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Two sleeper hits from Konami and Atlus are coming to grace the US market this year with confirmed dates. Konami’s Time Hollow is slated for a late Summer 2008 release while Atlus’s Persona 4 is scheduled to appear on store shelves early December 2008.

Click through for an in-depth look at both releases…

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For a limited time, McDonald’s will be offering a Whopper-ing $10 mail-in rebate for the Atari VCS (aka 2600) gaming system. I got my hands on the mail-in form from a secret source. I would load it to the Gamertell BBS computer for you to look at but it doesn’t convert to ASCII very well.

In addition to the $10 rebate, the form also offers $3 rebates on 15 great Atari cartridges including…

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Ubisoft has proven is it not a one trick pony. Already the third largest western independent developer, Ubisoft looks to strengthen its position within the gaming world in 2008 with another strong lineup of highly anticipated original games, continuing franchises and multi-platform titles.

With the success of Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft is riding high after a groundbreaking year. Sales jumped 44 percent during Ubisoft’s fiscal third quarter with $625 million in sales. With last years success, Ubisoft is projecting that the company will make somewhere around $1.2 billion in total sales in 2008 and…

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Capcom has recently released a playable Flash demo of the introductory case of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, the fourth and latest in their cult hit Ace Attorney series.  Additionally, they included the code so that it may be posted elsewhere.

Apollo Justice is the first Ace Attorney game to be completely designed for the DS, as opposed to the previous three titles, which were all remakes of Game Boy Advance games (which had previously debuted exclusively in Japan).  Also, it’s the first game not to star Phoenix Wright, the iconic defense lawyer of the previous entries, although he remains an…

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Lighthouse Interactive recently (July 17, 2007) released more details for their upcoming adventure title Undercover: Operation Wintersun. The WWII-themed PC title, set to release on August 28, 2007 in North America, is being billed as an adventure title with action-spy influences.

Players assume the role of Dr. John Russell, a newly recruited British secret agent sent to…

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Got Game Entertainment recently (July 11, 2007) announced the North American release of supernatural adventure title The Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure for the PC in October 2007. The title was created by Jonathan Boakes (the Dark Fall series), and inspired by classic ghost stories and modern ghost-hunting techniques.

The adventure title centers on treasure hunter Nigel Danvers and his mystery-solving experiences in a creepy English seaside town. Gameplay is standard adventure fare with a twist – players wield the tools of a paranormal investigator as they solve puzzles and explore a world that is half black and white, half color.

According to the press release, some interesting non-traditional research went into the making of the game, which includes ...

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