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  Hideo Kojima to Keynote Game Developers Conference

  Hideo Kojima, the man behind the Metal Gear series and director of Kojima Productions, will talk about creative game design challenges and the design philosophies behind the Metal Gear series at this year’s GDC. Solid Game Design: Making the Impossible Possible, will be Kojima’s first appearance at the Game Developers Conference. “The Game Developers Conference…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 10, 2009
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  Scholastic Called Out For Selling Games in Schools

  I was surprised. late last year, when I discovered venerable publisher Scholastic selling video games during their annual book fair at my son’s elementary school. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one. The U.S. publisher of Harry Potter books is under attack by a children’s advocacy group for marketing toys, lip gloss and video games to…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 10, 2009
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  A Quick Look At Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao

  Namco Bandai made up for not bringing Splatterhouse to Comic-Con to demo for us by instead showing off this little title for XBLA and PSN. What Is it? That’s what I wanted to know, too. You play as Han Tao and you’re looking to reclaim you Star of Destiny. It’s a 2D brawler where main…

  By Jim Reilly Published February 10, 2009
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  The Cosplay of NYCC (Part Two)

  Here is part two of our New York Comic-Con cosplay journey. Here’s part one in case you missed it earlier. Click the jump for the rest of the batch!

  By Jim Reilly Published February 10, 2009
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  Update: Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Demo Hits Consoles This Week

  A downloadable demo for Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. hits the Xbox 360 on Feb. 11, Ubisoft announced today. The demo will arrive on the PC and Playstation 3 on Feb. 26, in North America. The 360 version will hit at 2 a.m. Pacific time. For those living in Europe you can get the PS3 version of…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 10, 2009
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  “I’ve Heard Warm Dr. Pepper With Lemon Helps”

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Dead Rising 2! No apologies, sadly. (T_T) Been having a nagging cough today, and this week. I don’t feel sick, but I just can’t shake it. I was moaning about this on my Twitter/Facebook feed, and I got lots of helpful advice from very nice people. Best/strangest from from internet…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009
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  Prey Is Coming To The iPhone

  There are many games well-suited to Apple’s iPhone. SimCity, for one. Advance Wars, that would be another (HINT). But first-person shooters? Hrm. But hey, maybe Prey – of all games – can change that. Yes, Prey. You know. American Indians, spike machines, assholes on the wall, that Prey. Somehow, somebody, somewhere thought porting the game…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2009
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  BAFTA Games Awards Nominees Announced (It’s Mario Galaxy vs Grand Theft Auto IV)

  Remember the 2008 BAFTA gaming awards? Liar. There weren’t any, because the organisers realised holding the awards in October – before many of the year’s biggest games are out – was silly. So they postponed them, with an eye towards holding the awards in early 2009. Now, it’s early 2009, and good to their word,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2009
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  Get Ready For Ten Years of Gears

  Gears of War is a hugely successful franchise. It’s what the kids call a “juggernaut.” But don’t expect this juggernaut to fade like the summer sun. Oh no. Gears of War 2 writer Joshua Ortega dished during a recent New York Comic-Con Gears panel: “You will not be disappointed in the next ten years…It’s a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009
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  British Sales Charts

  Earlier tonight, we told you that Britain had overtaken Japan to become the world’s second-biggest games market. Last week’s sales charts are as good an example as any as to why. Look at those top 5 games. Just look at them. Then, if you’ve a few more seconds to spare, look at, oh, #17 &…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2009
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  Be Scary, Win F.E.A.R. 2

  Contest time! We’re giving away a copy of multi-plat horror shooter FEAR 2: Project Origin. Here’s the contest: Masks are scary, so make a mask. You can make it out mask out of anything — but the key is that you must make it and not buy it. Take a picture of yourself and send…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009
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  Xbox Live Goes Free Of Charge For Grand Theft Auto IV Expansion

  Displaying the same kind of “throw that money away” attitude that won them exclusivity for the Grand Theft Auto IV expansions, Microsoft have announced that Xbox Live Gold will soon go (sort of) free. Between February 17 and February 22, anybody playing either Grand Theft Auto IV or its upcoming expansion, The Lost & The…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2009
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  Nintendo Building New R&D Center In Japan

  Companies are hemorrhaging money and jobs. Even Nintendo is cutting its profit forecast. That’s not to say the company is cutting back on everything, though. Nintendo’s expanding. It’s been revealed that the end of last year, the company forked over approximately ¥12.8 billion for a 40,000 square meter piece of property near the current Nintendo…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009
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  Sega Losing Money, Closing Arcades, Cutting Jobs

  Sega just reported their financial results for the nine months ending in December 2008. And they’re not good reading. The company is losing money, and as a result, will be losing staff and arcades as well. Across Sega Sammy Holdings as a whole – which includes Sammy’s pachinko/pachislot machines, along with Sega’s arcade machines and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2009
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  New Pokemon Center Opening In Japan

  Pokémon Centers are official retailers in Japan that sell, you guessed it, official Pokémon goods. Now there are five of these stores in Japan. Starting next month, there will be six. On March 6, a Pokémon Center will open in Sapporo, joining Pokémon Centers in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Yokohama. More info in the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009
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  Q*Bert Clone Is The Latest iPhone Copyright Scam

  We’ve seen dodgy, unlicensed games on Apple’s App Store before. But rarely have we seen a dodgy, unlicensed game that takes the words “copyright infringement” to heart quite like CuBert. Yup, say that one out loud. Sound familiar? Course it does. But it looks even more familiar, with the “developers” (Italian outfit LagMac Studio) not…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2009
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  Lara Croft Model, Cell Phone Model

  Last week, Lara Croft model Alison Carroll appeared at an cellphone shop in London to promote Sony Ericsson phones — only one of which has anything to do with Tomb Raider. Um, yeah. Guess they need to fill her contract until the character gets an overhaul. Compared to previous Lara Croft models, poor Alison Carroll…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009
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  Tart Up Your Arcade Sticks With Custom Street Fighter IV Skins

  Street Fighter IV is coming, and Capcom knows you’re going to want to be prepared for it. So for those with both editions of Mad Catz’s Fight Sticks, they have prepared some faceplates. Yup. Faceplates. Blank faceplates. As things stand, when you take the sticks out of the box, you’re greeted with a rather bland-looking…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2009
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  Black DS Lite Has Been Discontinued

  According to this supposed GameStop daily newsletter, the DS Lite Onyx handheld has been discontinued. The newsletter reads: DS Lite Onyx hardware systems have been discontinued and stores will no longer be replenished on this product. Once your store sells through its current stock of this item, please remove any empty DS Onyx display boxes…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009
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  Chun Li Movie Poster With Much Overdue Thighs

  The other Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li have all been missing one thing very important — no, two things. That’s right, thighs. There are blue eyes, this collection of faces and hot Vega claw action. Not thighs! The latest poster (for Japan) does its best to fill the void. FINALLY.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 10, 2009