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Many of you will remember the rathernasty separationof developer Bottlerocket and Namco Bandai’sSplatterhousegame. Bottlerocket was working diligently on the retro revival before Namco suddenly pulled the rug out from under them and gave the project to its in-houseAfro Samuraiteam. Well, apparently most of the Bottlerocket devs areback to working on the game. Seems they weren’t doing such a bad job after all. Apparently, Namco Bandai has “quietly” opened a new office in San Diego and has recruited between ten and twenty designers, artists, programmers, producers and others from Bottlerocket to keep working onSplatterhouse....

If we lived in a world where videogames didn’t exist, where would their stories go? Into science fiction books? Big budget movies? Gritty graphic novels? Educational children’s shows? My brand new series, as previously seen in an episode ofHey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?, explores this mysterious and strange world where games are presented through other means, where they often end up as something completely opposite of what we know them to be....

Q-Games is pimping its online battle mode inPixelJunk Shooter 2hard this week with a free demo for the game, now available on PSN. If you haven’t played it yet, go and get it, because it’s worth your time. If you already havePixelJunk Shooter 2(high five!), you’re also getting a treat. Starting today, Q-Games is unlocking a “hidden” stage for the game’s online battles. Best part is that it’s free, so you can spend money on beer and tacos this weekend instead....

Podtoid 156 records later today (I need somebody to remind me to do these bloody things on a Monday). As always, we need your questions to give us something to talk about at the end because of tradition! No idea what we’re talking about as it’s been a damn slow week, but I expect there will be discussion of the SCOTUS ruling and some smug laughing at timewasting Senator Leland Yee....

A new week, a new reason for Nex to rack his brain coming up with pertinent reasons to post pictures of dead proto-hippies! Podtoid 23 is being recorded tomorrow, and it wouldn’t be a Podtoid without reader questions. That’s where you come in! Hit the comments, leave questions, comments, concerns, pictures of ducks or anything you’d like to say about the overrated stream-of-consciousness mess that isOn The Road. Nick Chester– Because we couldn’t get an Englishman …...

There’s something oddly soothing about hearing Jim Sterling refer to Reggie Fils-Aime using meat metaphors. On this week’s Podtoid, the regular cast discussed all things E3, the Wii’s transformation, and obese, female royalty. You can listen to ithere, as always. The horrors ofCastlevaniafarming Jim wishes to do unpleasant things to Cammie Tiff Chow: says something If you haven’t playedRhythm Tengokuyou are only half a human being Taumpytears has the greatest idea in the history of ideas...

Perhaps you’ve seen that we’ve been playing in the beta for PopCap’sZuma Blitz. I thought I was doing well. In the first tournamentI was third placeamong us all. I felt good about a score of 366,670, which I acquired by clicking so many times that my hand went numb. The next morning ourJonathan Ross managed to demolish my score, though I was able to keep my third place ranking, right under him....

There exists quite a few rules which one must follow in order to craft the perfect undead apocalypse. Key ingredients include a small ground of survivors, weapons aplenty, and of course, it must be set in either a shopping mall or a small British village. AllZombies Must Die!, the spiritual successor toBurn Zombie Burn, wants to give you all that and more in a quirky tongue-in-cheek zombie-hewing adventure on a gaming platform near you....

Like I mentioned in myFIFA 12 iOSpreview, I had not really used an iPad until EA’s Summer Showcase, so playing the mobile version ofMadden 12was an interesting experience to say the least. For those who played last year’s game, EA is promising several big additions, which seem like genuine improvements that will lend this mobile game depth. With respect to the actual gameplay, however, it was hard for me to get past the unfamiliar touch controls and comparisons withMadden 12’s console“big brother” I had played prior....

That sure is a lot of numbers in that headline and it also rhymes! TheGod of War 2embargo has been lifted, andIGNhas posted theirfull review. Without giving too much away, they thought it was just peachy (as did1up), but that was expected. What’s interesting is that apparently PlayStation 3 users finally have something (more) to smile about — when running on a PlayStation 3, the game will display in a trueHDresolution of 720p....

Just a reminder: Zoe Modes’Chimehits Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesdayas announced on January 20th, and will remain not-for-profit. If you decide to indeed slap down the 400 Microsoft Banana Bucks on this puzzler, the royalties made will go toSave the Childrenand theStarlight Foundation. So what the hell isChime? It’s a little likeLumines, or at the very least, has its feel. It requires you to place blocks and create quads, with bigger matches netting bigger points....

If you haven’t bothered with purchasing the sequel toLeft 4 Dead, now is a good time to consider. Amazon is featuring the PC and Xbox 360 versions of Valve’sLeft 4 Dead 2as its Deal of the Day. The PC version will run you around 28 bucks, while the console companion is going for around 35. I’m told that onlypsychopathswould pass up on these enormous savings. I’m also told that psychopaths cut open mice with scissors and smash birds with basketballs among many other cute activities....

Here’s an interesting way to attract players to your game’s open beta. Publisher GamesCampus has introduced The Guaranteed Fun Promotion for their upcomingfantasy MMORPGAsda Story. This program states that if players trir theopen betathat starts tomorrow and aren’t “satisfied with theirAsda Storygame experience,” that they can then request a $30 PayPal payment. “We are just asking you to invest your time in playing our game, and if after playing for 30 days you don’t feel it has been the great game experience we feel it to be, we want to hear your feedback and we’ll give you $30....