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  Get Guitar Hero World Tour On The Cheap

  If you’ve been toying with the idea of purchasing Guitar Hero World Tour, yet worried about spending nearly $200 on another band game, Amazon’s video game Deal of the Day is here to help. Today and today only, Amazon has discounted Guitar Hero World Tour across all platforms as part of their video game Deal…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2009
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  House of the Dead: Overkill Breaks F-ing Record

  Continuing in it’s tradition of listing bizarre video game world record breakers, Guinness today announced the game with the most swearing in it. Weighing in with 189 uses of the F-bomb is The House of the Dead: Overkill. That works out to more than one rhymes with duck per a minute, or three percent of…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 16, 2009
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  The ESA Harvests Natsume

  The Entertainment Software Association continues to regrow after last year’s exodus, with Harvest Moon publisher Natsume casting their lot with the industry trade organization. Natsume is the second publisher to sign with the ESA this year, after SouthPeak signed up earlier this month. This follows a string of companies leaving the organization last year, perhaps…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2009
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  Velvet Assassin Trailer Evokes Disturbing Mental Picture

  What was presumably meant to be a sexy and inspiring trailer for Replay Studio’s Velvet Assassin instead manages to bring to mind the disturbing image of Sir Winston Churchill in a bloody nightie. Sir Winston Churchill’s famous June 4th, 1940 speech, commonly referred to as “We will fight on the beaches”, was one of the…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2009
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  Weekly Wii Update: The BIT.TRIP Begins

  A new game made to look old and a newly re-released old game join the Nintendo Wii line up this week, with BIT.TRIP BEAT and Summer Games II available for purchase today. BIT.TRIP BEAT(WiiWare 600 Wii points) is one part Pong, on part rhythm game, where they player controls a paddle with their Wii remote,…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2009
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  New York Times on RE5: The Truth About African Zombies

  The New York Times’ resident game writer Seth Schiesel kicks off his review of Resident Evil 5 with a lengthy discourse on the racism controversy, invoking the one truism about zombies everyone keeps forgetting. Seth brings the whole Resident Evil racism debate to a close by reminding us that anyone can become a zombie, and…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2009
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  UK Gets Halo 3, PGR4, Mass Effect Price Drops

  Halo 3, Mass Effect and Project Gotham Racing 4 all get price drops in the UK this month as they are added to the Classics collection on March 20. “We are delighted to add three of our finest titles to the Classics range, adding to the exceptional entertainment offering available on the Xbox 360 at…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 16, 2009
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  Kotaku Podcast: Guerrilla Games Kills in Killzone 2

  In our March podcast we play and talk with Guerrilla Games about their Playstation 3 master piece Killzone 2. Eric Boltjes, senior game designer for Guerrilla Games, talked to use about the studio’s in-game clan, the design goals for the game’s multiplayer, how World of Warcraft influenced some of their decisions and the game’s controversial…

  By Adam Barenblat Published March 16, 2009
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  Shopping For Furniture, With Added Cosplayers

  To: Crecente From: Ashcraft Went down to Osaka Port over the weekend to look at furniture. (Furniture can be expensive!) The store we went to is in the Asia Trade Center, which is dead as dead. Oddly, on the Sunday we went down, it was crawling with women that were cosplaying outside the store by…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2009
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  Sony Sound Fed Up With Calls For A Price Cut

  You may have heard, the PlayStation 3 is expensive. Not “private jet” expensive, sure, but compared to the Wii and 360, it’s expensive. So people want it cheaper. Sony, however, are having none of it. Despite publishers, analysts and consumers calling repeatedly for a price cut on the machine, SCE America’s senior vice president of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009
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  Wii MotionPlus Missing From Nintendo’s European Spring Schedule

  Last month, Nintendo announced its Spring titles for the Nintendo DS and the Wii. This month, Nintendo is doing the same for Europe. While Nintendo’s German language release confirms stuff we know (DSi and Rhythm Heaven release dates), it has these highlights: Pokémon Platinum May 22 Pikmin 2 (Wii Re-release) April 24 Punch Out! May…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XI Getting Three More Expansion Scenarios

  Just in time for MMO Final Fantasy XI‘s security token comes three expansion scenarios. The first, A Crystalline Prophecy – Ode of Life Blessing, will be able this month. Plot-wise, Square Enix explains, “One day, a giant crystal appeared in the skies above Jeuno, triggering a series of unexplained happenings across the land. Now, adventurers…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2009
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  Here’s Your Chinatown Wars Theme Song

  Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on DS has a theme song, and this is it. You may have heard it being ruined late last week by DJ Premier, but this is the proper version. Yes, that’s Ghostface, and yes, that’s Doom. Rockstar know what they’re doing when it comes to this kind of thing. GHOSTFACE…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009
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  Sing Wii Karaoke Quietly. Like A Goober.

  Paper thin walls? No worries, microphone peripheral “Urusakunai Kara OK!” (Not Noisy Kara OK!) lets Wii owners sing their hearts out in Hudson’s Karaoke JOYSOUND Wii. The Wii title, released last December in Japan, comes packaged with a mic and is a collaboration with karaoke chain JOYSOUND. Thin apartment walls and concern for disturbing the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2009
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  Want To Play .MKV Files On Your PS3?

  Then you probably watch a lot of TV shows. This guide over at Lifehacker will show you how to get it done.

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009
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  Blizzard HQ’s 12-Foot World Of Warcraft Statue

  Little while back, World of Warcraft developers Blizzard moved into new offices. As part of the move, employees were given little statues. The building itself, however, got a big statue. Because they are Blizzard, WETA – the special effects team behind Lord of the Rings – were commissioned to build a 12-foot-tall statue of an…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009
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  New Pokemon Anime Special For Japan

  Starting this April, Japan is getting a new, original Pokémon anime special. Based on role-playing game Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky, the new anime will air this April before the game ships. Showing on kiddy morning show Pokémon Sunday, it will recreate scenes from the DS game. The game’s plot follows a boy…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2009
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  Two New Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram Figures

  Defying all odds (and expectations), Sega are answering our prayers and bringing Virtual On to the 360, in the form of Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram. Know what that means? It means accompanying merchandise. Virtual On fans will no doubt be used to the steady stream of figures and models associated with the series, but these…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009
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  Metal Gear Solid 4 Voice Actor Makes Hollywood Production Company

  David Hayter, voice of character Snake Metal Gear Solid and Hollywood screenwriter, has formed a production company with Tekken movie producer Benedict Carver. Dubbed Dark Hero Studios, the company will focus on sci-fi genre film, TV, internet and video games projects. According to Carver, “David will create, write and direct movies and TV series for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 16, 2009
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  Sony Holding Patapon 2 Demos For Ransom

  Demos are advertising. Interactive, sometimes enjoyable advertising, true, but advertising nonetheless. Maybe not a great idea, then, when Sony restricted access to the Killzone 2 demo. Restricting access for a Patapon 2 demo is even worse. But that’s exactly what’s happening! Sony Computer Entertainment America are releasing a demo for the game “exclusively” to those…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2009