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  Sex-Rated Xbox Community Game Not All That Sexy

  Sex-rated Xbox 360 community game Break One Out is a serviceable Breakout clone that rewards you with censored pictures of a naked woman. Video included. It had to start somewhere…I just wish it wasn’t here. Break One Out, created by Kaos nyrb, is a 30-level Breakout clone, with the blocks concealing pictures of someone named…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009
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  Utah Governor Smacks Down Thompson Bill

  After passing through the Utah House and Senate with flying colors, Jack Thompson’s video game.movie bill has been vetoed by Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. HB 353 would have added stiffer fines to video game retailers and movie theaters that gave minors access to games or movies rated above their age level. After breezing through the…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2009
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  Whaddaya Make Of Nintendo’s Announcements?

  To: Fahey, Crecente, Whomever From: Bashcraft So… What’d you think of Nintendo’s GDC announcements? What you missed last night Square Enix Has Future Plans For Final Fantasy VII Series Microsoft To Reach One Million Xbox 360s Sold In Japan (Soon) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Dated For Nov. 10 In First Trailer Is There…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  Indiana Jones & The Staff Of Kings Gameplay Footage

  Here’s a trailer for Indiana Jones & The Staff of Kings. Specifically, the Wii version. Were you excited before? Then don’t watch. Your excitement may be dampened somewhat. Clearly, Lucasarts are being paid by the waggle on this, because it looks as obnoxious an overuse of the Wii’s “unique” capabilities as you can get. Waggle…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Netflix Interested In The PS3

  Sony may be (publicly) disinterested in Netflix. Petulantly so. But that doesn’t mean Netflix aren’t interested in the PS3, as this recent survey attests. If the above survey looks familiar, that’s because it’s identical to the Wii survey we saw the other day. Only they swapped out “Wii” and put “PlayStation 3” in there instead.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Anyone For God Of War III Gameplay Footage?

  God of War III has been at GDC in playable form. But with rules. People could see the game, but weren’t allowed to film it. Silly rules. This is the internet! Somebody has filmed some God of War III gameplay footage, and done us all a favour by uploading it to YouTube. Excuse the shaky…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Japan Doesn’t Like Dragonball Evolution Game

  Japan loves Dragonball. Japan loves the PSP. Japan does not love PSP title Dragonball Evolution. The game is based on the Hollywood flick Dragonball Evolution, which is all kinds of stupid. Japan has turned its nose up at the PSP game. Dragonball games traditionally sell exactly well in Japan, the one movie inspired one hasn’t.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  Yes, Microsoft Will Still Publish PC Games

  Microsoft used to publish lots of PC games. Now, though, they mostly don’t. Sure, there’s Gears of War, and a three years late port of Halo 2, but aside from that? Not much. And it doesn’t look like there’ll be much in the foreseeable future, either. The company’s internal Flight Simulator team has been canned.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Hideo Kojima Announces An Announcement

  *tap* *tap* *tap* Is this thing on? Because game designer Hideo Kojima has something to announce. First and foremost, Kojima is best known for creating stealth series Metal Gear Solid. That doesn’t mean you should pigeonhole him as an action guy. In a GDC interview, he states: Well, to give you maybe a surprise, people…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  Take A Look At The New Resident Evil Comic

  My, how things change. Last we heard about the Resident Evil 5 comic series, it would be revealing Chris Redfield’s “dark burden”. Now? It’s got nothing to do with Redfield. Or any other RE characters. Instead, this prequel to the events of the latest Resident Evil game introduces two new characters (both BSAA agents), in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Square Enix Has Future Plans For Final Fantasy VII Series

  As Blu-ray movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete readies for release, Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura talks about the film and the franchise. As has been previous announced, Square Enix has gone through and amped up Advent Children for this HD release. Fan favorite FFVII has been revisited multiple times with the Compilation of Final…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  Expect Lots More Spaces For Home

  The “spaces” that come with Home are…well, they’re fairly basic. The service’s real potential lies in spaces that can do more, like the Warhawk Command Centre. Thankfully, lots more new spaces are on their way. Sony’s US director of PlayStation Home, Jack Buser, says “you’ll see about three new spaces launched a month – I’ll…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Empire: Total War Patch Hits Steam

  Turned-based strategy computer game Empire: Total War has been beleaguered with issues since launch. There have been crashes to the desktop, or corruptions in your game that stop campaign progression. Loads of users on Valve’s content delivery system Steam have been having problems with the game, and Valve has been reticent on the issues. Until…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  There Will Be More Halo 3 Content From Bungie

  Last month, Bungie said a teary farewell to Halo 3. Or so we thought. Instead, it was just a teary…something else, because Bungie have no intentions of leaving the best-selling game behind. Speaking with IGN at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Bungie’s Allen Murray has said “Halo 3 took two and a half…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Hideo Kojima’s Keynote? Not A Game Announcement

  Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is giving a GDC keynote. According to the rumors, he’s announcing a new game. According to Kojima, he’s not. “I’m not going to be talking about new titles or anything,” he told website 1Up. “I’ll leave that for sometime later.” Though, Kojima said he would try to keep his…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  The Best Board Game Trash Talker Wins A Sofa And Xbox 360

  Contest time! We’re giving away a game couch and an Xbox 360. Want to win? Better start trashing talking. For the next 24 hours, the comments section in this post will be a trash talking smorgasbord. But not any trash talking smorgasboard, a board game trash talking smorgasboard. Woot. We’ll pick the ten best trash…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  New CryENGINE 3 Trailer, Screens

  We got a quick look at Crytek’s new engine the other day, but it was small, and it was grainy. Didn’t really do the thing justice. So today, we’ll take another look. This extended clip makes the whole thing look a lot like Crytek’s last engine (the one Crysis ran on), doesn’t it? That’s because,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Konami Boob Shooter DLC Short On Boobs

  Otomedius Gorgeous!, Konami’s cleavage-heavy entry in the Gradius spin-off series, gets something off its chest with new downloadable content. The Xbox 360 port of the arcade original features three-player coop, the ability to upload and download replay data via Xbox LIVE, and a versus mode that lets the Otomedius girls take on bosses from previous…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009
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  Fat Princess Will Have Its Cake And Eat It Too

  Look, we love Uncharted. And we’re all looking forward to Uncharted 2. But damned if this isn’t the best-looking PS3 game of 2009, if not graphically, then in terms of looking fun.

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2009
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  Microsoft To Reach One Million Xbox 360s Sold In Japan (Soon)

  The Xbox 360 went on sale in Japan in December 2005. The console was met by a largely indifferent Japanese game buying public. But, bit-by-bit and RPG-by-RPG, the console has started doing decent enough. According to online reports, the consoles current sales total in Japan is hovering dangerously close to the one million mark. During…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2009