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Monday, April 30, 2007

Today's Top Stories

COD4 trailer now playing

First look at series' Modern Warfare now available on GameSpot; extended cut airing on game's official Web site.
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Posted Apr 28, 2007 2:23 pm PT 473 Comments

Blizzard prepping 'next-gen MMO'...and Starcraft 2? Rumor Control

A job posting and Korean newsletter raise the prospects of a console MMORPG and RTS comeback from the WOW developer.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 3:58 pm PT 497 Comments

Nintendo developing 124 games

President Satoru Iwata tells the Bloomberg news service some 79 DS, 45 Wii first-party titles are in the works.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 6:08 pm PT 508 Comments

Warhammer Online offline 'til '08

Via newsletter, Mythic announces that EA's fantasy MMORPG has been delayed until next year.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 2:14 pm PT 62 Comments

Nintendo buys Monolith Soft

Wii maker acquires majority interest in developer of Xenosaga, Baten Kaitos series from Namco Bandai Games.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 10:56 am PT 273 Comments

Calling All Cars! ready for booking

David Jaffe says his first downloadable PlayStation 3 title is "gold," tells gamers to be on the lookout for it next Thursday.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 3:31 pm PT 57 Comments

MotorStorm tune-up in May

Sony going under the hood of PlayStation 3 demolition racer in "the next couple of weeks"; update to address boost exploit, stability.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 4:05 pm PT 108 Comments

Ninja Spirit, Blazing Lazers confirmed for Wii VC

Shinobi-style action game and vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up set to arrive next month, along with fellow TurboGrafx-16 games Ordyne and World Sports Competition.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 2:20 pm PT 37 Comments

Report: Gears of War screenplay emerges

Latinoreview.com claims to have obtained the treatment for the upcoming New Line Cinema adaptation of the Epic Games shooter.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 1:02 pm PT 220 Comments

Tetris, BioShock get XBL DLC

THQ puzzler gets new backgrounds and skins, while Irrational shooter receives picture packs and a theme.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 4:55 pm PT 119 Comments

EMA award nominees announced

Expanded awards from Entertainment Merchants Association give nods to Gears of War, God of War 2, Guitar Hero II, WOW.
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Posted Apr 27, 2007 12:57 pm PT 102 Comments

Ken Kutaragi retires

Sony Computer Entertainment chairman and CEO steps down from his posts to pursue other projects and "pass the torch on to the new generation."
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Posted Apr 26, 2007 9:54 am PT 1176 Comments

Xbox 360 division revenue slumps 21 percent

Microsoft's overall earnings rise 65 percent, but sales at its entertainment and devices division drop.
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Posted Apr 26, 2007 5:50 pm PT 450 Comments

Nintendo: 5.84 million Wiis sold

Sales of latest console, DS boost Nintendo's revenue to $8.09 billion; company promises to "further intensify" Wii channels.
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Posted Apr 26, 2007 11:07 am PT 390 Comments

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Today's #1 Game

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Red Storm Entertainment
Platform: X360 Category: Tactical Shooters
Release Date: Mar 6, 2007  
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2 God of War II
Publisher: SCEA | Platform: PS2 | Category: Action Adventure
 release:
Mar 13, 2007
3 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Publisher: Capcom | Platform: X360 | Category: Other Shooters
 release:
Jan 12, 2007
4 Super Paper Mario
Publisher: Nintendo | Platform: WII | Category: Platformers
 release:
Apr 9, 2007
5 Armored Core 4
Publisher: Sega | Platform: X360 | Category: Futuristic Combat Sims
 release:
Mar 20, 2007
6 NBA Street Homecourt
Publisher: EA Sports Big | Platform: X360 | Category: Basketball
 release:
Feb 20, 2007
7 Crackdown
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Platform: X360 | Category: Other Shooters
 release:
Feb 20, 2007
8 Def Jam: Icon
Publisher: EA Games | Platform: X360 | Category: Fighting Games
 release:
Mar 6, 2007
9 Call of Duty 3
Publisher: Activision | Platform: X360 | Category: First-Person Shooters
 release:
Nov 7, 2006
10 TMNT
Publisher: Ubisoft | Platform: X360 | Category: Action
 release:
Mar 20, 2007
Rankings based on GameFly rental figures from April 17-23, 2007

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-- Ex-SCEI president Ken Kutaragi

News Features

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Report: Gears of War screenplay emerges

Posted Apr 27, 2007 12:41 pm PT 219 Comments

Has Miyamoto's Time come?

Posted Apr 24, 2007 10:36 am PT 296 Comments

Fire scorches Human Head

Posted Apr 23, 2007 2:23 pm PT 110 Comments

Xbox 360 Elite gutted

Posted Apr 20, 2007 5:03 pm PT 747 Comments

Mag compares GRAW tech to real-life inspiration

Posted Apr 20, 2007 3:59 pm PT 115 Comments
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Featured Stories

Call of Duty 4 waging Modern Warfare

After a year-plus of rumors, Activision confirms the next installment in its first-person shooter series will leave WWII behind; game to be officially unveiled this Saturday during NFL Draft.
Posted Apr 25, 2007 10:12 am PT 571 Comments

PC game sales slide 23 percent in March

Following Burning Crusade's bump, retail revenue from the venerable platform drops; PC games still up 17 percent for the year.
Posted Apr 25, 2007 2:13 pm PT 162 Comments

God of War heads to PSP, Olympus

Sony unshackles God of War: Chains of Olympus for PlayStation Portable; Web site offers free UMD demo of game by mail.
Posted Apr 25, 2007 11:30 am PT 296 Comments

NPD: March US game-industry sales up 33 percent

Industrywide growth continues as games, systems, and accessories total tops $1 billion; software rises 15 percent year-on-year as God of War II sells more than 800,000.
Posted Apr 19, 2007 4:56 pm PT 478 Comments
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Newsmaker Q&A

Q&A;: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

We chat with Disney Interactive Studios producer about the latest Jack Sparrow game, which consoles were the hardest to work on, and more.
Posted Apr 23, 2007 10:43 pm PT 29 Comments

Q&A;: Sega's new Marvel portfolio

What do Iron Man, the Hulk, Captain America, and The Mighty Thor have in common with Sonic the Hedgehog? They're all being turned into games by Sega. Scott Steinberg explains how.
Posted Apr 25, 2007 4:06 pm PT 66 Comments

EA: Women 'too big an audience to ignore'

While underlining the female demographic's importance at the Women in Games Conference, EA VP Sharon Knight said developers should avoid making games that only target women.
Posted Apr 19, 2007 12:23 pm PT 173 Comments

Q&A;: RedOctane's Kai Huang

Founder and president of the California-based company spills the beans on Guitar Hero III, how he came up with the idea, and why some great songs aren't in the game.
Posted Apr 16, 2007 8:28 am PT 106 Comments

Q&A;: World in Conflict's Nicklas Cederstrom

World in Conflict designer talks about the game's single-player campaign, character interactions, and '80s movies.
Posted Apr 15, 2007 4:52 pm PT 50 Comments
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Spotlight: Weekly Podcast

Weekly Podcast
We break down E3 2007's exhibitor list, Vince Young's chances on avoiding the Madden curse, Microsoft patents, and the Freakonomics of Wii supply and demand. Listen in!

Stock Watch

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GME 33.61 -0.42 -1.23%
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MWY 7.29 0.00 0.00%
SNE 53.48 -0.72 -1.33%
THQI 34.49 -0.11 -0.32%
TTWO 19.56 -0.25 -1.26%
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Today's Poll

The Call of Duty series is getting a modern makeover with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Good move for the franchise?
A shooter is a shooter is a shooter is a shooter. Doesn't matter to me.
It's about time! World War II games are sooooooo yesterday.
There's nothing like shooting Nazis. Let's keep it in the 1940s.