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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 28, 2007 11:02 AM
In Part II of our voluminous four-part Q&A with Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison, he told us why he doesn't believe that Nintendo's "lo-fi" Mii avatars will appeal to everyone and admitted that he was on the fence...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 28, 2007 10:13 AM
GOD...Violent videogames. Violent scripture . Same effect? $$$...Restore arcade and pinball machines; get paid UGH... The life and times of a GameStop employee EBG...Are retail game exclusives a good thing? RPG...Mass Effect. One disc . Can't wait. RND...The...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 27, 2007 11:01 AM
In Part I of our mammoth four-part Q&A with Playstation worldwide studios boss Phil Harrison, he talked about why he voluntarily stepped into the line of fire at the D.I.C.E. Summit and detailed the aesthetic differences between Gears of War and Resistance:...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 27, 2007 10:15 AM
At yesterday's close of the East Coast markets, Electronic Arts issued a press release announcing that John Riccitiello , a managing director and co-founder of Elevation Partners , and former president of EA, has returned to the company to assume the...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 27, 2007 09:47 AM
TKO...Part I of our Phil Harrison Q&A draws response flO...Penny Arcade buries , praises flOw WIN...Sony's David Jaffe says AIAS awards should go online RAR... PSP hackers' identities revealed RND...Cheney on U.S. air base in Afghanistan during bombin...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 26, 2007 01:31 PM
" Shadow of the Colossus " is the Western title of Sony Computer Entertainment's much-praised 2005 game. But for worldwide studios president Phil Harrison, it could also serve as the title of his autobiography, given the way that the 6'7'' Brit has increasingly...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 26, 2007 10:44 AM
We haven't used a press release as the basis for a post since our very first days as baby bloggers. But even though we're now all grown up, blog-wise, sometimes an announcement comes across the wire that is of such prurient genius that we have to share...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 26, 2007 10:07 AM
WOW... All PS3 haters should be this funny GBA...Barack Obama to crowd: " Stop playing Game Boy ." BYE... Adagio for Gamecube , courtesy of MTV blogger DAD...IGN editor weaves parenting tales into game preview HLD...Indiana games legislation stuck on...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 23, 2007 01:14 AM
WOW...Penny Arcade calls out killer teen's folks, gets reply flO... VH1 chills out with thatgamecompany's Kellee Santiago UGH...Xbox 360 fan suffers through seven defective units HOT... One step closer to bridging the " uncanny valley " EDI...Warhawk...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 22, 2007 05:45 PM
Our friend and gaming sensei, journalist-blogger Stephen Totilo , has long pointed out that some of the best games for a console often come toward the end of its lifespan. See, for instance, Yoshi's Island for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 22, 2007 02:04 PM
We just spoke via phone with Microsoft corporate vice president Peter Moore , who runs the Xbox division. He called to let us know that Don Mattrick , formerly in charge of Electronic Arts' massive studio operation, has joined Microsoft as an external...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 22, 2007 12:05 PM
What's the difference between the staff at Level Up and the boldfaced names that we're about to mention below? We only get to press our faces up against the glass to see these laser etched Playstation 3s. The athletes and celebrities, being athletes and...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 22, 2007 10:07 AM
LOL... Hatfields vs. McCoys , fanboy edition MAG...Respected U.K. gaming magazine Edge is hiring SEE...BioWare founder on why devs must get eyes right 44D...Studio run by Lara Croft's old mates shuts down JOB... ESRB now seeks full-time employees to rate...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 21, 2007 11:54 AM
Having visited the Playstation Oasis Penthouse at the Raleigh Hotel in South Beach, Miami during Super Bowl week--where we saw for the first time Sony's stunning series of laser-etched PS3s--we found it hard to imagine how the console maker would be able...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 21, 2007 10:09 AM
OUT...Games Radar speculates on five heroes that might be gay QTR...The latest issue of The Gamer's Quarter hits the Net NUF... Developers ditch U.S. for better way of life in China SOS...Wired News games blogger Chris Kohler needs a new logo UGH... Ten...
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Rolf Ebeling
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Feb 20, 2007 01:16 PM
At Newsweek HQ, most of our colleagues are either boomers in name or boomers in spirit, which means there haven't been many serious gamers among our ranks. But from the increasing number of game-related conversations we've had with our office mates, it's...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 20, 2007 11:24 AM
In early 2001, just a few months into the PlayStation 2's North American lifespan, one of the titles that caught our attention was NBA Street from Electronic Arts. The company's nascent EA Sports Big division had already scored a critical and commercial...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 20, 2007 10:02 AM
EA!... Read the history of videogame behemoth Electronic Arts WAH...Indies face longer wait for Wii development kits BOO...Arcade classics for new consoles often lack features BUX... Google buys in-game advertising firm HMM...Are people starting to tire...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 15, 2007 10:25 PM
VOX...Rumor mill has Skype coming to PSP JOE... Capcom vets form studio , fanboys rejoice LUV...How gaming can spur, bolster romance XBL... Partnernet source of Live Arcade news leaks DMK...The Motley Fool examines the big three consoles PSP... Indie...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 15, 2007 10:00 AM
When we launched this blog on September 25th of last year, let's just say that it was an inauspicious debut. Our first post, inventively titled "Rockstar's Newest Game," merely riffed on the press release for L.A. Noire, with the added bonus of an embedded...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 15, 2007 09:06 AM
DEL...Can Sonic the Hedgehog be saved from Sega ? SID... Gaming myths get debunked MMX...How Capcom's Xbox 360 hits nearly died on the vine GAP...Do videogame journalists play enough titles ? RND... An idiosyncratic list of the five best movie fight scenes...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 14, 2007 03:12 PM
Ars Technica's Opposable Thumbs section recently ran an article examining the NPD sales data for the Top 100-selling videogames for the year 2006 . What jumps out at author Frank Caron was that licensed games came second only to sports titles. Writes...
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Rolf Ebeling
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Feb 14, 2007 12:37 PM
At Newsweek HQ, most of our colleagues are either boomers in name or boomers in spirit, which means there haven't been many serious gamers among our ranks. But from the increasing number of game-related conversations we've had with our office mates, it's...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 13, 2007 10:10 PM
VOX... Listen to what people say when they play Gears of War RAD...PSP developer Ready At Dawn talks shop SPK...A compilation of quotes from the D.I.C.E. conference TA!... Playstation UK's sales chief steps down ahead of PS3 launch GOD...Read a l-o-o-o-ng...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 12, 2007 04:54 AM
As the second wave of Playstation 3 games begins to arrive in stores, one of the titles that Sony expects to show off the power of the PS3 is Studio Liverpool's F1 Championship Edition. Formula One racing isn't exactly our bag, but F1 CE has been looking...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 12, 2007 02:07 AM
XBX...A recounting of the Xbox's life: tasty, brutish and short PSN...David Jaffe posts the design document for Calling All Cars RMT...Will " real money transfers " kill MMO games? CLL..Lego Star Wars II producer says kids' feedback is best RND... Sexpert...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 11, 2007 12:55 PM
Us: "So, is this on the record?" Him: "Yes." When, during a casual conversation, an industry notable says something inflammatory and authorizes us to write it about it, our eyes light up like children on Christmas morning. Many of our juiciest reporting...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 6, 2007 03:35 PM
We just got off the phone with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment senior vice president Jason Hall. Earlier today, Warner issued a press release stating that Hall, who had been with the division since its inception in 2004, would move into "a first-look...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 6, 2007 03:54 AM
If familiarity breeds contempt, there's no more fertile ground than the venerable gift bag. That's not to say that celebrities don't still expect to get some swag for showing up to various events. But it does mean that with every free bottle of lotion,...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 6, 2007 02:29 AM
KZ 2...Killzone 2 rumored to have demo out before Halo 3 2UP... Kotaku promotes Brian Ashcraft to night editor OMG...See two Earth Defence Force 2017 trailers here ZED...Nintendo' Wii gets an exclusive Zorro game YAY...MTV News' wonky Flash-driven site...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 3, 2007 12:05 PM
Having the exclusive rights to make videogames based on NFL football gives Electronic Arts advantages that go beyond watching its rivals struggle to compete with unlicensed products. In previous years, when Sony still had a licensed football game in NFL...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 3, 2007 09:00 AM
"That was impressive defensive pressure, if I do say so myself." The founders of Level Up are all seated in a private room overlooking the pool of the South Seas Hotel in Miami's raucous South Beach district. We've got a Sixaxis controller in our hands,...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 2, 2007 09:53 AM
If you needed any more proof that the Wii phenomenon is not going to disappear overnight, see above. We don't know how strong the gaming credentials of the 43-year-old O'Brien or the 25-year-old Willams may be. Yet they nevertheless managed to put on...
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N'Gai Croal
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Feb 1, 2007 03:35 AM
Last week, we posted a three-part Q&A with the omnipresent videogame journalist Geoff Keighley . Among the many things discussed: his Internet-only talking head show, " Bonus Round ," where developers, publishers, analysts and journalists take on...
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