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PlayingDeadly CreaturesandKillzone 2within a month of each other had a very surprising effect on me. On the one hand, you haveDeadly Creatures, a Wii exclusive andsomewhat mediocreaction platformer from THQ. The game is a wonderful breath of fresh air, but suffers from, at times, awkward control and a mixed bag of bland textures and so-so graphics. On the other hand you have one of themost critically-acclaimed games of the year, the gorgeous first-person shooterKillzone 2for the PlayStation 3....

As excited as I was to seeMy Life as a Kingdebut along with WiiWare, I was equally (if not maybe even a smidge more) intrigued byLostWinds, which I heard word of back in February. I downloaded it right away, and quickly found myself having tumbled down the rabbit hole only moments after turning the game on — real life forgotten, lost in a lovely new universe. To follow me down that secretive passage, click the jump, my friends (fellow editor Jonathan Holmes and I have both lost ourselves there!...

EA Mobile sent out a press release letting people know that a version ofYAHTZEEis now available for the iPad. In addition to the standard game of chance and compromise, there are additional gameplay styles to choose from. There’s one called “Duplicate” and another called “Rainbow.” And then there’s the one called “Duplicate Rainbow” which I am totally freaking out about.How is that even possible?! Laugh, if you must, but I really likeYAHTZEE....

Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek and master of all things piracy and Xbox 720 toldgamesindustry.bizthat Crytek “wouldn’t exist” as a new company if they had to start today. Absolutely, nowadays I don’t think Crytek could have set up. It wouldn’t exist. The situation has changed drastically – the competition is more serious, companies have consolidated, costs have increased, the platforms are getting more difficult to enter. For example, to make a next-gen PC title entering the market now we’d need about EUR 10-12 million, even for a newcomer, to make an FPS as good as Far Cry was back then....

[Editor’s note: Zac Bentz here created this awesome Portal 2 remix project and wants to share it with all of you. Yes, even you! — CTZ] I just finished up a newPortal 2remix project calledDream with Portals. I took five tracks from the soundtrack and turned them intotwo hoursof sprawling dark-ambient dreamscapes. Best of all?IT’S JUST A DOLLAR! So if you like insane, haunting music and LOTS of it, pleasecheck out the album pageand grab a copy!...

To celebrate April Fools’ Day, Bethesa has announced that for the next week all downloadable content forThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivionis on sale for half price. So that means you can pick up things like “Knights of the Nine” for 400 MS Points or “The Vile Lair” for 75 MS Point. But if you want the legendary “Horse Armor” DLC, you’re going to have to spread your wallet a little further....

This morning Nintendo surprised us all bydelivering an updateto the Nintendo 3DS system… and it was an OK Go music video in 3D. Neat! It is, however, the “first look” at how we’ll be navigating and viewing video content on the handheld. It’s not as if Nintendo has been hiding it — we’ve seen it before at press events — but it’s nice to see it running on a retail handheld....

DJ Heroneeds to be announced. The game’s existence has been known for months, yet Activision (the publisher) refuses to officially let theDJ Scratchout of the bag. Recently — and for the billionth time —DJ Herowas confirmed (but not announced). This time instead of a shadowysource personoraGuitar Herodev, the president of Activision Bobby Kotick acknowledged the title. “We have this product calledDJ Herocoming out later this year which [has] a turntable that you can actually play competitively, spin discs and mix on,” Kotick told CNBC....

It’s that time of the year again and Amazon is conducting their world-famous customer vote. What’s so important about this?Just the fact that they’re going to sell Xbox 360 Cores for $100. Yes, that’s right, $200 off.Clearly, this is an outright challenge to CompUSA and their Black Friday $99 Xbox 360. Of course, you don’t have to buy a cell phone to get your cheap ass 360 on Amazon. Skeptical? We don’t blame you....

When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks, people listen. Earlier today, word went around that the executive had confirmed an upcoming Blu-ray player add-on for the Xbox 360 platform. What heactuallysaid was hardly a confirmation at all. “You’ll be able to get Blu-ray drives as accessories,” he said after stating he felt there was no need to put a drive inside their console. The media ran with it — “Blu-ray player for Xbox 360 confirmed....

It’s no secret that a quality surround sound setup is practically mandatory for gaming nowadays. Anyone who wants to gain the competitive edge in games like Call of Duty or Halo or become fully immersed in the environments of games like Dead Space and BioShock absolutely require it. Sadly, many of us may not have the space or even the cash to put together a proper home theater setup. With the rise in popularity of console gaming seen during this generation, high-end accessories are no longer exclusive to the PC gaming crowd....

There’s a lot of less than impressive offerings out there when it comes to mixing the world of fashion and videogames. Although some of this stuff is cool looking, it seems to be a dime a dozen lately — Hot Topic has Nintendo wallets, for God’s sake. EnterSylwia Calus Designs, creator of the Tetris-inspired clear resin bracelet you see above. Sexy enough for a women but certainly rockable on the wrist of the right man (ahemGuitar Atomikahem), this piece is one of a kind and made completely by hand....

It seems that Capcom has absolute confidence in the next game of their popular Resident Evil franchise. In their predictions, Capcom says that they’ll move 3.2 million copies ofResident Evil 5when it’s released early next year. For reference, that’s aboveBioShock(2.2m) numbers and belowMetal Gear Solid 4(about 4 million). I think it’s do-able.We dug the gamewhen we played it. They can count me for one. The rest of their big hitters fall belowRE5‘s predictions....