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  PlayStation Home Gets Much More Interesting With Xi

  There’s much more to do in PlayStation Home than the Running Man today, as Sony launches the first console-based Alternate Reality Game, Xi. Mysterious graffiti has shown up in the main square area of PlayStation Home, and looking at it gives you access to The Hub, where this whole new Alternate Reality Game pans out.…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2009
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  Weekly Wii Update: Shooting, Bombimg, And Popping

  Two old favorites from the TurboGrafx16 join a brand new Hudson puzzler in this week’s Wii downloadables update, with Bomberman ’94, Detana!! TwinBee, and Pop’Em Drop’Em SAMEGAME available now. Pop’Em Drop’Em SAMEGAME is a WiiWare puzzle game from Hudson (500 points), featuring everyone’s favorite color-matching blocks mechanic, with a couple of interesting multiplayer modes included…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2009
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  DJ Hero Website Has Two Turntables And A Sign Up Form

  Activision and RedOctane have thrown up an official web site for their upcoming music mixing rhythm game DJ Hero, complete with two turntables and a cheering Flash crowd. It’s more of a teaser website than anything else, with no sign of a logo and no information whatsoever. You’ve got your turntables situated in front of…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2009
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  Warhawk in Spaaaaaace

  Informed sources tell Kotaku that newly minted LightBox Interactive Studio, made up of members of Incognito, are hard at work on a new take on Warhawk. The game, described as Warhawk in space, has been in development for some time, we’re told. Reached for comment this morning, Dylan Jobe, president of LightBox Interactive Studio, had…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2009
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  Alyssa Milano Discusses Her Sassy Ghostbusters Role

  See Alyssa Milano discuss her newly revealed role in the upcoming Ghostbusters video games, while trying to avoid imagining her making out with Bill Murray. As revealed this weekend, Milano was tapped to play the lady part in the new games, replacing Sigourney Weaver, who apparently didn’t believe in the project hard enough. I’m having…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2009
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  The Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack Happens On April 9th

  Bungie teases, but Microsoft comes right out and says it. The Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack is officially coming out on Thursday, April 9th. We were pretty certain this was the case over the weekend, but you know how much we like to have solid facts to back up our solid rumors. Microsoft verified the…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2009
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  Capcom Delays “Versus” Resident Evil 5 DLC

  Capcom has announced that the “Versus Mode” DLC for Resident Evil 5 has been delayed. The mode pits players against each other in a contest of survival, according to Capcom. Earlier this month, Capcom announced that this mode would be coming in the coming weeks; however, it apparently had a release date for Japan: March…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2009
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  The Magic of Fax Machines

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Tonight, after dinner, my kid drew some game that involved finishing a maze and drinking a can of cola (don’t ask) and wanted to send it to the in-laws for them to play. So, by the marvels of not-so-modern technology we sent them a fax. Mini-Bash was amazed that you can…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2009
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  An Early Glimpse at GDC

  The Game Developers Conference might not be officially kicking off for another hour or so, but we were able to get some early photographs of the prep work for the big show. Don’t forget to check back throughout the week to keep up with the news breaking at this year’s GDC. At the very least…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2009
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  Warhawk’s Dylan Jobe Leaves Incognito, Forms New Studio

  This morning Dylan Jobe announced that he and other members of Incognito Entertainment have left the company to form their own studio. LightBox Interactive will be working on several new games for Sony Computer Entertainment of America and the “Playstation family of platforms.” Incognito was founded in 1999 in Salt Lake City with Scott Campbell…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2009
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  Bioshock 2 Hasn’t Had A Name Change After All

  This is all a bit silly, going around in circles over something as simple as a subtitle, but there’s a record that’s got to be set straight: Bioshock 2 is still “Sea of Dreams”. You can forget those reports from last week that explicitly stated “You won’t be seeing ‘Sea of Dreams’ moving forward, just…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009
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  Max Payne 3 Hits This Winter

  Max Payne 3 is currently in development and scheduled to hit the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 this winter, Rockstar announced this morning. The sequel, in development by Rockstar Vancouver, will tell the story of a retired police detective “embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense violence.” “We’re starting a new chapter…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2009
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  Need For Speed Shift Shifts Into September

  EA racer Need for Speed Shift, the latest entry in the Need for Speed series, will be released on September 17 and September 22 in the US. Need for Speed: Shift is a first person racing simulation, featuring realistic handling and physics for some of the world’s top racing vehicles. This title is part of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2009
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  So What’s Mass Effect 2 Actually About?

  Details on BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 are scarce. We know there will be blood, robots wearing people clothes and…that’s it. Lucky we’ve got Amazon’s preorder page for the game to add a little colour. The site contains a brief plot description, which reads: The second chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy takes you to the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009
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  Riddick Producer: “Nintendo Wii Is An Effing Genesis”

  Well, his language was a little more colorful. In a podcast with GameTrailers’ Invisible Walls, developer Peter Wanat talks about Nintendo and the Nintendo Wii. Wanat, whose credits include Scarface, Chronicles of Riddick and the forthcoming Wanted: Weapons of Fate, points out how most third party developers aren’t finding success on the Wii — save…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2009
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  First Look At Blacklight

  Zombie Studios, the development team behind the newly-announced Blacklight, have lifted the lid on the game, revealing the first screenshot for the futuristic shooter. And here it is. It’s dark, there’s a man with a gun in it, and from the looks of that streetscape, it’s a real screenshot, not some fanciful “target render”. Your…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009
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  DIY Street Fighter IV Cabinets Make The Best Birthday Presents

  What did you get for your birthday? James got a Street Fighter IV cabinet built from scratch by his friends, the lucky bastard. During midterms and work, Steve and his roommate Figge collectively spent 4.5 man-hours over five days to build the arcade. A hundred nails were hammered into the handsawed wood panels. A FightStick…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2009
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  Kama Sutra Comes To The DS

  Note: this isn’t a retail product. There’s no Nintendo seal on the box. So no running off and telling Fox News, OK! Instead, this handy guide to all things carnal comes via the homebrew community. SutraDS, as it’s called, was whipped up by Cid2Mizard and submitted as part of a DS flash cart’s annual coding…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009
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  Why There’s Not A Pokemon MMO

  Why isn’t there? A Pokémon online game sounds like a logical idea. But the Pokémon franchise director Junichi Masuda has an explanation. “At this point, we’re not thinking of going in that direction,” says Masuda. “Trading is a core concept of Pokémon. So when you’re trading, you meet with a friend and decide which one…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 23, 2009
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  February’s Top-Selling Games, Accessories By Platform

  You’ve devoured, then processed the lists detailing the top-selling games and consoles for February. But do you want to know the best-selling games by platform? Or the games that didn’t quite make the top 10? Wired have published a series of charts provided by the NPD Group, which show the games that finished 11-20 on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 23, 2009