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  The Ultimate Rock Band/Guitar Hero Instrument Compatibility Guide

  A few years out from the release of Rock Band we’re still a bit confused as to what instruments work with which music game. Same goes for Guitar Hero. Fortunately, there’s now this official chart to help us out. We say “official” because it comes straight from the top: Harmonix themselves have put it together…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2009
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  flOw Played liVe

  Composer Austin Wintory has always wanted to adapt his score for PSN game flOw for live performance by an orchestra. “Obviously the in-game music was entirely electronic, with the exception of choral voices,” blogs Wintory, “but I had an idea floating around my brain (somewhat resembling the jelly fish, careening out of control after spinning…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2009
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  Don’t Appeal Against Square Enix In Court, You’ll Pay Big Time

  Back in early 2007, Korean popstar Ivy released a music video that looked remarkably like Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Square Enix took Korean entertainment production company Fantom and producer Hong Jeong-ho to court. And in March 2008, a judgment was passed, ruling in Square Enix’s favor with a damage award of approximately US$244,000. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 4, 2009
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  The Mario Bros. Move to Bensonhurst

  As seen on 87th St. at 18th Ave., Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. [Joel Tavaras, Dualshockers]

  By Owen Good Published August 4, 2009
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  Valve Releasing More Team Fortress 2 SDK

  Not content with releasing a software development kit for Team Fortress 2’s maps and environments, Valve will soon be releasing the SDK for the game’s character models and animations as well. What does this mean? It means modders have access to some of gaming’s finest characters and can alter their appearance and movements as they…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 4, 2009
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  Aliens vs. Predator Site Says February 2010

  Bit of incremental news for those who were space marine before space marine was so cool – Sega’s updated its Aliens vs. Predator site with a coming soon date: February 2010. You can catch the trailer for it here, but, yes, it involves lots of shooting, hideous deaths, seething, hissing, and guttural alien language. Rebellion’s…

  By Owen Good Published August 4, 2009
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  McSweeney’s Outs Samus Aran, Fanfics Gay Marriage Rant

  Normally, we’d recommend just about any piece of fan fiction that begins with Metroid bounty hunter Samus Aran coming out of the closet. But McSweeney’s satirical rant from the Zebes native isn’t even remotely sexy. Serious Metroid fans may get a titter out of the referential piece, but conservative Galactic Federation types aren’t going to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009
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  EA Boss Not Yet Ready To Talk About Next Medal Of Honor

  EA CEO John Riccitiello made first official mention of the continuing Medal of Honor franchise today during the company’s quarterly earnings call, but gave little indication on how the series would progress. Riccitiello said the next Medal of Honor game is “somewhere out there,” but that executives on the call were “not yet in a…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009
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  Madden 10 Pre-Sales Tracking Ahead of Madden 09

  In the same conference call announcing Madden Arcade, EA Sports boss Peter Moore said this year’s version of the football franchise is doing better in pre-sales than last year’s 20th anniversary edition. As reported by IndustryGamers, Moore said that, with 10 days to go before the Aug. 14 drop, “we’re now marginally ahead year-on-year.” Last…

  By Owen Good Published August 4, 2009
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  Vanillaware Boss Says HD Update For Muramasa Possible

  Vanillaware’s Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a lovely looking side-scroller. But it could be even lovelier at higher-than-Wii resolution, an option not out of the realm of possibility, according to studio founder George Kamitami. He tells Gamasutra that Muramasa: The Demon Blade‘s assets are created at double the size of what we’ll see in the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009
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  Puzzle Bobble iPhone Screens Pop Up

  Taito’s teasing Puzzle Bobble (aka Bust-A-Move) for iPhone on its Facebook page, fresh off Space Invaders Infinity Gene‘s critical success. Looks like they’re also teasing other Taito classics yet to come for the iPhone, judging from the collage image (shown here). Based on the other two teaser images, though, we can probably expect Bub and…

  By AJ Glasser Published August 4, 2009
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  Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Comes To Wii This November

  Wii owners will be getting their own Modern Warfare fix this fall, as Activision will release Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for Nintendo’s best-selling platform in November, arriving day and date with Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will be a port of Infinity Ward’s blockbuster hit Call of Duty 4:…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009
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  Kotaku NYC, For A Day

  To: Ash From: Totilo Re: Don’t Let This Flower Die! We looked at the performance of the site yesterday and came to a simple conclusion: time to let Crecente go. Gone. Finished. Done. Well, for the day. The black lion of the Voltron that is Kotaku took the day off today. In that lion’s place…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 4, 2009
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  Cobra Command Conquers EA HQ

  As seen from the offices of EA’s campus, which could use a window wash.

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009
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  Fairytale Fights First Look Needs A Second Glance

  Yesterday’s Fairytale Fights trailer was old b-roll footage accidentally uploaded to the press site. Here’s the real show Playlogic wanted you to see. Today I sat down with the developer for a hands-on demo of Fairytale Fights. My actual preview is embargoed until August 19, but I was given permission to share a couple of…

  By AJ Glasser Published August 4, 2009
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  Sega Flings Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll Release Date At Us

  Officially reminding us of the game’s existence, as teased in July, Sega announced Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll for the Wii today, issuing a slightly more accurate winter 2010 release date for the sequel. Sega confirms that both Wii Balance Board and Wii Remote and Nunchuk controls can be used for the game, which…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009
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  EA Sports Active *So* Successful It’s Delaying Other Games

  The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of EA Sports‘ Grand Slam Tennis will be coming a little later than originally planned, thanks to the runaway success of EA Sports Active. What does one have to do with the other? EA Sports head honcho Peter Moore says that the sports label is focused on getting…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009
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  Hear Activision Unite The Music Of KRS-One and David Bowie

  This fall’s DJ Hero is based on the concept of mixing two songs together. From two artists. No matter how different they are. Like David Bowie and KRS-One. Give that and two more mixes a listen. That first one is “Let’s Dance” and “Jack of Spades” as mixed by DJ Shadow. Here’s the Beastie Boys…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 4, 2009
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  EA Plans Pick Up And Play ‘Madden Arcade’

  Electronic Arts is planning a smaller, arcade-style version of its long-running Madden NFL football franchise, revealing that the publisher is working on Madden Arcade for a release before the holiday season. EA Sports bossman Peter Moore announced the game today. Moore described Madden Arcade as following in the vein of the publisher’s Xbox Live Arcade…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 4, 2009
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  Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta Micro-Review: The Final Frontier

  Bethesda has released the final planned downloadable content for Fallout 3 on the Xbox 360 and PC, beaming players aboard a strange alien vessel in Mothership Zeta. We’ve been to Alaska in the past, Pittsburgh in the present, and we’ve even taken a field trip to Point Lookout State Park, so really, is there anywhere…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 4, 2009