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  BioShock 2 Impressions: Spoilers? What Spoilers?

  How can you spoil BioShock 2? You already know the gameplay and setting from BioShock — or so you think. Good thing the preview 2K showed was a “fake” level that won’t appear in the final game, making it impossible to spoil BioShock 2 for anybody and focusing more on the game itself and less…

  By AJ Glasser Published April 23, 2009
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  How Square Enix’s Eidos Take Over Changes The Landscape

  Square Enix is officially taking over UK publisher Eidos. Not only will Square Enix acquire Eidos properties like Tomb Raider and Hitman. Oh no, Square Enix will get much more. Land! Compare these pre-Eidos acquisition and post-Eidos acquisition maps. The Square Enix sphere of influence now spreads to more countries, more territories. It’s like looking…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009
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  Prototyping The Wii’s MotionPlus

  The Wii’s new peripheral, MotionPlus, will be with us soon. And we know what it looks like. But here’s what, but for the grace of God, it could have looked like. The following pics were spotted on a European Union trademarks database, and show the progression of the device, from early prototype to production model.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009
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  Meet The Stars Of New Onechanbara Movie

  This year, the cowboy-hat-bikini-wearin’ zombie-slayin’ Onechanbara movie is getting a sequel. We haven’t heard much about it — until now. Dubbed Chanbara Beauty THE MOVIE vorteX, the flick is apparently based on game by the same name. Starlet Eri Otoguro who played heroine Aya in the first film as well as the supporting cast have…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009
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  Anyone For Lifetime Final Fantasy Sales Figures?

  As part of a corporate strategy meeting, Square Enix yesterday revealed the lifetime, worldwide sales figures for three of their biggest franchises. And no, they don’t mean The World Ends With You. The three biggest (at least in terms of units sold) are Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts, and when you combine every…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 23, 2009
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  Nintendo Has NO PLANS For DSi Skype

  The PSP has voice-over-IP software Skype, and hey, Skype is technically possible for the DSi. That doesn’t mean because it’s possible that the DSi is getting Skype. A Skype representative told website TechRadar, “Whilst we can’t comment on any future plans to bring Skype to Nintendo’s DSi, it would technically be possible.” (Whilst?) This comes…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 23, 2009
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  PC Sales Charts: Zombies vs Nazis vs Lich Kings

  It’s a case of three different charts, two different weeks and three different games at the top, with WoW, Left 4 Dead and Tales of Valor all duking it out atop the PC charts. Yes, with the Christmas season and recent run of AAA “proper” games well and truly over, things are back to normal…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Gave PS3 A Sales Bump

  On April 16, Blu-ray flick Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete went on sale. Included was something many Japanese gamers had been waiting for: the Final Fantasy XIII demo. If early data is correct, the movie provided a boast to PS3 sales in The Land of the Rising Sun. The week before FFVII: ACC was…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  Sony: The Wii Owns The Closet

  It’s a shame, but corporate smack talk seems to have gone out of style since the likes of Peter Moore and Ken Kutaragi left their posts. Today, though, Sony are bringing it back. And good for them! While some dismiss this kind of business as childish – purile, even – we don’t. Bring it on!…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Xbox Japan Trailer Shows Off Its New Games

  At its Tokyo press conference, Microsoft showed off upcoming titles for the Xbox 360. Some of the titles, like Mass Effect, are localized games that have already gotten released outside Japan. Other titles aren’t. Games like visual novel TimeLeap or Mamoru-kun Has Been Cursed! are very much Japan Only. See anything that grabs your fancy?…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 22, 2009
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  Velvet Assassin Celebrates Gold Status With New Screens

  Southpeak Games has announced that Velvet Assassin, as every single game before it, has gone gold. The publisher celebrates this accomplishment with new screens, including one of heroine Summer Violette stabbin’ Nazis in the chest. While that may be enough to sell you on the World War II era game, the publisher’s proclamation that Velvet…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 22, 2009
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  A $500 PC That Can Kick Crysis’ Ass

  Even though the game came out in 2007, people still go all “boo hoo” over Crysis’ graphics settings. Say they’re prohibitive, use them as a benchmark. Well, you can murder those settings for $500. At least, you can according to Maximum PC, who cobbled together the following rig for $509 (a bit over, we know,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2009
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  Metal Gear Solid Touch Is Finally “Complete”

  Kojima Productions has put the finishing… touches on Old Snake’s iPhone shoot ’em up. Konami has updated Metal Gear Solid Touch to version 2.0.0, which the publisher plainly admits is the “Complete Version.” The original version, released in March, ended somewhat abruptly after the game’s third act, leaving hardcore Metal Gear fans wanting. The new…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 22, 2009
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  Celebrate Earth Day By Playing These Games

  April is a busy month – April Fools, tax day, Hitler’s Birthday and of course that day where we all try and pretend our planet isn’t going to drift into the sun tomorrow: Earth Day. Earth Day got going back in 1970 with U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson declaring a teach-in to educate Americans about the…

  By AJ Glasser Published April 22, 2009
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  GameSpite Quarterly Gives Game Print Media 1-UP

  The video game magazine business is not a healthy one. Nor is there much in the way of competition anymore. Nor is there anything like GameSpite, which has been announced as going to print quarterly. 1UP editor Jeremy “Toastyfrog” Parish announced that the former online-only magazine—annual print collection notwithstanding—will be changing formats, with new issues…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 22, 2009
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  Red Dead Redemption Box Art Redeems Stylishly

  Rockstar Games’ upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 sequel to Red Dead Revolver is coming this Fall, four years after being unofficially announced by way of an E3 2005 teaser. Anticipation is high. So revelations as simple as Red Dead Redemption‘s box art are going to be of interest to fans of the first. The…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 22, 2009
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  Finally, A Zombie Game For The Kids

  With Doublesix Games’ Burn Zombie Burn and Konami’s Zombie Apocalypse infesting PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this year, there is no lack of online undead destruction. But won’t somebody think of the children? Sierra Online has, reviving Zombie Wranglers for Xbox Live Arcade, due to land on Xbox 360s next month. The game was…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 22, 2009
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  How To Gift New Neighbors In My Neighborhood

  To: Bashcraft From: Fahey RE: Nice To Meet You, Here Is Some Detergent, Be Nice To Me What a quaint little custom, and your assumption that we have a similar custom is entirely correct, at least here in my Atlanta suburb. It’s almost exactly the same thing, only we call it “Be quiet moving in…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 22, 2009
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  Magna Carta II Artwork Is Anatomically Interesting

  Korean developer Softmax is bringing the Magna Carta role-playing game series to the Xbox 360. And we’re bringing you Magna Carta II artwork, which if you’re a fan of designer Hyung-tae Kim, you’ll probably adore. While Magna Carta II has only been announced for the Xbox 360 in Japan at this point, that doesn’t stop…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 22, 2009
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  Mike Tyson Blissfully Unaware New Punch-Out!! Exists

  As you’re likely well aware, Nintendo is readying a new Punch-Out!! for the Wii. It re-introduces Nintendo fans to classic characters from both the NES and Super NES entries, but does not include Mike Tyson. In fact, according to an MTV interview with Kid Dynamite himself, Iron Mike seems totally unaware that Punch-Out!! is hitting…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 22, 2009