Square Enix teams with publishing house’s Wildstorm imprint on three-part online prequel story, available now through Web site, XBL, PSN.
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Posted on March 17th, 2010 at 11:09pm by GameSpot's News
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With the March 25th release date for GTI Club Supermini Festa! for Nintendo WiiWare getting ever closer, Konami has today announced an extra launch day give-away, in the shape of a special custom paint job for use on the game’s Mini Cooper S, Abarth 500, Volkswagen Polo GTI and Peugeot 207 GTi cars. Konami has also released renders of all four custom paint jobs, which you can see here in all their glory. Owners of the game can access the exclusive downloadable content via the Wii’s online capabilities. All you have to do is join the Ranking option to obtain the DLC. It will then be available for all cars currently unlocked and stored in the game’s Garage location. Konami also revealed today that players can expect more downloadable content for the game in the near future.
GTI Club Supermini Festa! is based on the latest arcade iteration of the long-running series, and charges the player with racing a series of compact cars around various citiscapes across France, UK, Italy, US and Japan.
Posted on March 16th, 2010 at 8:44pm by Maura S
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Grow Up Australia group removed for violating social networking site’s terms of use; organisers to launch new fan page.
Australian gamers angry at the fact that the country has no R18+ rating for videogames have had several avenues to vent their frustration, but one of the largest and most organised was the Grow Up Australia group created on social networking site Facebook. The group boasted more than 37,000 members, and even managed to recently collect 16,000 responses to the government public consultation into the R18+ issue in conjunction with retailer EB Games.
But Grow Up Australia’s existence has been dealt a major blow this morning, with Facebook removing the group due to violations of the site’s terms of use. Grow Up Australia’s organisers seemed to have rallied quickly, however, setting up a new group with the same name (albeit with a small fraction of its old group’s fans). On this new page, group organisers have posted a wall message saying the page was a “temporary place holder while we attempt to contact Facebook and resolve the issue at hand. We have also taken the precaution to disable posts on this page (for now), while the issue regarding ‘inappropriate material’ is resolved.”
According to Facebook’s terms of use, the site can “stop providing all or part of Facebook” if it finds content that is “hateful, threatening, pornographic, or that contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.” For a page to be taken down, a user of Facebook must report the offending content using the Report button available on almost every page of the social networking site. A Facebook spokesperson told GameSpot AU that the company does not comment on individual moderations.
GameSpot AU also contacted Grow Up Australia organiser Aaron J Percival for further comment, but has not yet received a response at time of publication.
UPDATE: On the group’s official website, Grow Up Australia founder Aaron J Percival has outlined more details on what the group now plans to do. “While an R18+ for computer games may be considered a controversial issue, we don’t believe that any of the content provided by the Administrators of the group in question could be deemed to violate the Terms of Use. Very rarely, an inappropriate comment would be posted by one of the members, however the administrators have always been vigilant in moderating the group and removing the inappropriate posts,” the group states.
“We agree that Facebook needs to take an active role in removing groups that violate their Terms of Use, however we feel that they may have incorrectly reviewed our group as violating said terms. Currently, we are attempting to contact Facebook in regards to the issue, in hope to restore the group to its previous state.”
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Posted on March 16th, 2010 at 4:43am by GameSpot's News
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Huge week at retail also sees launches of Command & Conquer 4, Metro 2033, Dragon Age expansion, new Pokemon for DS, and Resonance of Fate.
Kratos has been yelling about vengeance since he first appeared in 2005, and he’s finally on the verge of getting it. After years of anticipation, God of War III hits the PlayStation 3 this week, its arrival preceded by critical acclaim. However, the Ghost of Sparta isn’t the only draw in what is shaping up to be a huge week at retailers.
Before God of War III debuts, retailers will welcome the latest extension in Nintendo’s Pokemon franchise. The new DS game launches Sunday, and will be available in (mostly similar) HeartGold and SoulSilver versions. Each edition comes with a Pokewalker pedometer, allowing players to level up their combative pets even when they’re not playing.
There’s a third renowned franchise receiving a new installment this week, as Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight launches for the PC. Billed as the conclusion to the series’ “Tiberium saga,” the game features different campaigns for the Global Defence Initiative and Brotherhood of Nod factions, with each faction playable in solo or cooperative modes. It will also have a five-versus-five, objective-based online multiplayer mode.
Other familiar franchises with releases this week include Dragon Age and Perfect Dark. Last year’s hit Dragon Age: Origins will receive its first retail expansion in the form of Awakening, while Rare’s original Nintendo 64 shooter is being re-released on Xbox Live Arcade with a high-definition facelift courtesy of 4J Studios.
Not every major game launch of the week comes from an established series. THQ and 4a Games are launching the post-apocalyptic survival shooter role-playing game Metro 2033 on the PC and Xbox 360. Also, Sega is rolling the dice with new RPG and strategy titles, as Resonance of Fate heads to the Xbox 360 and PS3, while Infinite Space comes to the DS. The former is set in a steampunk world and developed by Star Ocean studio Tri-Ace, while the latter is the latest fruit of Sega’s partnership with Bayonetta and MadWorld developer PlatinumGames.
For further details on the week’s games, visit GameSpot’s New Releases page. The full list of downloadable games on the PlayStation Store, Xbox Live Marketplace, and Wii Shop Channel will be revealed later in the week. Release dates are based on retailer listings and are subject to change.
March 14, 2010
Pokemon HeartGold–DS–Nintendo
Pokemon SoulSilver–DS–Nintendo
March 15, 2010
Rage of the Gladiator–Wii–Ghostfire Games
Triple Shot Sports–Wii–The Code Monkeys
101 MiniGolf World–DS–Teyon
March 16, 2010
God of War III–PS3–Sony
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight–PC–Electronic Arts
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening–360,PS3, PC–Electronic Arts
Metro 2033–360PC–THQ
Resonance of Fate–360, PS3–Sega
Infinite Space–DS–Sega
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon–WII–Xseed Games
T.A.C. Heroes: Big Red One–DS–Storm City Games
Hidden Mysteries: Buckingham Palace–DS–Activision
Sonny With a Chance–DS–Disney
Family Gameshow–WII–Zushi Games Ltd
March 17, 2010
Perfect Dark–360–Microsoft
Hall of Fame Ultimate Hoops Challenge–Wii–Zoo Games
March 19, 2010
Mount & Blade: Warband–PC–Paradox Interactive
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Posted on March 14th, 2010 at 6:46pm by GameSpot's News
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We didn’t think there could be any news more exciting than a brand-new faction coming to STO, but Season One might just top it with a heap of new goodies. In addition, Cryptic’s Craig Zinkievich released a new State of the Game report to address player concerns and the course STO is heading for over the next few months. There’s even a new video entitled “Expanding Universe, Part I” that gives players a sneak peek into this brave new patch.
Engage thrusters, mister, and we’ll break it down for you after the jump.
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