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  Judge Says Midway Owners Treated Company Like “A Toy”

  Midway’s creditors—and the judge presiding in the company’s bankruptcy case—sound… displeased by the Chicago-based developer and publisher’s sale to private (mystery!) investor Mark Thomas. The judge calls it “a matter of very, very serious concern.” And that’s serious. Thomas, who bought controlling interest in the bankrupt Midway for a rather paltry $100,000 USD—he was also…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  TASER Sues Second Life For $75,000

  A lawsuit filed in Arizona on April 17 charges Second Life creator Linden Lab and a slew of other individuals for trademark infringement on TASER’s handheld self-defense device. Insert zap joke here. Massively got a hold of the complaint and today posted a pretty lengthy breakdown of the charges and their credibility. Highlights include pointing…

  By AJ Glasser Published April 21, 2009
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  First Shining Force Cross Trailer PSOs Us Off

  Sega is bringing the Shining series to the arcades with the upcoming release of Shining Force Cross, a four-player action role-playing game that, if it stays only in arcades, will likely stay in Japan. And you know, based on the debut trailer of the game, I might be perfectly fine with that. Shining Force Cross,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  HAWX European Assault Pack Spreads Wings This Week

  Ubisoft is adding to the H.A.W.X. fleet this week, bringing six new planes to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game that bears Tom Clancy’s name via the downloadable European Assault Pack. The new aircraft includes the Dassault Rafale, Saab-37 Viggen, Mirage 2000N, Mirage 4000, FB-22 prototype bomber and the experimental XA-20 Razorback from Tom…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  First Madden NFL 10 Footage Debuts On GameTrailers TV

  This week’s highly coveted video exclusive for the exclusive-getters at GameTrailers TV is the first footage of EA Sports‘ Madden NFL 10, which we’re going to bet looks a lot like simulated professional football. No, we haven’t been privy to a sneak peek at the newest guaranteed Madden-branded blockbuster, we’re just making an educated guess.…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  Cats Are Jerks

  To: Bashcraft From: Fahey RE: Stay Away From The Bugs Yes, it’s me again. Not sure what’s up with Crecente. Last I heard he had taken some drugs and was going to sleep. I assume he meant cold medicine, but feel free to speculate wildly. Sorry to hear about your bug issue, but look at…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009
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  Sony: PSP Piracy Levels Are “Sickening”

  2008 was not a banner year for the PSP in North America, with a software release list that could nicely be called thin. That was in part due to developers nearly abandoning the platform. Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, tells Gamasutra that third-party publishers were “just about ready…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  Let’s Tap Box Art: Hands-On, Party On

  Sega has released the North American box art for its upcoming Wii mini-game collection Let’s Tap. What does it tell us? Pretty much everything we need to know about Let’s Tap! Beautiful, professionally modeled hands clearly explain to the potential Wii owner “You will play this game by tapping a box with a Wii Remote…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  Be A DJ On Your DS

  In case the two other DJ games currently under development for consoles weren’t enough for you, French developer Game Life has just announced DJ Star, coming later this year for the Nintendo DS. Published by Deep Silver in Europe and Australia, DJ Star is a game where players start off as a lowly hobby DJ,…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead Survival Mode Is Now Live

  As promised, Valve’s new “Survival Pack” expansion has been released for Left 4 Dead. Now that I’ve completed my download of the add-on, which adds a new gameplay mode, I recommend you do the same. The new expansion is available for both the PC version via Steam and the Xbox 360 version. So far, the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  The Munchables Continues Relentless March Of Cuteness

  Namco Bandai‘s The Munchables for the Nintendo Wii continues to dish out impossible levels of quirk and cuteness, nearly reaching critical mass with the latest trailers and screenshots. The Munchables has managed to escape my radar up until now, having missed McWhertor’s trailer post last month, as well as the first batch of screens. How…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009
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  Rumor: Scratch: The Ultimate DJ Has A New Developer

  According to sources with knowledge of the game’s development, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ has a brand new developer, with Bottlerocket Entertainment replacing former developers 7 Studios, who were recently sued by the game’s publisher. With the LA Superior Court ruling this week that all intellectual property and source code be returned immediately to Scratch publisher…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  Konami Readies A New Karaoke Revolution

  Despite the ridiculously sad performance of Rock Revolution, Konami soldiers on, announcing the rebirth of Karaoke Revolution on all three consoles, two of which already have dedicated karaoke games. Flying in the face of games like Microsoft’s Lips and Sony’s SingStar, the new Karaoke Revolution for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii seeks…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009
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  Q-Games Teases PixelJunk 1-4 With First Images

  The fourth PixelJunk title from developer Q-Games, currently known as PixelJunk 1-4 and officially due to be revealed next week, has entered the teasing phase today, courtesy of Facebook. Q-Games follow-up to PixelJunk Eden is being socially promoted via Facebook with a “PixelJunk 1-4 sells one million units at launch!” event. Clearly pandering for sales!…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  Is Capcom Counting Down To Marvel vs Capcom 2?

  Our old friend the countdown clock rears its ugly head once more, with Tu4ar.com possibly counting down to an announcement of the re-release of Marvel vs Capcom 2 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The ESRB has rated it; official arcade sticks have been solicited and then removed; and potential achievements have been unearthed.…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009
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  You’re good, but are you good enough to design the game?

  Our unique program is your first step toward becoming an artist and designer in the multi-billion-dollar game design industry. Details after the jump. You’ll learn how to create characters, design game play and background and their environments, and apply your knowledge of video and computer games to evaluate products. You will also learn to plan…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published April 21, 2009
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  Retail Listings Confirm The Beatles: Rock Band 3-Part Harmonies

  Looks like the “loose talk” surrounding vocal harmonizing in The Beatles: Rock Band is spot on, according to retailer listings forwarded to Kotaku. According to retail game descriptions, the game supports three part harmonies. That means support for three microphones at once, a new addition to the established Rock Band vocal gameplay style. Good thing…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  Muramasa: The Demon Blade Lands New Publisher, Launch Date

  Vanillaware’s lovely looking Wii game Muramasa: The Demon Blade (née Oboro Muramasa) is no longer coming to North America by way of publisher XSEED. Instead, publisher Ignition Entertainment will bring it to these shores. The publisher announced today that it had acquired the North American publishing rights to the title, planning for a September 2009…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 21, 2009
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  Killzone 2’s Steel & Titanium Pack Priced

  Sony has delivered pricing details on Killzone 2‘s first downloadable map pack, Steel & Titanium, along with a trailer featuring the two new maps in varying degrees of motion. While we knew it was coming out on April 30th, up until now we had no price tag for the two maps included in the first…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009
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  Stephen Confirms Return For LittleBigPlanet PSP

  British actor, comedian, and Dr. House’s better half Stephen Fry has confirmed that he is indeed providing voiceovers for the PlayStation Portable version of LittleBigPlanet. Fry teased earlier today via Twitter that he was doing voiceovers today for the “2nd version of a video game”. After checking with his handlers, Fry returned to Twitter to…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2009