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Despite presenting stuff likeWii Musicas the future of gaming, Nintendo of America is still adamant that it has what the hardcore crowd is looking for. Good old Cammie “That Woman” Dunaway is here to explain how! “I feel there are titles that should make that group stand up and pay attention next year,” explains Cammie, when talking aboutCall of Duty/BioShock/Halofans. “If you look at something like [Sega-published FPS]The Conduitthat’s really pushing the edge of graphic capabilities on the Wii and doing things that people didn’t think were possible....

Square Enix is pulling a fast one on gamers this week, releasing bothBearsworth Manortitles on WiiWare at 1,000 Wii Points a piece. Sure, you could pick up one of the curious and adorable titles (released asKumanagein Japan recently), but you’ll want both. Why? Because completing both will unlock special fun times. What? Don’t know, but buy them both and let me know. WiiWare DSiWare TheArt Stylegames are always a good bet, andRotozoais no exception; I’ll probably be picking that one up....

Late last year, the musical act No Doubtfiled a lawsuitagainst Activision over the use of the band’s likeness inBand Hero. The issue at heart was the ability for avatars of the band to be used in the performance of songs other than the three tracks by No Doubt which appeared in the game. Yesterday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kenji Machida laid some smack down in favor of the artists....

StarCraft IIwill not have LAN support. Speaking withIncGamers, Blizzard’s vice president of game design Rob Pardo made it spectacularly clear that players won’t be able to play against each other the old way — without the Internet. Instead, players will have to use the revolutionary Battle dot Net service to host, create and join matches. “We don’t have plans to support LAN,” Pardo said shortly before putting the statement in stone with, “we will not support it....

First off, I have never played aGearsgame until recently. Not that I have anything against the franchise, its just that we were two ships passing in the night — that, and I am without an Xbox 360. I had the opportunity to play three of the multiplayer modes — Team Deathmatch, Beast, and Horde Mode —ahead of the game’s full release next week. Gears of War 3(Xbox 360)Developer: Epic GamesPublisher: Microsoft Game StudiosTo be released: September 20, 2011MSRP: $59....

Your mind may still be reeling over details of theOnLive Gaming servicewe told you about yesterday, and rightfully so — there’s something to be said for the end of driving to the game store to buy a game, isn’t there? Hot on the heels of all this discussion, the OnLive site hasopened applications for beta testers, so if you have any interest in all in this service, I’d say you ought to scoot on over there and get yourself registered....

The firstOsu! Tatake! Ouendan!, and its psuedo-sequel,Elite Beat Agents, were two of the most excellent games ever made based on the premise of male cheerleaders helping Leonardo DaVinci bag hos. Only moments ago, I came across somenew scansof the sequel toOsu! Tatake! Ouendan!, and it looksexactlythe same as it’s predecessor. Far from being a knock on a game I have yet to play, this is the first set of pictures I’veeverseen on this sweet Internet that has actively sexually aroused me, and after staring at them for twenty minutes straight, I impregnated my laptop....

How can you really discuss screenshots for a racing game? They’re just pictures of cars, really. Lots and lots of cars. We havetwentypictures of cars for you, from upcoming download titleOutRun Online Arcade. It’s looking really quite cool for a PSN/XBLA game, and the promise of online racing should make it a top seller. I’m not typically a racing game fan myself, but I’ve got fond memories ofOutRunso may very well have to give this new one a spin....

Dude, don’t encourage them. Michael Pachter, industry super-analyst, has a theory about why software sales took a fifteen percent dive last month: We’re all too busy playing multiplayer games online to buy the next big thing. Clearly, the only thing that will save game publishers from a fate worse than death would be to start charging players to play online. Since Activision’sCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is the biggest game on the market, Pachter believes them to be the clear choice to spearhead such an effort in the industry....

Blaming videogames for your sins is all the rage, and it’s such a hip movement thateven dirty pedophilesare doing it! 38-year-old Ontario man Michael Cherry loves him some kiddy porn, but in pleading guilty to possessing the grisly stuff, he offered a most “compelling” explanation. Cherry has implicated videogames and comic books as contributors to his diseased state of mind, claiming that he lived in a “closed box” and that his “friendless fantasy” was fueled by interactive entertainment....

Over the next few months, Electronic Arts is touring the United States with Criterion’s upcoming racer,Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. First stop? New York City! Oh, by the way — you might have missed it. It happened already. But the good news is that there’s video, courtesy of EA. It features a bunch of people standing in line and checking their cell phones, before getting their hands on the game… and going absolutely bats**t over it....

Some Xbox Live users are being targeted byphishersaccording to posts on theXbox forums. The sneaky criminals, posing as Xbox Support, are sending out a scam email in attempts to access the user information of members in the US and the UK. Here’s an example of the email message: Dear Xbox Live User,We have made many changes toeveryone’sXbox Live account, and we would like you to check out the new features! You can check out the new features by click on the link below to login and check them out!...

This week’s PS Store update is one of the largest in recent memory. All kinds of good stuff is now available for purchase and/or download, and the three big hitters are: theCoD 4Variety Map Pack(357 MB, $9.99), theechochromedemo (34 MB), and thefirst full album forRock Band(Judas Priest’sScreaming For Vengeance; 279 MB, $14.99). Speaking of music games,Guitar Hero IIIhas added aDef Leppard pack(378 MB, $6.25). It includes live versions of “Rock of Ages” and “Photograph” alongside the band’s new single, “Nine Lives”....