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  Recital The Second

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Did You Watch The Oscars? Hope you had a nice weekend. We did. We went to Tristan’s second guitar recital on Saturday. He played with a group in front of maybe 60 people. Man, that kid has nerves of steel. Being out in front of everyone doesn’t seem to bother…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  The Cars Pulls Up To Rock Band Wii

  The Wii version of Rock Band 2 continues to close the downloadable content gap with its high-definition siblings, with The Cars debut album finally coming to the Wii’s Rock Band Music Store. The Cars’ self-titled record was previously released on other platforms last May, but Wii owners get it now, thanks to Harmonix’s continuing efforts.…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2009
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  Singularity Screens Show The Power Of Glove

  Raven Software‘s Singularity may have an uphill battle ahead of it to convince the first-person shooter market of its unique qualities, but Activision top brass loved it. Supposedly, it play-tested better than anything before it. Perhaps more gamers will need to go hands-on with its unique power glove, the TMD. That’s short for Time Manipulation…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2009
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  Resident Evil Gets a Complete Reboot With RE6

  With less than a month to go before Resident Evil 5 hits, 1Up is digging into the game to unearth a lot of new information including an interesting interview with the game’s producer. If this short intro to the week-long package can be believed, it sounds like Jun Takeuchi has finally come to the same…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  Persona 4 Is Your Deal Of The Day

  Why haven’t you picked up Persona 4 yet? Is it because, like me, you have about 10 hours of gaming time a week max and the idea of a 40 hour-plus game scares you? If so, I can sympathize. But if your reasoning is “I pay no more than $26 American for any PlayStation 2…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2009
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  Making Of Killzone 2 Could Be More Exciting Than Killzone 2

  What could be more fun that shooting your way across an alien planet in Killzone 2? How about standing in front of a green screen talking about making Killzone 2? Check out the team from Guerrilla Games as they talk us through the creation of Killzone 2, telling us something about dynamics and artificial intelligence…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  Sony Takes Over Movie Theater, Opens Playstation Playroom

  A Playstation playroom will be just one of the Sony plugs at a new movie theater opening in a LA suburb this week. The Muvico Entertainment-run theater in The Oaks shopping center will use Sony’s 4K SXRD digital projectors in the theaters, 16 Sony LCD televisions at the snackbars and have a bank of Playstation…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  Guitar Hero: Metallica’s King Diamond In Evil Polygons

  The inclusion of Mercyful Fate‘s King Diamond will ratchet up the evil in Guitar Hero: Metallica, as well as the Danish black metal quotient. As you can see, Mr. Diamond looks authentically and theatrically evil. That’s partially due to the details, like the appearance of Kind Diamond’s trademark microphone handle, made of real (polygonal) human…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2009
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  Ghostbusters Wii And DS – How The Other Half Look

  Far from the “realistic”Ghostbusters game Terminal Reality is creating for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, let’s take a look at what Nintendo Wii and DS players have to look forward to. I kind of like what developer Red Fly Studio has done for the Ghostbusters games for the Wii and PlayStation 2. Rather than…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  Electronic Arts Adds Microtransaction to Real Golf

  Last week’s DICE summit kicked off with a game of golf in the Nevada desert. To keep things interesting, and raise a bit of cash for charity, Electronic Arts added microtransactions to the game. We heard about the event through some of the coverage last week. It involved golfers buying power-ups that could move golf…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  Exit 2 Finds A Way To Xbox Live Arcade This Week

  The follow-up to Taito’s platformer-puzzler Exit is your Xbox Live Arcade game of the week, giving Mr. ESC all new burning buildings to escape from and near-death experiences to help others avoid. The sequel, Exit 2, gives fans of escorting the helpless 240 new stages to play through. Mr. ESC will be joined by two…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2009
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  So How Do You Curve Bullets In Wanted?

  A sequel to last year’s hit film, Wanted: Weapons of Fate allows players to curve bullets around objects in order to take their targets by surprise. So how’s that going to work? Developer GRIN had their work cut out for them in created Weapons of Fate. They had to recreate the action of curving your…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  Halo Wars Review: A Fistful of Spartans

  Halo has been safely nesting in the loving hands of Bungie for more than seven years. And it’s excelled as a first-person shooter, proving finally that you can make a great shooter on a console. In Halo Wars, gamers return to the beloved Xbox franchise to explore its early days in a real-time strategy title…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  Tales Of Horror From The Circuit City Liquidation

  While the closure of Circuit City may mean excellent (and not so excellent) deals on video games and electronics, it can also mean buyer remorse. Especially when one considers the “All sales are final” policy. Reader John tells us his tale of nonreturnable woe, a massive disappointment to the tune of $7.50. “I went into…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 23, 2009
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  DSi Creator Talks DSi Creation At GDC

  In another newly-revealed event scheduled for the 2009 Game Developers Conference next month, Nintendo DSi hardware group project leader Masato Kuwahara discusses the genesis of the next-generation DS. In a 60 minute lecture titled, “The Inspiration Behind Nintendo DSi Development”, Kuwahara will discuss how the company came to design the DSi, how it evolved from…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  Microsoft: Windows 7 Great For Games

  Do not fear Windows 7. Sure, the tests might show that Windows XP performs better, but Microsoft assures us all that the next version of their operation system will be “great for games”. So says Microsoft’s VP of the Interactive Entertainment Business for the EMEA region, Chris Lewis, speaking to GamesIndustry.biz about the future of…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  This Chinatown Wars Van Begs To Be Stolen

  Rockstar Games has their Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars van making the rounds to promote the upcoming Nintendo DS game, and while we would never encourage stealing, isn’t it just begging for it? I can’t help but smile imagining the Rockstar representatives, on their way out of the Massachusetts GameStop where they were demoing the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  Nintendo Teases Pikmin Wii With a Plant

  Nintendo sent a message plant to Kotaku Tower today along with a postcard from Pikmin’s Captain Olimar to tease the upcoming North American Release of New Play Control! Pikmin. The plant will, in a week or so, unfurl to reveal a single word. Probably Pikmin!

  By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009
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  Weekly Wii Update: The Commodore 64 Returns

  It’s a banner day for fans of old computer games, as Nintendo introduces three classic Commodore 64 titles to a new generation of North American gamers. Yes, the clues in last week’s Wii Update led us to one inevitable conclusion: Commodore 64 games were coming to North America. We just didn’t realize it would be…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009
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  PSP Go!Messenger No Longer Going Come April

  After only a year in service, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is pulling the plug on its Go!Messenger service, which brought video and voice chat to PSP owners throughout Europe. The Go!Messenger service was a joint effort between SCEE and wireless network operator BT to bring instant messaging, voice calls, and video conferencing to the PSP…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 23, 2009