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Looking good: Screenshots and new media
Comany of Heroes Online trailer heralds the beta, starting this week!
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood footage reveals seven minutes of gameplay!
Bulletstorm trailer introduces new boss.

Analyse this: They look at the industry
Global game markets worth $105 billion, according to Mr. investment banker.

Interesting... Assorted bits and pieces
Teh Bias: A Rare Overcoming of Bias ...mgspada explains how Rare games lost his support.
Kudo Tsunoda: The duality of being a gaming celebrity, in case you're not one.
Abbie Heppe explains her Metroid: Other M review where she called the game sexist.
Videogames and the pursuit of harmless entertainment, from Destructoid.
Gamasutra Network Jobs, week of August 27.
Only 2% of UK gamers want to buy a 3D tv - that's a bit less than the manufacturers hoped.

A Legal Matter: Gamers in court
Mafia Wars trademark battle heats up, with a revealing letter from Zynga.

Independently Released: Often better than AAA
Time4Cat is a big, big timesuck.
Amnesia is from the guys who made Penumbra, and it's just gone gold (out September 8th).
Goblin Camp is freeware!
Bit.Trip FATE is a shooter!

In Development: Games in progress
New Championship Manager teased by trademark - Championship Manager Legends.
Vanquish demo due next week from Sega.
Final Sam and Max Season 3 chapter due Monday
Dead Rising 2: High Stakes edition looks swish!
Fallout: New Vegas supports the robosexual agenda, according to their ESRB rating.
StarCraft II Patch 1.1 - what to expect (spoiler: you'll either love it or you'll hate it).
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep is not coming to PSPGo, as it will require a UMD (confirmed).
Sony's mysterious "knitting man" was announcing LittleBigPlanet 2 for Japan (and, actually, he's crocheting - watch here).
Next Left 4 Dead 2 mutations announced: GibFest for PC, Chainsaw Massacre for 360.
Civilization 5 demo will arrive the same day as the game, that is - September 21.

Console yourselves: PlayStation, Xbox 360, Wii
Is Lenovo creating a new games console for China? - check out the "eBox", inspired by Kinect.
inFamous 2 is getting Move support, according to the Sony site.
PlayStation Around The Web: What we read, August 29.

Comedic Value: Laughter is the best medicine, etc
How to anger a gamer in 12 easy steps.
Mario is missing! (...will Wafflehouseninja find him?)
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is looking for fresh meat.

Tuneful: Rock Band / Guitar Hero DLC
Snoop Dogg makes it to Rock Band, September 7.

MMO to love: Massively Multiplayer Online details
Final Fantasy open beta date announced with a new trailer!
Cryptic aren't sure yet about the Neverwinter pricing plan, and all options are still on the table.

Music in Games: The tunes behind the action
ComputeHer: Modemoiselle review (mmm, chiptuney goodness).

Politically speaking: Gamers are grownups, too!
Supreme Court will hear video game case on November 2 (that's Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association).

Developmentally Challenged: The dev perspective
BBC's game plan goes into Top Gear as they line up more properties for adaptation.
Feel your way through thatgamecompany's journey with Robin and Jenova.
Platinum says Vanquish will be identical on PS3 and 360.
The Bethesda Podcast is here!, worth a listen for all your Zenimax family news.
The journey from bad times to good for DJ Hero and Freestyle Games.
Remedy's Mathias Myllyrinne chats about Lost, The Wicker Man, Agent Nightingale, DLC and more.
Super Meat Boy is content complete!, hooray!
Gran Turismo 5 has optional 10GB install, says Yamauchi.

Localisation: Merci!
A new Ape Escape is coming to PS3 in North America, but nobody's sure which one.

Oops. Retractions and damage control
Shank video playback problem is definitely not the 360's fault, backflips Klei.

Buy me this: For the gamer who has everything
Pikachu DSi charger is cute and awkward!
The $400 Mario Sweater actually looks pretty awesome.

Downloadable Content: Fix it later
Halo: Reach armor effects will cost a packet, but they do sound cool.
Red Dead Redemption Liars and Cheats pack due September 21.

Cheap Thrills: Games that won't hurt your wallet
Buy an NVIDIA graphics card, get Mafia 2 free (no, seriously).

Mark your calendars: Events, announcements...
One of Swords will be at PAX and wants to meet you!
GDC Online adds talks on APB, Habbo and Cow Clicker, to be held in October.
Who's going to the nerd orgy at PAX? (oh, Craigslist, I love you.)

RUMOURED:
Could this Burger King Kinect game actually be real?
Is Telltale Games working on epic crossover poker?
Are these the Fallout: New Vegas achievements?
Is Crimson Viper starring in Marvel vs. Capcom 3?
Is this the complete car list for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit?

RELEASED:
Doctor Who: Episode 3 now available through D2D and BBC.

DELAYED:
LA Noire, into 2011 (surprised?).

Article Details

• published: August 30th, 2010
• by: Jessica Citizen
• in: The Daily Stash
• comments: 0

Author Bio:

I like video games, fishing, Depeche Mode, long walks on the beach, writing discussion papers and cups of tea. Not necessarily in that order.

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