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Platinum Games’ debut title, Bayonetta, is coming out next week in Japan and, according to Japanese game magazine Famitsu, the game is good. The first looks at the game are getting perfect scores from different reviewers in Famitsu magazine. This honor had been reserved only for games like Metal Gear… Continue Reading »

The magazine industry is notoriously tough to keep a publication afloat in, as evidenced by the end of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Magazines able to stay in print will have face another economic issue as two major distributors begin raising rates. Folio reports that the distributor responsible for 20 percent of… Continue Reading »

We are sorry to interrupt (or at least emotionally hijack) CES coverage but our earlier report about UGO acquiring the 1UP network has been officially confirmed. Properties sold include: 1UP.com, Mycheats.com, Gametab.com and GameVideos.com. Filefront will reportedly become part of the PCMag Digital Network. Unfortunately, however, things won’t be going… Continue Reading »

In the latest issue of Nintendo Power magazine (April 2008), the letters section includes a submission from a fan of cross stitch. On page 9 you’ll find the following letter (full text follows in case you cannot read it all)... Continue Reading »

No matter where you fall on the videogames as art debate, there is still plenty of respectable work being done by professional artists for videogames. To celebrate some of the often unseen and under appreciated masterpieces created for games, Midway has released the full-color, flatbound paperback book, The Art of… Continue Reading »