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DICE 2010: Winners – Scribblenauts Wins Big

By James Higginbotham • DS

Game of the Year:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Producer: Sam Thompson
Creative Director: Amy Hennig
Game Director: Bruce Straley

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Producer: Sam Thompson
Creative Director: Amy Hennig
Game Director: Bruce Straley

Casual Game of the Year
Flower
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Developer: thatgamecompany
Producer: Kellee Santiago
Creative Director: Jenova Chen
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The Big Five

By James Higginbotham • Wii, DS

Nintendo Wii

North America:

1. Just Dance (Ubisoft) 2. Walk It Out! (Konami) 3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) 4. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board (Nintendo) …
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EA happy that Tiger Woods addressed the public

By James Higginbotham • Wii

Today at 11 a.m. ET, Tiger Woods made his first public address since the Thanksgiving Eve car crash by his home in Florida. During his address, Woods …
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HIM DEBUTS ON ROCK BAND, PLUS SINGLES FROM MARILYN MANSON, THE POLICE AND MORE

By Justin Sharp • Wii

Cambridge, Mass. – Feb. 19, 2009 – Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of songs from Finnish rockers HIM, as well as singles from KSM, Marilyn Manson, One Night Only and The Police, will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.

These are among the more than 400 artists currently available through the Rock Band platform. With more than 1,000 songs available, Rock Band is, without question, the industry leader in providing the best selection of interactive musical content, songs and artists.

Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 System and Wii

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If You Want EarthBound On VC – Send Nintendo A Postcard

By James Higginbotham •

Do you like EarthBound? Want to possibly see it on the Virtual Console? Then grab a postcard, write a simple message asking for it, and send it to Japan!

Things look kind of disheartening for fans of EarthBound; the EarthBound demo was stripped from Smash Bros. Brawl, word is NOA doesn’t want to release EarthBound on the Virtual Console, series creator Shigesato Itoi continues to say he won’t make any more games in the series, EarthBound cart prices are getting ridiculous, with loose carts going for $130 and complete sets selling for $300+, sometimes even over $1000. Even the box by itself sells for $80. Interest in the game is high, but it’s getting harder and harder to even play it legally.

Pretty much everyone in the Western gaming world knows EarthBound has a strong following, but it’s Nintendo’s Japanese headquarters (NCL) that pulls the strings and decides what gets released and what doesn’t. If NCL can be persuaded that there’s a demand for EarthBound, maybe there’s still hope for a Virtual Console release. It wouldn’t be difficult for NCL to make changes to the game if necessary; it’d only take an hour or two and a few changed bytes.

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