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Street Fighter 4 Coming to Consoles ‘This Winter’

ign com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Street Fighter IV producer Yoshi Ono has revealed that the fighting sequel will hit consoles sometime this winter.

“We don’t want to start rumors that it’s this year, but definitely this winter,” said Ono to G4.

Street Fighter IV is expected to be released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC platforms.

Added the Capcom developer: “At some point you’ll be sitting in you winter coat looking at snow out the window… and right then we’ll kind of heat you up a little with some hot street fighter action.”

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Evening Reading

ign com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:00:00 +0000

There really isnt as much appreciation of hump day around here as there should be. It
is completely awesome and I like awesome. Thats why I like you guys so much. AWESOME.

Scotch tape emits
x-rays
150,000 ideas sent to
Google
Texas Tech grabbing kids from the crowd to kick
Stock market still sucks

As for the the videogame news around these parts:

Team Fortress 2 updated
Amazon.com going in to digital
game distro
Star Wars and…

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David Hasselhoff Goes Aerial in PAIN

ign com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:30:00 +0000

Pain, Idol Minds’ human catapult and injury simulator, is about to get a guest appearance from David Hasselhoff.

The PlayStation Blog found Mr. Hasselhoff rather enthusiastic about his adventure: “You can now put The Hoff into a launcher and fling me into harm’s way–exploding crates, cars, people–everything is fair game,” said the 56-year-old actor, speaking in the third person.

Hasselhoff will appear in Movie Studio, the upcoming expansion to the Garry’s Mod-esque downloadab…

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GripShift Developer Sidhe Receives Government Grant

ign com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0000

Sidhe Interactive, makers of the platform-ish racer GripShift (360, PS3, PSP), have received a grant from the government of New Zealand for an unspecified amount.

Gamasutra reports that Sidhe will use the money from TechNZ–an investment program from New Zealand’s Foundation for Research, Science and Technology–to develop a multiplatform framework for use in future games.

“We’re acutely aware of the requirements of cross-platform development and the need to create reusable technology to lower development costs, reduce risk and impro…

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Shack PSA: Overlord Playable for Free on GameTap Tomorrow

ign com — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:20:00 +0000

Attention Shacknews shoppers! We at Shacknews know ~~that you’re a cheapskate~~ that you appreciate a good value, and with that in mind we thought we’d direct you over to GameTap, where Overlord (PC, 360, PS3) is free starting tomorrow.

Overlord, a minion-leading action game with a fantasy-world slant, was released in 2007 from Triumph Studios to solid reviews. “You have a busy day: peasants to slaughter, villages to burn, hopes to dash,” implores the game’s promotional writing. “There’s a baby with some candy that needs taking the next town over,” it adds.

So, if not for the fact tha…

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Penny Arcade Ep. 2 Trailers Pull Life-threatening Levers

ign com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:30:00 +0000

In honor of next week’s release of the second entry in the Penny Arcade Adventures series, developer and publisher Hothead has released three new trailers showing off some gameplay and cinematics from the RPG.

At 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 2 lands on Xbox Live on Wednesday, October 29 alongside PC, Mac and Linux versions on the Greenhouse digital distribution service. A PlayStation 3 version will follow later this year.

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Sacred 2 Hits PC November 11, Consoles Feb. 17

ign com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:50:00 +0000

Atari has announced that it will distribute Ascaron Entertainment’s Sacred 2: Fallen Angel in North America, with the PC version slated to arrive on November 11, followed by PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 iterations on February 17, 2009.

The oft-delayed multiplayer-oriented action-RPG was originally slated to hit retailers in early 2008, but was later delayed into September so that the team could “realize all the development plans.” Both the console and PC releases will sport online co-op, with the console versions also packing offline two-player co-op.

While distributed by Atari, Sacred 2 will be p…

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Mortal Kombat 2 PS3 Pulled from PlayStation Store, Sony ‘Working Diligently’ to Fix Firmware Issue

ign com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:11:00 +0000

Midway’s cult-classic fighter Mortal Kombat II was one of the top-selling downloadable games in the PlayStation 3’s online store, that is, until it mysteriously disappeared in the wake of last week’s PlayStation 3 v2.50 firmware update.

Now Sony has weighed in on the vanishing act, promising that Mortal Kombat II will return after being updated to resolve an unspecified issue with the latest PS3 firmware.

“A Mortal Kombat II specification is being upgraded in connection with the release of th…

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Study: Gamers Have More Dates, Fun than Non-Gamers

ign com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:56:00 +0000

The numbers now show that gamers are generally more social than non-gamers–according to a survey commissioned by IGN, anyway.

Gamasutra spotted the report from a 3,000-respondent survey conducted by researchers at Ipsos, in which single gamers were twice as likely as non-gamers to go out on a date. Gamers were also by a slight margin more likely to be non-romantically social by going out or playing sports.

Gaming households on average had substantially more money than non-gaming households: $79,000 in annual income against $54,000. Within those households, gamers tended to be the cultural influence: 37% of gamers reported informing their family and friends on pop culture and technology, whereas only 22% of non-gamers filled the same role….

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New Skate 2 Trailer Pimps Pro Skaters

ign com — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:50:00 +0000

Wondering about the legion of pro skaters that will appear in EA Black Box’s skateboarding sequel? Look no further than this sick new trailer, and expect Skate 2 to ollie onto PS3 and Xbox 360 with its fakie flip-switches in early 2009. Stalefishgrab.

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