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• 'Painkiller' Videogame Coming to Big Screen

  Published: August 2, 2007, 11:31 am

  Tags: Hell Wars, Hellwars, Painkiller, Video Game, Videogame

  Filed under: Action & Adventure, Horror, Games and Game MoviesHey, I have an idea! Let's make a movie ... based on a video game! Seriously! I mean, the story and the characters are already done, so that's half our work right there. Plus we can use the game to design the sets, the props, everything! It'll be so easy! ... What's that? It's been

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• Check Out the New 'Hitman' Teaser Poster

  Published: August 14, 2007, 8:02 am

  Tags: Eidos, Hitman, Movie, Poster, Skip Woods, Skipwoods, Timothy Olyphant, Timothyolyphant, Videogame

  Filed under: Action & Adventure, New Releases, 20th Century Fox, Movie Marketing, Games and Game Movies, ImagesOld news is still good news. That said ... When Fox made the somewhat disappointing decision to pull out of ComicCon , it put the brakes on our chances of getting another look at the big-screen version of the stealth video game,

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• Super Mario Galaxy interview explains the history of the Wii platformer and the assist-play co-op mode

  Published: August 14, 2007, 2:09 pm

  Tags: Interviews, News, Super Mario, Super Mario Galaxy, Wii, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo, Platform, Adventure, Game, Videogame, Multiplayer, Co Op, Assist Play

  Development of Super Mario Galaxy started when Yoshiaki Koizumi wanted to create a new game with Nintendo’s Tokyo Team. He took his idea to Mr. Miyamoto and they started working on the outline of the game. This happened right after the development of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was finished at the end of 2004. Mr. Miyamoto had been testing

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• Gameplay still king: Only 40% of PS3 owners aware of Blu-ray. Only 30% of Xbox 360 owners aware of HD graphics.

  Published: August 14, 2007, 10:20 am

  Tags: News, Xbox 360, Ps3, Playstation 3, Dvd, Blu Ray, Dvd Hd, Game, Videogame, Console, Media Center, Media

  The NPD Group released results from their “Next Gen Functionality & Usage” report and the results are, to say the least, surprising. With both Sony pushing the PlayStation 3 and Microsoft pushing the Xbox 360 as media centers / video game consoles with high-definition visuals, you’d think more people would be aware. But if

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• Clive Barker’s Jericho release date October 23rd. Preview videos show brutal horror FPS gameplay for Xbox 360, PS3 & PC

  Published: August 14, 2007, 7:00 am

  Tags: Videos, Interviews, News, Jericho, Clive Barker, Cliver Barkers Jericho, Horror, First Person Shooter, Xbox 360, Ps3, Playstation 3, Game, Videogame

  Clive Barker’s Jericho has a release date of October 23rd 2007 (US) for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It can be described as a horror-themed run-and-gun squad-based first-person shooter (lots of dashes, eh). It’s developed by Mercury Steam and published by Codemasters. The game features some really cool and unique mechanics. In addition to

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• Rocketmen: Axis of Evil blasts onto Xbox 360 Arcade, PS3 Store & PC. Top-Down shooter features 4-player online co-op

  Published: August 14, 2007, 6:50 am

  Tags: Videos, News, Rocketmen Axis Of Evil, Game, Videogame, Ps3, Playstation 3, Playstation Network, Xbox 360, Shooter, Arcade

  Rocketmen: Axis of Evil is a top-down shooter by Capcom, much like Smash TV or Robotron but with a more cartoony style, and is coming to both Xbox 360 Arcade and the PS3 PlayStation Network as well as PC. It supports 1 to 4 player online (and offline) co-op. You move through various levels blasting literally everything that comes in your path,

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• The Making of Heavenly Sword part 2 and the animated series continues with Guardians of the Sword

  Published: August 15, 2007, 7:37 am

  Tags: Videos, News, Heavenly Sword, Ps3, Playstation 3, Game, Videogame, Animation, Ninja Theory

  Ninja Theory talks about the design process of Heavenly Sword and bringing the design to life. Quite interesting to hear they considered a male characters, but that in the end Nariko’s art direction ended up looking far more powerful. I didn’t know they were developing the game’s technology for next-gen long before the PS3

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• Xbox 360 games library only consists out of 17% shooters

  Published: August 15, 2007, 12:50 pm

  Tags: News, Xbox 360, Game, Videogame, Shooter, Fps, Tps

  Are there really too many shooters on the Xbox 360? The games console is often stereotyped as a hardcore PC FPS gamer’s home without much else from other genres on offer. Based on 139 Xbox 360 games, FPSsource found that not even a fourth of them are considered as First Person Shooters or Third Person Shooters, even added together. The study

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• Tabula Rasa intro cinematic

  Published: August 15, 2007, 11:38 am

  Tags: Videos, News, Tabula Rasa, Mmorpg, Mmo, Game, Videogame

  Tabula Rasa is the philosophical concept behind every human being starting out as a “blank slate”. In this case the Tabula Rasa MMO game for PC forces humanity to start anew. Here’s the powerful Tabula Rasa intro cinematic. Click on the bottom-right corner arrow to view it full-screen.

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• Hexic 2 and Ecco the Dolphin are the Xbox Live Arcade releases today

  Published: August 15, 2007, 1:11 pm

  Tags: Videos, News, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, Game, Videogame, Hexic, Hexic 2, Ecco The Dolphin

  From today, August 1st at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play Carbonated Games’ Hexic 2 on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Hexic 2 will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / 9.60 / 6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20). Ready to put your hex-busting skills to the test? The game's not over until you build a full

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• First Metal Gear Online video shown

  Published: August 15, 2007, 3:46 pm

  Tags: Videos, News, Metal Gear, Metal Gear Online, Metal Gear Solid, Ps3, Playstation 3, Game, Videogame, Online, Multiplayer

  Metal Gear Online will be coming exclusively to PS3. The action game from Kojima Productions is an online-oriented entry in the Metal Gear franchise, following up on the success of the online portion of MGS3 Subsistence on PS2 and MGS Portable Ops on PSP. Metal Gear Online allows up to 16 players to sneak and attack in online combat scenarios. The

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• Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath expansion pack announced for PC and Xbox 360 due early 2008

  Published: August 15, 2007, 5:06 pm

  Tags: Videos, News, Command Conquer, Command Conquer 3, Kanes Wrath, Tiberium Wars, C C3, Rts, Game, Videogame, Electronic Arts, Kane

  The Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath expansion pack was announced by Electronic Arts for PC and Xbox 360 for an early 2008 release date. This was revealed on the new Command & Conquer TV online HD show called Battlecast Prime Time episode 1. The RTS game's producer, Jim Vessella, said that the new game with a storyline “all

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• Ubisoft announces Chessmaster: The Art of Learning for DS and Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition for PC

  Published: August 15, 2007, 6:13 pm

  Tags: News, Chess, Chessmaster, Nintendo Ds, Game, Videogame, Ubisoft, Chessmaster The Art Of Learning, Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition

  Ubisoft today announced that it will publish Chessmaster: The Art of Learning for the Nintendo DS and Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition for Windows PC. The games are scheduled for worldwide releases in October 2007. In both games, Josh Waitzkin, International Master and eight-time National Chess Champion, coaches players to grasp the basic

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• Australian Xbox 360 gets price drop, Core Package same price as Wii!

  Published: August 16, 2007, 1:13 am

  Tags: Interviews, News, Xbox 360, Price Drop, Cheap, Game, Videogame, Ps3, Playstation 3, Australia, New Zealand

  Microsoft has announced the first Xbox 360 price cut in Australia/New Zealand! The Xbox 360 Core system has been dropped to A$399.95 (down from A$429), making it the same price as the Nintendo Wii! Meanwhile the Xbox 360 Pro package has dropped to A$579 down from A$649! These price drops are thanks to reduced manufacturing costs and will put the

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• Resident Evil 2 PS1 Full Story video walks you through the storyline, including bosses, and shows all cut-scenes from beginning to ending

  Published: August 16, 2007, 2:56 am

  Tags: Features, Game Intros, Videos, News, Resident Evil 2, Full Story, Video, Videogame, Game, Playstation, Ps1, Psx, N64, Capcom, Survival Horror

  Resident Evil 2 was for many years considered the epitome of survival horror greatness. It stood as the horror game all others strived to be. And for good reason. Capcom’s classic, Resident Evil 2, was improved by leaps and bounds over it’s predecessor. You had a significantly more complex narrative, that included a large cast of

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