Saturday, January 31, 2009 - Page 2
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Japanese Weekly Hardware Sales: How Low Can They Go?

If you thought hardware sales in Japan couldn’t bottom out any harder than they did last week, we ask you to politely reconsider. Frankly, we’re starting to worry. You okay, Japanese gamers?


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Next Week’s Rock Band DLC: Still Dangerous

Harmonix and MTV will bring seven new tracks to Rock Band and Rock Band 2 rockers next week, including a triple-shot of classic, leather pants-wearing Irish rock from Thin Lizzy.


Meet The Lost And Damned’s Johnny Klebitz

Grand Theft Auto IV‘s first dose of downloadable episodic content will hit the Xbox 360 in less than three weeks. Rockstar’s new trailer for said episode, The Lost and Damned, introduces players to Johnny.


Köööööln!!!

Things in Germany got nasty this week as the annual Games Convention, once the largest video game convention in the world, suffered a life-threatening schism.


What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Kotaku AU

Guys, I need your help. I’m looking through my unplayed games of 2008 pile and there’s Persona 3 FES, Rise of the Argonauts, Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, Sonic Unleashed, LEGO Batman, Tomb Raider: Underworld and Civilization: Revolution. They’re all sitting there, just staring at me.


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Valve Offers Embarrassing Early Look At The Scout

The next Team Fortress 2 class to get the upgrade treatment, the smack-talking Scout, should get his gameplay makeover any day now. Valve has taken the opportunity to reminisce on the Scout’s awkward, ugly-duckling past.


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DICE 2009 Puts Gabe Newell Behind A Podium

The 2009 Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain Summit has updated its list of speakers, and right at the top of the precariously teetering pile is Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell.


Bayonetta, MadWorld, The Conduit Lookin’ Fine

In case you missed it, today turned out to be SEGA DAY! Happy Sega Day, go hug a hedgehog!*


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Top Oblivion DLC Revealed, Horse Armour Surprisingly Popular

Bethesda Softworks’ campaign to incrementally squeeze money from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion players has been a huge success. So much so that offering up downloadable horse armour wasn’t the flop it should have been.


New Madworld Trailer Adds Cheese To The Bloodbath

There’s a new trailer for Platinum Games’ Wii slaughterfest MadWorld to go along with today’s impressions, proving that even the most violent of games can be diluted with a bit a over-the-top bad acting.