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And now some Independence Weekend deals for the PC gamers… a whole day early

Hey PC gamers, you like keeping your money, right? Of course you do, all multiplatform titles get an instant $10 discount! This weekend, though, there are a few other deals worth mention that save a little (or a lot) more. ...

No new suits in Super Mario Galaxy 2, just Yoshi power

It seems we won’t be seeing any new suits for the multi-profession plumber in the next Super Mario Galaxy game. Nintendodpad found from Miyamoto that Yoshi power-ups will take their place. From the trailer (check at 0:29), we currently have ...

Grease games coming to Wii, DS

To the tune of Summer Nights… Grease the movie, is getting a game Call me psychic, but it will be lame 505 Games has secured the rights with musical theater majors locked in their sights If this girl gamer, had any say This buh-bad idea would ...

Asteroids to shoot up silver screen

Universal has secured the rights to create a film based on the 1979 arcade game, Asteroids. Yes, that is not a typo, we are talking about the little triangle ship that went around in space, shooting rocks and innocent flying ...

Review / Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)

It’s a sign of the times that EA have essentially been given the green light to launch MotionPlus - Nintendo’s latest and most important peripheral since the Wii’s launch, with both Tiger Woods 10 and Grand Slam Tennis. Typically all ...

Fez finally coming to the XBLA in “early 2010?

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Sadly that’s all we know. Fez, every independent gamer’s crush, has finally found itself a platform and a release date — early 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade. I already had to repeat the title. See the image above? It’s a screenshot of Polytron’s website. That’s not the image that came with the an announcement, that’s [...]

Dan Hsu discusses the new EGM

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Dan Hsu is the guy many people credit with running EGM into the ground, which is kind of ridiculous considering it was the internet and gaming blogs (sorry!) that really did it. Still, the man is a prolific figure in the world of gaming journalism, and if you follow him now you know he is [...]

id making a new ip?

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Buyouts happen. Sometimes it’s a good thing, other times it’s bad. In the case of ZeniMax getting id Software, everyone involved with the buyout was excited about what it could mean. Whether it was by getting ahold of the guys who made the FPS genre with games like DOOM and Quake, or by getting a [...]

Batman developer diary takes us inside Arkham Asylum

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Gotham City won’t soon be topping any fictional travel destination lists, but as dank and dark as Bruce Wayne’s beloved city is it can’t compare with Arkham Asylum according to this latest developer diary for Batman: Arkham Asylum. Here we get some insight into why developers Rocksteady Studios chose the iconic psychiatric hospital as the [...]

More Battlestations: Pacific DLC incoming

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Looking to brighten up a carefree summer day than with some good ol’ fashioned naval combat? Look no further, my fellow sailors, Eidos has announced the addition of two inbound DLC packs for Battlestations: Pacific.
The Mustang Pack, priced at 160 MS points, features six brand new units and 18 new pieces of nose art. Nose [...]

Review / Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)

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It’s a sign of the times that EA have essentially been given the green light to launch MotionPlus - Nintendo’s latest and most important peripheral since the Wii’s launch, with both Tiger Woods 10 and Grand Slam Tennis. Typically all of Nintendo’s hardware arrives simultaneously with its own killer app designed to show the technology’s [...]

Asteroids to shoot up silver screen

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Universal has secured the rights to create a film based on the 1979 arcade game, Asteroids. Yes, that is not a typo, we are talking about the little triangle ship that went around in space, shooting rocks and innocent flying saucers. Pew-pew-pew!
After winning the rights in a four(!) studio budding war, Universal has brought in [...]

Grease games coming to Wii, DS

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To the tune of Summer Nights…
Grease the movie, is getting a game
Call me psychic, but it will be lame
505 Games has secured the rights
with musical theater majors locked in their sights

If this girl gamer, had any say
This buh-bad idea would just go away
Tell us more, tell us more,
motion controls will be employed
Tell us more, tell [...]

No new suits in Super Mario Galaxy 2, just Yoshi power

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It seems we won’t be seeing any new suits for the multi-profession plumber in the next Super Mario Galaxy game.
Nintendodpad found from Miyamoto that Yoshi power-ups will take their place. From the trailer (check at 0:29), we currently have a speed boost and a balloon-like ability.
Aside from the power-ups, Miyamoto stated that Super Mario [...]

And now some Independence Weekend deals for the PC gamers… a whole day early

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Hey PC gamers, you like keeping your money, right? Of course you do, all multiplatform titles get an instant $10 discount! This weekend, though, there are a few other deals worth mention that save a little (or a lot) more. Check ‘em.
To start out, Street Fighter IV for PC is among us, but not quite [...]