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  Bungie Says Goodbye To Halo 3

  There’s a map pack for Halo 3 coming soon, and after that, there’s a singleplayer expansion, but after that? Is there anything more planned? Probably not, as Bungie are saying “goodbye” to the game. Chatting with IGN, Bungie’s Brian Jarrard says: Overall though, we are viewing the ODST campaign and the included multiplayer maps as…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009
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  State of Texas Creates Video Game Day

  What were you doing on February 3rd? Let us tell you what you should have been doing, you should have been celebrating Entertainment Software Day. Oh yes. The State of Texas has dubbed the day to recognize the impact of video games on the Texas economy. This is the first time the gaming has been…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  Warhammer Online Developers Talk Job Cuts

  EA own Mythic, the team behind Warhammer Online. EA are cutting 1100 jobs. How many of those are at Mythic? We don’t know. We do, however, know where Mythic are cutting jobs. Responding to persistent rumours concerning the scale of layoffs at the company, GM Mark Jacobs has posted on the game’s official site, confirming…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2009
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  Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier Expands To North America

  Atlus U.S.A. announced today that DS action RPG Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier will be release in North America on April 28. Packed with giant mechas and giant other things, Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier with its customized turn and time-based attacks features characters features characters from other titles Xenosaga and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 5, 2009
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  Lucasarts Classics Reborn As Lucasfilm Movie Posters

  Lucasfilm make movies. Lucasarts make games. Rarely do the two ever actually meet, but today, they meet in these fantastic mock-ups, showing what Lucasarts games would look like as movie posters. Some do little but stretch the game’s cover art out into movie poster dimensions. But others? These Day of the Tentacle and Fate of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2009
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  Game Design Student Turned Model

  Contestant on TV’s America’s Next Top Model, Asperger’s sufferer and rock climber Heather Kuzmich didn’t go from modeling to game design, but, as she puts it, from game design to modeling. Kuzmich is currently enrolled at the Illinois Institute of Art, majoring in Video Game-Art design. “At first I wanted to get into costume design,”…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2009
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  Champions Of Norrath Developers Bought By Warner Bros.

  Warner Bros. today continued their push into the video game market, buying Snowblind Studios, the development studio behind Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath. Kevin Tsujihara, Warner’s Home Entertainment boss, says of the move: This is a good fit for Warner Bros. and Snowblind Studios. The arrangement broadens our portfolio with quality games…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2009
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  Up Close With SEGA’s New Portable Hardware

  Last fall, word first broke of the SEGA VISION, which was rumored to be a PSP rival and a re-entry into the portable hardware gaming sphere. That is, until SEGA shot down those rumors. A SEGA spokesperson stated last year, “The VISION is primarily an MP4 video player with some basic games functionality, and not…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2009
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  Invincible Tiger Clawing Its Way To XBLA, PSN

  Oh, look. Namco Bandai has another kick and punch packed video game on the way, announcing Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network today. As Han Tao, you’ll attempt to reclaim the Star of Destiny from the ever-so-descriptively named Evil Overlord, kicking, punching and generally beating the stuffing…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  New Tekken 6 Screens Just As Ridiculous As The Last Ones

  Namco Bandai hit us with a six-part combo of new Tekken 6 screen shots today, each more bear fight-filled and eye-laser packed than the last. Oh, it’s Tekken alright. Crazy, insane Tekken. We really ought to run caption contests for these things, as whatever justification you, the reader, can provide as to why Paul would…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  RIP “Free Radical” As Developers Get A Name Change

  Look, it’s great for the staff at Time Splitters developer Free Radical that the studio found a buyer. Nobody likes to be out of a job. But did they need a name change? A condition of the purchase is that, as they are assimilated into Crytek’s (the studio’s buyers) European mainframe, Free Radical will no…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 4, 2009
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  Mom Blames Man, Media Blames Xbox For Teen’s Runaway Attempt

  The mother of a Michigan teen who went missing for three days visited Good Morning America today, saying her daughter was “lured” to Puerto Rico by a 26-year-old man she met on Xbox Live. “He would play a game and just come into the room,” said Stacey Rieberger. “If you have a Live account, then…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 4, 2009
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  Italian Cruise Line Equips Fleet With PlayStations

  Costa Cruises signed an agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment Italia to put PlayStation 2s and 3s aboard all of their ships by the end of 2009. Starting in June, Costa Cruise lines in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean will have an area called “PlayStation World” for passengers to play PS3s. There will also be PlayStations…

  By AJ Glasser Published February 4, 2009
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  Rumor: Battlefield 1943: Pacific Appearing At NY Comic Con

  Looks like EA may be bringing the Battlefield series back to World War II, as listings — and a supposed announcement — for Battlefield 1943: Pacific indicate a New York Comic Con showing. Talk of another Battlefield title due in 2009 has been swirling on the on the official EA forums, with users rooting out…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Onslaught Brings Online Co-op FPS To WiiWare

  Hudson Entertainment is giving WiiWare its first (brief pause) first-person shooter in Onslaught, which also happens to be the first online, 4-player cooperative first-person shooter on WiiWare. In other words, FIRST! Onslaught is pitched by Hudson as a futuristic sci-fi shooter, pitting a squad of up to four players in a battle against “mysterious creatures”…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  More Sackings

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Did Gmail Change The Location Of The Delete Button? Man, this year has been rough. This season has been rough. Did you see that THQ plans to layoff 600 people? I can’t imagine what it must be like in places central to game development right now, like San Francisco. It’s…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2009
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  Yuji Naka Wanted Sega To Stay In The Hardware Biz

  Former Sonic Team head honcho Yuji Naka is a Dreamcast fanboy. And he was very much against Sega’s decision to bail on the hardware business, to kill off the Dreamcast, he says in a new interview. Naka, now at Sega funded start up Prope, tells Kikizo “until the very final moments, I was really against…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Man Arrested For Choking Girlfriend With Wii Controller

  Daniel Alvarez of Austin, Texas has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault after he attempted to strangle his girlfriend with a Wii controller cord, according to police. He’s also suspected of eating her cookies. Christina Alvarado, Alvarez’s girlfriend, told police that she was attacked by her boyfriend after a fight, one brought on for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2009
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  Busta Rhymes Debuting New Song in Lost & Damned

  We’ve talked in detail about Grand Theft Auto IV’s upcoming downloadable episode, but the Associated Press breaks down the music the game will feature, including at least one debut. The Lost and Damned expansion pack will include new music along with the hours of new play, AP reports. Among the artists signed up to include…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2009
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  Steam Drops Major Audiosurf Update

  Audiosurf players are urged to log into the Steam service today, as a massive international patch is released, fixing bugs and adding new functionality to the popular indie music game. The new international update for Audiosurf is now available on Steam. Simply open up the Steam client, and watch it make patching magic. A slew…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 4, 2009