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  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2009
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  Xbox Live Is Not Here Right Now

  No, it’s not just you. Xbox Live is down for everybody, but Microsoft is working feverishly to have service restored before the riots begin. Attempts to log in to Xbox Live this morning are meeting with failure across the board. A quick network test revealed that my network is working flawlessly…Xbox Live, not so much.…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 27, 2009
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  Former Guantanamo Inmate Helping With Guantanamo Game

  Moazzam Begg, a British citizen, was arrested in January of 2002 as an alleged terrorist. He was held for three years in Guantanamo Bay, before being released in 2005. Now he’s helping make a game. Begg is acting as a consultant for Scottish developers T-Enterprise, who are currently working on a game called Rendition: Guantanamo…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009
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  Home Is About “Community”, Not “Money”

  Speaking with GI.biz, Peter Edward – PlayStation Home’s director – reckons that despite costing a bucket to develop, the priority with Home at the moment is not to make money. It’s to build a community. …our belief is that if you make the community happy, and get good content on to the platform, if you…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009
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  A Cup Of Joe Tastes Better In A Servbot Mug

  Give the Koreans shit about Starcraft all you want, sometimes they come out on top. Example: these Servbot coffee mugs, signed by Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune. They’re some kind of Korea-only promo item, and aside from the highly-coveted Servbot livery (and Inafune autograph), there’s an adorable Mega Man sketch at the base of the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009
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  Tetris Construction Since 1985

  As seen on Albotas.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2009
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  THQ Announces “Homefront”, By The Guy Who Wrote Red Dawn

  THQ have just announced “Homefront”, a first-person shooter that tells the story of a United States humbled by total economic collapse, then conquered by North Korea. So not based on a true story, then. Interestingly, the game has been written by John Milius, a Hollywood screenwriter (and total gun nut) who has worked on Dirty…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009
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  This Is That Secret Tiny Sega Arcade Cabinet

  After Burner? Shocking Back in February, a series of SEGA mini deluxe cabinets was announced: Thunder Blade, Space Harrier, Out Run, Hang On and a hidden “SECRET” cabinet. That oh-so-mysterious cabinet is on display at Japan’s Shizuoka Hobby Show — along with the others. These classic cabinet models will be out this August in The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2009
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  360 To Link With Satellite TV Service [Update]

  Later this week, Microsoft is due to host a big press conference in London. What’s on the table? Oh, full integration of satellite television with the Xbox 360. British site Rapid TV News claims that BSkyB (or Sky, as it’s more commonly known), the UK’s biggest pay TV provider, will announce tomorrow a deal linking…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009
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  Don’t Forget, This Generation Development Costs Are High

  Making big time video games is expensive. Really, really, really expensive. It needs big time money. Double the big time money from the last generation, actually. Robert Walsh heads up Krome Studios, one of the biggest indie studios on this blue planet we call Earth, and points out the very obvious: Game budgets are way…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2009
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  So, What Are The Best-Selling PSN Games At The Moment?

  The monthly NPD charts are handy for retail sales, but for digital sales? Useless! They’re not covered. No, for that stuff, we rely on PR mailouts, like this one from Sony. Provided to the Gamasutra network, this list shows the ten best-selling PlayStation Network titles for April 2009. Rag-Doll Kung Fu is at #1, and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009
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  This Is The Tokyo Game Show’s “Main Visual”

  Every year a new slogan is announced for the Tokyo Game Show, held in Chiba, Japan. After that, a poster is unveiled. This is this year’s. The official translation of this year’s slogan is “Game, it’s so energetic!” (The Japanese word “genki” has various meanings — plug in whichever you like.) TGS 2009 runs from…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2009
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  Conduit Developers Announce ANOTHER New Game

  High Voltage are working on The Conduit. And Gladiator AD. And now they’ve just revealed a third game, only a day after revealing Gladiator. Slow down, guys! This third title is called The Grinder, and is a four-player co-op shooter for the Wii, where players must battle waves of vampires, werewolves and the undead. So,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009
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  Can You Decipher Kojima’s Famitsu Interview?

  This week’s issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu features an interview with Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima about his new project. Make that a censored interview with Hideo Kojima. Can you decipher it? When speaking with Famitsu Editor-in-Chief Hirokazu Hamamura, Kojima apparently revealed more than he originally intended about his new title. Hamamura asked Kojima if…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2009
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  Robots We Love: The Jacks

  Truly iron fists for The King of the Iron Fists Tournament. There isn’t one Jack, but a series of these Russian robots: Jack, Jack-2, Jack-4, Jack-5, Jack-6, Gun Jack and Prototype Jack. A package deal! So why do we love him? His blood is plutonium* and his eye glow. What’s not to love? He’s a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2009
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  Nintendo Already Preparing Wii Fit Sequel?

  On the 7th of April this year, Nintendo registered trademark #2009-026024 with the Japanese Patent Office. For something called “Wii Fit Plus“. Hrm. What ever could it be? The mind boggles. While companies trademark stuff all the time that means bupkis, we’re a little more interested in this because it has a nice, formal logo…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009
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  Photorealism Is “Inevitable” In 10-15 Years

  Epic Games, the folks behind Gears of War, know a lot about how games are made now. So there’s a good chance Epic has a good handle on the future. The company’s Unreal Engine 3 powers a good chunk of this generation’s titles. The ensuing generations are likely to have photorealism — and Epic’s Tim…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2009
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  PC Sales Charts: Fallout Lingers On

  With Empire: Total War nowhere to be seen on Direct2Drive’s charts, there’s only a single game that made the top 10 across all three outlets over the past few weeks. And it was Fallout 3! Yes, Bethesda’s RPG soldiers on, with more and more gamers each week drawn into its tale of post-apocalyptic intrigue and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 27, 2009
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  “The Model T Of This New Platform Is The PS3”

  Gaming’s Citizen Kane Moment. Don’t roll your eyes just yet! Director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Cronos) is here to tell us how its going to happen: convergence. And it’s starting now with gaming’s Model T. “In the next 10 years, we’re going to see all the forms of entertainment-film, television, video, games, and print-melding into…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 27, 2009
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  Pirates Of The Caribbean Gets An “Action RPG”

  Oh look. Another new product announcement just days before E3. In this instance, for a big, proper game based on Pirates Of The Caribbean. Why, exactly, do we have the show again? Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned is an “action RPG”, being developed by Propaganda Games and to be published by, who…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2009