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I received this email yesterday (May 9, 2008) from Capcom and, well, just read it:

”Subject: New Rocketmen: It Came from Uranus Assets!

Hey downloadable game junkies,

We just uploaded new Rocketmen: It Came from Uranus screens and video featuring one of the new levels included in the new expansions pack. It’s more blasting than Uranus can handle.

Cheers,
Xxxxx and the Capcom PR team”

Yeah, they really went there. And then, so did I…

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Check out the gallery: Rocketmen: It Came from Uranus

It looks like the Bioshock movie we’ve all been awaiting is actually going to come to fruition. According to Variety, Universal and Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski will be bringing the dystopian world to the silver screen. John Logan, screenwriter behind Oscar-winning The Aviator will be penning the project.

Verbinski had a few apt words about the game experience that bolster hope that the project is in the right hands. From Variety:

“I think the whole utopia-gone-wrong story that’s cleverly unveiled to players is just brimming with cinematic potential...Of all the games I’ve played, this is one that I felt has a really strong narrative.”

Obviously, the game was one of the most complex, best-conceived narratives in recent memory (I’d say across media. It was one hell of a cool story), and I have very high hopes for the film. It certainly seems as if there’s real talent behind the production, so perhaps we’ll soon see the end of the “lame game movie night” mentality. Let’s hope.

Read [Variety]

The popular video game rumor blog run by the anonymous author known only as “Surfer Girl” is no more. On May 7, 2008 Surfer Girl posted her last entry, which consisted of a video of a performance of the French group Air’s “Surfing on a Rocket” and a final post. In the post she discusses her reasons for originally maintaining the blog and remarks on Doom 4 and Boom Blox.

She also asks outlets not to devote coverage to her final entry. But of course people will and are. Whether you loved, hated or mocked her, she was somewhat of an internet celebrity and her sudden departure is news. Her “Surfer Girl Reviewed Star Wars” blog promoted her political and social views, and to occasionally video game insights and rumors.

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A very promising partnership has just been formed between Marvelous Entertainment and XSEED Games. The two companies have decided to band together to bring more of Marvelous’ amazing games to North America.

The first game that will come from this partnership is the PSP game Valhalla Knights 2. It is the sequel to the first Valhalla Knights, which XSEED brought to North America in April 2007, and should be in stores before the end of fall 2008. Valhalla Knights 2 will feature plenty of new enemies, items, jobs, races and spells, as well as 2 player ad hoc co-op and versus multiplayer modes.

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MTV is going to be hosting another “Gaming Day” on June 13, 2008. (Ooo, Friday the 13th!) All day MTV will feature programs related to video games and gaming. It’ll be a nice change of pace - because you know people can only take so much reality TV.

According to Gamefront.de, quite a bit of special programing is planned. Two amazing South Park episodes will be shown - “Guitar Queer-o” and “Make Love Not Warcraft.” Some other notable shows announced are a “MTV Videogame Special” discussing the history of games and consoles, women and games and video game movies, a “Digital Heroes” special which will talk about the most popular heroes and anti-heroes and “Digital Heroes: Strike Back,” which will have Jade Raymond as a special guest. (On a personal note: I love Babelfish.)

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A free Ninja Gaiden 2 magazine written by the journalists who put out the monthly 360Zine magazine, is now available at GamerZines.com. The special edition issue contains a guide to Ninja Gaiden 2, a detailed history of the Ninja Gaiden games and a contest to win an Xbox 360.

The online magazine can either be viewed online, or downloaded as a .pdf file. You also do not need to register for the site to view or download the file. You do need to have Adobe Reader v.6 or higher and be using a Mac or Windows computer. Since there is a complete game guide included, I’d suggest downloading it. Besides, it’s only 6.65MB.

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Title: Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon
Price: $48.90
System(s): Nintendo DS
Release Date: July, 26, 2007
Publisher (Developer): Nintendo (Namco)
ESRB Rating: “CERO A” for all ages
Pros: A unique music game with great songs that comes with two free styli.
Cons: Gets repetitive and you really need to play it at a table.
Overall Score: 6.5/10

Taiko no Tatsujin DS was a huge success and continues to be a top seller with more than 500,000 copies sold in Japan. Part of its success stems from the novelty of the game - the touch screen has a drum, which you tap on with two included styli in time to the beats.

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Title: Iron Man
Price: $29.99
System(s): PSP (also available on DS, Wii, PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Release Date: May 2, 2008
Publisher (Developer): Sega (Havok)
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for alcohol reference, mild language and violence.
Pros: Captures the essence of the character quite well with the ability to fly at any time and use various weapons. Good looking (if not entirely accurate) cutscenes and nice bonuses.
Cons: Early stages a bit long and clunky. PSP controls get in the way throughout the game.
Overall Score: Two thumbs sideways; 73/100; C; * * out of 5.

Iron Man for PSP could have been a much more fun game if it weren’t for those pesky PSP controls. It has pretty good looking graphics, rather fluid character movements and even some decent attacks (and voice acting). Otherwise, it’s quite a letdown that starts slow and never quite redeems itself.

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Pandemic Studios has revealed that it is currently working on The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, a spiritual successor to the Star Wars: Battlefront series which allowed gamers to relive some of the greatest battles of the franchise in a third-person action game.

Conquest will take a similar route, thrusting players into Middle Earth’s most famous battlefields, where they can pit almost all of the LOTR characters against each other.  From nameless orcs and trolls to main characters including…

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