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  And This Is The Guild Wars 2 Trailer

  Guild Wars 2, upcoming MMORPG from developer ArenaNet, has a trailer. You should watch it. Back in February, ArenaNet’s Mike O’Brien pointed out in an open letter that Guild Wars 2 never had a firm release date attached to it, so there really was no delay regarding the title’s fluid release date, as many gaming…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  Interplay Classics (i.e., Fallout) Now Available On Steam

  Valve announced yesterday that five classic Interplay titles have been released on Steam. Well, six if you count the fact one of them is a bundle offer. Most people will head straight for Fallout. Or Fallout 2. Or Fallout Tactics. Or even the Fallout Collection, bundling all three. That’s cool, Fallout’s all the rage right…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XIV Clip Smorgasbord

  Square Enix is bringing MMO Final Fantasy XIV to the PC and the PS3 in 2010. At Gamescom, the company showed off footage of the title. Besides tech demos, there are clips of the game in action on the show floor. Check ’em out. Video Games | Final Fantasy XIV Online | GC 09: Character…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  Aliens vs Predator Screens Burst Out Of Gamescom’s Chest

  Sega’s Aliens vs Predator is at Gamescom. Know what it reminds me of? You know when bloom lighting first came on the scene, and some games went a little overboard with it? It reminds me of that.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  World of Warcraft: The Magazine

  The title is self-explanatory. But here are the details: Publisher Future has teamed up with WoW developer Blizzard Entertainment for quarterly title World of Warcraft: The Magazine. Available in English, French, German and Spanish, the publication is sold via subscription only through World of Warcraft Account Management or from the mag’s official site. The magazine…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  Ability To Launch Games From Within PlayStation Home Hits This Fall

  One of PlayStation Home‘s biggest drawbacks to date has been that it’s so…disconnected from the rest of the console. Making it an impractical thing. Home v1.3 is looking to change that. As we liveblogged, sometime this “fall”, Home will be upgraded to v1.3, and with that upgrade a host of changes will be made to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  Want To Know This Lady’s Name? [Update]

  Remember that long-haired lady? The one in recent Final Fantasy XIII trailers with eye-catching glasses? She has a name, you know. Her name is Jill Nabato, and she’s not only a Lieutenant Colonel, but a “cruel-hearted” baddie. But, hey, nice glasses! Update: The official English spelling has been released: Jihl Nabaat. Another Final Fantasy XIII…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  Just Cause 2’s Tourist Dollar Pitch

  If only we could actually visit an island that sold itself to the world by letting you attach a truck to a helicopter, take off then use the truck as a wrecking ball to blow up a gas station. Below, the clip. And below that: a bonus! The game’s box art.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  If The PS3 Is A Formula 1 Racer, What Is Xbox 360? The Wii?

  According to this Japanese news show, the Xbox 360 is an expensive foreign car. The Wii? It’s a go-kart. Look at that kid! He’s gonna have a blast. Courtesy of Japanese television. Thank you, Japanese television.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  New Brink Screenshots

  Part of what’s got me so interested in Brink is the game’s visuals. A pinch of Crackdown, a dash of Mirror’s Edge, whisk for 30 seconds and hey presto, you’ve got Brink’s paradise island metropolis gone wrong.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  Does Uncharted 2’s Kathmandu Look Like Kathmandu?

  Comparison time! Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is set in numerous locations including Nepal’s Kathmandu. So let’s see how Uncharted 2‘s Kathmandu stacks up with, I dunno, Kathmandu! チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報:『アンチャーテッド２』 VS カトマンズの実写風景 [チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  No Multiplayer For LittleBigPlanet On PSP

  It was always going to be a struggle squeezing everything from the PS3 version of LBP into the PSP version. Something had to give. Turns out that something is multiplayer. “The one thing we’ve lost is multiplayer,” Sony’s Mark Green told Eurogamer. “You’ve got full physics systems, you got full create mode, you’ve got all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  Let’s Look At Final Fantasy XIII Summon’s Horsey Mode

  Summon character Odin has been appearing in Final Fantasy games since FFIII. The summon returns for FFXIII, and he can only be summoned by character Lighting. Here is a first look at Odin in his “Gestalt Mode” in which he transforms into a horse for Lighting to ride. Gitty-up!

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  Lots And Lots Of Alan Wake Gameplay Footage

  This starts off as a developer diary. Don’t let that bother you. For starters, the clip is full of in-game action. And secondly…their Scandinavian accents are just so soothing.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 20, 2009
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  New Devil Kings Bound For Wii *And* PS3

  Capcom’s big-in-Japan franchise Sengoku Basara 3 (Devil Kings 3) has already been announced for the Wii. But there’s another platform announcement: The game is coming to the PS3. Originally released in Japan on the PS2 back in 2005, the series’ sequels have reached a wide audience in The Land of the Rising Sun. This past…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 20, 2009
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  GRIN Were Working On A Final Fantasy Game

  There were the faintest of rumblings about this a couple of months ago, but now that GRIN are officially out of business, it can come to light that they’d been working on…a Final Fantasy game. Professional resume snoop superannuation has uncovered some concept art and CV listings for a game code-named “Fortress”, which we’re all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2009
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  Gran Turismo PSP Screens

  Like other racing games, Gran Turismo is often criticised for offering up screenshots that are…well, not what you’ll see in the game. Which is why we like these screens so much. They’re exactly what you’ll see in the game.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2009
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  PS3 Slim Ad Copies Photographs, Features Rumored Drug Users

  In its native Japan, the PS3 Slim ad machine is kicking into high gear with a slick campaign. Yet, as with many past Sony promotions, this one is already drawing controversy. Titled “Play Face”, the campaign pays homage (rips off?) to artist Phillip Toledano’s series of video game photographs of gamers’ O-face. About his original…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 19, 2009
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  Improve Your Player Stock at the Draft Combine

  NBA 2K10 one-ups the create-yourself sports fantasy with its upcoming DLC package, which allows you to play in the build-a-baller workshop and then experience the thrilling meat market of the NBA Draft Combine. More than just facial features and uniform choices, you see here how the game allows you to give your guy traits based…

  By Owen Good Published August 19, 2009
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  Kotick: Most Gamers Prefer Sequels to New IP

  Those CEOs, the things they say when they’re talking to the magazines CEOs read, thinking no one’s watching. Talking to the Economist, Activision’s Bobby Kotick said “a small segment” of gamers are the ones insisting “everything has to be new.” In an Aug. 13 profile run by the respected news magazine, Kotick responded to a…

  By Owen Good Published August 19, 2009