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This Blue Dragon ‘Shu’ Mascot Is Really Creepy

1:40AM Jim Reilly | Konami was staging tournaments and demos for their Blue Dragon Role Playing Card Game at their booth. Stalking the aisles was this Shu mascot, which did nothing but startle everyone.
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inFamous Preview: Ride The Lightning

12:00AM Jim Reilly | The (very) long awaited game from Sucker Punch is nearly here. I recently checked out a newest build at a Sony preview event. More »
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Square-Enix Brings Toys, Not Games, To NYCC

12:00PM Jim Reilly | While the rest of the other video game publishers at the NYCC brought video games for fans to check out, Square-Enix brought lots and lots of toys. No playable demos. No trailers. Just toys.
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Bethesda’s Next Project: An iPhone Game

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | At the New York Comic Con today, Bethesda Softworks executive producer Todd Howard, responsible for overseeing Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls series, said that one of his company’s next project is an iPhone game. More »
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Preview: A Bloody Good Time

12:20AM Jim Reilly | Has a good stand-alone Wolverine game finally been made? I tried out an early hands-on demo tonight of X-Men Origins: Wolverine at Activision’s pre-New York Comic Con press event to find out. More »
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Hands-On With Prototype

6:30PM Jim Reilly | What’s that? You say you wanted more sandbox-style games? Activision has you covered with the release of Protoype on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC this summer winter.
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Chinatown Wars Playable At New York Comic Con

5:20AM Mike Fahey | Rockstar Games is hitting up the New York Comic Con this weekend, giving players a chance to get some early hands-on time with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS. More »
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SouthPeak’s NYCC Plans Include Real Velvet Assassin

3:30AM Mike Fahey | The 2009 New York Comic Con is kicking off this weekend, and SouthPeak Games plans on making their presence felt, throwing everything from space bears to live-action velvety assassins at convention goers.