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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Atlus Online Does Steampunk With Neo Steam
Atlus Online has revealed the first game to be offered on the new online community, JoyImpact’s massively multiplayer online steampunk game Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent. Announced earlier this month, Atlus Online is a community portal for fans of Atlus games and anime, which will feature a wide variety of online games for the community…
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Funcom Loses Big, Chief Financial Officer Bails
The Age of Conan has been rather rough on Funcom, whose fourth quarter financials reveal an operating loss of $23.3 million, possibly prompting the departure of chief financial officer Olav Sandnes. Funcom’s latest massively multiplayer online game Age of Conan is to blame for the company’s huge deficit, with $22.8 million depreciating in the face…
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Riddick Assaults Dark Athena In April
The next chapter in the Riddick saga is ready to unfold, as Atari announces an April release for Assault on Dark Athena, with playable demos hitting the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next month. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena features an all-new story for actor Vin Diesel’s bad ass antihero Riddick, who…
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ICO Creator Speaks At Game Developers Conference
With ICO and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda speaking at this year’s Games Developers Conference, could the show play host to the reveal of his next game? Fumito Ueda will be on hand at the 2009 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco next month to speak on a panel on evolving game design,…
By Mike Fahey
