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Looking good: Screenshots and new media
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions trailer is disappointing a few gamers.
Brink dev diary trailer gets all arty.

Tokyo Game Show 2010: It's like E3, but in Japan!
Sega, Konami, Level-5 and Tecmo-Koei share their TGS lineups, including a playable Ni no Kuni!

Interesting... Assorted bits and pieces
Understanding the cycle of violent video game stories - they cycle and peak at the same times each year.
UNICO crows about ruining Mafia II party, but it actually didn't.

Independently Released: Often better than AAA
Super Meat Boy is coming to Xbox Live in October.
Recettear announced for Steam, complete with pre-order discount.

In Development: Games in progress
Ubisoft tease something with film poster adaptations.
Castle Crashers on PSN... any minute now.
Blood Bowl Legendary Edition adds the Khemri team, who are undead skeletons.
Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories to shake its way to PS3, including Move controls.
Battle vs. Chess to be released September 28 from Southpeak Games.
Puzzle Quest 2 embarks on a journey to the PSP, later this year.
R.U.S.E. demo hits PSN today, with some details about Move.
White Knight Chronicles Episode.Portable: Dogma Wars has a long title, is coming to PSP next year.

Not just for calls: mobile games, updates and releases
Dodonpachi Resurrection has 30,000 downloads in 4 days (pew! pew!)
Free App of the day: Spark it Up - it's not about smoking.

Console yourselves: PlayStation, Xbox 360, Wii
Xbox Live Arcade Game Feast! coming soon.
Kinect is as fast as "pushing a button", say Microsoft.
PlayStation Store Update, August 31.
New Xbox 360 wireless controller features that tricky transforming d-pad.

Comedic Value: Laughter is the best medicine, etc
The ten worst videogame haircuts EVER.
Love Press++ is a Wii balance board-supported massage game (only in Japan).

MMO to love: Massively Multiplayer Online details
TERA's Patrick Wyatt chats about lag, security and that M-rating.
World of Tanks: First Phase closed beta complete! More than 70,000 players spent 3.2 hours a day 'testing' the game!
Champions Online goes free to play ...for a week.
Making of Eorzea chats to Nobuo Uematsu, the Final Fantasy XIV composer.
Guild Wars passes $6.5 million, and GW2 will be released "when it's done".
Final Fantasy XIV open beta postponed until further notice.

Politically speaking: Gamers are grownups, too!
New Zealand has issues with Medal of Honor now, too (bandwagon!)

Developmentally Challenged: The dev perspective
Ubisoft say that only Triple A games are profitable, which is a sad thing.
Peter Moore defends Online Pass, chats about massive online play for future EA games.
Twisted Pixel at PAX: Ukulele performances, prizes, you name it.

An Apple a day: The Mac side of things
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening available on Mac, as long as you have a Mac copy of the original.

Art in games: Real paintings, sometimes.
God of War speed painting from Doom CMYK.

Silver Screen: Game-to-film (or vice versa)
BioShock movie is still "actively" being worked on, explains Ken Levine.

Mark your calendars: Events, announcements...
DragonCon 2010: MMO Track Listing, as explained by Massively.
San Francisco: Solve Professor Layton's puzzles ...or die!

Article Details

• published: September 1st, 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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