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No Direct X 11 Support for Crysis 2 Today Rumor was just that. bigdownload.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] BP Selling 3DS at UK Service Stations It's probably cheaper there than a tank of petrol (gasoline). eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Blizzard Boss Stands Up for Kotick "Bobby has been very supportive of Blizzard" eurogamer.net news aspro
[gamespot.com] Namco-Bandai Trademarks New Katamari Names "Katamari amore" and "Katamari amore Rolling Whopper" gamespot.com news aspro
[vg247.com] EA/3DO Founder Attempting to Declare Personal Bankruptcy Judge won't let him dodge $20 million tax bill. vg247.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] EU Getting Retail XBLA Collection Limbo, Splosion Man and Trials HD. joystiq.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Crysis 2 Debuts at #1 in UK Charts gamasutra.com news aspro
New DQ:Rocket Slime 3DS Screens Better quality than the last ones. andriasang.com media aspro
[destructoid.com] Full Mortal Kombat (PS3) On-Disc Roster Leaked SPOILERS! destructoid.com media phantom_leo
[computerandvideogames.com] Molyneux Wants to Help with Sydicate Remake Good News...(?) computerandvideogames.com news phantom_leo
[computerandvideogames.com] Nintendo Responds to 3DS Crashes Don't Panic, Just Install the Update! computerandvideogames.com news phantom_leo
[computerandvideogames.com] Resident Evil: Mercenaries to Include Demo of Revelations computerandvideogames.com phantom_leo
First scans of RE: Operation Raccoon City Please be good... ultimate-re.com media Dvader
[nytimes.com] Supreme Court Denies Appeal on License vs. Purchase Music industry suit may have implications to similar transactions in gaming. nytimes.com news aspro
[vg247.com] 3DS "Black Screen of Death" Reports "Reports from multiple users suggest the 3DS is suffering from a recurring crash issue" vg247.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Japanese Hardware Sales Marh 13-20 Top three leaders were down. joystiq.com news aspro
[ign.com] This Week on PSN (03.29.11) Leo Stares at Rush n' Attack: Ex Patriot with both Curiosity and Trepidation. ign.com news phantom_leo
[computerandvideogames.com] Ocarina of Time (3DS) Coming in June? Kid Icarus May? Nintendo of Spain seems to think so! computerandvideogames.com news phantom_leo
[eurogamer.net] EA Developing MMO Tipped off by hiring ads. eurogamer.net news aspro
[siliconera.com] New Persona 2 Trailer PSP remake. siliconera.com media aspro
[gamespot.com] Treyarch Staffing Up for COD Project November project still unannounced. gamespot.com news aspro
Starcraft 2 Launching in China Subscription model, $3 a month. bigdownload.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Dragon Age 2 Character Too Gay? So say some gay gamers. arstechnica.com news aspro
RE Mercs Video Features Jill and Wesker Capcom USA provided first video footage. andriasang.com media aspro
360 Getting New Disc Format Will this solve the HD-DVD/ BluRay challenge for the next gen xbox? 1up.com news aspro
WWE All Stars Review from 1UP "B" "some fun arcade-style play and great mix of Legends" 1up.com impressions aspro
[destructoid.com] New Game from Original Creator of STRIDER on US PSN Today! Check out Moon Diver! destructoid.com media news phantom_leo
[destructoid.com] Pics from Upcoming Stacking DLC 'The Lost Hobo King' Steel's not lost! There he is. Right THERE! destructoid.com media phantom_leo
[computerandvideogames.com] Saints Row The Third Screenshots Hit the 'Net Three Words: GIANT. PURPLE. DILDO! computerandvideogames.com media phantom_leo
[mcvuk.com] PS3 Outsells 360 in France Pardonnez-moi s'il vous plaît. mcvuk.com news aspro
[mcvuk.com] Sony Loyalty Scheme Kaput? An email sent out to PS3 owners suggests new loyalty scheme may never see the light of day. mcvuk.com news aspro
GTA V Casting Call Leaked "Non-union" Scumbags. Chr descriptions show R* taking low-road. ripten.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Video: Taking Apart a 3DS vg247.com media aspro
Shift 2 Review from 1UP "B+" "you'll surely enjoy Shift 2 Unleashed" 1up.com impressions aspro
[arstechnica.com] GeoHotz Claims He Couldn't Have Known SCEA Existed Because his manual is still sealed and box only mentions Japan. arstechnica.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] God of War Going Multiplayer? Or is Sony Santa Monica working on something new altogether? gamespot.com news aspro
Metacritic Pulls Down Individual Developer Ratings That was short-lived. bigdownload.com news aspro
1UP Review Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime "D" "little to offer the die-hard Ghostbusters fan, and even less for the twin-stick shooter crowd" 1up.com impressions aspro
[giantbomb.com] El Shaddai walkthrough with Shane Bettenhousen!! Must see, Shane is the perfect guide. giantbomb.com media Dvader
[amazon.co.uk] RE Mercenaries 3D details, over 30 missions, 12 levels. Revealed by product description amazon.co.uk news Dvader
[youtube.com] Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City teaser Pretty crappy trailer youtube.com media Dvader
[gamespot.com] New Resistance 3 video A boat level gamespot.com news Dvader
[gamespot.com] SEGA readies Renagade Ops SEGA is publishing Avalanches new Downloadable game gamespot.com news Nintyfan17
[vg247.com] Castlevania DLC for 360 Delayed at Last Minute Hit PSN in March after one month delay. vg247.com news aspro
[mcvuk.com] Gamefreak (Pokemon): Mobile Social "Not Safe" "Facebook and MSN are mainly for adults" mcvuk.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] EA Cracks Down on Fan-Made Ultima IV Games Community has been sharing re-makes since '97. gamasutra.com news aspro
More Devil Survivor 2 Screens andriasang.com impressions aspro
[joystiq.com] Resistance 3 Preview "buddy road trip movie" joystiq.com impressions aspro
[vg247.com] Super Meat World Close to Launch "Will be out very soon, even days" vg247.com news aspro
[tinycartridge.com] Pac-Man/Galaga 3DS Will Include Pac-Man CE And Galaga Legions, so may be redeemed. tinycartridge.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] New Battlefield 3 Trailer Campaign will be ~12 hours long. arstechnica.com media aspro
Top of the Charts in Japan? Final Fantasy 4 Pricey re-make sells over 100,000 in debut week. andriasang.com news aspro
Nintendo Opening New R&D Division Will employ 1,500! andriasang.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Kojima Gets a Promotion "now the vice president of the corporate officer group" vg247.com news aspro
[mcvuk.com] 3D on Wii2? Nintendo Says No Way Platform holder says experiences with 3D tech suggest it's not suitable for a home console. mcvuk.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] Grand Knights History Next Title From Marvellous ...and Vanillaware. siliconera.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Indie Games on XBL Pumping Ratings? Microsoft is investigating. gamasutra.com news aspro
Next Minecraft Beta This Week Will include modding tools. bigdownload.com news aspro
Next Y's Game is MMORPG (Mobile) This can't be good. andriasang.com news aspro
Bumpy Trot 2 (Steambot Chronicles) Rumored Cancelled While popular in Japan, flopped here. Sadly. andriasang.com news aspro
Marvel V Capcom 3 Sells 2 Million So... good job everyone. Back to work. andriasang.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] 3DS Sets First Day Nintendo Sales Record gamespot.com news Dvader
[youtube.com] LA Noire exclusive Wal-Mart mission trailer Pre-order at different stores to play exclusive missions, WTF. youtube.com media Dvader
[siliconera.com] Interview with Rune Factory Oceans Producer Coming to Wii and PS3 (in Japan so far). siliconera.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Minecraft 1.4 Goes Live New logo, wolves and cookies. joystiq.com news aspro
[destructoid.com] Genesis Game Monster World IV Coming to PSN/XBLA HOLY SHIT! destructoid.com news phantom_leo
US Retail GameStop Buys Digital Distributor Impulse PC game download service from Stardock. bigdownload.com news aspro
[vg247.com] THQ Confirms Layoffs at Volition and Kaos 30 employees across Kaos Studios and Volition Studios. vg247.com news aspro
Monster Tale (B+) 1Up.Com Review Now the DS can lay claim to its own swan song, too, thanks to DreamRift's Monster Tale. 1up.com impressions media phantom_leo
[gameinformer.com] Silicon Knights V Epic Case Proceeds Accuses Epic of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and unfair competition. gameinformer.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] PS3 Passes Xbox 360 In Worldwide Sales Though we'll never know NA sales again... gamasutra.com news robio
[activision.com] Spider-Man: the Edge of Time Announced "Spider-Man faces one of his greatest challenges ever — saving Spider-Man." activision.com news aspro
MMO The Agency Cancelled Long in development, one of the games to go with SOE shutdowns. 1up.com news aspro
[gonintendo.com] Dragon Quest X Re-Re-Reconfirmed for the Wii Horii says you can expect more about it late in the year. gonintendo.com Agnates
Angry Bird Developer Still Complaining About Nintendo “If I was trying to sell a $49 piece of plastic to people then yes, I’d be worried too,” mmomfg.com news robio
BloodRayne: Betrayal Announced For PSN & XBL  Being developed by Wayforward - might be good psxextreme.com news robio
[mcvuk.com] European console installed base revealed Europe is Nintendo land mcvuk.com news Iga_Bobovic
XENOBLADE CHRONICLES TO REACH EUROPE Japanese & English voice tracks! nintendo.co.uk Agnates
[google.com] Capcom Cancel Mega Man Universe Well, at least we got a sweet trailer out of it. google.com media darthhomer
[vg247.com] Rumor: Sony Online Entertainment Closes Studios Reported to have closed three studios and laid off one third of its total staff. vg247.com news aspro
More Info On BurgerTime HD "The model is to evolve the original play into a more inspirational, contemporary style." bigdownload.com news aspro
Ubisoft Says THQ is Poaching Talent Canadian court agrees and orders injunction. 1up.com news aspro
E3 to Will Wright: Get Lost! Wright's company has been denied access at E3 2011. industrygamers.com news aspro
Crysis 2 Going After Cheats Also says Direct X 11 patch "months away". bigdownload.com news aspro
Suda: No More Heroes Sequel Inevitable "Although it won't happen soon, I'd like to do it at some point." andriasang.com news aspro
Toriyama Talks About Female Character Roles Final Fantasy Toriyama, not the other one. 1up.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] NIS Cancels a Title, Opens Two New Divisions Good luck d00ds! siliconera.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Final Fantasy 14 Producer Admits Failings "Square Enix wasn't working close enough with their user base." eurogamer.net news aspro
[vg247.com] New LA Noire Screens Rockstar gave them to some fansites. vg247.com media aspro
XBLA Sale Today Only Fallout 3 DLC 400 pts and more... ripten.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Metacritic Dev Scores Gone For Good After initially saying they were on break, now they are gone forever. eurogamer.net news aspro
All About Inafune's Two New Companies He's got some finanical backing. andriasang.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Back to the Future Ep 1 Now Free on PC and Mac The full 5-game series just $24.99. vg247.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Feature: The Evolving World of Professional Gaming Particularly focused on Starcraft. arstechnica.com news aspro
[develop-online.net] Platinum Games Open Letter to Games Industry "This state of affairs deeply saddens us..." develop-online.net news aspro
New Skyrim Screens Six new screens (in gallery of 16 released thus far). bigdownload.com media aspro
Taito Takes Darius to New Extremes One boss is 32 meters long. 48 screens! andriasang.com news aspro
Play For Japan - A Game Industry Reilief Effort Akira Yamaoka is creating an Album with other video game composers. playforjapan.org news Nintyfan17
[gameinformer.com] Heavy Rain Director Sneers Upon LA Noire "Their technique is incredibly expensive and they will never be able to shoot body and face at the same time". gameinformer.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Betheseda Boss: Multiplayer Not For Us Dragons and Multiplayer are the most requested features they get. vg247.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Castlevania DLC Launched on PS3 "in error" And it's "too late to take it down". joystiq.com news aspro
Rumor: IGN Starting Professional Starcraft League With a prize pool of between $150,000 to $200,000. bigdownload.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] New Details on Half-Minute Hero Sequel Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax is the full name. siliconera.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] US New Releases Week of April 3, 2011 Mole Control, 100 Classic Games, Absolute Baseball. What a shitty week. gamespot.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] RE4 HD Footage Leaked? Looks like it. gameinformer.com media aspro
The Press Room Episode #91 Foolz, Homer and Vader give 3DS impressions and the week's news. thepressroompodcast.com editorial impressions media news aspro
[joystiq.com] Microsoft Pulls Leaked Forza 4 Footage As best they can. joystiq.com news aspro
[blogspot.com] The Difference Between Play Testing and Focus Testing As described by developer, David Jaffe. blogspot.com editorial aspro
Bethseda Podcast Covers All Things Oblivion Elder Scrolls game hits it's 5th anniversary. bethblog.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Burnout: Crash on the Way Outed by Aussie ratings board. gameinformer.com news aspro
Super Meat World Launches PC Steam edition now available. bigdownload.com news aspro
[tinycartridge.com] Pokemon Typing Footage And pics of the keyboard and stand. tinycartridge.com media aspro
Leaked Forza 4 Footage nowgamer.com media aspro
[eurogamer.net] PSP Best Selling Console in Japan 2010 Edged out the DS by 100,000 units. eurogamer.net news aspro
MS Awarding MS Points for Game Trivia Quizzes Everyday between now and May 15. 1up.com news aspro
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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:08:11

So you are all going to get this shitty RE game so we could play online righ?

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:11:55

"Natsume say that the first Harvest Game for the Nintendo Gamecube is the best-selling title in the series so far."

Was the the first 3D one Robio?  That is my recollection.

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:54:20

It's Punk Rebel Ecks troll time.

PONY POWER!!!

One of the site's forefathers.

Play fighting games!

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:54:28

I want more coop UC 2 thats fun!

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:16:58

Me too, but I'm not at my home base today or tomorrow.  Most days I can play after 0600 UTC (Which is 2 am EDT). On US Friday and Saturday I have more regualr time availability because that is our weekend down here.

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 07:23:56
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It's Punk Rebel Ecks troll time.

PONY POWER!!!



ARGH. NOT HERE TOO. GOD FUCKING DAMMIT.

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:24:29
XENOBLADE CHRONICLES TO REACH EUROPE

Nintendo of Europe can confirm that it will be bringing the epic RPG, Xenoblade Chronicles to Europe for Wii. The title, already launched in Japan, brings to life a universe where two worlds called Bionis and Mechonis fight a war that knows no end.

Join the battle for Bionis to repel the invasion of a terrifying mechanical army and uncover the secrets of a mystical sword called the Monado.

Xenoblade Chronicles will be launching later this year for Wii featuring both English and Japanese voice-overs and will be fully subtitled in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Keep checking www.nintendo.dk for further information on this epic new adventure for Wii.

From PR email sent to GAF member (and other Nintendo DK users I suppose). For those who don't remember it:

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:50:41
Indeed. Now I'm more confident that The Last Story will be coming here also. So sweet. Thank you Nintendo!

Looks like GG's return brought us some luck. A UK page for it is up now. The trailer is an old Japanese one, lol.
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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:12:31

Wow, saw the Xenoblade story.

Nintendo Europe strikes again. They many not be great, but they are better than Nintendo America. We got no Excitebots but we did get Another Code R, Disaster Day of Crisis and now Xenoblade. Hope it comes to the USA too.

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^Still waiting for Trauma Team
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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:19:47

A few more RE Mercenaries pics.

More here.

Also I was playing the hell out of SSFIV 3DS last night. I thought that maybe the game was using two in game engines, one for the close ups which look excellent, 360 quality. And then a lesser engine for the side on viewpoint. However I played through the whole of the arcade mode in the Dynamic view -over the shoulder viewpoint in 3D. And yeah the gameplay visual quality is there. I was playing as Hakan and the guy is dripping with detailed shaders.

Also, I have read that some reviewers do not like that some parts of the background are 2D. It's true, but there are 3D objects too. Personally I like the 2D backdrops it actually makes me smile a lot because of the 3D display, what they have done is made some 2D artwork and shifted it back into the screen using 3D. You get a great diahorama effect and it's a great way for devs to make 3D effect games on a handheld without having to worry about the cost of making art assets or worrying about engine performance. When the 3D is turned to max it looks like someone has built a little toy set inside your 3DS and the figures have magically come to life. Very cool.

The whole game is depth effects though. Personally I found the out of the screen stuff in Nintendogs to be more impressive as it breaks down the 4th wall when the game comes out of the screen. It was a holy shit moment and even more suprising that it was crystal clear. It's not  fudged 3D or sort of 3D, in game it's crystal clear on both SF4 and Nintendogs.

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:21:44
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^Still waiting for Trauma Team

You just had to remind me, didn't you?

Oh Robio, I just read that Harvest Moon a Wonderful Life on GC is the highest selling HM game. I put 50 hrs into that game, loved it.

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GG in the news section, the world is back to normal (well except for nuclear fallout in Japan and war all over the middle east, scratch that, war in the middle east is normal).
GG I have never seen a DS game stretched in the top screen, every game has black bars on the side.

Black bars but it's still out of resolution. It's just scaled up with a vertical limit put on the axis. Borrow a DS Lite from someone and compare the same game.  

I have to try out the 1:1 thing but I hear that because the 3DS screens are higher resolution you end up with a sharper but ironically smaller than original DS screen space to view.

EDIT: Okay did the start, select thing. It's terrible, you will know when it's in effect as you lose about half the screen on both screens with giant black borders on the top, left and right on the top screen. The screen is so small you just wont want to play DS games like that. Then I played it in normal 3dS mode and then tried the same game in my DS Lite.

Yeah, the 3DS is stretching the DS image across both screens and it's not pretty. It's okay but it leaves me with a horrible niggling feeling that I don't like.

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Wow, saw the Xenoblade story.

Nintendo Europe strikes again. They many not be great, but they are better than Nintendo America. We got no Excitebots but we did get Another Code R, Disaster Day of Crisis and now Xenoblade. Hope it comes to the USA too.

If Nintendo doesn't release these games in North America I will lose all hope in them. They have hardly any good games coming out and two high quality RPG's that they for some reason refuse to distribute. Even in the Gamecube days they would publish stuff like Giest and Baten Kaitos 2...I mean what the fuck? Nintendo America has that casual gamer stick so far up their ass its disgusting.

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:08:43
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gamingeek said:

Wow, saw the Xenoblade story.

Nintendo Europe strikes again. They many not be great, but they are better than Nintendo America. We got no Excitebots but we did get Another Code R, Disaster Day of Crisis and now Xenoblade. Hope it comes to the USA too.

If Nintendo doesn't release these games in North America I will lose all hope in them. They have hardly any good games coming out and two high quality RPG's that they for some reason refuse to distribute. Even in the Gamecube days they would publish stuff like Giest and Baten Kaitos 2...I mean what the fuck? Nintendo America has that casual gamer stick so far up their ass its disgusting.

Just move to Europe Edgy. It is were all the cool kids are!

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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:10:53
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^Still waiting for Trauma Team

You just had to remind me, didn't you?

Oh Robio, I just read that Harvest Moon a Wonderful Life on GC is the highest selling HM game. I put 50 hrs into that game, loved it.

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I loved that game too. I thought I was gonna hate it but it ended up being one of the more memorable games on the system for me. So relaxing to play. I actually liked it more than Animal Crossing as far as those odd type games go.

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