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  Nintendo Responds To February NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

  Yes, the Wii and Nintendo DS continue to sell slightly better than hotcakes in the United States, moving more than 1.3 million units last month. But it’s Wii Play that gets the kudos from Nintendo. Nintendo brags that Wii Play, which has been bundled with a Wii Remote since day one in the States, has…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  Microsoft Responds To February NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

  Microsoft had a good February. It was the Xbox 360 maker’s “best non-holiday month” with the exception of the release of Halo 3, not to put too fine of a point on it. That’s according to NPD analyst Anita Frazier, but the rest of the best is from Microsoft PR. Yes, the company is justifiably…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  Audiosurf Dev Working On iPhone Version?

  Apple’s preview of the iPhone OS 3.0 had less to do with games than it did new functionality. But the new iPod library accessibility could mean we get indie hit Audiosurf on the iPhone. The upcoming 3.0 OS update will open up iPod music to independent application developers, so it’s not inconceivable that would-be iPhone…

  By AJ Glasser Published March 20, 2009
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  UPDATE: Netflix Looking Into Movie Streaming On The Wii

  According to a rumored customer survey, Netflix is gauging subscriber interest in a streaming movie and television service on another current generation console, this time on the Nintendo Wii. According to a report on Joystiq, the Netflix streaming subscription service would be comparable to the one implemented via Xbox Live. The proposed service for the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  iPhone Kindle

  To: Ash From: Crecente So I was sitting in a double session of Tristan’s guitar class yesterday, bored with the games on my iPhone when I decided to check out the eBook Kindle App I had downloaded. A quick search and one-click purchase later I was reading World War Z, all without ever having to…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009
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  PixelJunk Eden Plays Encore In April

  Fans of Q Games PixelJunk series should set aside some time in April, as the Encore expansion for last year’s rather awesome PixelJunk Eden will hit PlayStation 3s next month. Q’s Dylan Cuthbert writes on the official PlayStation blog that PixelJunk Eden Encore adds “zero gravity, mirror worlds, all new music from Baiyon” and “something…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  Oddworld, Indies Get Steam Weekend Deals

  PC gamers looking for a deal this weekend should think independently, as Steam offers savings on its indie lineup while also slashing prices on two classic Oddworld titles. Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus and Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee are a too-good-to-pass-up 75% off. Purchased together, the pair can be had for $3.75 USD. Exactly. Chump change! Lesser, but…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  Apple’s Portable Game

  After years of being a punch line among hardcore gamers, Apple has gotten serious about gaming, they just happened to use a cell phone and not a computer to do it. With 30 million iPhone and iPod Touch users around the world and 25,000 applications available in their online store, Apple’s smartphone has suddenly become…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009
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  New Wii Punch-Out!! Details Sneak Out From Nintendo

  The Wii re-imagining of the NES classic Punch-Out!! will come with a new two-player mode and see the return of more well-known old-school boxers, according to information released by Nintendo of Europe. According to a press release from the publisher’s web site, which has since been pulled, Punch-Out!! for the Wii supports “1-2 players.” Nintendo’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  Unreal Conversion Killing Floor Gets Retail Redux

  Tripwire Interactive today announces Killing Floor, a co-op first-person survival horror shooter for the PC based on an Unreal Tournament 2004 conversion. A mad scientists specimens have broken loose and gone on a rampage through London, and it’s up to you and up to five of your friends to take on hordes of mutant enemies…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 20, 2009
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  Wii Fit Officially Topples Halo 3 in Sales

  Yesterday’s news that Wii Fit continued to ride high on the U.S. video game sales chart last month told only half the story. I just confirmed with the NPD Group that the fitness title’s lifetime sales has topped Halo 3’s. As of the end of February Wii Fit has sold 6 million copies in the…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009
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  Lars Ulrich Is A Dirty, Rotten Guitar Hero III Cheater

  We don’t expect celebrities to genuinely be good at the video games they appear in, but one would think that Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich could play his own band’s songs in Guitar Hero. But no… Disappointingly, the Metallica founder, who will digitally appear in Guitar Hero Metallica in May doesn’t have the skills to unlock…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  BioShock 2 Doing All Three Platforms At Once

  Rather than the staggered release of the first BioShock, 2K plans on a simultaneous release across all three platforms for BioShock 2. Speaking to CVG, a 2K spokesperson has confirmed that the plan is to release BioShock 2 on the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 at the same time. This is great news for…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 20, 2009
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  Boom Blox Bash Party Box Downplays The Boom Blox

  The newly revealed box art for EA’s Wii sequel Boom Blox Bash Party says a lot. Namely, that the Boom Blox brand doesn’t carry much weight, at least not in terms of pimping the “party.” While Boom Blox‘s success can be argued—EA CEO John Riccitiello would probably call it a hit—the brand doesn’t get much…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  Rock Band Gets Eleven From Ten Next Week

  The debut album from Seattle grunge-fathers Pearl Jam is coming to Rock Band owners next week, Harmonix and MTV Games confirmed today. Ten adds eleven new tracks, all of which make me feel positively ancient. I mean, we’re eighteen years on from the original release of Pearl Jam’s Ten, a tape that I had on…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  Frankenreview: Ready 2 Rumble Revolution

  Atari brings the beloved Ready 2 Rumble boxing series to with Wii with Ready 2 Rumble Revolution, possibly the most egregious waste of Frankenreview chart real estate this year. The Ready 2 Rumble series follows a pretty standard formula. Take a bunch of colorful boxer stereotypes, mix in a few celebrity caricatures, and toss them…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 20, 2009
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  Resistance: Retribution Review: More Action Than Shooter

  In Resistance: Retribution, gamers return to the world of the Chimera invasion, guiding a disgraced Royal Marine as he fights to save Europe’s last bastion for humanity. The game, set between the PlayStation 3’s Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2, makes another attempt to turn the fast-paced, controller-heavy shooter genre into something enjoyable on…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 20, 2009
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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  Metal…. Gear? Solid Touch? That’s right! I’ve gotta finish playing through the iPhone-only entry in the Metal Gear Solid series, not expecting the same dense narrative and tear-jerking tactics from the PlayStation 3 blockbuster. In addition to Metal Gear Solid Touch, I need to wrap up this MadWorld thing before we head up to San…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 20, 2009
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  Smash Cars Crashing Onto PSN

  Small cars go big places in Smash Cars, the remote-controlled racer from TikGames and Creat Studios, coming later this year to the PlayStation Network. Smash Cars is a follow up to Creat’s 2003 PlayStation 2 game of the same name, featuring remote-controlled cars racing in real-world locations. This time around the action takes place on…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 20, 2009
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  Students Protest Call Of Duty Dog Killing

  Students at the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, are up in arms over Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War for promoting the killing of deadly attack dogs. Breanna Lucci, the 19-year-old president of the private high school’s Animal Rights Club started a petition against seeing her brother shooting at dogs in the…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 20, 2009