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News Of A New Street Fighter Coming From Capcom?
6:00AM Owen Good | After a certain number, a sequel is foregone conclusion. Rocky IV assured Rocky V. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 18th baby guaranteed a 19th. So an announcement of an announcement about a possible Street Fighter sequel is not stop-the-presses news. More »
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Activision: Sequels Offer “Road Map For Innovation”
10:00AM Stephen Totilo | Pity the video game sequel, perpetually scapegoated as an evil of the industry. To the rescue of its reputation this week came Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick. The exec recently explained what sequels are good for, besides profit. More »
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Kotick: Most Gamers Prefer Sequels To New IP
12:00PM Owen Good | Those CEOs, the things they say when they’re talking to the magazines CEOs read, thinking no one’s watching. Talking to the Economist, Activision’s Bobby Kotick said “a small segment” of gamers are the ones insisting “everything has to be new.” More »
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LinkedIn Profile Says Dead Space 2 Underway?
1:00AM Owen Good | Pratik Patel, technical director for Electronic Arts updated his page on LinkedIn (like Facebook, just more corporate!) to include “Dead Space 2/Project ETA.” A sequel’s hardly surprising, but the fact it’s underway might be news. More »
Culture
What Sequels Does Japan Want?
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Lots of games get sequels. Some of them Japanese games want, and others Japanese games want really bad. Game magazine Famitsu polled its readers about which franchise sequel they crave the most. More »
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Bioshock Could See Upwards Of Five Sequels, Story Willing
2:20AM Mike Fahey | While wary of “cashing in” on the franchise, Global President of 2K Christoph Hartmann suggests that Bioshock could follow the Star Wars saga, generating sequels as long as the story holds out. More »
Giana Sisters Coming To The DS – All Official, Like
6:20AM Stuart Houghton | Back in the good old days of home microcomputing, the only way to play some Super Mario Bros was on a console. Then in 1987, Time Warp Productions created Great Giana Sisters… More »
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Shenmue Fans Plan Toy-based Direct Action
7:20AM Stuart Houghton | Power to the people! In a move straight out of the Jericho fan playbook, disgruntled Shenmue devotees are planning a mass protest to try and convince SEGA to resurrect the franchise. More »
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Stardock Looks to Star Control, Master Of Orion And Baldur’s Gate
10:20AM Stuart Houghton | It is no secret that Stardock are big fans of Star Control – Galactic Civilisations certainly owes something to Star Control II, as does the Stardock-published Sins of a Solar Empire. No great surprise then that Stardock has announced that it is actively pursuing the keys to the Star Control kingdom with a view to making a ‘proper’ sequel and glossing over the rather underwhelming Star Control III.
