Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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Rape Games Officially Banned In Japan

10:30PM Brian Ashcraft | First Japanese rape games were “banned”. Then, they were unbanned — rather, they were never officially banned. Now? Now, they’re banned. Like, for real. More »
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Lumines Developer Making Game For Ubisoft

9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the developer behind Rez and Lumines, is developing a new title for French game maker Ubisoft. That’s about all we know! More »
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What Does The E3 No More Heroes 2 Trailer Have?

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft
 Flying honies, dual beam action, an f-bomb and beam katakana kissing. Missing anything?
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Three Avatar Game Screens

8:30PM Brian Ashcraft | James Cameron’s Avatar has been a long time in the making. His goal has been a “fully immersive” flick. To bring the game version to life, Cameron said he carefully choose his partner, Ubisoft. More »
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Ubisoft Ready To Get You In Shape With Its Wii Camera

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Ubisoft’s fitness game Your Shape comes with a camera that scans your, well, shape and allows folks to experience hands free. More »
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Live Action Assassin’s Creed Short Films Coming This Spring

7:30PM AJ Glasser | Two years ago, Ubisoft got into the film-making biz by encouraging would-be Assassin’s Creed fans to make short films exploring the game’s themes and possible plot points. More »
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Tecmo Surprises Us With Fret Nice, The Guitar Controller Platformer

7:00PM Michael McWhertor | Fret Nice, the indie platformer that you play with a Guitar Hero a controller—or possibly with a Rock Band guitar controller—is coming to a console near you, thanks to Tecmo. More »
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The Clips Of E3: Day One

6:30PM AJ Glasser | Between trailers, teasers and gameplay footage, there’s almost enough movie time here to warrant an entire evening’s worth of popcorn. More »
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Testing Molyneux’s Milo, A Virtual Boy With, Yes, A Dog

6:00PM Stephen Totilo | I talked to Peter Molyneux’s virtual boy. He liked the colour of my shirt. More »
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These Are Ringo Starr’s Rock Band Drums

5:30PM Brian Ashcraft | We’ve seen Paul’s Höfner bass, John’s Rickenbacker 325 guitar and George’s Gretsch Duo Jet guitar. All that’s missing is Ringo’s drum kit. Until now. More »