GDC hands-on: Deadliest Warrior XBLA
(via Joystiq) - Okay, honesty time. Most of the preparation for my GDC appointment to check out Pipework Foundation's TV-to-game adaptation Deadliest Warrior was spent thinking up jokes about the game's cast of anachronistic characters. "So, what are we looking at," I would snidely remark, "Templars? Cavemen? Wizards? Robots? Robot Cavemen? Grizzly bears?" To which Pipework would politely laugh, as I would insist, "No, seriously.  
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Rumor: Why Call of Duty Developers Are Sticking Around Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
(via Game Radar) - With studio heads at Infinity Ward, the developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its sequel, no longer employed, you'd think all those remaining at the company would be leaving in mass exodus. They're not, apparently, and here's why. Sources tell Kotaku that Modern Warfare publisher Activision is delaying paying Infinity Ward employees their royalties.  
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Rock Band DLC for 16th of March Rock Band
(via Game Radar) -- A load of Lady Gaga, a smattering of The Subways and a tiny bit of everyone else. Yes it's this weeks Rock Band DLC.  
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Alan Wake ESRB rating detailed Alan Wake
(via Game Radar) - Alan Wake was said to be rated 'Teen' by IGN last month, but why it got that rating wasn't known. Today, the ESRB revealed the detailed summary of the game and the contents of the game. None of the content is extreme and the only reason the game seems to have a 'Teen' rating is because of some extreme language and the appearance of cigarettes.  
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Sam & Max PSN pre-orders start March 18 other console versions a 'definite possibility'
(via Joystiq) - Sam and Max will bring their off-kilter humor to PlayStation 3 for the first time in The Devil's Playhouse: The Penal Zone, the first episode in a new season of Telltale's episodic adventure series. In a first for the PlayStation Store, the full season -- consisting of five monthly episodes -- will become available for pre-order on March 18, nearly a month before The Penal Zone launches on April 15.  
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Leading Game Creators Name 2009's Best Games
(via Game Spy) -- Uncharted 2 the big winner at annual GDC awards show.  
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Liked Battle Chess? Meet Battle vs. Chess
(via Joystiq) - Battle vs. Chess appears to bring Battle Chess to a new generation, with a similar hook and a name that just skirts a potential copyright lawsuit. With "upbeat combat visuals & mechanics," the game sounds like a modern update of the classic chess game that let us watch chess pieces beat the stuffing out of each other.  
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Kiss frontman confirms Guitar Hero 6
(via Xboxic) -- Whilst nothing has been officially confirmed by Activision regarding the follow up to ‘Guitar Hero 5′, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons has confirmed ‘Guitar Hero 6′ by announcing he was voicing it during an ITN Game ON Interview. (1 comment…)  
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Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution Trailer
(via Xboxic) -- Square Enix and Eidos have released a new title and trailer for Deus Ex 3 at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. The game is currently still in development and was first announced as far back as May 2007. (comment on this article…)  
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Report: Videogame Sales Down 15% in February
(via Game Spy) -- The industry's performance was even worse than analysts predicted.  
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Screwattack: The Armory - Final Fantasy XIII The Scissor Cycle
(via Game Spy) -- Final Fantasy XIII (X360)I don't understand how two magical sisters can transform into a fully functional mechanical device, and I don't need to. It's sexy, awesome and added.  
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Guitar Hero 6 confirmed
(via CVG) - Kiss's Gene Simmons says he'll be the voice of the game. Kiss frontman Gene Simmons has let the cat out of the bag: Guitar Hero 6 is on its way.Related StoriesOnLive to get original, exclusive gamesBioShock 2 DLC already on disc?Splinter Cell: Conviction gets Horde ModeNew Brink trailer  
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Blogs: Map Pack Clash
(via OXM) - Battlefield Bad Company 2 or Modern Warfare 2?. The battle for the top of the Xbox Live 'most played' list took an fiery turn this week, as Activision set the date for the first Modern Warfare 2 map pack. EA countered by announcing the first Battlefield Bad Company 2 map pack will hit the very same day.  
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Aliens Vs Predator review - 5/10 in EDGE
(via CVG) - Harsh dealing for Rebellion's hit from multiformat mag. Edge has hit Sega's Aliens Vs Predator with a 5/10 review - saying the game is 'a hastily assembled three-in-one anachronism which proves just one thing - that terrifying and terrible are not mutually exclusive'. Ouch.  
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News: EA to ditch in-game ad partners and sell direct
(via Game Industry) - Electronic Arts is to drop in-game advertising partners IGA Worldwide and Massive Inc. and sell its ads in-house. According to a report by digital marketing site clickz, the publisher held an event in New York earlier this week where it pitched its properties to advertisers and media buyers.  
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Recap & Screens from Feb 26th Official Social Club Midnight Club Los Angeles Xbox LIVE Event Midnight Club: Los Angeles
(via Game Radar) - Rockstar Games writes: "Lead-footed competitors from all around the world jumped on to Xbox LIVE last Friday night to unite with us on the streets of Los Angeles - showing off their flashy customized rides and racing for glory in our first Midnight Club Los Angeles event in the official Rockstar Social Club Multiplayer Events Series.  
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NPD: BioShock 2 Feb. PS3 sales just shy of 200k mark
(via Joystiq) - Having printed and shipped more than 3 million copies of BioShock 2 across the seas, publisher Take-Two is clearly leaning on its sequel to provide a strong sale wind to push the company through another successful quarter. Following its February 9 release, the Xbox 360 version of BioShock 2 cruised up the US sales charts, anchoring in the peak position, according to the NPD's monthly report.  
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Transformers: War For Cybertron Behind the Scenes Trailer
(via IGN) -- Transformers: War for Cybertron (X360)Witness the rise of Optimus Prime in the ongoing war between the Autobots and the Decepticons.   
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Article: BioShock 2's DLC on disc already?
(via EuroGamer) - Minute file sizes suggest so. BioShock 2's first batch of DLC, the Sinclair Solutions pack, may have been on the game disc all along. Users on the 2K forum (spotted by VG247) recorded the download size as a teensy 24K on PC and 108K on Xbox 360.  
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Rock Band Announces Lady Gaga, The Subways and More DLC
(via IGN) -- Rock Band 2 (X360)Plus a special South Park track, The Subways and more.   
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