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  Xbox 360 Saves The Date For E3 2009

  First out the door for this year’s upcoming bigger, better, more fleshy E3 is Microsoft. We just received our official save the date for the Xbox 360 E3 2009 media briefing, set to take place Monday morning. It looks to be about the same time as last year’s E3 media briefing. I’d expect to start…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2009
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  Eve Online Apocrypha Trailer Makes Eve Look Interesting

  The trailer for the upcoming Apocrypha expansion to CCP’s massively-multiplayer space opera Eve Online manages to make the game look at least 10 times better than it actually plays. The trailer does an excellent job of highlighting Eve Online’s strengths while skipping over the game’s weaknesses, which I suppose is what a good trailer is…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009
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  Oregon Trail Heading to iPhone

  Gameloft is preparing to bring the classic edutainment game The Oregon Trail to the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game will feature all of the decision-making and problem solving of the original game plus eight skill-based mini-games: hunting, fishing, wagon repairing, river crossing, rafting, telegraphing, gold panning and berry picking. Some of the mini games…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2009
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  GameStop Kicks Off DSi Reserves Tomorrow

  Now that the Nintendo DSi North America release date has been announced, it’s time for our nation’s game retailers to rise to the occasion and start taking our money. GameStop has it covered. Following Gamervision’s lead, a quick call to my local store revealed that preorders for Nintendo’s next-generation DS will start tomorrow morning, with…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009
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  Infernal Engine Offers Glimpse of Next-Gen Nocturne

  Terminal Reality plans to start licensing the technology behind their upcoming title Ghostbusters: The Video Game. The studio says that the Infernal Engine offers excellent cross platform support and is compatible with all of the “leading gaming systems” including the PC. The developer plans to show off the engine at the DICE conference over the…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2009
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  New World Of Warcraft Raid Dungeon Is Voltron Epic

  Blizzard has posted the first details on Ulduar, the next raid dungeon to be introduced in World of Warcraft patch 3.1, which features vehicle combat against an army and at least one Voltron reference. Ulduar is actually two separate raid dungeons in one, with the first part consisting of an epic battle between your large…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009
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  Noby Noby Boy Updates Coming

  With Noby Noby Boy making its small yet stretchy debut tomorrow on the PlayStation Network, creator Keita Takahashi talks about the quirky little game’s update potential. In an interview with Eurogamer, Namco Bandai‘s Keita Takahashi reveals that downloadable content is already in the works for his new PlayStation Network title, Noby Noby Boy, with a…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2009
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  Wii’s Dead Space Extraction Trailer

  A bit earlier this morning Electronic Arts announced Dead Space Extraction for the Wii. This first trailer for the game certainly makes it look like a must buy, though it’s hard to tell what’s gameplay and what’s cut scene. Fingers crossed.

  By Brian Crecente Published February 18, 2009
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  Making Stuff You Eat Is GREAT

  To: Crecente From: Bash RE: D.I.C.E. Kicks Off Tomorrow Not sure if you’re big on this, but this afternoon, I baked bread. I’d never baked bread before. Actually, it was kinda fun! We baked it in the rice cooking (it’s possible to bake bread in our rice cooker). Turned out yummy. And for dinner, the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009
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  Yakuza 3 Demo Out On Feb 19

  Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 looks great. Blue Sega skies, hostesses, fisticuffs and tanning salons? Yes. Please. Alas, a Western release may never happen, so this demo might be as close as you get. Perhaps to celebrate the game receiving a mighty 38/40 (9/10/9/10) in Japanese mag Famitsu, but probably just to drum up a little…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009
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  Nintendo DSi Dated For United States, New Color Announced

  The latest incarnation of the Nintendo DS, the Nintendo DSi, will be released in the U.S. on April 5 and priced at US$169.99. It is launching in black and new color blue. The DSi, which has been on sale in Japan since November 2008, has only been available in black and white. The DSi features…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009
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  EA Announces Dead Space Wii Again (This Time Officially)

  EA boss John Riccitiello previously mentioned Dead Space for the Wii in a single sentence during an conference call earlier this month. Today, EA makes the game official and offers details as well. Called Dead Space Extraction, the game is built ground-up especially for the Nintendo Wii and is a prequel that leads up to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009
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  Braid Makes The Jump From 360 To PC Next Month

  Braid – the indie darling of 2008 – did good business on the Xbox 360, a platform not exactly renowned for its indie darlings. So how will it fare next month when released on PC? The game will be released on Impulse, the digital download shopfront of Stardock, who in turn are the publishers of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009
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  Microsoft Survey Probes Non-Gaming Achievements

  Microsoft Game Studios sent out a survey on Achievements to its beta program invitees. There was an array of questions that included multiplayer achievements, user generated Achievements and what types of Achievements players liked. There was also a mention of displaying a player’s favorite Achievement on their Gamer card as well as non-gaming Achievements like…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009
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  Guitar Hero: Metallica Misspells Band Name

  Uh. Whoops. Somebody at Activision thought it would be a good idea to put all the game’s featured band names on the cover of Guitar Hero: Metallica. Nobody at Activision edited said list. So we’re left with a cover that features band names like, well, Metallica. Queen. Alice in Chains. Slayer. And Lynyrd Skynrd. Where’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009
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  Pin-Up Model Is Quite Good At Street Fighter IV

  Haruna Anno is not just a gravure idol, but a video game gravure idol, taking names in Street Fighter IV. Haruna is hardcore. The pin-up model’s room is a gaming shrine, filled with retro game hardware, an arcade cabinet and games — lots of games. She’s dead serious about playing, too. She claims to have…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009
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  Tales of the World 2 Gets Soulcalibur Costumes

  Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology isn’t just pulling stuff from the plethora of Tales games anymore. Behold these images of Taki and Mitsurugi costumes. Siliconera is reporting that the costumes are free downloads for the second Tales title to grace the PSP. You can download them from the PlayStation Store; and they must mean…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 18, 2009
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  *Maybe* There Will Be Another MadWorld

  MadWorld, an upcoming title from some of the developers behind Okami, is hardly your typical Wii title. The Wii-mote and Nunchuk-attachment controlled game is black, white and bloody red. Inspired by the look of graphic novel, MadWorld has garnered considerable interest from gamers. Because when gamers express interest and interest expresses money, we get sequels.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009
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  New Ensemble Studio Working on New Game

  When Robot Entertainment said “hello, world” last week, it seemed likely that, being made up of an Ensemble co-founder and a bunch of Ensemble staff, they’d be taking over Ensemble’s work. Now it’s definite. A press release issued by the company today has confirmed that Robot will be continuing work on Halo Wars, supporting Age…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 18, 2009
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  If There’s Demand, Capcom Could Add More SFIV Characters

  Street Fighter IV has a big cast of characters. The Capcom fighting game has old favorites like Ryu and Chun-Li as well as new characters like El Fuerte and Abel. The home console versions brings characters like Cammy, Sakura, Fei-Long and even “joke” character Dan. The game doesn’t get Super Street Fighter II characters T.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 18, 2009