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0  Fils-Aime Feels 'Embarrassed' For Sony, Microsoft Fri, Mar 12th, 2010, 5:50 pm (EST) BY DARRYL Reggie Fils-Aime, President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America, has never really been one to mix his words and he's given his honest opinion on both Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's PlayStation Move in one stinging retort. When speaking to Kotaku on the subject of Sony and Microsoft playing catch-up, he said "I think we would have been embarrassed to do what our competitors are currently doing." More »

1  Kojima: Metal Gear Sold Rising Will Attract New Users Fri, Mar 12th, 2010, 1:28 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear Solid, has stated his belief that Metal Gear Solid: Rising "will create new users." While speaking on twitter, Kojima said "the next MGS... "RISING." this game will create new users, be developed by the new generation, a new MGS." This seems in line with the small bits of information we know about Rising, namely that it will be more of an action-adventure experience. More »

0  Way of the Samurai 3 Review Fri, Mar 12th, 2010, 12:45 pm (EST) BY DARRYL There are many video games released exclusively in Japan, purely because they just don't appeal to and aren't catered towards the Western audience. Occasionally, a few of those games creep through the net and score a Western publisher - Way of the Samurai 3 is one such game. It focuses solely on Japanese culture, specifically around the time of the Sengoku period and it encourages players to find their own way through this ancient civilisation, with very little guidance. More »

0  Sony: 13 Million PS3s Will Be Sold By End Of March Fri, Mar 12th, 2010, 12:28 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS The February NPD sales figures revealed a 31% increase from 2009 for the PS3 and Sony is forecasting that trend to continue through March. Despite recent supply shortages, Sony is predicting PS3 sales in 2010 will hit 13 million by the end of March. Patrick Seybold, Sony Computer Entertainment America Senior Director of Corporate Communications, revealed the company is "tracking to sell 13 million PS3s worldwide by the end of March, which marks a 30 percent increase over last fiscal year." More »

	0  BioWare: Expect More DLC For Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age Fri, Mar 12th, 2010, 8:42 am (EST) BY DARRYL According to BioWare chief Ray Muzyka, gamers should be expecting more DLC for both Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins. The reason? Because they loved what's been done so far. More »

	0  February NPDs: 360 And PS3 Strong, Wii Down Thu, Mar 11th, 2010, 10:26 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS The NPD Group has released the February 2010 sales numbers for the United States. The Xbox 360 has come out on top in hardware sales with 422K sold, while Bioshock 2 took the software crown with 563K. Below are the hardware and software numbers. More »

0  CyberConnect2 Counts Down to New DS Project Reveal Thu, Mar 11th, 2010, 8:29 pm (EST) BY SHAWN CyberConnect2, the developer for the .hack titles as well as the PlayStation line of Naruto titles, has put up a new countdown site for a new Nintendo DS project. Up until now the developer has been focused mainly on PS3 and PSP projects. More »

0  GDC 2010: Sony Reveals Support For PlayStation Move Thu, Mar 11th, 2010, 8:00 pm (EST) BY SHAWN During Sony's press conference at GDC 2010, the company unveiled the official name for their much-anticipated motion controller, the PlayStation Move. During the conference they mentioned that over 30 publisher had already vouched for supporting the peripheral, but until now the full list had yet to be revealed. More »

	0  God of War III DLC and Offshoot Still A Possibility Thu, Mar 11th, 2010, 11:16 am (EST) BY JAMIE COURTS According to a recent interview with VG247, Todd Papy, Design Director at Sony Santa Monica, mentioned that God of War III may see some paid content coming down the line after release. More »

2  Green Day: Rock Band Announced for June Thu, Mar 11th, 2010, 10:36 am (EST) BY JAMIE COURTS In a press release today, MTV Games has announced that the upcoming Green Day: Rock Band game will see a worldwide release date of June 8th. The newest single band edition of Rock Band will feature 47 tracks spanning the band's entire catalogue of albums. More »

0  THQ: Next Red Faction Coming March 2011 Thu, Mar 11th, 2010, 10:20 am (EST) BY DARRYL THQ have confirmed, via Joystiq, that the next installment into the Red Faction franchise is planned for release during March 2011 - it initially only had a release window of Fiscal 2011. THQ's executive VP of Core Games Danny Bilson, also revealed some details about the direction the franchise is now going to take "The new game takes [Red Faction] to a whole new place, it kind of goes back to the old Red Faction because about 80% of it is underground". Definitely some good news, but hopefully the level of destruction isn't compromised as a result. More »

2  GDC 2010: Sony Unveils PlayStation Move Wed, Mar 10th, 2010, 8:08 pm (EST) BY JORDAN DOUGLAS During Sony's GDC Press Event, which just concluded, the company unveiled their motion controller PlayStation Move. Sony Computer Entertainment America VP of Marketing, Peter Dille, revealed that the standard kit (complete with a PlayStation Eye camera, Move controller, and a game) will cost under $100 USD. Other details revealed during the event; More »

0  Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review Wed, Mar 10th, 2010, 6:27 pm (EST) BY DARRYL The boys of Bad Company are back again to lay waste to the lands with their unique brand of destruction and humour. This time around though, DICE is ramping up the destruction and upping the ante of their online multiplayer modes. Despite this, the question still remains about saturation, and in a sea of modern first person shooters, will Bad Company 2 hold its own? More »

0  Ubisoft Hiring Oscar Winners For Ghost Recon Short Wed, Mar 10th, 2010, 2:01 pm (EST) BY JAMIE COURTS According to an article from Reuters, Ubisoft has hired directors Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy, Oscar winners for the short film "Logorama", for a short film about the latest Ghost Recon title. More »

0  F1 2010 Coming To Consoles and PC This Year Wed, Mar 10th, 2010, 1:31 pm (EST) BY JAMIE COURTS In a press release by Codemasters today, a new F1 title was announced for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC platform. F1 2010 is set to feature all of the 2010 F1 teams and circuits including a new Korean Grand Prix circuit added for this year. More »

	0  Final Fantasy XIII Ships 5 Million Worldwide Wed, Mar 10th, 2010, 11:33 am (EST) BY DARRYL Square Enix have announced that Final Fantasy XIII has managed to ship around 5 million units worldwide. This comes after North American and European shipments totalled 3 million, which are combined with the 2 million already shipped in Japan. More »

0  White Knight Chronicles To Get Free Weekly Quests Wed, Mar 10th, 2010, 12:14 am (EST) BY COLIN It looks like the adventure isn't over for White Knight Chronicles just yet. Sony and developer Level 5 have just revealed that they will be launching a weekly quest campaign for the RPG that'll last all the way until the end of June. More »

	2  Rock Band 3 To 'Revolutionize The Music Genre' This Fall Tue, Mar 9th, 2010, 3:42 pm (EST) BY KYLE WYNEN Though not through the usual means, EA and Harmonix have that Rock Band 3 will hit stores in its usual release window, the fall. The announcement came way of the official Rock Band Facebook fan page, teasing that this iteration of the franchise will revolutionize the genre, again. More »

	2  Gran Turismo 5 'Nights' Trailer Released Tue, Mar 9th, 2010, 2:27 pm (EST) BY JAMIE COURTS A new teaser trailer has been released today highlighting some of the cars and tracks of Gran Turismo 5, as well as some damage effects. This HD trailer shows what exactly is taking the folks at Polyphony Digital so long to release their gorgeous driving simulator. More »

0  Why God of War 3 Doesn't Need Aggressive Marketing Tue, Mar 9th, 2010, 1:10 pm (EST) BY ADAM MA As we get closer to the release of God of War III, fans are eating up every bit of information they can get. The men and women at Sony are keeping a tight lid on this one however, with only the occasional trailer here, a screenshot there, and the unveiling of the box set for fans to chew on. That's exactly the way it should be. As a culture we tend to get a little obsessed with how much information we can learn before something even happens, and it's created a lot of false hopes and empty promises. God of War III is better off without it. More »