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Microsoft Kindasmashes Natal Launch Rumour
1:00PM Owen Good | Microsoft’s UK boss dismissed a report last week that Natal will be ready to go in November 2010, saying claims of pricing and available shipments were based on inaccurate rumours. More »
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Valve: Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Did Not Reveal DLC Names
4:30AM Owen Good | Speaking at an event today sponsored by Eurogamer, Valve’s Chet Faliszek said the names for DLC packs found in the Left 4 Dead 2 demo were spaceholders only, put there as a test required by Microsoft. More »
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Eidos Prez: Rocksteady Is Not Doing Hitman 5
5:00AM Owen Good | A British actor listing voice and mo-cap work for Hitman 5 through U.K. dev Rocksteady sent around the buzz that series developer IO Interactive might be off the case. Not so, says Eidos chief Ian Livingstone. More »
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Kill Bill’s Gogo Yubari Actress Not In Tekken Movie
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Check Chiaki Kuriyama’s Internet Movie Database page. At the time of posting, it says right at the top that the actress will be appearing in the Tekken movie. This is incorrect, she says. She won’t. More »
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Halo Waypoint Team: Gearbox Not Working On Halo
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | There have been lots of assumptions that Borderlands and Brothers In Arms developer Gearbox Software was hard at work on a Halo game for Microsoft. That’s partly based on things Gearbox has said, partly on things it didn’t say. More »
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Billy Mitchell Denies And Denounces Taunting Tweets
4:00AM Owen Good | Some unsportsmanlike tweets attributed to Billy Mitchell are 100 percent fake, says the Donkey Kong world record holder. More »
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Sony Computer Europe Head Unaware Of Crackdown Devs Existence
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | David Reeves is retiring from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. In his retirement announcement, Reeves stated he plans to spend his time “trying to repay society” from all he has taken from it. More »
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No, Famitsu Didn’t Announce Tales of Vesperia For PS3
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | See that blurry magazine scan? It apparently says that Xbox 360 title Tales of Vesperia is coming to the PS3 with new events and new dungeons. Don’t get excited just yet. More »
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Rockstar: No Grand Theft Auto ‘V’ In 2009
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | The most recent issue of Game Informer contains “loose talk” that Rockstar Games is readying a new Grand Theft Auto, a fully-fledged follow up to GTA IV for the holidays. Not so, say Rockstar reps. More »
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