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  90 Percent Booked

  To: Bash From: Crecente Re: I Think I’m Afraid of Heights I’m dong to about a half dozen developers and or publishers who I need to book still. I’m kinda surprised I was able to book our full E3 schedule in essentially two days. It’s tight, but not insane, sort of like every year. With…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 12, 2009
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  Wall Street Journal Backs Xbox 360 Motion Control Camera Rumor

  Microsoft is heavily rumored to not only be working on a motion control-enabled camera accessory for the Xbox 360, but to reveal said add-on at this year’s E3. That rumor has started to gain traction. The Wall Street Journal writes today that, yes, Microsoft is prepping the oft-rumored, spy-photographed camera add-on that was allegedly revealed…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2009
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  Fight Night Round 4 Preview: No More Rocky

  Fight Night Round 4 brings boxing back to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with the promise from EA Sports of more realistic pugilism. What Is It? Fight Night is the leading boxing series on consoles. It has been since Fight Night replaced EA’s own Knockout Kings series. It comes out on June 30, about…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2009
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  Kojima Productions Starts Pre-E3 Teasing This Week

  Metal Gear Solid series overlord and Kojima Productions head Hideo Kojima has already gone on record as saying an official game announcement from the developer will happen at E3 2009. The hype, however, starts now. According to a report from 1UP, Kojima Productions appears to be in the initial phases of teasing that announcement. In…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2009
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  Majesco, Jillian Michaels Issue New Fitness Ultimatums To Wii Owners

  Publisher Majesco is once again partnering with the professionally in-shape Jillian Michaels, announcing Jillian Michaels’ Fitness Ultimatum 2010 for the Wii and Jillian Michaels’ Pocket Trainer 2010 for Nintendo DS. Ultimatum issued! Again! Either Ms. Michaels was unhappy with the results of Wii owners living up to her 2009 ultimatum, or publisher Majesco is looking…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2009
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  Lisa Kudrow Might Be Better Than A Price Drop

  We’ve got more evidence that non-gaming celebrities hawking games on TV is the future. We reported yesterday that gaming research analyst Jesse Divnich of the EEDAR group sees impressive results in Activision and Nintendo’s recent use of non-game celebrities to hype games. Celebrities and games. They’ve crossed paths plenty of times before, but we reached…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2009
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  Team Fortress 2’s Sniper Ups His Arsenal With “The Huntsman”

  Valve’s slow roll out of the newest Team Fortress 2 class update, this time for the lovable, headshotting Sniper, has begun. Revealed today is the Sniper’s newest unlockable weapon, the Huntsman. The Sniper’s new bow and arrow may not pack the firepower of his long range rifle, but what it will do is slow down…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2009
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  The King Of Fighters XII Website Is Go

  SNK Playmore and Ignition Entertainment have crafted one hell of an official website for The King of Fighters XII, complete with a comprehensive timeline of the series and a fan art contest worth $1,000. The King of Fighters series has always had its own distinct style, and the official website for the latest entry in…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009
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  Game Rights Snagged For George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice And Fire

  French development studio Cyanide intends to make the first video games based on one of the most beloved and bloody series of fantasy novels in recent memory. George R. R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire novel are full of swords, sex, cracked family trees and dragons. Like many a video game, they’re also…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2009
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  Critter Crunch Bringing Rainbow Barfing Fun To PSN

  PlayStation 3 owners can gorge themselves on high-definition puzzle fun with Critter Crunch, officially announced today by Capy as an upcoming PlayStation Network release. The lovely-looking, hand-animated 2D puzzle game requires players to stuff themselves, strategically, full of adorable, tasty woodland creatures. Developer Capy notes that Critter Crunch is not your typically gem smashing puzzler,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2009
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  When Team Fortress 2 Meets Super Smash Bros…

  …things turn out remarkably well. This mash up of Team Fortress 2 classes and the original intro for Nintendo 64 fighter Super Smash Bros. is a near-perfect shot-by-shot recreation created in Garry’s Mod. Friends and classmates of the video creator tipped us off to the painstakingly rebuilt Super Smash Bros. homage, which wins points for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2009
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  Scratch DJ, Activision Set to Do Cash For Code Swap

  Scratch DJ Games should be getting the source code for their upcoming DJ sim from 7 Studios tomorrow, but not until the publisher places a bond with the court, according to a 34-page court transcript. Last week a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered that 7 Studios needs to turnover the code for Scratch:…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 12, 2009
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  White Knight Chronicles Given English Movie Trailer Treatment

  This trailer for the North American version of Level 5‘s White Knight Chronicles is as close to a blockbuster movie trailer as you can get without resurrecting Don LaFontaine. Since the Don “The Movie Voice Guy” LaFontaine passed on last year, Sony had to go with “In the land…” instead of “In a world…”, but…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009
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  Velvet Assassin Review: Lie Back And Think Of England

  Velvet Assassin is a stealth action game that’s loosely based on the real-life World War II Allied secret agent, Violette Szabo, who was captured and later executed by the Nazis. That’s not a spoiler, though, because the game has only two things in common with Szabo’s life: the setting and the first name of the…

  By AJ Glasser Published May 12, 2009
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  Atari Nixes Official E3 Presence

  The new, bigger E3 is a little smaller today, as Atari has confirmed that it is no longer exhibiting at the show. Ghostbusters publisher Atari was scheduled to show games to attendees of this year’s E3 at the LA Convention Center’s Booth 501 and Meeting Room 304ABC, from June 2 to June 4. Whoever will…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2009
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  30 Rock Offers Parenting Tips From The Sims

  30 Rock is a fantastic television show. But 30 Rock‘s Liz Lemon is a developmentally stunted mess of a person, in some respects. Take, for example, her knowledge of child-rearing, as learned from The Sims. The Maxis/Electronic Arts life simulation was name-checked on the most recent episode of the NBC comedy, one of the better…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 12, 2009
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  GameStop Teeming With Overlord Minion Figures

  GameStop is being overrun by multi-colored Overlord minions, so the retailer is giving them away to folks who pre-order any of the three Overlord titles due out next month. Fans that put $5 down on Overlord II for the Xbox 360, PlayStation3, and PC, Overlord Minions for the Nintendo DS or Overlord: Dark Legend for…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009
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  Capcom’s Next Wii Original Learning From Mistake Of Last One

  As promising as Capcom’s upcoming Wii game Spyborgs is, it runs the risk of suffering the fate of the company’s last Wii original. But Capcom thinks it figured out what went wrong last time. Spyborgs, the impressively-rendered co-op brawler created by Bionic Games for the Wii, gives a good first impression. It looks better than…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 12, 2009
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  Hasbro Family Game Night 2: Game Harder

  EA is delivering a second round of Hasbro board and puzzle game goodness to the Nintendo Wii this fall with Hasbro Family Game Night 2. Building on the success of their first game night outing, Hasbro and EA are bringing five new old games to the Wii in Family Game Night 2. Headlining or perhaps…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009
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  Spore Hero Emerges From The Murky Depths

  EA has dropped a new trailer, new screens, and new information on the Spore universe’s expansion onto Nintendo systems, Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena. Rather than allow us to play music on a plastic facsimile of a Spore creature as I had hoped, both Spore Hero for the Nintendo Wii and Spore Hero Arena…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 12, 2009