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  Galactrix Launch Trailer Perhaps A Bit Too Epic

  Puzzle Quest: Galactrix ships today for the Nintendo DS and PC, with the Xbox Live Arcade version dropping tomorrow, and D3 Publisher releases a trailer a bit too epic for a puzzle game. It’s not so much the visuals in the Galactrix launch trailer that get to me, as they seem to have taken their…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009
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  PlayStation Gets Its Own Skin Disorder

  Just when you think things are beginning to look up for Sony, the PlayStation goes and gets its very own skin disorder: PlayStation palmar hidradenitis. The new skin condition springs from the case of a 12-year-old girl, treated in a Swiss hospital for intensely painful sores on the palms of her hands. The doctors examining…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009
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  Activision to Publish Bakugan Game

  It was only a matter of time before the soaring popularity of card and toy game Bakugan was snatched up by a developer and turned into a video game. Activision today announced they’ve signed a deal with Nelvana Enterprises to develop and distribute a video game based on the toy and animated television series. The…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2009
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  A Bad Day (Not Mine, Not Even Yours)

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Recital The Second Mrs. Bashcraft’s sister stopped by this afternoon to have tea and decompress after having a crummy day. She woke up late, missed her classes after bicycling all the way to college (they wouldn’t let her in for some reason when she arrived late!), lost her umbrella, got…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009
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  British Kid Sets Street Fighter World Record

  Britain’s Zak Bennett entered the record books last week, setting a Guinness World Records…record for most consecutive wins in Street Fighter IV. And it sounds like it took him all day to do it. Bennett’s first attempt at the record – which we guess is new for the book’s gamers edition, since no mention of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009
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  Check The Specs Of Sega’s New Arcade Hardware

  At Japan’s AOU arcade expo held last week, Sega unveiled a couple of new arcade boards for use in upcoming games. One of which is the amazing-looking Border Break. So what are the specs? A press release sent out by Sega shows that both boards are running Windows Embedded Home 2009, and that one is…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009
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  Even Analysts Are Worried About Res 5’s Controls

  With the chance to ask Capcom serious, important business questions following the company’s recent financial earnings forecast, one Japanese analyst took it upon himself to…complain about Resident Evil 5’s control scheme. Yup, no probing questions about profits and yen valuations and business plans. Instead, he kicks his question-o-tron all the way up to “whine” mode,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009
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  British Sales Charts

  This week’s British sales charts are interesting reading, because Nintendo have been booted off of top spot. And second spot, now you mention it. And spots 4, 8, 9 & 10 as well. Yes, seems a revolution took place last week in the UK, which not only saw Street Fighter IV take the top two…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009
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  Buy John Woo Movie, Get Video Game Armour

  Red Cliff, the latest from Hong Kong action director John Woo (Hard Boiled, The Killer), is coming to DVD in Japan this March. What’s that got to do with gaming? Buy either Red Cliff Part I Standard Edition or Red Cliff Part I Collector’s Edition and get a bundled Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi-Raid (Dynasty Warriors:…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009
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  San Andreas PSP Listing The Result Of Retailer Daydreaming

  You may have seen today a retail listing for a PSP game called San Andreas Stories. It’s even got box art. Pity, then, it’s all the result of the result of some wishful thinking. The listing in question was spotted on the website of British retailer HMV. As you can see right here, it says…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009
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  Check Out These Crane Game Prizes

  The great thing about Japanese arcades isn’t only all the cool games you can play, but also the cool things you can get in crane games. At Japanese arcade industry show AOU, SEGA and Taito showed off the prize goodies appearing in their crane games. The keywords here are “plush toys.” Go on, have a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009
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  Dante’s Inferno Trailer

  The first trailer for EA’s take on Dante’s Inferno didn’t show much. Looked a little, well, “conceptual”. This second clip is much more useful, and should look particularly familiar to God of War fans. The more obvious visual similarities aside, it’s a fairly unique (and chompy) version of hell EA have come up with. Dare…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009
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  Japanese Adult Website Selling Pornography Downloads For PSP

  Back in 2006, a splurge of pornography appeared on Sony’s UMD format for the PSP. Several years have passed, and new ways of delivering adult PSP content have come. Screw UMD! Japanese adult contents site DMM.com is now trying to take advantage of the free pornography already playing on discerning PSPs by selling full length…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009
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  Making Killzone 2 Proved Too Much For Amsterdam’s Power Supply

  Killzone 2 looks set to be the biggest, loudest thing to yet land on the PS3. But did you know it’s so big, and so loud, that Amsterdam’s power supply couldn’t cope with its development? Yup. As the game’s production drew to a close, developers Guerrilla – who are based in the Dutch capital –…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009
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  Something About MadWorld That May Make Selected Wii Owners Sad

  Upcoming black, white and red Wii title MadWorld is a unique looking game. It runs, however, in 480i and not the more HD-kosher 480p. Surprised? IGN’s Matt Casamassina noticed the game was running in 480i while capturing MadWorld videos. “Usually, lack of 480p support can be credited to developer laziness,” writes Casamassina. “No way such…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009
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  Official Picture of Red-Colored Xbox 360

  Microsoft has released pictures of the Exclusive Red Xbox 360 Resident Evil Limited Edition Console, which was confirmed earlier tonight and mentioned officially by Microsoft earlier this month. The Xbox 360 Elite console is bundled with a red wireless controller, black Xbox 360 headset, 120GB hard drive, via-LIVE-downloadable-Resident-Evil-theme, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009
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  Star Ocean 4 Makes Strong Japanese Sales Debut (For Xbox 360 Game)

  Square Enix role-playing-game Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope has given Japanese companies another glimmer of hope for the Xbox 360. While the Xbox 360 has been successful abroad, the console traditionally has had difficulty cracking the Japanese market. Recently, Microsoft has made in-roads with consumers in The Land of the Rising Sun thanks to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009
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  Red Xbox 360 Pics Now On Xbox Live

  While the appearance of the red Xbox 360 on Xbox Live doesn’t confirm the machine’s existence – we took care of that a while ago – it does end the wait for official pics. As you’d expect, the machine’s colour matches that of the existing red Xbox 360 controllers. As for what else comes in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009
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  World of Warcraft Guild Leader Wins Oscar

  Last night was the Academy Awards. Actors, directors, writers and producers were honored for their work in films — as was a World of Warcraft player. By day, Steve Preeg is a big time Hollywood visual effects artist, working on films like Lord of the Rings and I, Robot. By night, Steve Preeg is also…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 24, 2009
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  GTA Lost & Damned Writing “Exceeds Mainstream Media”

  Rockstar aren’t the humble types. So when Rockstar VP Jeronimo Barrera gets talking about the quality of Lost & Damned‘s script, you know he’s not going to say “oh, it’s better than Everybody Loves Raymond”. That’s not to say that it’s not. It, and everything else created on Earth, is. But it’s an easy target.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 24, 2009