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Why Isn’t Ashes Cricket 2009 Coming To Wii?

10:00AM David Wildgoose | Codemasters is releasing Ashes Cricket 2009 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in Australia this week. But it’s not coming to the most popular console. More »
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Katamari Forever: The Monkey And The Rooster

3:00AM Brian Crecente | Wow, Kazuhito Udetsu still manages to blow my mind. How does he come up with this stuff? And how much is it? More »
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Get Stuffed On The Munchables For Wii

10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Namco Bandai’s The Munchables looks like it could be the feel-good hit of the Spring for Wii owners. It’s cute, colourful and looks to borrow from the best. More »
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Westerners Destroy, Japanese Create

11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Hirokazu Yasuhara has been lucky enough to work in both the Japanese game industry and the Western game industry. In Japan, he was the third member of the first Team Sonic and fleshed out the level design for the early Sonic titles. In the West, he clocked time at Naughty Dog, working on the Jak series. Now, he’s currently senior design director at Namco Bandai Games America. In an interview with game site Gamasutra, Yasuhara talks his level design philosophy (fascinating stuff) and offers insights like: More »