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(2008-07-30 14:21:00)

Losing Faith: Nintendo's Ignorance of the Hardcore

Like many, I was utterly bewildered by Nintendo's E3 2008 press conference. The missing "core" game announcement was disappointing, but not quite as unsettling as the unshakable notion that I was ultimately wrong about Nintendo's intentions towards gamers who've stuck with it since the beginning.

And as I walked out, I had the concentrated sense that as a longtime Nintendo fan, I was being forgotten, or at best, misunderstood.

With an hour to burn at its E3 conference, Nintendo offered up Wii Sports Resort, Wii Music, Animal Crossing: City Folk and just a few others, plus a swift mention of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on DS to get those p...

(2008-07-30 13:55:00)

Rise of the Argonauts Trailer Tells Story

Publisher Codemasters has released a new trailer for Rise of the Argonauts. Once against narrated by lead writer Rico Sablan, the latest vignette focuses on the action-RPG's "deep story" and supplies new in-game footage.

Based on the old Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts, the Liquid Entertainment developed title is scheduled to arrive on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 later this year. [video]12638[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream.

(2008-07-30 13:07:00)

Castle Crashers XBLA Priced at $22.50, Braid at $15; Crashers to be Most Expensive XBLA Game Ever

Following Microsoft's detailing of August's Xbox Live Arcade releases, Microsoft Japan has revealed price points for most of the downloadable Xbox 360 games, while Capcom has separately confirmed the pricing for Bionic Commando Rearmed.

Braid (Jonathon Blow), August 6 / 1200 Microsoft Points ($15)
Bionic Commando: Rearmed (GRIN), August 13 / 800 Microsoft Points ($10)
Galaga Legions (Namco Bandai), August 21 / 800 Microsoft Points ($10)
Castle Crashers (The Behemoth), August 27 / 1800 Microsoft Points ($22.50)

(2008-07-30 12:39:00)

Armored Core: For Answer Screenshots Arrive

Ubisoft today issued new screenshots of From Software's Armored Core: For Answer (PS3, 360), confirming a September release date for the upcoming mech-building action sequel.

The game's North American localization was originally confirmed as part of Ubisoft's second quarter software lineup in the company's Q1 financial report.

The 13th installment of From Software's long-running series, For Answer sports simpler controls than earlier games and introduces Arms Forts, huge mobile fortresses that deliver epic, Shadow of the Colossus-like battl...

(2008-07-30 12:05:00)

BioShock Creator Talks New 'Crazy Ambitious' Game, Levine 'Not Substantially' Involved in BioShock 2

Irrational Games co-founder and BioShock creator Ken Levine today began teasing details of his next project, which is separate from the 2K Marin-developed BioShock 2.

"It's going to be pretty crazy ambitious," he told videogaming247, adding that project is "not in the blue-sky period any more" and that the studio is "actually building design elements and building it out."

"It's important to us that whatever we do has the same impact on the gamer that BioShock did. And so, I think that the company's position on us and what we do is that we're going to be breaking down barriers and breaking down doors."

Rumors have long circulated that a revival of the UFO-centric X-COM action-strategy series is being developed at 2K Boston and 2...