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  Bikini Samurai Minus Bikini

  When Playboy reviewed Wii title Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad, it asked publisher D3 for this: Exclusive naked pics. And exclusive naked pics it got. Above and below are images directly from D3 of the game’s heroine Aya wearing her cowboy and boots, but not much else. At least she’s got her swords. Very important! You…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 13, 2009
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  Capcom Want A New Resident Evil On Wii

  So far, the Wii is without its own Resident Evil. Umbrella Chronicles is a gun game, so doesn’t count. Resident Evil 0? Remake, doesn’t count either. We’re talking all new here, baby. Speaking with Eurogamer, Resident Evil 5 producer Masachika Kawata has said: Personally I would like to create something on Wii in the Resident…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2009
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  You’ve Got 48 Hours, Make A Game

  Website Boing Boing checked out the 2009 Global Game Jam, which has participants from all over the world churn out a game in 48 hours. Get a boots-on-the-ground view from LA, Pittsburgh, Australia, Scotland, Israel, Turkey and Venezuela. There are potato chips and pee drinking! Check out the games here. Our Networked Report from the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 13, 2009
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  Can Screenshots Help Explain What Noby Noby Boy Is?

  Can a set of new screenshots explain what exactly what is going on with Noby Noby Boy for the PlayStation Network where creator Keita Takahashi of Katamari Damacy fame failed? Nope, they most certainly cannot. Nice use of frogs though. Were I a big fan of frogs, I would be camped outside the PlayStation Store…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2009
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  Ex-Ensemble Staff Form New Studio

  Ensemble Studios, developers of the Age of Empires series and Halo Wars, are dead. But the developers who comprised Ensemble? They’re still alive, and some of them have formed a new studio. It’s called Robot Entertainment, and has been established by Ensemble co-founder Tony Goodman, along with “a number of veterans” from the former Microsoft-owned…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2009
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  New Emulator to Play Any Game Ever Made — For Science!

  The European Union put up $5.2 million (€4.02m, £3.6m) to fund a project called Keeping Emulation Environments Portable (KEEP) — which will develop a software program that can archive digital objects to preserve them for posterity. Computer historian David Anderson of Portsmouth University told New Science that that it would be a “cultural catastrophe” to…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 13, 2009
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  Xbox Originals Gets Grabbed By The Ghoulies Next Week

  You know why the call them Xbox Originals? Because you can’t call ’em Xbox Classics. Case in point, Rare’s first Xbox title, Grabbed By The Ghoulies is your next Xbox Original. Oh, I kid, Rare! The UK developer’s debut game under the ownership of Microsoft will drop on the Xbox Live Marketplace next Tuesday, February…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Noby Noby Boy Creator Will Try, Try Again To Explain What Noby Noby Boy Is

  Is there still some confusion about what Noby Noby Boy, creator Keita Takahashi‘s follow up to Katamari Damacy, is all about? Apparently. Why else would Takahashi address it again on the official PlayStation blog? Let’s let the man explain: “Basically players can control and stretch Boy, the main character of the game. As players stretch…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  This Valentine’s Day, Say It With Sims

  It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without half a dozen games celebrating the number two Hallmark holiday of the year. The Sims 3 jumps on the bandwagon with two new screens of sweet, sweet love. After this week’s big ghost baby reveal, I’m really looking forward to The Sims 3. But with these cloyingly sweet images…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 13, 2009
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  NPD Bestseller Show Americans Also Love Wii Fit Knock Offs

  Sales of Wii Fit continue to astound, with 770,000 copies of the exer-game snapped up by U.S. consumers in January. But what about the knock-offs from publishers smart enough to copy Nintendo’s fitness software? They too, impress. Gamasutra reveals exclusive NPD Group sales data that shows that two of Wii Fit‘s third-party clones, Majesco’s Jillian…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Valentine’s Day

  To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Humming The Star Was Imperial March Makes The Baby Cry Happy VD! Valentine’s Day doesn’t hit here until tomorrow, but I’ve already got my plans underway. Trish and I have decided to spend the evening home tomorrow, cooking a romantic meal together. I can’t remember, do you do anything there…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 13, 2009
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  New Tekken 6 Screens Ride The Panda Express

  Namco Bandai has delivered sixteen new screens of Tekken 6 and they’re very educational. What can new media of the upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 brawler teach us? Well, as one can see from the shot above, brawler Bryan Fury can balance a giant panda on his toes. What strength! But don’t forget there…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Japanese Console Sales Plummet Again, But PS3 Closing Gap With Wii

  Japanese gamers just aren’t buying hardware right now. Sales are way, way down from the same point last year, with the PSP selling at half the rate and the Wii at a mere quarter. That severe drop in Wii sales overseas has meant a closer weekly race between the PlayStation 3 and Wii, with just…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Wii Fit Is No Fad

  The Wii Nation has spoken: Wii Fit is no fad. Last week I got into a bit of metaphorical hot soup when a Forbes article quoted me as saying that I didn’t know a single person who bought Wii Fit and used it routinely after a month. Now I do. Between the dozens of emails…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 13, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead Gets “Four Finger Discount” This Weekend

  Spending Valentine’s Day alone and sulking? Take out your lonely frustrations on hordes of undead this weekend, cheaply, thanks to Valve’s weekend deal on Left 4 Dead. The PC shooter is being marked down 50% this weekend—a limited time offer—to give the lovelorn something to bond with. That translates to a $24.99 copy of Left…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Star Wars: The Old Republic Takes On The Hutt Home World

  BioWare has revealed the latest playable planet for their eagerly anticipated massively-multiplayer roleplaying game Star Wars: The Old Republic – Nal Hutta, home of the slug-like ancestors of Jabba the Hutt. Of course the original Hutt home world was Varl, but when the slimy Hutts killed that planet with pollution they moved in on the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2009
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  It’s Silent Hill vs Resident Evil Through…Snow Fights And…Breakdancing

  As they are, Silent Hill games are scary. Resident Evil games, tense. But taken out of context – and with a little help from Garry’s Mod – both can have their lighter moments. Like snow fights! Run Heather, run! And break-dancing! Agent 47 looks totally into it. These pics come courtesy of MrWhitefolks, in whose…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 13, 2009
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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  I’ve got ten to twelve hours worth of Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned ahead of me this weekend, as I ready the official Kotaku review for Rockstar Games’ first downloadable episode. But that’s not all! I’ve got a copy of Auditorium that also needs reviewing, titles that have to be taken care…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009
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  Halo Wars: Making Console Real-Time Strategy Work

  The third in a series of video documentaries covering the upcoming Xbox 360 game Halo Wars features members of the development team explaining how to make a console real-time strategy game that works. Having obviously not paid enough attention during the early days of Halo 3 development, I was a bit surprised to learn that…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 13, 2009
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  The Factions of Galactrix

  Today we get a look at the 14 factions for humans and aliens in upcoming puzzle role-playing game Galactrix. In Galactrix, factions make the universe go round, they control the Star Systems, own the ships, shops and stations and sanction most of the game’s many missions. Your interactions with these factions are meant to have…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 13, 2009