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Nearly a year after its Japanese launch in December 2007, and half a year after its North American launch in July 2008, Square Enix’s Chocobo-centric rogue-like role-playing game for the Wii, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon, will finally be made available across Europe and other PAL territories on November 7, 2008.

Featuring character designs by Toshiyuki Itahana (Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles), Chocobo’s Dungeon follows Final Fantasy staple character Cid and his trusty Chocobo companion as they find themselves in a mysterious village full of amnesiacs.

Players are tasked with guiding the Chocobo through a series of randomly generated dungeons in order to track down the villager’s lost memories…

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The Conduit, High Voltage Software’s (HVS) science fiction first-person shooter for the Wii, has been garnering a great deal attention from the “hardcore” gaming community since its unveiling earlier this year (April 2008), but it has taken until now (October 29, 2008) for its publisher to be confirmed.

After receiving offers from a large number of publishers, HVS finally settled on Sega to handle publishing duties for its premier Wii release. HVS CEO and founder Kerry Ganofsky suggests in the announcement press release that Sega shares his company’s vision for The Conduit.

The game…

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Following the mid-2007 unveiling of a collaboration with 20th Century Fox to produce a movie based on The Sims franchise, Electronic Arts has now confirmed that it will be translating another of its videogame properties into a feature movie — Army of Two.

Released in March 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Army of Two takes place in 1993 and follows military infantry units Elliot Salem and Tyson Rios as they take on a series of increasingly dangerous private military contracts over the course of more than a decade.

Universal will be handling production of the movie, with…

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In the face of months, if not years, worth of anticipation from fans for Fallout 3, developer Bethesda Softworks is understandably “anxious” about the first wave of reviews for the game. Will the game live up to the hype fans have created for it, or will it fall flat?

A Bethesda PR spokesperson told Edge that the company is never really sure how reviewers will respond to its games, ensuring that developers are always anxious during the launch period. He goes on to say that the first few reviews had been reassuring, including the 10 out of 10 score issued by the Official Xbox Magazine in the U.S.

The Xbox 360 version of Fallout 3 currently has a 93 out of 100 “Universal Acclaim” rating on Metacritic and…

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Are you an Xbox 360 owner looking for a sneak peak at the upcoming eighth installment in the Tomb Raider series? If so, you need look no further than the Xbox Live Marketplace, which, as of yesterday (October 28, 2008), is now hosting a free downloadable demo of Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider: Underworld.

According to a press release issued by Eidos Interactive, the demo, available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish flavors and weighing in at 1.27GB , offers players the chance to explore a portion of the full game’s second destination, the western coast of Thailand, complete with “crumbling ruins, steep coastal cliffs” and a selection of “state-of-the-art gear.”

As for the game itself…

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Following a short delay as a result of religious controversy involving text from the Qur’an appearing in the game, Media Molecule’s highly anticipated Playstation 3 exclusive, LittleBigPlanet, has finally launched across North America and is being backed by a series of official servers which should allow users to share and trade their custom content with others.

Unfortunately, Kotaku has been in contact with Media Molecule in order to confirm that the company has been forced to temporarily close the game’s servers down after only eight hours of up-time in order to avoid “glitching issues.” It is hoped that any issues will be resolved and the servers powered back up very soon.

In happier news…

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Those looking forward to the release of Epic Games’ highly anticipated sequel Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360, on November 7, 2008, may be pleased to hear that the game’s official soundtrack will be getting a release of its own come November 25, 2008.

The Gears of War 2 soundtrack has been composed by Steve Jablonsky – known for his work on popular Hollywood films including Transformers, The Island and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - and recorded by the Skywalker Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus at Skywalker Sound.

Jablonsky is quoted in a press release issued by Sumthing Else Music Works earlier this week (October 27, 2008) as saying that he “experimented with a lot of hybrid organic/electronic elements, and combined them with…

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The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) recently announced that E3 2009 will be expanding into something that more closely resembles the massive spectacle the event used to be known for, as opposed to the smaller E3 Media & Business Summit of recent years (2007‒2008).

In response to this news, the International Data Group (IDG) has confirmed that the E for All Expo will not be making a comeback in 2009. Speaking with Joystiq, an IDG spokesperson confirmed that the organization’s “focus now turns to E3.”

An ESA spokesperson explained…

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While gamers await the highly anticipated launch of Fallout 3 in their home territory later this month - October 28, 2008, in North America, October 30, 2008, in Europe and Australia, and October 31, 2008, in the UK - Microsoft has confirmed that India will not be receiving the game at all.

A recent press release issued by Microsoft India and re-posted by GamingIndians explains that “in light of cultural sensitivities in India, we [Microsoft] have made the business decision to not bring Fallout 3 into the country.”

No further reasons were given but…

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What could possibly be better than the availability of twenty new downloadable tracks for Rock Band 2? How about twenty new downloadable tracks for Rock Band 2 for the low price of $0.00? Well, that’s just what’s going to be on offer come November 4, 2008 (aka election day).

MTV Games and Harmonix confirmed the more-than-welcome news via press release earlier this week (October 22, 2008). Rock Band 2 owners will able to grab the new tracks by using the DLC redemption code located within the game’s retail packaging.

The full list of freebie tracks will be as follows…

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