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'Syberia 3' In Development, But Shunned by Sony

by Rainier on April 17, 2009 @ 4:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Syberia 3 takes Kate on an adventure which mixes suspense, myth, ecology and action. She crosses paths with a weird Vic McPherson who is investigating the murky business of international trafficking of ancient works of art and prehistoric ivory. On April 1st Microids announced Syberia 3 would be coming to PC and PS3, which turned out to be a semi April Fools joke. While the game is in development, SCEA has been giving Microids the cold should despite SCEE's approval of previous Syberia titles, leaving it up to Sony whether the newest installment will actually be on the PS3.

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'Street Fighter IV' (ALL) Free Championship Mode DLC Gets Dated

by Rainier on April 17, 2009 @ 3:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

SF IV features a mix of returning favorites (Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li etc.) along with new characters created for this game, such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D, while the game is played in the classic 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes.
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'Virtua Tennis 2009' (ALL) Shows Off Mini-Games - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on April 17, 2009 @ 3:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Virtua Tennis 2009 will again allow you to take on the world's top tennis players in some of the most realistic courts to be found on gaming consoles. Take on the likes of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, or play as Maria Sharapova against Venus Williams to recreate some classic court battles.
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Pirate Bay Founders Sentenced To Do Time

by Rainier on April 17, 2009 @ 3:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Founders of the Pirate Bay BitTorrent Web site have been found guilty of assisting in making copyright content available. Carl Lundström, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm were each sentenced to a year in prison and must pay a total of $3,620,000 in damages. Sunde revealed he will appeal the court ruling and will continue operating the Pirate Bay site.

'Dragonica' - New Screens

by Rainier on April 17, 2009 @ 3:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Dragonica is a free-to-play, cartoon side-scrolling, micro-transaction-based casual MMO mixing elements of action and arcade.
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Applied Research Associates Acquires Virtual Heroes Developer

by Rainier on April 17, 2009 @ 2:56 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Applied Research Associates has acquired Virtual Heroes, known for creating Advanced Learning Technology solutions for the healthcare, federal systems and commercial markets. Virtual Heroes has worked with Epic's Unreal Engine 3 on titles like America’s Army, Hilton Ultimate Team Play, and currently working on NASA's Astronaut: Moon, Mars & Beyond game.
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'Red Faction: Guerrilla' (ALL) - 12 New Screens

by Rainier on April 16, 2009 @ 7:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, this third-person, open-world action-shooter will return to Mars and once again redefine the limits of destruction-based gameplay.
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'SingStar Queen' (PS2/PS3) Coming to North America, Gets Dated

by Rainier on April 16, 2009 @ 7:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

SingStar Queen features 25 chart-topping tracks from the iconic pop-rock group including, Another One Bites the Dust, We Are The Champions, Bohemian Rhapsody, Under Pressure etc., marking the franchise’s second foray into artist specific content.
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Various Game Trailers #1583

by Rainier on April 16, 2009 @ 7:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

  • Battlestations: Pacific [ALL] - Relive Rewrite Trailer
  • Forged by Chaos - Tech Demo Trailer
  • The Sims 3 [PC] - Movie Tool Walkthrough Trailer
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine [ALL] - Behind the Scenes Trailer #3
  • Grand Slam Tennis [Wii] - First Play Trailer
  • Return to Mysterious Island 2 [PC] - Trailer

  • We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
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Nintendo DSi Sells Nearly Double Its Predecessor During Launch

by Rainier on April 16, 2009 @ 6:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Early U.S. sales of the new NDSi are ahead of those for NDS Lite, according to Nintendo's internal tracking numbers. In its first week, NDSi sold 435,000 in the United States, while the NDS Lite had sold 226,300 systems after the same amount of time on the U.S. market after its launch.
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