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  Need For Speed: Shift Is The Ghost Of Project Gotham Racing

  With developers Bizarre Creations now at Activision, the Project Gotham Racing series is dead in the water. But fans of the dormant franchise may want to take a look at Need for Speed: Shift. I know, I know. It feels as strange to type that as it must be for you to read it. But…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009
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  The Favorite Racing Stripe Is…

  …a sad dog with masking tape by our count. The winner will receive a copy of Race Pro. Congrats and much love to all who entered. Speedydog owner, please shoot us an email at kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009
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  What Do Developers Think Will Have The Biggest Impact On The Future Of Gaming?

  It’s a curly question. And an important one. And one that’s been asked, with VentureBeat polling the industry to find out just what it thinks will be kind of a big deal in the future. The answer? An overwhelming 66% of respondents to the survey’s questions (which looks to be many of the industry’s big…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009
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  Over Two Million DSi Consoles Sold In Japan

  The Nintendo DSi, Nintendo’s latest DS iteration, has sold 2 million units in Japan. Earlier this month, three new DSi colors went on sale in The Land of the Rising Sun. The portable console went on sale on November 1, and as of December last year, the console had sold 1.28 million units in Japan.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009
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  Aliens: Colonial Marines Teased

  SEGA confirmed that its Gearbox-developed Aliens: Colonial Marines is still alive and kicking. As of January, the game was slated for the April-June window. Last November, rumors swirled that Gearbox had dropped Aliens: Colonial Marines — which Gearbox president Randy Pitchford dismissed. In the late April issue of UK game magazine Powerstation, there’s a teaser…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009
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  Dante’s Inferno (The Movie) Has A Writer

  Dante’s Inferno was a poem. Now it’s not only a game, but a movie as well, with the movie based not on the poem, but on the game based on the poem. Sigh. Anyway, this movie now has a writer. And that writer is…Mr. Dan Harris. Who aside from writing comics for both Marvel &…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009
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  Sony Making PS3 Development Better And Cheaper

  The PS3 has been out for a couple years now. Developers are getting a better handle on how to make PS3 games. Sony has announced that developing for the system is getting easier. Sony Computer Entertainment introduced new developer tools this March in North America and Europe/PAL territories at US $2,000 and €1,700 respectively, and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009
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  See OnLive In Action

  .html Sure, there are some serious question marks over things like latency, but come on. It’d be a mean, mean person who wasn’t even a little excited by OnLive’s potential to change gaming. Cloud computing, transcending the need for a particular console? Playable on your TV, your PC, or even your Mac? It’s ground-breaking stuff.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009
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  Finish Chris Redfield

  Maximum Risky is equal opportunity — as long as it’s risky, it’s fair game. We’ve already posted posted Resident Evil 5‘s sexy secret Sheva costume. It’s only right and just that we bring you this. Over at NSFW site Humplex, there’s a Resident Evil 5 flash game that is short on the zombies and long…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009
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  OnLive Makes PC Upgrades Extinct, Lets You Play Crysis On Your TV

  You may never buy a new video card ever again. Actually, the only PC gaming hardware you might ever need will cost you less than a Wii, should OnLive’s potential live up to its promise. OnLive is a new video games on demand service that may just change the way you play PC games. The…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 24, 2009
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  Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Looks Light On Bloody Violence

  The trailer for Xbox 360 title Ninja Gaiden II was a pure gore porn, complete with bloody slicing and dicing. The trailer of the PS3 reworking Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 seems, well, different. For starters, the action scenes don’t look like a butcher shop. In place of decapitation, the trailer shows innocuous red slashes and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009
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  Rolling Stone’s “Agents Of Change” List Full Of Game Developers

  Rolling Stone magazine have taken a little side-trip away from rock n’ roll, and done a more Time magazine-like list of the “100 People Who Are Changing America”. Four (well, five) are developers. First up is Will Wright, at #84. Sure, The Sims and Spore are big sellers, but they’re seen by Rolling Stone as…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009
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  This Is How You Film A Super Robot Taisen K Commercial

  Previously we brought word of a new Super Robot Taisen ad from Japanese geek princess Shoko Nakagawa. From the making of pictures, we gathered there was saluting involved. We just didn’t know how much saluting. Watch the actual ad and making of in the above clip. The ad is super short. And the making of?…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009
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  PC Gaming Market Worth $11 Billion (And Other Fun Facts)

  The PC Gaming Alliance (in conjunction with researchers DFC Intelligence) have released their report on 2008. How the year went down, in their eyes, for the PC market. And while you’ll find many of the numbers and facts here carefully cherry-picked to paint the PC industry in as glowing a light as possible, you’ll also…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2009
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  Marvelous Entertainment Asks 17 Percent Of Workforce To Quit

  Japanese anime, music and game company Marvelous Entertainment has asking for a number of its employees to retire. The exact number, according to Marvelous, is “in the range of 20” workers (about 17 percent). Those who voluntarily retire between March 23 and April 3 will receive a special severance payment. Their retirement would commence on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead Downloadable Content Due Next Month

  Left 4 Dead’s first sizeable piece of downloadable content – the “Survival Pack” – is due for release next month, Microsoft have confirmed. Speaking with CVG, Microsoft PR say the Xbox 360 update will be out on April 21. No official word on the PC version, but you’d expect it to hit on the same…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009
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  Curt Schilling Retiring From Baseball, Focusing On Game Development

  Pitcher Curt Schilling has announced he’s retiring from Major League Baseball. During his career, Schilling posted a win-loss record of 216-146 and chalked up 3,116 strikeouts. In his official blog, Schilling wrote: “The game always gave me far more than I ever gave it… The game was here long before I was, and will be…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2009
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  First Peek At Madden NFL 10 Is Full Of Big Ben

  EA Sports meister Peter Moore has a Madden challenge for you. What game improvements can you detect in the first screen shot from Madden NFL 10? If you don’t know, the answer is forthcoming. Mr. Moore proudly touts that this year’s edition of the two-decade-old footballer is hitting the “real sweet spot of development for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 23, 2009
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  Tour Aion’s Lovely Ishlagen Zone

  At this point I am relatively sure NCsoft just enjoys teasing North American and European online role-playing game fans, releasing another clip of a place we won’t soon be able to go in Aion. Until we have a solid date on when we’ll be able to step foot in the lovely places displayed in videos…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2009
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  Wii Rock Band Has Eminence Front Put On It

  Wii owners, your weekly, downloadable Rock Band music library catch up is here and it’s full of The Who. Well, the press release is here—you’ll have to wait ’til Tuesday for all this Who. The eight tracks from The Who, which include “Eminence Front,” “Behind Blue Eyes” and “Who Are You,” join four more bonus…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 23, 2009