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Essentially Europe’sGDC, the UK’sDevelop Conferenceaims to bring as much of the continent’s development community together under one roof as possible, for three days of keynotes, seminars and workshops. This year’s is looking like it’s going to be a particularly big one. Keynote speeches have been secured from Chris Satchell, General Manager of Microsoft’s XNA Group, and Richard Garriott, Executive Producer at NCSoft. Respectively, the keynotes will cover gaming community development in the Web 2....

If you’re worried thatCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3may see vastly inferior products on systems that are not called “Xbox 360,” then you might be in luck. Infinity Ward has said that there’s no lead platform, with the 360 and PS3 being equal. “We don’t have lead platforms, we develop each version alongside each other,” said community man Robert Bowling. “Xbox 360 is running at same as PS3.” If, like me, you wondered what that meant for the PC version, don’t worry....

Dave Perry is obsessed with the issue of used games. His rants on the subject have been numerous, andnow he’s implicatedGameStop and its ilk in the game industry’s recent drive to pursue digital distribution. Claiming that his own digital service Gaiki has already made folks at GameStop “hate” him, Perry has basically implied that such services are the company’s own fault. “I’ve made so much money from their store, so I can’t be mean to them about that,” says Perry, talking about Gaikai....

I flew out to Las Vegas Tuesday afternoon to get a better look at the much-anticipatedPrototype(the full preview will up later this afternoon, so keep an eye out for that!), and as you may be able to imagine, one of the key questions on my mind was the game’s length, especially considering that news ofinFamousbeing rather shorthas had a lot of gamers feeling like they deserve more. Luckily, what I heard was good news....

It’s almost time again! Jonathan Holmes, Tara Long, Max Scoville and myself will be convening for another round of banter tomorrow afternoon, and we need your questions to help us pad out the running time, as per usual! We’ll probably chat a bit of TimeandShadows of the Damned,but otherwise it’s been a slow period for big news so the contents will be anyone’s guess!

Nintendo has today confirmed that the latest generation ofPokémon,BlackandWhite, will be coming to North America next year. Although a firm release date is yet to be announced, a launch window of Spring 2011 has been revealed. I know, that’s aaaaaages away! Pokémon Black/Whitelooks set to be the first fully updated sequel in years. More dynamic battles, 3D graphics and gameplay changes will be a part of this new generation, along with the obligatory slew of brand new pocket monsters....

How do you get people who aren’t normally interested in poker to buy your poker videogame? Simple. Have it focus on beloved personalities rooted deeply within gamer culture, price it at $4.95, and heck — might as well make sure unlockable items forTeam Fortress 2are included while you’re at it. That is precisely what Telltale’sPoker Night at the Inventoryis doing, anyway, and I’ll be legitamately shocked if they don’t make a killing off of it....

People are often surprised when I tell them about review guides. The very concept of such a thing existing is silly to many gamers. I usually throw review guides away, but I kept the ones forDisney Epic MickeyandSplatterhousebecause, well … look at them. Many of them are just black-and-white printouts stapled together, but these two recently released games went a step beyond for something that is, to be honest, a disposable PR tool that videogame reviewers really oughtnotto be using....

4mmhas announced its first game,Def Jam Rapstar, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. Okay, so what the hell is it? We think it’s a music game, but we’re not quite sure. Inan interview with IGN, 4mm’s Nicholas Perrett says a lot of things, but stops short saying exactly whatDef Jam Rapsteris. According to Perrett, at E3 next week we’ll see what innovations they have in store, including how they will “make the experience of rapping a song fun....

You know, some people are going to kind of hate me for this, but I miss some of those earlier games that came out for the DS. You know what I’m talking about, those games with one gameplay mechanic that lasted for the entirety of the whole experience. I’m talking about games likeKirby: Canvas Curseor Yoshi:Touch and Go; you know, games that did one thing and did it really well. Plus, they just used the DS in a unique and different manner....

The video of Parade Magazine’s A.J. Jacobs and family playing a river rafting Natal gamewas great fun for us this weekend, but this very slight modification of it is absolutely hilarious to me. All they did to make this video — which is sure to be a YouTube smash hit — was add some color rotation and some fun music. Bam — instant rave. Someone needs to insert some glowsticks, Vaseline, and some random pills lying on the floor and we’ll have one of the most realistic videogame experiences ever created....

Good afternoon, dear listeners. It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you of the fact that your regularly scheduled episode of RetroforceGO! will not be recorded this week. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have once again found ourselves faced with castmembers being unavailable to appear for various reasons. That is, with the exception of Chad and me. Thusly, and because we love you and love doing this show, Chad Concelmo and I will be recording alone tonight, just the two of us....

ENOUGH ALREADY. We get it. Let’s agree to disagree and move on, shall we?Last week’s episodeis over, we’ve all made up and baked cookies together, and at the end of the day, we lovemost ofyou chilluns and it hurts us to see you lobbing grenades and poking each other in the eye. Besides, your uncle Topher carries a backpack full of rabid puppies, and if you think I won’t open that mtherfcker right up …...