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Harmonix employee Steven Bailey, Quality Assurance Lead, kicked off a little project called Healing Pack as a way for employees of Harmonix and other video game developers to help Japan out of their terrible situation. What started as an individual effort has blossomed beautifully. “When I saw the tragic disaster that hit Japan recently, I wanted to do something,” Steven said. “I knew however that I didn’t have enough money alone to make the impact I wanted....

Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin is a Dtoid-created comedy series about videogames and cupcakes. This week’s episodemay initially seem the stuff of tired conversations and unimaginative theories, but stick with it — it gets better. And way more violent. I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating: I really, truly didn’t expect to enjoyUncharted 2as much as I did. I wonder if it’s got something to do with the fact that I had an entire game to get to know the characters beforehand: I didn’t actually realize how much I liked Elena and Sully until they showed up inAmong Thieves, in much the same way I didn’t realize how much Dog and Alyx mattered to me untilEpisode One....

Dr. Tanya Byron, who won herself many admirers with her fair and even-handed Byron Report, will no doubt cause some of that admiration to be broken if her new TV show,Am I Normal?is anything to go by. The show, which visually compares videogame addiction to heroine addiction, provides Byron’s view on what a hardcore videogame fan should be: “Most of us think of games as the preserve of the teenager; young people escaping into a virtual world of fantasy....

If you happen to not be fighting for a place in line right now for a PlayStation 3, you may be happy to know that your Xbox 360 RTS itch is about to get scratched. It wasannouncedtoday thatCommand & Conquer 3 Tiberium Warswill be coming out for both the PC and 360. Hurray?!?! Maybe, depending on how well you liked howLord of the Rings The Battlefor Middle-Earth II was done on the console....

Throughout the course of the Indie Nation series, I’ve highlighted action games, text adventures, art games, platformers, and everything else I could get my pretentious, elitist hands on. However varied and unusual those games may have been, however, they shared at least one thing in common: I thought they were good. The Graveyard, developed by Tale of Tales, infuriates me. I think it’s a pretentious, ineffective waste of the interactive medium, and I hate it....

Square Enix says thatFront Mission Evolved, its action-oriented reimagining of the original turn-based strategy series, will give players a lot of customization options with which to outfit their big stompy “wanzer” mecha. Unfortunately, some of you didn’t believe it. How could real-time combat possibly offer the same spectrum of weapons and loadout choices?! Well, this fancy new “interactive trailer” is for you. Pick from a range of wanzers and setups, then see how they play out in different mission types and different tactics....

Part two of THQ’s video interview withDarksiderscreative directorJoe Madureira is here, and this time the comic book artist discusses the creation of a number of key characters and his inspirations for theDarksiderscharacters. He also draws a magic horse that comes to life. It is pretty stupid. Darksidersis hitting the States on January 5, and I’m rather stoked. It seems like it will be ludicrously manly, which is what you need now and then....

It was inevitable,but the newsstill excites me greatly. It has been revealed that the freshly merged Koei Tecmo corporation is working on a crossover title, bringing together games from the previously split companies to create something new and dangerous. Quite what this entails, I do not know, but if they’re going to take Lu Bu and put him inDead or Alive Beach Volleyball, I won’t complain. “Tecmo and Koei are combining titles to launch a new game,” revealsNikkei Corporate Information....

Even though the game was quietly announced a couple months ago, I had never heard of upcoming DS adventure gameLast King of Africauntil just this morning. What is wrong with me? Am I a horrible adventure game fan? MY GOD, PULL IT TOGETHER, CHAD! After tightening mycilicein punishment I decided to check out the brand new trailer that was just released for the promising game. Looking like a mixture betweenMystandHotel Dusk,Last King of Africawent from something I never knew existed to being one of my most anticipated games of the year....

Are you totally pumped for the release ofKillzone 2? Have you beenraging on internet forumsover the completely unfair scores it has been receiving in the press? Can you simply not wait to get your hands on it and are resorting to bidding on promo copies currently for sale on eBay? Well, you may want to reconsider that last one. In amessage board postat PlayStation.com, Guerilla Games QA manage, Seth Downie, has warned those looking to score an early copy of Killzone 2 that they may not be able to play the multiplayer component with these discs....

Did you ever play bit Generations gameDot Streamon the Game Boy Advance? If so, you know what to expect out of upcoming Wii releaseArt Style: Light Trax. It really is basically the same game with the same rules, at least in the racing mode. Judging by the time I spent playing it at Nintendo’s media summit today, it plays the same, and it looks the same at first. Those that remember the original will be surprised when your line and all the others wrap around a corner in 3D....

Disappointing news tonight from the folks at Media Molecule. The highly-anticipated sequel,LittleBigPlanet 2has had its release date moved into next year. Originally expected to release in time for the holidays, the title is now expected to be arriving shortly after they pass, in January 2011. That’s a bummer. I know how popular the game is with its players and my heart really goes out to those amongst you who were looking forward to all the neat building tools that are coming....

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