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03.11.10

SAN FRANCISCO -- LucasArts used GDC 2010 to announce that everyone’s favorite pirate, Guybrush Threepwood, is heading back to the Caribbean in Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge.  Coming this summer for Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network, iPhone, iPod Touch and Windows PC, the new game follows on the success of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and adds exciting new gameplay features to make this the most complete Monkey Island experience yet. The game publisher held a part to celebrate the new game at the Tonga Room.

03.09.10

SAN FRANCISCO, California – The highly thirteenth installment of Tokyo-based Square Enix’s best-selling Final Fantasy game franchise launched to triumphant Japanese fanfare here in San Francisco yesterday night at the Regency Center. The Japanese role-playing game franchise is the most popular game of its genre selling over 85 million copies over its 23 year history.

02.28.10

Nintendo DS gamers are about to get another chance at solving interactive crime with the latest Japanese translation from the bestselling franchise, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth. This is the first game to star Mile Edgeworth, which adds a new twist to the gameplay perspective. Motohide Eshiro, producer of the game at Capcom, talks about what’s in store for gamers in this exclusive interview.

01.14.10

SAN FRANCISCO - The Final Fantasy XIII Bus Tour that started rolling around San Francisco yesterday gives U.S. fans the first glimpse of the upcoming game, which launches March 9, 2010. We followed the bus around and got an exclusive interview with Klee Kuo of Square Enix about what fans can expect from Final Fantasy XIII when it comes out and also got our hands on the first English trailer of Final Fantasy XIII for North America. Check out the exclusive interview and the trailer below:

01.13.10

Actor Michael C. Hall stars in the new Lionsgate Home Entertainment Blu-ray Disc and DVD release, GAMER. The acclaimed actor is having a convergence moment. Best known for playing a serial killer who tries only to kill the bad guys in Showtime’s “Dexter,” Hall can be seen on the small screen as Ken Castle, a videogame tycoon who blends real people with virtual games, in GAMER. Hall has also gone virtual in Marc Ecko Entertainment’s and developer Icarus Studios’ Dexter videogame, which is out now on iPhone and iPod Touch. Hall took some time to talk about his latest movie and his first venture into videogames in this exclusive interview.

12.12.09

We are coming to you live from SpikeTV's Video Game Awards 2009 in Los Angeles with host Jo Garcia, Playboy's 2008 Cybergirl of the Year. She's hot and our coverage will be hot so stay tuned here as we beam to you live video reports from the VGAs as we interview the top developers and, of course, celebrities on the Red Carpet, Backstage and in the Green Room. It all starts at 8pm Eastern Time.

11.26.09

Although overall videogame sales have been down seven of the last eight months compared to the record-breaking 2008, games are still the driving force in entertainment, as well as electronics and toys today. The $550 million, five-day haul that Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 raked in – the largest entertainment launch in history -- shows the power of interactive entertainment even amidst the tough economic climate.