrailers TV this week. In Mr. Hawk’s own words, "It’s a whole new deal." After Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground proved to be a bit of a miss with critics, Activision and crew took a year off from the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Sega Vintage Collection 2 Brings GunStar Heroes To XBLA, PSN

  Sega delivers the official details on the Sega Vintage Collection 2, which brings seven classic Sega games to Xbox Live Arcade and a great deal less to the PlayStation Network this summer. In fact, the only game in Vintage Collection 2 coming to the PlayStation 3 is GunStar Heroes, which hardly qualifies it as a…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009
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  The Last of The Great Arcade Fighters

  Online. Kicking and punching cold, invisible opponents you’ll never see, you’ll never meet. Alex Valle is a Street Fighter II player living in a Street Fighter IV world. And he’s ready to kick your ass. “Arcades are where you can truly level up your game against many opponents with no lag issues or rage-quitters,” Valle…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2009
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  Even More Duke Nukem Forever Art Showcases Duke, Strippers And MILFs

  While the passing of 3D Realms may be sad, the flood of behind-the-scenes peeks at Duke Nukem Forever helps to fill the void, warming one’s heart with character art, renders and gameplay footage. And strippers. The latest batch of potentially NSFW Duke Nukem Forever “leaks” shows off the work of 3D artist Mark Skelton. He’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 11, 2009
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  Wolverine iPhone App Features Intriguing Innovation

  While the free X-Men Origins: Wolverine Feral Senses application for the iPhone is little more than a marketing tool for the console game, its image recognition feature definitely has potential. The free application, now available via iTunes, has users unlock various bits of exclusive game content by using their iPhone camera to photograph icons that…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009
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  How Long People Play M-Rated Wii Games

  Who cares if M-rated Wii games do or don’t sell? We’ve crunched numbers in our latest Wii Stats Report to learn how much the people who get these games actually play them. MadWorld included. Last week, we showed you the 10 most-played gamers, per gamer, on the Wii. Few people could have been surprised that…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2009
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  Blizzard Trumps Nintendo In Develop 100

  Develop has released their yearly guide to the 100 most bankable game development studios in the world, with Blizzard Entertainment jumping 46 spots from last year to take Nintendo down a notch. While last year’s top developer Nintendo still performed admirable, Blizzard Entertainment pulled ahead this year to score the top spot in the Develop…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2009