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[vg247.com] Sony Subpoenas Twitter, YouTube, Paypal & Slashdot Looking for real names of users involved in piracy. vg247.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Game Infomer Increases Circulation Is now 5th largest magazine in US. gamasutra.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] Pac-Man Tilt 3DS hands-On Impressions Using tilt to the hilt, but no 3D. siliconera.com impressions aspro
Naughty Dog Co-Founder Explains Origins of Crash Thorough history of the Bandicoot platformer. all-things-andy-gavin.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] High Voltage Says '1 Million Sold' is Poor Benchmark Calls it consumers "biggest misconception". eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Third Parties Dominate on Wii in 2010 eurogamer.net news aspro
Valve Competitor: Steam is "Peaking" :lol: industrygamers.com news aspro
[easports.com] First Madden 12 Details Interesting early look from the developers. easports.com news aspro
[vg247.com] CEO on Failed Hellgate London "We just took on too much" vg247.com news aspro
New Shadow Mode DLC announced for MvC3 "custom-built computer opponents, modeled after famous players and specific themed teams." examiner.com news robio
[ign.com] Marvel v. Capcom 3: Enter Galactus Hide your kids, hide your wife ign.com media robio
[activision.com] BlizzCon 2011 Announced Anaheim, October. activision.com news aspro
Japanese Charts January 2011 Monster Hunter #1 for the month. andriasang.com news aspro
Namco: 3DS Launch One of Most Important in History Very proud of their line-up. ripten.com news aspro
Ubisoft's 'I Am Alive' May Not Be Reports of it's download conversion are false. industrygamers.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] NPD: Game Releases Per Console 2010 Gamasutra exclusive. gamasutra.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Dead Space 2 $40 at Amazon.com Today US offer, PC version also available. joystiq.com news aspro
[tinycartridge.com] Retro Game Challenge 2 Being Localized? Tiny Cartridge is being pranked (or leaked to). tinycartridge.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Harmonix Cuts 10-15% of Staff Around 20-30 people. gamasutra.com news aspro
New Magic the Gathering Tactics Trailer MMO PC bigdownload.com media news aspro
Call of Juarez: The Cartel Announced FPS gets a third in the series. bigdownload.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] UK Charts - Top 40 Dead Space 2 at #1. eurogamer.net news aspro
[gamasutra.com] Microsoft Tried To Bring Conan to XBL Groundbreaking innovation was too much of a leap for talkshow host. gamasutra.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] Catherine PS3 Demo Was Volume Capped? After the "alotted" amount of DL's the demo was pulled. siliconera.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Angry Birds Want to Flock Your 3DS The mobile sensation comes to Nintendo's handheld. eurogamer.net news aspro
[vg247.com] Nintendo V Capcom Not Happening Somehow the internet took something and exaggerated it. vg247.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] History of Quick Time Events Worth reading. gamasutra.com editorial news aspro
[wired.com] Sony wants to sue everyone invloved with the PS3 hack. Is demanding that google turn over IP address' of all who have viewed the youtube video. wired.com news Dvader
[gamespot.com] Aussie Game Sales Down 16%, Hardware 27% Year on year. gamespot.com news aspro
1UP Reviews Mario Sports Mix "more fun that it should be." "B" 1up.com editorial impressions aspro
[gamespot.com] Red Dead Redemption Ships 8 Million to Retail Max Payne 3 MIA, Take 2 profits flat. gamespot.com news aspro
1UP Reviews Stacking Short and sweet. "A" 1up.com editorial impressions aspro
[siliconera.com] Harvest Moon: Back to Nature on PSN Appearing today as a PS1 Classic. siliconera.com news aspro
New Skyrim Screens From German site -- these are not the same ones as before. pcgames.de media aspro
[eurogamer.net] Cliffy-B: Can't Compete With COD "There's no pie left" eurogamer.net news aspro
Pachter Interview - Too Much To Quote Does say it is "the year of the PS3" industrygamers.com editorial news aspro
[joystiq.com] Hudson Closes US Division Result of Konami's purchase of the company. joystiq.com news aspro
Treyarch: PS3 Gamers Happy With BLOPS Multiplayer It is time for Josh Olin to shut up. ripten.com news aspro
Disgruntled Developer Disses Disney 'Hey, games make money, so let’s start making games and buy some studios' nowgamer.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Video Games Responsible For Increase in Rape TV psychologist not responsible for things said on TV. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] THQ Sells Mobile Development Unit 24MAS Claims they are still in mobile develpment. gameinformer.com news aspro
[tinycartridge.com] Another Retro Game Challenge 2 Hint Or complete let-down. tinycartridge.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Beyond Good and Evil HD, Torchlight Dated February 16th on XBLA. eurogamer.net news aspro
[neogaf.com] Dark Souls translated interview Was going to be called Dark Ring but that sounded like an anus. neogaf.com news Dvader
[rockstargames.com] LA Noire gameplay footage tomorrow rockstargames.com news Dvader
[computerandvideogames.com] The Darkness 2 Announced by 2K Games Scheduled for Fall Release computerandvideogames.com news robio
[attackofthefanboy.com] Kid Runs Up $1600 in XBLA Charges - Whoops.. Maybe Nintendo does the right idea attackofthefanboy.com news robio
[digitaltrends.com] LG Sues Sony over PS3 Blu-Ray Drive Claims it infringe on three LG patents digitaltrends.com news robio
54 Year Old Married 13 Year Old Girl in an Online Game And things go downhill from there detnews.com news robio
Is Bulletstorm the Worst (Most Offensive) Game Ever? MUST READ - Fox News Hates It foxnews.com news robio
Aussie 3DS Price Revealed with Launch Date $349 AU, March 31. ripten.com news aspro
[gamasutra.com] If NFL Lock-Out Goes Ahead What About Madden? Analysts discuss impact of NFL work stoppage on EA. gamasutra.com news aspro
PES 2011 at 3DS Launch in Australia 3DS demo stations hit Australia next week. ripten.com news aspro
Iwata Asks: Nintendogs and Cats Shiggy wanted to release 16 versions. andriasang.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Yakuza 4 in US Will Include All DLC joystiq.com news aspro
Rumor: Blizzard Building Theme Park in China? There should be no shortage of miners to dig foundations. bigdownload.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Design Doc for Metroid Prime 1.5 Surfaces Details the game, including sketches. joystiq.com news aspro
Tactic's Ogre: Let us Cling Together Review "the finest classic remake I've ever played" 1up.com editorial impressions aspro
[eurogamer.net] Guitar Hero Axed - More Activision News 500 Staff Cut, layoffs at DJ Hero dev, True Crime cancelled. eurogamer.net news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] Conduit Developer: 3DS More Powerful Than Wii It's like 2 Wii's duct-taped together. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] Real Game and Watch is Reward at Club Nintendo North American Club Nintendo just got the best reward yet. siliconera.com news aspro
Ace Attorney Investigations 2 Tops Japanese Charts Last Story has sold 133K so far. andriasang.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Duke Nukem Forever Preview (Game, not Demo) "the game simply does not look very good." arstechnica.com impressions aspro
[tinycartridge.com] First Video of DS Game Playing on 3DS 2:30 mark. Some had rumored ruinous filtering of DS games, see for yourself. tinycartridge.com media aspro
DC Will Run 6 Part Comic Series for Arkham City Books will tie into pre-release publicity for Arkham CIty. bigdownload.com news aspro
Famitsu Surveys Japanese Gamers About NGP Results sound too good to be true. 1up.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Second Star is Born Former Bethesda, Sonny Only and EA staff form new development company. gameinformer.com news aspro
[rockstargames.com] LA Noire gameplay footage rockstargames.com media Dvader
Sony Shuts Down PSN to Hackers Because those who still bought shit should just pirate it like the rest. gamingunion.net news robio
[ign.com] IGN Likes S.C.A.T.! It is Poop and it's Not! ign.com phantom_leo
Marvelous Cancels HD RPG Project Unamed game canned after 245 Million Yen in development. andriasang.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Dragon Age 2 Achievements List Probably some spoilers. joystiq.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] Tales of the Abyss for 3DS is PS2 Port It begins. siliconera.com news aspro
[kotaku.com] Gears of War, Kinect and On-Rails Three words that should never go together are now a reality (or rumor). kotaku.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] Vicarious Visions Loses 25% of Staff Activision's blood-bath continues. joystiq.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Activision and Nintendo Fined for Price Collusion EU fines them €168m for actions in the 1990's. eurogamer.net news aspro
[vg247.com] Developer Named "7 Studios" Closed by Activision They were brought on to make DJ Hero. vg247.com news aspro
[arstechnica.com] Blizzard CEO Talks About New Game in Development Sounds like an MMO. arstechnica.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Sony Denied Subpoenas For Piracy ID's Requests to Google, Twitter and others denied by judge. vg247.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Take2 Highest Publisher Metacritic of 2010 Even though they released MLB2K - 52 MC. vg247.com news aspro
Iwata Asks: Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino Makers of Inazuma 11, Layton. andriasang.com news aspro
New Duke Nukem Screens As bad as Ars Technica says? ripten.com media aspro
[gameinformer.com] New Activision Studio Working on COD Online Looks like Pachter will get his wish. gameinformer.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] Diablo III Not Likely This Year Activision not expecting any new releases from Blizzard. gamespot.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Publisher Wants Metacritic for Game Reviewers Mature. Real Mature. eurogamer.net news aspro
[eurogamer.net] No Games From Bungie in 2011 eurogamer.net news aspro
[activision.com] Activision Blizzard 2010 Financial Report Also breaks down December quarter. activision.com news aspro
Battlanalyst! Pachter Says GTA5 2011 Analysts argue over the next GTA release year. 1up.com news aspro
Interactive Achievement Awards winners Or the lets completely ignore Japan awards. Mass Effect 2 GOTY. interactive.org news Dvader
[arstechnica.com] Peripheral Review: Move Sharpshooter "more fully featured than the hardware we're used to" arstechnica.com editorial impressions aspro
[joystiq.com] First Ms. 'Splosion Man Screens joystiq.com media aspro
Cerny: The Era of the $50 Million Game Is Over Madness. Marble Madness. industrygamers.com editorial news aspro
[joystiq.com] What if Kratos Was In Every Game? Krayonetta anyone? joystiq.com editorial aspro
[vg247.com] Developer Zipper Slags Slant Six's SOCOM Says SOCOM4 is "first real" one for PS3. vg247.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] NPD Gives Hope For Increased Sales in 2011 59% of people age 13 or above in the U.S. plays video games. gameinformer.com news aspro
[vg247.com] D3 Releases First Screens of Dream Trigger Shooter for the 3DS with over 50 stages. vg247.com media aspro
[thevgpress.com] New Skyrim Screens and Concept Art Some old ones mixed in as well. thevgpress.com media aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] PSP Will Continue After NGP Release They are "struggling to meet demand" computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[eurogamer.net] Yamauchi Wants to Make Game About Death Did the reviews of Gran Turismo hit him that hard? eurogamer.net news aspro
[activision.com] Spyro Returning Through Interactive Toy/ Game Enter the purple dragon. activision.com news aspro
AppleTV Firmware Code Reveals Game Content Apple may be creating platform for games to be played through their DVR. 1up.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] Activision to aquire Take-Two? It is just a rumour that Activision is trying to aquire Take-Two gamespot.com news Nintyfan17
[gamespot.com] Cave Story 3D Announced for 3DS Nippon Ichi will be publishing. gamespot.com news aspro
[joystiq.com] 5th Cell Reveals Lifetime Sales of Scribblenauts As well as Drawn to Life. joystiq.com news aspro
[siliconera.com] Namco Interview on Western Development Also covers future of Enslaved. siliconera.com news aspro
[vg247.com] Lionhead Running User Input Survey for Fable 4 You can take it at their website. vg247.com news aspro
[gameinformer.com] Killzone 3 Torrented One week before release. gameinformer.com news aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] First 25 Minutes of Crysis 2 Early build still looks great. computerandvideogames.com media aspro
[computerandvideogames.com] GeoHot Taunts Sony with Homophobic Slur Hacker attacks Sony with his hip-hop stylings. computerandvideogames.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] New Releases US Week of February 13 Tactics Ogre, Dragon Quest 6, MVC3... gamespot.com news aspro
The Press Room Episode #86 Foolz and Dvader talk about clowns! But enough about Pachter, get listening! thepressroompodcast.com editorial impressions media news Ellyoda
[vg247.com] Rumored New Grasshopper Manufacturing Game "Lollipop Chainsaw" vg247.com news aspro
[tinycartridge.com] 3DS Game Coin System Detailed tinycartridge.com news aspro
[gamespot.com] Next Starcraft II Installment Not Likely for 2011 Only a slim chance that Heart of the Swarm will arrive this year. gamespot.com news aspro
Crysis 2 Developer Beta Leaked A month before it's release. Also comes with anti-piracy keys. Who's gonna get fired? bigdownload.com news aspro
[destructoid.com] First Bangai-O 360 Trailer! destructoid.com media phantom_leo
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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:14:04
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Software sales don't seem strong there either outside Monster Hunter and clones. This week's numbers are all low so PSP looks better than it is. It's all bad this week, except #1. 40k for a first party JRPG's debut week we see for White Knight Chronicles is hardly great. I'd think the Macross game would do better on name alone but I dunno.

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:02:54

PSP a monster in Japan. Hardly.

The DS back when it sold 100,000 units a week and had the whole top 10 consist of only DS titles.

Now that was a monster.

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:34:41
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Marvelous Cancels HD RPG Project

Oh Marvelous... what the hell is wrong with you guys?

who knows why they do what they do they have been losing money this gen so i am sure that is influencing what they do its a shame i love them and their games

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:56:02

I thought you always had to have the latest firmware to be on PSN. I dont understand that story.

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:18:08

WOW LA Noire looks incredible. Never have I seen facial animation so realistic, this goes for movies as well.

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:20:29
Yeah you do need the latest firmware to access PSN but the hackers would alter DNS settings to make it look like their system had the latest firmware. It sounds like Sony's going to fix this.

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:09:29
Dvader said:

WOW LA Noire looks incredible. Never have I seen facial animation so realistic, this goes for movies as well.

Better than movies? Explain?
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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:07:14
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robio said:

Marvelous Cancels HD RPG Project

Oh Marvelous... what the hell is wrong with you guys?

who knows why they do what they do they have been losing money this gen so i am sure that is influencing what they do its a shame i love them and their games

I am suspecting some good old accounting fraud personally.  Insiders hiding money from the board/shareholders.

"Ohandthere's250millionyenthatwelostonsomeprojectyouknowhowitisandall, next slide."

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:07:46
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Dvader said:

WOW LA Noire looks incredible. Never have I seen facial animation so realistic, this goes for movies as well.

Better than movies? Explain?



It's a video game therefore, it is better than a movie.

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:23:23
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Iga_Bobovic said:
Dvader said:

WOW LA Noire looks incredible. Never have I seen facial animation so realistic, this goes for movies as well.

Better than movies? Explain?





It's a video game therefore, it is better than a movie.

Quiet you!
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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:01:25

True Crime cancelled. Big News.  Not because anyone wanted it, but it's been on the way forever.

And GH finally dead.  I wonder what the sales totals ended up being on the last one.

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:07:13

Translated Famitsu Reviews:

- Catherine (9/9/8/9, 35 points): Atlus' first "next generation console" game that they developed themselves, Catherine earned high praise for the maturity of its story. "I like the risks the story takes," one editor said. "This is definitely an impactful game for adults. The unique characters and difficult-to-predict story combine to make this a pretty charming package."

This love for the adventure aspects of the game was echoed among other writers -- "The graphics and presentation are both high quality, and the story and adventure parts really reel in the player." The "nightmare" stages, which feature more action-oriented gameplay, weren't as heavily lauded, although they apparently aren't disastrous: "It's really impressive how the story segues into giving you action-puzzle challenges in the nightmare stages. The stages can be pretty hard, though, and finishing them is largely a trial-and-error process."

- Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (8/8/8/9, 33 points): "I like the large variety to the characters," one reviewer began. "The system hasn't changed much; it's more of a natural evolution from MvC2 or Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. Being able to work the characters just the way you want requires a lot of game time, but combos are generally easy to link together, and beginners can get a decent enough foothold with the simple control mode."

Another editor agreed that "there isn't a great deal novel here, but the game builds upon the Vs. series to make an overall great fighting package."

- Two Worlds II (9/9/8/9, 35 points): The European RPG is getting a surprisingly quick Japanese release, and judging by the scores, Famitsu seemed to appreciate the effort well enough. "The single-player story is basically 'help your sister,' but there are lots of paths you can take to get there," one said. "You find a different route every time you play, which is really neat. Basically the game is a series of fetch events, but there's just a huge amount of them. There are some difficult parts in the start, even in easy mode, but get through that and you'll be able to enjoy a truly vast world."

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Wed, 09 Feb 2011 21:46:01

Vader! Is this you?

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:12:44
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Fucking Sony.... I just rented LBP and of course the automatic update kicks in.  1.25 Gigs.......

Fucking Sony.

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:31:36
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Fucking Sony.... I just rented LBP and of course the automatic update kicks in.  1.25 Gigs.......

Fucking Sony.

LOL PS3 and internetz don't mix. Just say no! Nyaa

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:36:33

I just got my Blu-ray player in the mail 5 minutes ago, but it's freezing cold. Damn you, Colorado weather! I want to use my Blu-ray player now, but I have to wait for it to warm up to room temp first. Hrm

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:43:03

You should have had it shipped from Florida. It was 70 here today.

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:48:30
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You should have had it shipped from Florida. It was 70 here today.

The high for today here was 14. Hrm

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:12:53

"Okay dudes, bad news. The enigmatic “arino2011” who has been posting videos of a translated Retro Game Challenge 2, featuring references to our beloved mascot, has revealed that the project is not an official localization, but, indeed, a fan work."

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:14:49

I was at the beach.

No I wasn't, but i could have been.

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