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Mega Man 10 Review

Torture defined (and enjoyed).

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PlayStation Move Roundtable

We discuss Sony's new controller.

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Who Cares?

Explaining Facebook games.

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But can you really blame them? Probably.
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It's not just for the hardcore anymore.
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What they don't want you to know.
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The future is a scary and stupid place.

Microsoft: Standalone 250GB HDDs Coming Soon

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 23, 2010 8:56 AM | Comment

"Make More Room for Entertainment" Microsoft states in an advertisement that appeared on the Xbox 360 dashboard this morning, standalone 250GB hard drives, formerly available exclusively in premium console bundles, are now for sale. Hit the jump for excessive pricing. Read More »

Microsoft Announces Standalone 250GB HDDs

The iPad: A Headache for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 23, 2010 7:26 AM | Comment

From 2008 to 2009, the iPhone/iPod Touch leapfrogged Sony's PSP on the portable gaming charts, generating an estimated $615 million in revenue for Apple. With momentum on its side and the iPad on the way, analysts are now beginning to wonder if Apple will continue its push and become a worthy challenger to the traditional gaming giants. Swipe the jump for details. Read More »

Analyst: iPad Could Disrupt Traditional Gaming Giants

Nintendo Stuns Industry, Announces the 3DS

By Mike Sharkey | Nintendo DS News | Mar 23, 2010 4:57 AM | Comment

The DSi XL has yet to launch in the U.S., but that didn't stop Nintendo from announcing its successor today. The 3DS, a portable gaming device that features 3D effects without the need for special glasses, is scheduled to ship sometime before March 2011. Read More »

Nintendo Announces the 3DS

The Spy Hunter Movie, aka, Extended James Bond Car Chase Scene

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 23, 2010 3:32 AM | Comment

Warner Bros. is getting behind the wheel of the G-6155 Interceptor in an effort to finally steer Bally Midway's 1983 arcade classic Spy Hunter to the big screen. Oil slick the jump for details. Read More »

Warner Bros. Working on Spy Hunter Movie

Hall of Justice Moved to Montreal

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 22, 2010 4:51 PM | Comment

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is heading to the Great White North, and it's taking Superman along for the ride. The media conglomerate announced today it plans to open a new videogame studio in Montreal that is focused on developing games based on DC's iconic characters. Read the metaphorical origin story after the jump. Read More »

Warner Bros. to Open Game Studio in Montreal

Molyneux: Getting Natal into the Game by Thanksgiving

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 22, 2010 3:53 PM | Comment

In a recent interview with UK newspaper The Times, Fable III designer Peter Molyneux discussed visiting the set of Avatar, the rise of social gaming, and everything in between. He even managed to provide a few additional tidbits about the next installment in the Fable franchise. Hit the jump for Dickensian details. Read More »

Molyneux Talks to The Times About Fable III

Square Enix Sharpening Buster Sword, Considering Remake

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 22, 2010 2:30 PM | Comment

Final Fantasy fans love Cloud like Competitive Eating champ Kobayashi loves Nathan's hot dogs. Probably a poor parallel, as Kobayashi reportedly regurgitates the franks he devours. Point is, Final Fantasy VII and its aforementioned star are widely regarded as the pinnacle of the franchise, and fans have long dreamed of a remake. According to a report, Square Enix is now seriously considering the idea. Read More »

Square Enix Considering Final Fantasy VII Remake

Ripley's Believe it or Not: Gamer Survives Knife Through the Brain

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 22, 2010 1:15 PM | Comment

There's nothing worse than becoming the victim of a wall hack. Check that. Getting a rusty 12-inch knife driven into your skull is worse. Much worse. Just ask the kid who lived to tell the tale after being accused of using a wall-hack in Counter-Strike. Read More »

Chinese Gamer Stabbed in the Head for Wall Hack

Six Days in Fallujah Devs: You'll Actually Get to Play Our New Game!

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 22, 2010 11:57 AM | Comment

Atomic Games announced today it has begun work on a new FPS, and given the extreme opposition to its currently in-limbo shooter Six Days in Fallujah, it's possible we'll actually get to play Breach first. Flashbang the jump and clear the room. Read More »

Atomic Games Announces Breach

EA Embraces DLC, Plans "Premium" Demos

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 22, 2010 10:30 AM | Comment

During Electronic Arts' quarterly conference call in February, CEO John Riccitiello said the company would embrace digital distribution models in 2010. Courtesy of a paper today from outspoken Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, we get to see just how deep EA's DLC hole is going to go. Read More »

EA: DLC, Sequels, Less Risk

Nintendo Mastermind Focusing on the Classroom

By Mike Sharkey | News | Mar 22, 2010 8:21 AM | Comment

There is little more Shigeru Miyamoto can accomplish in the videogame industry. The 57-year-old has created some of the most iconic and top-selling characters and franchises in gaming, and even changed the way videogames are played. But Miyamoto has a lofty new aspiration: education. Read More »

Miyamoto Devoted to Developing Educational Tools

SCEA Head Honcho Promises Killzone 3

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 22, 2010 7:09 AM | Comment

Rumors of a third installment in the Killzone franchise began to surface shortly after the second game was published early last year. Now, from the mouth of the Sony Computer Entertainment America president himself, we have confirmation: Killzone 3 is coming. Read More »

SCEA Boss Promises Killzone 3

Kratos Crowned King of the UK

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Mar 22, 2010 5:54 AM | Comment

In just two days on the shelves, PS3-exclusive God of War III leaped over Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII to become the top-selling title in the UK. Indicating just how large sales of Sony Santa Monica's newest Kratos adventure will be worldwide, God of War III week-one sales bettered its predecessor, 2.4-million-selling God of War II, by 2.65 to 1. Read More »

God of War III Tops UK Charts

Heavy Rain Postmortem

By Anthony Gallegos | PlayStation 3 Articles | Mar 19, 2010 4:37 PM | Comment

Quantic Dream co-founder and co-CEO David Cage, wants to break the conventions of videogames. Much like his last game, Farenheit (known better to U.S. audiences as Indigo Prophecy), Heavy Rain is not meant to be an all-out action brawler with exploding barrels and 1,000 other gaming tropes -- but instead, it's meant to hit you where few games ever do: emotionally. To find out more about Heavy Rain's development, we recently met up with Cage at this years Game Developers Conference, grilling him on how and why he created what could be the most emotionally engaging game ever. Read More »

Heavy Rain Postmortem

Nathan Drake Pulls a Kanye During Batman's Acceptance Speech

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Mar 19, 2010 3:33 PM | Comment

What do Batman, Nathan Drake and Shigeru Miyamoto have in common? Aside from being generally awesome, all three were big winners at Friday night's British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Videogames Awards. Hit the jump for details. Read More »

Batman Takes Best Game at BAFTA Awards

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Citing recent defilement of his iconic text, the rotting, angry corpse of the deceased Italian poet created a hauntingly rhythmic couplet of a new kind in the form of a furious button-mashing death rattle from beyond the afterlife. Can you hear that, EA?

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