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About James Higginbotham

Likes long walks through the rain forest of South America. Enjoys picnics and Unicorns. Was also voted the sexiest man in High School.
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Game Developers Conference 2010 Presented on X-Play

-Adam Sessler interviews President and CEO of Sony, Jack Tretton to get the latest on the new Sony Motion. -All Access interviews with Super Street Fighter IV’s Producer, Yoshinori Ono. …
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Activision kicks off ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ contest

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Starting Friday, March 19th, gamers will have the chance to win a How To Train Your Dragon game and gaming system by going to the official site and entering the …
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Neko announces Faceez as the #1 paid for DSiWare app in North America

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Neko Entertainment a leading independent video game developer and publisher are pleased to announce that its creative photo suite Faceez is currently the number #1 paid for application (week of March 8th) in North America on DSiWare. Faceez is currently positioned third in the charts after the two free applications Flipnote Studio and Nintendo Web Browser.

Faceez allows you to personalize, mix and decorate your photos with a huge range of the funniest accessories and craziest animations to share online with friends. Using the Nintendo DSi camera, Faceez enables users to change pictures of their friends by mixing, disguising and animating photos into brand new, fun and crazy creations. With over 150 funny accessories including hats, mustaches, glasses and beards to the latest fashionable haircuts, users can create new disguises for the faces behind photos. Faceez also allows users to mix their facial features (eyes, nose, mouth, hair) with those of their friends to create comical results that will have your friends rolling around the floor with laughter.

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Tantalus Announces Drift Street International for Nintendo DSi, Due Out March 22nd

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Melbourne-based game developer Tantalus today announced the imminent release of its first ever game for the Nintendo DSi™. Built from the ground up and exclusively for that platform, Drift Street International is the ultimate high-speed, white-knuckle street racing experience. Gamers will slide and boost their tightly tuned performance car around challenging city streets across the US, UK and Japan, in high-intensity midnight races. Drift Street International will be available for download in North America on March 22, with Europe and Australasia to follow.

Tantalus is one of the world’s foremost handheld racing developers, with a string of hits including multiple titles in the Cars and MX vs ATV series, and the now legendary Top Gear
Rally on Game Boy Advance. Despite this impressive pedigree, CEO Tom Crago says Drift Street International represents the company’s greatest achievement yet. “To have Top Gear
published by Nintendo and win a number of Game of the Year awards was a huge rush, but we all feel as though we’ve made something even more special with Drift Street International,” said Crago. “Visually, it stands apart from anything else out there, and in terms of car handling and gameplay it’s in a league of its own.”

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Game Audio Network Guild announces winners of 8th annual G.A.N.G. Awards

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 15th, 2010) – The Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.), the non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of game audio, announced the winners of the 8th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards at a ceremony held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to honor outstanding creative, technical and artistic audio achievement in the world of interactive entertainment.

Voted and judged upon by the game audio industry and members of G.A.N.G., the winners represent the best in game audio for 2009. Over 2,500 people representing over 30 countries have signed up as members of G.A.N.G. since its inception in 2002.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves led the night with 9 nominations and 6 wins including Audio of the Year. Game industry veteran Charles Deenen was honored by receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award for his incredible hard work, determination and leading audio excellence for the past 25 years.

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DsiWare: Car Jack Streets

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DUNDEE, UK – 15th MARCH 2010

Quirky video-game publisher and developer Tag Games is pleased to announce the launch of Car Jack Streets for the Nintendo DSi via the DSiWare shop. Launching today (15th March) in the Americas it will be followed closely by a European wide launch on Friday March 19th. The cost will be 800 Nintendo points. Unfortunately due to German age certification laws the game will not be available in Germany.

Following on from the success of the iPhone and iPod Touch version now NintendoDSi players are able to sample the delights of this critically acclaimed crime, action and driving game. Starring as Randal Meyers, a petty criminal with a long standing gambling habit and a streak of bad luck, the player must complete all manner of criminal and legitimate tasks to repay a $1 million debt to the Italian mob. Featuring a unique real-time game mechanic Car Jack Streets requires the player to pay back $50,000 of the debt each week or face certain death. It’s a fight for survival in a city gone mad!

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Coming This Week (Europe and Japan)

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Games Released in Europe:

Nintendo Wii: – Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon – It’s My Circus – Safar’Wii – Scene It? Twilight

Nintendo DS: – Beat the Intro …
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Coming This Week (NA)

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Nintendo Wii: – Build-A-Bear Workshop: Friendship Valley – Family Gameshow – Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon – Hall of Fame: Ultimate Hoops Challenge – Horrible …
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NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GAMING

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How tough do you think you are? This week’s roster of new downloadable games from Nintendo gives you several ways to prove it. Now available for the WiiWare™ service, Rage of the Gladiator puts players face-to-face with flurry of fearsome foes, enhancing the motion-control action with support for the Wii MotionPlus™ accessory. Meanwhile, Wii™ owners with a taste for classic gaming can test their mettle against bloodthirsty vampires in CASTLEVANIA RONDO OF BLOODfor the Virtual Console™ service. Other fresh releases challenge you to excel as a sharpshooter, a prehistoric beast or a criminal mastermind. Whichever setting you choose, just be prepared to step up and show your stuff.

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Fan Made Sonic Game Better Then Sonic 4…You Decided

The video below is a glimpse into a fan made Sonic game, which is still in production. What do you think about the look of this game? Is it better …
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‘Shepherd’s Crossing 2 for Nintendo DSTM’ Reaches Gold Status

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Graffiti Entertainment, Inc. — a subsidiary of Signature Devices, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SDVI) — today announced that “Shepherd’s Crossing 2 for the Nintendo DS™,” the full featured and in-depth farming simulation and strategy game, has reached Gold status and will be shipping to North America on March 30, 2010. The cartridges have been ordered from Nintendo of Japan and are in the process of manufacturing. They then will be shipped from Japan to our North American and Canadian warehouses for packaging and then shipped to distributors and retailers.

Shepherd’s Crossing 2 DS is a full featured and in-depth farming simulation and strategy game. At its heart, the game is about the player living in a small town and communicating with the other villagers while raising livestock, harvesting crops, and building a farm.

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