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  Rise Against Debuts New Tune In World Tour

  Punk band Rise Against is the latest group to debut music in Guitar Hero World Tour, with the previously unreleased song “Death Blossoms” available next week as part of the Rise Against Track Pack. Chicago punk band Rise Against is no stranger to Guitar Hero, with “Prayer of the Refuge” and “Re-Education (Through Labor)” appearing…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2009
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  Sumner Redstone Subpoenaed Over Fishy Midway Sale

  The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has subpeonead multimedia mogul Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari in order to investigate the strange circumstance behind his $100k sale of Midway Games to Mark Thomas. Late last year, Sumner Redstone sold his controlling interest in the failing Midway Games to industry unknown Mark Thomas for the sum of $100,000…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 6, 2009
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  Kotaku Podcast: Street Fighter IV With Seth Killian

  It’s been a long time in coming, but our February podcast is finally here. Yes, I realize it’s March. In this episode Mike McWhertor and Adam Barenblat talk with Seth “S-Kill” Killian, community manager for Capcom and master Street Fighter. Not only do you get a chance to see if Killian can talk and play…

  By Adam Barenblat Published March 6, 2009
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  “Wondering About The Girls In My Class…”

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Have You Ever Seen A Dog Smile? Posted this earlier on my Twitter/Facebook, but think it might need some context! So, we have a baby in the house: Micro-Bash. He has no teeth and drinks milk. Logically (and naturally!) breast feeding is involved. Thus! Mini-Bash probably sees breasts as something…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009
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  Happy 200th Issue, Edge

  Game magazines come and game magazines go, but there’s one game magazine I’ve bought on a regular basis since I picked up the first issue all the way back in 1993. And that’s Edge. You may hate them for their snooty tone and tough review standards, that’s cool. Just as many people enjoy and respect…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009
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  PAL PlayStation Store Update: Epilogues & Ass Crack

  Watchmen’s out this week. Not interested? You may instead want to spend those hard-earned Pounds/Euros/Dollars on Prince of Persia’s “Epilogue” DLC, then, or the delayed “Femme Fatale” pack for Street Fighter IV. Rounding out the week’s content is the usual parade of music game DLC, Burnout Paradise’s “Toy Car” downloadable content and a couple of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009
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  Square Enix Execs Take Self-Imposed Pay Cut

  Financial forecasts slashed, stocks plunging. Times are hard for Japanese role-playing-game maker Square Enix. While some other execs might pass the buck and make cuts everywhere except for their own salaries, Square Enix’s Yoichi Wada is not some other exec. In a recently released briefing from last month, Wada explained, “In recognition of the latest…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009
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  Now You Too Can Play Resident Evil 5 Dress-Ups

  Sensing that there will be grown-ups willing to part with serious cash money in the wake of Resident Evil 5’s release, Capcom are continuing a long-running trend of theirs: releasing Resident Evil dress-ups. They’ve been a mainstay of Capcom’s Japanese marketing strategy for years now, and with Resident Evil 5 now out over there, it’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009
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  I Am Alive Developer No Longer Developing I Am Alive

  Upcoming disaster game I Am Alive was being developed by independent French Darkworks for publisher Ubisoft. Was because Ubisoft has yanked Darkworks off the project and is finishing the game itself. Multi-platform I Am Alive is set in Chicago after a major earthquake. It’s a more realistic take on the survival genre, showing in first-person…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009
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  The Red Steel 2 That Never Was

  Red Steel 2 is coming. But did you know the version we’ll be getting sometime in the next 12 months or so is the second Red Steel 2 that’s been in development? Yes, before the current version – in development at Ubisoft Paris – there was an older one, being worked on by Ubisoft Montreuil.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009
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  Police Warning Parents About DSi

  Watch out parents! The DSi could put your kids at the mercy of child predators alert Arkansas police. A local news report points out the the DSi doesn’t only have a web browser, but it has a web browser and an embedded camera. Cue the hyper-active alarm bells! “Now not only can the children be…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009
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  One Last Chance To Break EA’s NFL Monopoly

  EA’s exclusivity deal with the NFL is bad news. Why? Competition is good for the consumer. FIFA only got better as a soccer game, for example, because of competition from Konami’s Pro Evo. So those hoping to see a return to the days when other companies could make games that not only competed, but outperformed…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009
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  Use Stripes, Win Race Pro

  We’re giving away a copy of Xbox 360 game Race Pro. Racing stripes make race cars go faster. Face it, they do. Just look at Race Pro’s box art. Here’s the contest: Put racing stripes on something – anything*! Racing stripes on a phone? It goes faster. Racing stripes on a cat? It goes faster.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009
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  Tekken Dev Reckons Game Will Influence Design Of Next Xbox

  Need a new reference point for the old saying “delusions of grandeur”? Look no further than Tekken 6 head Katsuhiro Harada, who thinks his game might help influence the way Microsoft makes the next Xbox. Yes, really. Speaking with British magazine X360, Harada said: It is a challenge to fit this game onto one DVD…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009
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  Nintendo To Let Market Decide Fate of DS Lite

  When Nintendo introduces a new product, it phases out the older model. Presently, though, handheld consumers have two choices: the DS Lite or the DSi. Does that mean eventually we’ll only have one choice? When game site MCVUK ask Nintendo’s David Yarnton if the company was planing on phasing out the DS Lite, he replied:…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009
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  Guitar Hero Metallica Characters Are Actually Metallica.

  Yeah, you knew the members of Metallica did some motion-capture work for Guitar Hero: Metallica, but did you know they did it while performing every song from the game "live"? So why didn’t they just film them, save themselves a few months of animation work? Probably as a courtesy. Digital James Hetfield is far spunkier…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009
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  Halo Wars Gets Korean TV Show

  Korean gamers don’t just love playing, but watching others play games, too! Korean network MBC Game has been broadcasting real-time-strategy game StarCraft matches for year. So broadcasting RTS Halo Wars makes sense. MBC Game also broadcasts Warcraft III, Tekken and Counter-Strike. As game site Siliconera points out, all three home consoles are available in Korea;…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009
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  “Video Game Storytelling Can Surpass Books Or Film”

  Star Ocean 4 producer and frustrated erotic game developer Yoshinori Yamagishi really has faith in the power of video games to tell a story. Sure, there are challenges, but Yamagishi thinks game storytelling can eventually superseded other mediums. “As opposed to films, books and TV, as a medium it is more of a challenge to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009
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  Washington State Officially Salutes Penny Arcade

  The Washington State Senate has gone to the trouble of approving a bill that serves as nothing but a tip of the hat for the creators of Penny Arcade, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Senate resolution 8640 – introduced on March 5 and passed on March 5 – honours the contribution the pair (both originally…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2009
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  Chun-Li Meet J-Pop

  Maya Miyamae from Japanese idol pop group CoCo released on solo single. This is it. Yume e no Position (Chun-Li’s Theme) was released in December 1992 as Street Fighter II mania swept Japan. Catchy, no? No, sadly. 歌詞ついてたんだ [はちま起稿]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 6, 2009