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Those curious as to what’s the status of the sequel to Human Head Studios’ 2006 first-person shooterPreymay have to look no further than Zenimax Media. As of last Tuesday, the owner of Bethesda Softworks (and more recently id Software) has been getting its trademark hands sticky on with Prey.Prey 2was announced in early 2008, among one of the many projects of Radar Group, along with now missing-in-action titles likeEarth No MoreandIncarnate....

According to a Nikkei report, we can expect “around 10 or so games” this year that will utilize Sony’s yet-to-be-named,delayed-until-fallmotion controller. The report states that among those 10 titles will be sports games and pet raising titles. The later is likely an updated version ofEyePet(which released in Europe last year, but had its North American release delayed) that utilizes the controller. When I asked if it would support the motion controller during a demo late last year, a Sony rep got uncomfortable before saying, “Maybe....

I don’t watch much (if any) live television, so I would have probably missed this newUncharted 3: Drake’s Deceptionspot Sony just aired. It also aired during the NFL Kickoff game between the Packers and the Saints, and I’d be more likely to watchGleelive than any sporting event. So here it is, thanks to Sony. Because it wouldn’t want you to miss its advertising. It’s only 30 seconds long, but this isUncharted 3we’re talking about here, so I’ll take what I can get....

Do you have an Xbox 360 Slim? Are you using the internal memory and not the hard-drive? Want to play co-op? Tough shit, apparently. For reasons not known to logical humans,Halo: Reach‘s co-op is not playable without a hard-drive, meaning 4GB 360 Slim users can’t access a much-lauded part of the game. Trying to access co-op with the cheaper option 360 Slim get the following message: “One or more players do not have the hard drive required for this game type....

Wow, so this week is pretty much dead. This is officially the worst week for releases I have ever posted about since I started doing this feature. What’s looking sw33t to you this week? Wait, I already know the answer. It’sMetal Slug. I have a little rant to add about the above game. I hope it fails miserably. I’ve mentioned this game various times in the new release list only for it to keep getting pushed back until what seems like it’ll finally be out this week....

It looks likeAionisdoing pretty well for itself. The world of MMOs is hard to succeed in, but it seems that playing as winged beings who kick ass in a war torn world is something people want to do.GameSpotis reporting that the game sold 500,000 copies in the U.S. and 470,000 copies in Europe. This not only makes the game one of the most popular MMOs of the year, but also netted NCsoft an increase in profit of 836 percent....

Today, over on Amazon, the Xbox 360 version ofGolden Axe: Beast Rideris on sale for fifteen dollars. I asked Jim Sterling, who reviewed the game when it released last October, if he thought that was a reasonable price to ask for the action title. While he was not sufficiently plussed by the game to recommend people purchase it, he did believe that there was some entertainment value to be had there and that, while the asking price of fifteen dollars was pushing it, it might be acceptable....

Sexy man bear Flynn De Marco over onKotakubrought to light thatDavid Hayterwill indeed be voicing Solid Snake inSmash Bros Brawl. A Kotaku reader noticed on the comments section of the above Youtube video that one of David’s fans asked him whether he would be voicing the Solid one or not: Hello David Hayter! I have to say that you are one of the greatest voice actors ever, and you do a great job as snake....

Anarchy Reigns, the latest balls-mental action title from Platinum Games, has been pushed back to next year. Prepare to throw your cat out of the window in pure, unadultered rage. The postponement was quietly announced on the game’s Japanese site, where it was given a rough January 2012 release date. No reason was given for the date change, although this happened withBayonettaas well — the game was scheduled for a competitive quarter of the year, then pushed back to avoid it....

As professionally savvy as I try to be when journalistically roaming the showroom floors of many a game convention, I’ll admit I have yet to tame the wide-eyed, stars-a-flutter gaming fangirl that frolics in meadows of 1-up mushrooms and Chocobo greens at my inner core. While this syndrome provokes me at times to inappropriately beg for photo opportunities with all spectrums of game-related folk, sometimes I’ll get the lucky end of the stick and these well-renowned folk will want to be friends with me....

If you simply can’t wait to rock out the Janet Jackson’s “Black Cat,” then you might want to hit up the Nintendo World Store in New York City this Sunday. The store will be host to theBand Hero“First to Play” event, which will allow gamers (and future rock/pop stars) the opportunity to rock out to Activision’s top-40 Guitar Hero game a few days before it hits shelves. The event kicks off at 11:00 A....

Wow, an Internet boycott actually worked! Thanks to the folks atSarcastic Gamerand the voice of the Internets, EA willnot be charging for weaponsinBattlefield: Bad Company. Yes, a giant corporation actually listened to the public outcry and have opted for a different method in giving people these five extra guns. Now, instead of paying, people that want the extra guns will have to complete variousmarketinggimmickscampaigns: All that sounds fine except the whole Pre-order bit....

It’s no secret by now that Bayonetta on the PS3 is little more than a less-than-stellar port of the leading Xbox 360 version. Long loading times, poor framerate and altogether murkier graphics stand out to make Bayonetta inferior on the PS3, but it’s now being reported that Western PS3 fans might not suffer as much as Japanese ones. According toGamekyo(translated byWearetheinternetz), Sega and Platinum Games have “taken responsibility” for the slapdash port and have charged an engineering team from Sony itself with the task of bringing it up to par before the North American release....