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Diablo 3 Playable at BlizzCon

Blizzard's action RPG sequel Diablo III will be playable for the first time on the show floor of the company's BlizzCon 08 convention, according to the event materials.

The official BlizzCon program lists "Diablo III" under "open gaming," along with upcoming Blizzard titles StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

Stay tuned for immediate impressions of the game as the show gets underway tomorrow morning.

World of Warcraft (Not Miis) Influenced 360 Avatars, Says Microsoft

Microsoft has finally confronted the criticism--whether fair or not--that the company cribbed Nintendo's Mii avatars for inclusion in its upcoming New Xbox Experience, the dashboard overhaul coming in November.

"It's not like Nintendo created the concept for having a virtual character," Xbox director of marketing Albert Penello said to MTV Multiplayer.

"A lot of people want to compare it to the Miis but ... if you talk to Mark [Whitten, Xbox Live general manager], he'll say his inspiration came more from [Wo...

Street Fighter 4 Screenshots Bring Schoolgirl Sakura

The Tokyo Game Show has its fair share of costumed girls all over the Makuhari Messe convention hall outside Tokyo. Capcom, not to be left out, brought their own schoolgirl to the party, and she's Sakura, the brawler from Street Fighter Alpha 2.

Sakura won a poll among Japanese gamers asking what character they wanted to see in the fighting sequel. The guy with the white hair on the right? Sheng Long.

Street Fighter IV is currently sneaking into American arcades but will hit the PC, Xbox 360 and P...

Microsoft Not De-Listing XBLA Games Just Yet

Microsoft is taking steps away from the direction of removing under-performing games from Xbox Live Arcade, according to a new interview from the Tokyo Game Show.

Microsoft VP John Schappert told IGN that "the information about XBLA de-listing had been taken out of context and that there was no plan to do any such thing." Microsoft had only put in place "parameters by which we can delist" games but is not moving forward with any plans to start removing games from the downloadable marketplace.

(2008-10-09 17:48:00)

PlayStation Store Update: Supersonic Acrobatic Qore Subscriptions Linger In Shadows

It's Thursday, and with that comes Grey's Anatomy the PlayStation Store update, bringing PlayStation 3 owners more gaming goodness for just a few dollars.

SARPBC, left; Linger in Shadows, right

It's a week for the avant-garde, as Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars brings indie-developed vehicular combat to the PS3. Linger in Shadows is pushing the envelope: it's the first "demoscene" program--not a game, really--to make it to consoles. Also available is a demo for WOW Entertainment's Pages:1...181182183184185186187188189190191...872