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  The Bigger The Gundam The Harder They Fall

  The Psycho Gundam from the upcoming Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 might look intimidating, but as long as you aim for the glowing purple parts you’ll be okay. The Psycho Gundam is certainly larger than anything I recall fighting in the original Dynast Warriors: Gundam, but this clip takes a whole lot of the intimidation factor…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009
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  Sony: Patapon 2 Going Digital As A “Test Case”

  Sony reps have confirmed that there are no plans for a UMD release for Patapon 2 when the PSP game ships in North America next month, calling the move “a one time test case.” In a statement from Patrick Seybold, Senior Director of Corporate Communications at SCEA, the company’s plans to go download-only on the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009
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  Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment Preview: Fails To Spark Interest

  It’s been over four years since we’ve heard anything about Konami’s remake of PlayStation strategy role-playing game Vandal Hearts for the Nintendo DS -– and lo and behold it’s not a remake or on the DS. Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment is actually a prequel to the original Vandal Hearts, coming to Xbox Live Arcade…

  By AJ Glasser Published April 13, 2009
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  Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete Blu-ray Box Art Delights

  Gaze upon the carefully rendered work that is Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete‘s Blu-ray box art, which features enough perfectly groomed hair and giant sword to satisfy any Japanese role-playing game fetishist. The Japanese release, with its clearly inferior box art, is just a few days away, something we expect to do exciting things…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009
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  Viral Happiness

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: It’s Monday And I’m Already Drained This is the first time I’ve seen this particular viral video, but I’m familiar with the concept. It sorta made me think. Wouldn’t it be cool if Obama, instead of dumping public works stimulus money into highways and buildings, he dump a little into…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 13, 2009
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  Silent Hill: Shattered Memories – A Makeover, Not A Remake

  Forgive the girly metaphor but a good makeover is what every game ported, remade or otherwise “re-imagined” on the Wii should be; and with any luck, it’s what Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will be. A good makeover doesn’t slap a layer of polish on an already finished product; it doesn’t cram a bunch of new…

  By AJ Glasser Published April 13, 2009
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  GameStop Reviewing Their Sales Policy in Light of Kotaku Story

  GameStop today confirmed that they are reviewing their lending and sales policy to see if it may be a violation of trade practices, GameStop officials told Kotaku today. “We are looking at a series of things,” said said Chris Olivera, vice president of corporate communications for GameStop. “We want to understand the assertions that were…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 13, 2009
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  Super Mario Chess Takes Battle For Peach To Boards

  Regular chess not mustachioed enough for you? We’d think that USAopoly’s Super Mario Chess—totally Nintendo authorized, by the way—will fit the bill. It features no less than two mustaches! Toy retailer Entertainment Earth is now accepting pre-orders for the “Collector’s Edition” chess board, which is dripping with Mushroom Kingdom characters. The “most popular” Super Mario…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009
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  Halo 3 Players Rack Up 10,000,000,000 Covenant Kills

  Xbox 360 owners have committed mass Covenant atrocities to the tune of 10 billion aliens killed in Halo 3‘s story driven campaign mode. Covenant-hating Halo fans reached that milestone this weekend, Bungie announced. That statistics comes not long after the announcement that Halo 3 fans have played one billion multiplayer games, another indication that Halo…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009
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  PixelJunk Eden Gives Encore This Week

  Loads of new stuff comes to Q-Games’ garden this week, with the release of the PixelJunk Eden Encore expansion pack. New games, new stages, and new music are just the tip of iceberg in the PixelJunk Eden Encore expansion, available on April 16th for $5.99 at a PlayStation Store near your PlayStation 3. Smart bombs,…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009
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  Terminator Salvation Clip Still Isn’t Convincing Me

  This video gives us a glimpse of upcoming Terminator Salvation – The Videogame. It doesn’t, however, change my mind about the game.

  By Brian Crecente Published April 13, 2009
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  Konami Warns Of Zombie Apocalypse On XBLA, PSN

  Konami’s dual-stick arcade-style shooter Zombie Apocalypse will be infecting Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network this quarter, the publisher has announced. No, they’re not re-announcing Burn Zombie Burn!, it just sounds like it. The Konami version of dual-stick, arcade-style undead shooting looks to be taken a bit more seriously—minus the teddy bear packed with C4…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009
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  A Glimpse at Excitebots Multiplayer Online

  I spent a little time with Excitebots: Trick Racing at GDC. It was fairly fun, but also fairly familiar. Now we get a glimpse of the game’s online mulitplayer. Yes, online. Fortunately.

  By Brian Crecente Published April 13, 2009
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  Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! In Space Released 17 Years Later

  Just weeks before the release of Punch-Out!! for the Wii comes the unofficial release of the original NES game’s Nintendo-aborted sequel, Mike Tyson’s Intergalactic Power Punch. It’s Punch-Out!! plus aliens, minus quality. According to GameSetWatch’s quick primer on the Mike Tyson’s Intergalactic Power Punch, the game was originally planned to be a proper Punch-Out!! sequel,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009
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  Infamous Gets Pushed Up With Pre-Order Goodies

  The PlayStation 3 free-roaming superhero game inFamous has been pushed up a month to May, with some impressive pre-order bonuses in store for those willing to put their money down. Originally scheduled for a release sometime in the month of June, developer Sucker Punch has apparently been working so hard on the game that Sony…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009
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  Can Games Handle History?

  Human history is the greatest story ever told. It’s also, courtesy of the attached social, political and religious significance, the most dangerous. So what happens when games try and tell it? All kinds of things. See, games do history a little differently. Other mediums, such as film, books and even comics, are re-telling a story.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2009
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  Rumor: Patapon 2 Retail Copies Won’t Ship On UMD

  Sony may be taking a rather unusual step at retail with Patapon 2, making the PSP a digital download only, but still offering a boxed copy at retail. How would that work, exactly? According to Ars Technica‘s unnamed sources, Sony will release the Patapon sequel via the PlayStation Store as downloadable goods, bypassing a UMD…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 13, 2009
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  Movie Spyro Looking Rather Impressive

  Spyro the Dragon is looking a bit more powerful than we remember him in the upcoming animated feature The Legend of Spyro 3D. A Spyro fansite (believe it or not) unearthed the teaser poster for the film at the official website of film sales company Velvet Octopus, showing a large, confident-looking version of everyone’s favorite…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009
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  Atlus Does Downloadable With Droplitz

  Atlus USA is getting set to make their Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and iPhone debut with Droplitz, a fluid puzzle game from Blitz Arcade. Droplitz, also being released for the PC, is a puzzle game involving getting water from one end of a set of pipes to the other. The pipes are set into…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009
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  This Week On Live Arcade: OutRun Online Arcade

  Get your motor running, head out on the highway, and possibly find a little adventure along with way in this week’s Xbox Live Arcade release, OutRun Online Arcade. Part of the Days of Arcade program, OutRun Online Arcade is the classic racer reborn in high definition for Xbox Live Arcade. Featuring 15 different courses and…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 13, 2009