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  Snow Day Spoils New Battlefield, Army Of Two Sequel Announcements

  Seems Electronic Arts were due to hold a big press event in the UK today. Show off some new (including unannounced) games. Only problem is, there’s record snowfall in the UK at the moment. Yup, a snow day! Which means the event was called off. That didn’t stop word leaking out about which games were…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2009
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  X-Blade Underwear Differences Explained

  Japan is getting two versions of X-Blades: the PS3 version has panties, and the Xbox 360 version has less so. But…why? The Topware developed game is being put out by different publishers abroad, and each publisher reacts to the needs of its respective market. In Japan, Sony Computer Entertainment requested a more tasteful image of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 2, 2009
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  Phantasy Star Portable Release Telepiped Forward In Time

  Do they still use telepipes in Phantasy Star? Well if they do, Sega just selected one from its inventory, bumping up the release date of Phantasy Star Portable in North America. The PlayStation Portable action role-playing game will be invading our shores on March 3rd, weeks in advance of its previously scheduled release date. Somewhat…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2009
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  The Resident Evil 5 PS3 Demo Is Live

  You might have missed it what with the first review being in and the Killzone 2 demo coming out this week – but just as a reminder, the Resident Evil 5 demo dropped on PSN today. I wasn’t a huge fan of the demo back when I tried it out at the Capcom holiday event…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 2, 2009
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  The History Of The Halo MMO, And Ensemble’s Other Cancelled Projects

  While Ensemble Studios – recently shuttered by owners Microsoft – were busy stowing their gear and shutting down operations, Gamasutra thought it’d be an idea to go ask a few more questions about the Halo MMO. What they found was that the game has a long, long history. Indeed, it began before Halo, as a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2009
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  Evo 2009 Returns To Vegas In July, Bring Shorts

  Curl your mustaches and iron your Knicks jerseys, because the Evolution Championship Series will be hitting Las Vegas this July, pitting the world’s best of the best digital fighters in bloodless mortal combat. Evo 2009 is scheduled to throw down at the Rio hotel and casino July 17th through the 19th, featuring some of the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2009
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  Bubble Bobble Wii-visited For WiiWare

  Bub and Bob will emit bubbles and bobble about in 2009 with a new, but retro take on classic Bubble Bobble gameplay. Famitsu spilled details on the WiiWare-bound game, which looks to go global. Bobble Bobble Wii will pack in 400 old school-style stages in a WiiWare release that includes the original Bubble Bobble levels…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2009
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  Ian Bogost On iPhone Games: Penis Pumps, Bras and Airport Security

  Ty Colfax at G4TV has an interview up with Persuasive Games founding partner Ian Bogost who documents the agony of getting his iPhone game, Jetset: A Game for Airports, through Apple’s approvals process. “Their first gripe was about what they claimed was offensive sexual content in the game, which amounted to a couple things that…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 2, 2009
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  Kung Fu Panda Had The Best Video Game Animation Of 2008. Conversation Over.

  Kung Fu Panda? Says who? Says the International Animated Film Society, that’s who. The video game based on Dreamworks Animation’s movie of the same name just scored an Annie, beating out Dead Space and Wall·E. The 36th Annual Annie Awards threw down this past weekend, honoring the best that animated things have to offer, whether…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2009
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  Microsoft Finally Fixes NXE HDMI SNAFU

  The Xbox 360‘s “New Xbox Experience” wasn’t filled with the joyful noise of Avatar belches for some owners of the console. Some found their HDMI-ready systems without sound, which Microsoft is now, finally, addressing. Following the NXE roll out in November 2008, a segment of the Xbox 360 population found their previously working audio cutting…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2009
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  We Don’t Kill Trees

  To: Bash From: Crecente Re: “Now The Hell Will Start” We published K, our monthly features magazine, on Saturday. The reaction seemed to be mostly positive, though some people did seem a little confused about it. We’re never going to print or sell the thing, that would be crazy. First off it would cost too…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2009
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  Ludlum Rep Says Jason Bourne In The Hands Of “Grown Ups Now”

  Seems Robert Ludlum’s estate was no fan of Vivendi’s The Bourne Conspiracy. Keith Boesky, who represents the interests of Robert Ludlum, says of the new deal with Electronic Arts, “We’re dealing with grown ups now.” Ludlum Entertainment and EA announced earlier today that they had signed a deal to develop games based on the late…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2009
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  Chicago Comic Cons In 2010

  Good news, Windy City nerds. You’re getting your own Comic Con! While it may not share the name of its New York Comic Con sibling, it will give conventioneering Chicagoans cosplay options in 2010. The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo will hit McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center on April 16, 2010, a three-day geek-out that will…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead Valentines May Induce Vomiting, Romance

  Want to express your love eternal to the Left 4 Dead-loving dork or dorkess this Valentine’s Day? Say “I love you enough to print this out from the internet” with “special infected”-filled “Valventines.” Alexandria “Beavotron” Neonakis’ romantic contributions for this year bring out the romantic, fun-loving side of Left 4 Dead‘s survivors and its undead,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2009
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  Killzone 2 Impressions

  Yes, impressions. Not the review. We decided to hold off on our formal review until we can play the Playstation 3 game online under more typical conditions. Instead I’ve written up some of my initial thoughts from playing through the entire single-player campaign on the average difficulty setting. It’s easy when playing a game in…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2009
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  D-Pad Hero Brings Guitar Hero (Unofficially) To NES

  Add another fan-made Guitar Hero-inspired creation to the pile! While the Commodore 64 version may have followed the path set by the Harmonix-developed music game more closely, D-Pad Hero drops guitar controllers altogether. D-Pad Hero, a retro “demake,” uses rather simple-looking pad controls — simply press a button and one of the directional pad’s axes…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2009
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  Puzzle Quest: The Battle Of Grulkar Micro-Review: A Piece Of The Puzzle

  D3publisher takes the award-winning combination of roleplaying game and gem-based puzzler and brings it to the iPhone with Puzzle Quest: The Battle of Grulkar. Rather than release the entire game in one large chunk, D3 and TransGaming instead decided to split the original Puzzle Quest and its expansion, Bane of the Plague Lord, into three…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2009
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  Love Life Game Design Challenge Kicks Off

  The second annual Life. Love Game Design Challenge went live today, the first day of National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week in the U.S. The object of the competition is for people to create a Flash game about teen dating violence prevention and to do so without violent content or a violent theme.…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2009
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  This Week On Live Arcade: R-Type Dimensions

  This Wednesday on Xbox Live Arcade, shoot-em up fans get a healthy dose of redone retro goodness with R-Type Dimensions, repackaging and repolishing the first two games in the R-Type series. R-Type and R-Type II return this Wednesday in R-Type Dimensions, which takes the classic gameplay of the original shooters and updates them with all…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2009
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  iPhone Acconts for 14 Percent of All Mobile Game Downloads

  iPhone appears to be one of the main drivers behind mobile gaming growth, according to the comScore report released on Friday. iPhone owners accounted for 14 percent of mobile game downloaders in November, with 32.4 percent of all iPhone users reporting they downloaded a game in the month, compared with a market average of 3.8…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 2, 2009