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UK Charts for Week Ending 3/13/10 – Want a little Final with that Fantasy?

No surprises as usual this week, or at least for the number 1 spot. With Final Fantasy XIII coming out last week, it has taken the number 1 spot away from Bad Company 2, pushing that down to #2, and Just Dance (GASP) to #3. Heavy Rain stays where it’s at, some Modern Warfare 2 (just die already goddammit) up to 6, Ben 10 for some ungodly fucking reason, and Wii games.

POS.		TITLE	PUBLISHER	LAST WEEK
1		FINAL FANTASY XIII	SQUARE ENIX	-
2		BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2	EA GAMES	1
3		JUST DANCE	UBISOFT	2
4	-	HEAVY RAIN	SONY COMPUTER ENT.	4
5		WII FIT PLUS	NINTENDO	6
6		CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2	ACTIVISION	7
7		SONIC & SEGA ALL-STARS RACING	SEGA	5
8		ALIENS VS PREDATOR	SEGA	3
9		WII SPORTS RESORT	NINTENDO	8
10	-	NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII	NINTENDO	10
11		FIFA 10	EA SPORTS	9
12		BIOSHOCK 2	2K GAMES	11
13		BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE – VILGAX ATTACKS	D3P	-
14		WARHAMMER 40,000: DAWN OF WAR II – CHAOS	THQ	-
15		GRAND THEFT AUTO IV	PLATINUM	16
16		JAMES CAMERON’S AVATAR: THE GAME	UBISOFT	15
17		LEGO BATMAN: THE VIDEOGAME	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	18
18		PROFESSOR LAYTON AND PANDORA’S BOX	NINTENDO	-
19		FORZA MOTORSPORT 3	MICROSOFT	13
20		MARIO KART WII	NINTENDO	17

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Get a little taste of Crackdown 2 multiplayer with the new “Fun With Friends” documentary

First we got a Crackdown 2’s release date (read: July 6, 10′), but we’ve got to get a little more information about the game. Well Microsoft and Ruffian games are here to help us out, with the first in a three-part documentary series.

The first video in the series (view: above), is the “Fun With Friends” documentary. It has Senior Engineer David Hynd and Senior Mission Designer Dean Smith talking it up about the multiplayer in the game that boasts 16 player against each other, and 4 player co-op. There’s really no better way to blow the shit out of a town than with your friends (or blow the shit out of each other).

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Wakeboarding on the PS3? Makes PERFECT sense!

Huh, never heard of the game until now, but I guess Creat Studios is creating Wakeboarding HD that will available to download on the PlayStation Network. It’s completely controller-controlled, so my excitement just got cut in half.

“Wakeboarding HD returns gamers to the intense, over-the-top action of 90’s arcade games, combined with the best of modern gameplay. TikGames is thrilled to bring another innovative, high-end title to gamers on the PlayStation® Network,” said Anatoly Tikhman, Founder and CEO of TikGames, LLC.

The screenshots below look pretty interesting and the environments look cool, but I mean if Tony Hawk RIDE can be as awesome as it was, why can’t Wakeboarding HD?

Pick it up March 25th in North America for $14.99

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Nintendo Downloads for the Week of 3/15/10

Another week and we’ve got another set of downloads for all you Nintendo..console…downloaders…people. I mean other than Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, and some Gladiator Rage, I would have to say it’s a pretty not-so-exciting week. With the new grading system of weekly releases we’re going to have to give this week a…. (drum roll please)

4.5/10

Click the “Read More” to see the rest of the games being released.

WiiWare

Rage of the Gladiator
Publisher: Ghostfire Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Animated Blood, Alcohol Reference, Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Rage of the Gladiator is a fantasy-based fighting game in which you must fight for your life in the arena. One of the most gorgeous WiiWare games ever, it features amazing 3-D graphics, animation, lighting, shadows and special effects. Full voice acting means each boss has its own personality and taunts you mercilessly. Discover insane finishing moves: Summon a fiery meteor or savage tornado, or transform into a hulking colossus 10 times your normal size. Customize your character and specialize in skill trees – Offense, Defense or Magic – to gain new powers. You’ll also enjoy epic, blood-pumping music by legendary composer Sean Beeson. For added replay value, unlock Challenge Mode and encounter tougher bosses with new abilities. The game also supports the Wii MotionPlus accessory.

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Insomniac Games gives us a response to the “going multiplatform” rumors

It was just yesterday that IGN was spreading the rumor from a “trusted source” that Insomniac Games would be going multiplatform with their future games. Yeah, that rumor that seems to recycle itself every couple months only to get shut down.

Insomniac Games community manager, Jstevenson made a nice little post at NeoGAF pretty much putting the cap on everything.

“Well guys, Ted has spoken so you have that.

But c’mon, didn’t we just deal with this rumor like two months ago? And a few months before that? And so on?”

So I guess that’s that, or at least until another major gaming site puts the rumor out there from a “trusted source”, and we go through the same shit again.

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It’s true, Zeus really is a choad

GamesRadar is notorious for making tons of lists, some good, and some not so good. Well they recently made a list of 94 games reviewed in only 5 words. It gets really good actually, and all of them are true. My own personal favorite:

God of War II: Zeus is such a choad.

or what about

Final Fantasy VII: Sephiroth kills Aerith; everybody cry.

oh yeah, spoiler alerts.

Click the GR link above and check out the full list. You really won’t be disappointed.

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“That Last Metroid in Captivity” work is very classy

Before we showed you what we thought our top Metroid fan art was, and now we’ve got another piece via TinyCartridge by Patrick Prine. It has a very quaint and classy kind of look don’t you think? Definitely a different interpretation, but I really like it.

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Epic shows Unreal Game Engine Upgrades…Gears of War 3 anybody?

Up in the GDC, Epic was all over the place. One of their major announcements was their updates to the unreal engine, and it looks fucking gorgeous. Above is a Gears of War 3 tech demo of the upgrades. If we get an HD version we’ll definitely swap it out, but it still looks so great that we want it now.

Kotaku made a proposition as to having these graphics in the next Gears of War game, and we definitely wouldn’t mind that. Check some screens below, hit the link above to see the rest.

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Rumor: Ratchet & Clank devs suggest the game possibly going multiplatform?

Some interesting news to kick off the weekend. IGN has just reported that a “trusted source” from Insomniac Games is hinting at the Ratchet & Clank series going multiplatform.

This may seem odd to do all of the sudden, but since Sony doesn’t own Insomniac, they can do whatever they want, and they might just start developing games for the Xbox 360 and possibly even the PC or Wii.

It would be interesting if this is indeed proven true to see how their next project sells given the extra support of other consoles and people to buy it. What do you guys think? Smart move or not?

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DPrime Retroview: Sonic the Hedgehog

With Sonic the Hedgehog 4 on the horizon, now is a better time then ever to look back at the classics which it is building off of. The general idea of early Sonic games is that their all speed trips all the way to the end. Despite laying the blue prints of the series, the original Sonic the Hedgehog actually has a much larger focus on platforming rather then speed. If you are coming back to the original title to escape the stop start action of recent entries like Sonic and the Black Knight or the werehog sections of Sonic Unleashed, you will be severely disappointed.