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monday

Ratchet and Clank All 4 One Co-Op Discussed playstation.com media news aspro

New Arkham City Screens Joker ain't looking too hot. ign.com media aspro

Ninja Theory Talks About Enslaved's World Also their develpment philosophy and acting. arstechnica.com news aspro

Second Halo Reach DLC Confirmed 800 Microsoft points. mcvuk.com news aspro

Ubisoft Has 21% Market Share of Kinect mcvuk.com news aspro

Duke Nukem Forever is 16-18 Hours Long Was rumored to be 12 hours. vg247.com news aspro

UK Charts Update TDU2 races to first place. vg247.com news aspro

Gabe Newell Talks About Profitability of Valve 250 staff, company valued at $4 billion USD. industrygamers.com news aspro

Crytek/ EA Respond to Crysis 2 Torrenting "Piracy continues to damage the PC packaged goods market and the PC development community." eurogamer.net news aspro

Batman Arkham City Won't Have Multiplayer Nice quote - some integrity was involved. bigdownload.com news aspro

It's Official: Bizarre Creations Closes on Friday Long anticipated, no new owner comes forward. vg247.com news aspro

Ubisoft Beats Sales Expectations for Q3 BroHo sold 6.5 million copies. gamasutra.com news aspro

Mirror's Edge 2 Development "Stalled" Sunderland said he can't develop the title for the sake of "charity." gamespot.com news aspro

Transformers Game Will Prologue Events in Film Will set up story for Summer blockbuster. activision.com news aspro

1UP Reviews Marvel Vs Capcom 3 "you'll experience something new in every match" "A-" 1up.com impressions aspro

World of Goo says iPad launch beat peak WiiWare, Steam sales But iPad users don't think its fun appleinsider.com news robio

Playstation 2 Hits 150 Million Sold 1.5 billion games sold for the system. andriasang.com news aspro

Impressions of Dragon Quest 6 The DQ equivalent of FF5? siliconera.com impressions aspro

Zynga (Farmville) Valued at $9 Billion USD Cityville already has over 100 million monthly users. vg247.com news aspro

tuesday

Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel Explained C'mon Nippon Ichi. joystiq.com news aspro

Relic Bringing New RTS in August Makers of War Hammer and Company of Heroes. ripten.com news aspro

Dream Trigger 3DS announced by D3 Publisher It is a Rythym Shoot 'em Up computerandvideogames.com news Nintyfan17

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models on PSN in 3D 3D? More like 3DD! computerandvideogames.com news aspro

Killzone 3 Getting Hardware Bundle computerandvideogames.com news aspro

Wii Pokemon RPG Ruled Out Creators says core-Pokemon will always be for handhelds. mcvuk.com news aspro

Halo Remake Rumor Was Just That Magazine with big XB re-make exclusive says it's not Halo. computerandvideogames.com news aspro

54% of Torrented Games Come From Five Countries Italy, Spain, China, Brazil and France gamasutra.com news aspro

Super Mario All-Stars Getting North American Reprint So much for "limited" edition. ripten.com news aspro

New Trailer for Alice Sequel arstechnica.com media aspro

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Coming to PC The USA and "certain EMEA countries". eurogamer.net news aspro

Double Fine Announces Sesame Street Kinect A licenced game from the arthouse? 1up.com news aspro

Starcraft 2 Patch 1.2.1 Now Available Better level matching, some big fixes. bigdownload.com news aspro

Final Fantasy V Coming to PSN March 3 andriasang.com news aspro

Lemmings Turns 20 - Gets a Plaque Created by Rockstar North in 1991. vg247.com news aspro

1UP Review Dragon Quest 6 "should be more than enough to please ardent fans" "B" 1up.com editorial impressions aspro

THQ Making Voltron Games gamespot.com news aspro

EA/ NFL Exclusivity Extended through 2013 NFL probably wanted to shore up deal before lock-out weakened their position. sportsbusinessdaily.com news aspro

Sony: We've Learned from PS3 Pricing Mistake Factored in price, then worked backwards with NGP. 1up.com news aspro

wednesday

Japanese Sales Charts Week of Feb. 7 PSP RPG debuts at #1 220K sold. vg247.com news aspro

EA's MyGarden for 3DS Cancelled Former launch title pushes up daisies. joystiq.com news aspro

Lunar/ Grandia People Working on 3DS/ PSP RPG UnchainBlades ReXX will be released in Japan in June. gameinformer.com news aspro

Genesis games coming to PSN, free for Plus Sonic, Streets of Rage, etc. playstation.com news Dvader

Sony Makes First Official Statement on PS3 Hack They state the obvious -- please don't, PSN ban if you do. arstechnica.com news aspro

CAPCOM Open to Okami/ God Hand Sequels "if enough fans demanded it" eurogamer.net news aspro

Catherine Creator Talks About Design Puzzle game was made in his spare time. 1up.com news aspro

Summary of 2011 Wii Releases (Including TBA) A look ahead at what releases could come this year. ripten.com news aspro

Mini Feature on Atsushi Inaba Producer at Platinum, formerly from CAPCOM. 1up.com news aspro

Call of Juarez Dev Releases Trailer for New Game Dead Island looks like a zombie shooter. computerandvideogames.com media aspro

Tactic Ogre Boss Talks About Franchise's Future siliconera.com news aspro

Mini Feature on SCEJ President Talks about his time in East Germany, and NGP. 1up.com news aspro

XCOM Development Has Changed Direction Game reportedly very different from what has been shown, studio head quits. vg247.com news aspro

XBL Activity Week of February 7 GTA4 is still at number 6. vg247.com news aspro

Rare Cuts Art Staff Full-timers made to re-apply for their jobs. gamespot.com news aspro

3DS will not accept current Nintendo point cards So if you got them, spend them now computerandvideogames.com news robio

Casual video games are effective treatment for depression an What can't video games do? huliq.com news robio

Screens from Cancelled 2005 Diablo 3 vg247.com media aspro

Art of Videogames at the Smithsonian Art Museum. Now open for voting! artofvideogames.org news SteelAttack

Braid Creator: Social Games Are Evil Nice interview with Jonathon Blow. pcgamer.com news aspro

New Screens of Shadows of the Damned Lovechild of the creators of Killer 7 and Resident Evil! ign.com media phantom_leo

thursday

Disney Looking for Additional 25% Cut in Costs Wants to cut operating costs to be profitable by 2013. gamasutra.com news aspro

Bungie Denies Layoff Rumors Doesn't comment on new game code-named "Tiger". vg247.com news aspro

Natsume Reveals First 3DS Offering ...Reel Fishing Paradise 3D. siliconera.com news aspro

New Trailer for Id's RAGE joystiq.com media aspro

3DS Augmented Reality Launch Pack Dealt Cards each feature a different Nintendo character. ripten.com news aspro

Professor Layton Franchise Breaks 11 Million Mark 11.47 million split across four DS games. eurogamer.net news aspro

Nintendo: Physical Media Not Going Away "People who talk about the end of physical media don't share the same daily reality as most consumers." computerandvideogames.com news aspro

First Details on Persona 2's Theatre Mode Take on quests in a new mode for the PSP version. andriasang.com news aspro

Forza 4 Details Kinect Support "Phantom steering wheel" and head tracking. computerandvideogames.com news aspro

No Doubt vs Activision Case Goes Ahead Chances of summary judgement don't look Hella Good. industrygamers.com news aspro

EDGE Reviews Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 "lacks the depth of the genre's greatest" 7 computerandvideogames.com editorial impressions aspro

Warren Spector to Write Duck Tales Comics He loves Disney. eurogamer.net news aspro

THQ Hints At Wii 2 Reveal Coming Soon "It's difficult on Nintendo - we'll let them announce their new hardware." computerandvideogames.com news aspro

1Up.Com's Departing Salute -- The Best of the DS! #15 -- Shiren the Wanderer. Links to the other 14 on this page as well! 1up.com editorial phantom_leo

Marvel vs Capcom 3 -- Know Your Characters ign.com phantom_leo

Marvel vs Capcom 3 Launch Event Interview Why aren't there 56 characters? ign.com phantom_leo

Marvel vs Capcom 3: Who's Your Favorite Characters? Trick Question. People's Teams are including EVERYONE! ign.com editorial phantom_leo

Destiny. The next game from the Creators of Halo. Multi-Console, WoW in Space! kotaku.com news phantom_leo

Don't mess with Atlus or they'll BAN your ASS! Keeping Catherine --VERY-- quiet! kotaku.com news phantom_leo

Oh My God! There are Bullets EVERYWHERE! More sites are discovering the new Bangai-O! kotaku.com impressions media phantom_leo

Japan is Pre-Ordering lots of 3DS... but almost no GAMES! Layton and Nintendogs are the only ones shown any interest AT ALL! kotaku.com news phantom_leo

GameSpot.Com's Hard Corp: Uprising Review 7.0 -- Packed with Pleasure and Punishment. gamespot.com impressions phantom_leo

1Up.Com's Hard Corp: Uprising Review C- -- Wah! It's too hard! Translation: I'm a Wuss-Bag! 1up.com impressions phantom_leo

IGN.Com's Hard Corps: Uprising Review 8.5 -- Great. It's Cartoon Contra! ign.com impressions phantom_leo

Catherine Demo Available Again for Limited Time Get it while you can. andriasang.com news aspro

Australian Game Development Employment Declines Over 50% reduction since 2008. vg247.com news aspro

Beyond Good and Evil Avatar DLC Now Available gameinformer.com news aspro

Nintendogs/Cats Trailer Adorable even in 2D joystiq.com media aspro

40% of Samurai Warrior Players Are Female So... there you go. siliconera.com news aspro

friday

Capcom's Ono: Leave 3DS ALONE! Says other developers should quit bitching about the hardware. officialnintendomagazine.co.uk news aspro

New LA Noire Screens computerandvideogames.com media aspro

Will Wright: Games Can't Tell Stories Well "Games are not the right medium to tell stories" cnn.com news aspro

Tell Tale Remaking King's Quest Series Complete re-boot, not just an adaptation. joystiq.com news aspro

PC Game Piracy is in Decline MMO's, Free-to-Play and Steam contributed. eurogamer.net news aspro

Former RedOctane Boss: Activision "Abused" GH "My gut tells me there is still a significant market for Guitar Hero." mcvuk.com news aspro

Analysis of Hardware Sales January 2010 Wii sells 319,000, PS3 267,000. industrygamers.com news aspro

US Gamer Budgets Drift to Non-Gaming Activities More money towards cell phone entertainment and leisure activities. gamasutra.com news aspro

Black Ops Zombie Maps Free Over the Weekend Dead Ops Arcade and Five. bigdownload.com news aspro

InFamous 2 Gets US Release Date June 7, EU still TBA. eurogamer.net news aspro

Medal of Honor 2 in Production MoH sold 5 million copies. medalofhonor.com news aspro

Steam Square-Enix Week continues. Supreme Commander 2 75% off. $3.75 steampowered.com SteelAttack

Civ 4 & 5 On Sale At Steam This Weekend $7.50 and $29.00 USD respectively. bigdownload.com news aspro

Sony: Console Exclusivity Bad for Industry Doesn't encourage exclusives, but does go after exclusive content. vg247.com news aspro

January NPDs Dead Space 2 = #3, LBP2 = #4, the rest? Bit of a mess. gamasutra.com news aspro

weekend

Mexican Lawmakers Vote to Block Call of Juarez They feel children will become desensitized to violence. yahoo.com news aspro

Final Fantasy 3 Coming on iPhone Now iPhone users can suffer like the rest of us. joystiq.com news aspro

US New Releases Week of February 21 DeBlob2, Trackmania, Killzone 3, Fallout DLC... gamespot.com news aspro

Saint's Row 3 Official Name and Launch Period Saint's Row: The Third computerandvideogames.com news aspro

Catherine Difficulty Level Being Patched Gamers complained that even "Easy" was too hard. andriasang.com news aspro

Jaffe Rips Tweeter Apart for Dissing New Twisted Metal "obnoxious, flatulent infested ass" gameinformer.com news aspro

CryEngine Compatible with NGP As is the Unreal engine! vg247.com news aspro

Billy Mitchell Opens King of Kong Arcade But has no Donkey Kong units...WTF? joystiq.com news aspro

Battle Los Angeles Game Coming from Konami Game for yet to be released movie rated by Aussies. bigdownload.com news aspro

Back to the Future Telltale's Biggest Hit Yet Given their other games, that's pretty big. vg247.com news aspro

First Saint's Row 3 Images Emerge More like concept art rather than assets. neogaf.com media aspro

40 Minute Interview with Gabe Newell Video format. computerandvideogames.com media news aspro

Doom Can Now Be Run on a Calculator Texas Instrument’s TI-Nspire. gameinformer.com news aspro

Bioshock 2 PC DLC Mistakenly Released But it doesn't work. bigdownload.com news aspro

Aussie Rating Board Rates Dissidia Duodecim Prologus Indicates western release may be sooner than expected. siliconera.com news aspro

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Lol indeed. Ico/SotC trolling doesn't need to make sense either.

Now you're talking!

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They've been pretty good with the IP they've handled so far -- in terms of being good to the original spirit. Probably the best studio to handle something like this.

Oh true. Great to hear they're also getting some crazy IPs to make games out of. Not so much the Walking Dead, but a Fables game is going to be interesting.

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I don't tend to care about iphone games but this is a neat twist to the one button jumping games.

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Yay! I reserved the 160 gig PS3 with a free Killzone 3 game. I have to wait till Tuesday to pick it up, the one day I have to work late.

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Yay! I reserved the 160 gig PS3 with a free Killzone 3 game. I have to wait till Tuesday to pick it up, the one day I have to work late.

That's pretty cool, man. It's a system with a damn fine library.

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Yay! I reserved the 160 gig PS3 with a free Killzone 3 game. I have to wait till Tuesday to pick it up, the one day I have to work late.
That's pretty cool, man. It's a system with a damn fine library.

Agreed! I figure I'll make a thread like leo's 360 one once I get some impressions about the system.

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