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'Fire Pro-Wrestling' For Xbox 360 Rated In Australia

Posted 12/28/10 6:23 pm EST by in News, Xbox 360

Fire Pro Wrestling

Microsoft revealed back at this year's Tokyo Game Show that they'd been working to bring some Japanese-developed games overseas, including "Radiant Silvergun" and "Fire Pro-Wrestling." The latter of those two titles will carry the name of Spike's long-running series that's appeared on the Gameboy Advance, PlayStation 2 and other systems; this time, it will boast Xbox Live Avatar integration. Things appear to be moving along for its 2011 international release, too, because the Australian classification board has issued a rating.

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Kinect Used To Play 'World Of Warcraft' At USC

Posted 12/28/10 6:21 pm EST by in News, PC

Kinect World of Warcraft

Ever since Microsoft shipped Kinect out into the world, tech-savvy tweakers have been hacking the controller and finding new things do with it, with or without Microsoft's blessing. Researchers at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies, for instance, have assembled a toolkit that allows them to play "World of Warcraft" and other PC games using a system that maps hot key commands to body gestures, and the group has named their creation the "Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit" (FAAST).

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Marvel 'Secret Wars' Trademark Alludes To Video Games

Posted 12/28/10 6:21 pm EST by in News

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Marvel Comics has tapped their rich history of mega-crossovers like ""The Infinity Gauntlet" and "Civil War" for video game material in the past. Such stories provide great excuses to stuff as many characters as possible into a book, and the same truism applies to Xbox and PlayStation titles. Now, a freshly filed trademark shows that the company at the very least wants to keep their gaming options open for "Secret Wars," too, whether that means they have something specific in mind yet or not.

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'Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection' Hitting Japan On March 24

Posted 12/28/10 2:47 pm EST by in News, PSP

Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection

Even as Square Enix struggled to get "Final Fantasy XIV" into presentable shape this year, they marched ever onward exploring and releasing ported versions of older titles from the series. The "Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection" represents one of their latest efforts on that front, and the PlayStation Portable bundling of both "FFIV" and "FFIV: The After Years" now has a release date (in Japan at least) of March 24, 2011.

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Nintendo Encouraging Young Children To Use 3DS's 2D Mode

Posted 12/28/10 1:51 pm EST by in 3DS / DS, News

Nintendo 3DS

While "Mario Kart DS" may have helped to rehabilitate one boy's vision, 3-D viewing via devices like the 3DS could have undesirable impacts on users under 6 years of age. Nintendo was up front as far back as E3 last June regarding potential dangers for young children without fully formed eye muscles, but ahead of some big international unveilings in January they've spelled out those concerns in writing now, along with some other warnings about how the 3DS could make you sick.

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Nintendo 3DS Pre-Orders Now Available At GameStop

Posted 12/27/10 4:41 pm EST by in 3DS / DS, News

Nintendo 3DS

You aren't likely to see a price or precise release date attached to the Nintendo 3DS in North America until Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime gets up to talk on January 19, but if you've already made your decision about whether or not you want in on the company's next generation of handheld hardware, your local GameStop should be more than willing to help you lock in a pre-order.

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'Dynasty Warriors 7' Coming To North America On March 22

Posted 12/27/10 3:56 pm EST by in News, PS3, Xbox 360

Dynasty Warriors 7

Tecmo Koei revealed a few weeks back that North America would be getting "Dynasty Warriors 7" in all of its Move-supported, co-op-play-including, 3-D glory in March 2011, just like Japan, but they've elaborated on those plans a bit more now, slapping a March 22 release date on the game for North America and March 25 for Europe. The news comes with a army of new info pages now readily available on the game's official English language website.

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'Super Meat Boy' Cancelled As WiiWare

Posted 12/27/10 1:34 pm EST by in News, PC, Wii, Xbox 360

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Team Meat knew as early as 2 months ago that the fate of "Super Meat Boy" as WiiWare might be in peril. Sadly, its demise has now been confirmed, though a Wii retail release might still have a small chance at seeing the light of day. As a Multiplayer favorite for 2010 and one of the more challenging new 2D platformers in recent memory, the news saddens us, but all hope may not be lost.

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Galactus Drawn Into 'Marvel Vs. Capcom 3' Comic Book

Posted 12/27/10 12:38 pm EST by in News, PS3, Xbox 360

Galactus Marvel vs Capcom 3

A self-proclaimed leaker on Twitter predicted that Galactus would show up as the final boss in "Marvel vs. Capcom 3" earlier this month, although a list of achievements that surfaced for the game last week didn't show any signs of the big purple devourer of worlds. Now, however, some artwork that appears to be from the comic book included with the Collector's Edition has shown up, and both Galactus and Taskmaster display their faces.

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'Pokemon Black' And 'White' Now Dated For North America

Posted 12/27/10 10:48 am EST by in 3DS / DS, News

Pokemon Black and White release date

Nintendo may be ratcheting up their hype machine to finally break out a North American release date for the 3DS, but they've still got at least one big title to drop in 2011 for the soon-to-be-charmingly-retro DS. "Pokémon Black" and "White." Japanese players have had the games since September, but Nintendo has now confirmed that the U.S. will have both editions and the 150-plus new Pokémon types that come with them on March 6, 2011.

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