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Guilty Gear: Accent Coreis the latest revision of, technically, the originalGuilty Gear.Guilty Gear X,Guilty Gear XX, and all the other games in that direct line, have been revisions and updates to the series, sometimes adding to the storyline, while other times introducing new characters — but always, the game aims to balance and re-tool the gameplay. Accent Coreis no different. There have been heavy updates to the series sinceX2#Reload, both in the character moves and in the artwork....

I swung by the Perfect World booth yesterday for a PC gaming trifecta. You may remember Perfect World as the publisher of 2009’sTorchlight. They are best known for distributing MMOs, and their demonstration didn’t indicate that they will be branching out hardcore in the near future. However, they will be publishingBlacklight Retribution, a first-person shooter, to test other waters. I sat down for a rapid-fire look at three of their upcoming games....

Originally announced for Xbox Live Arcade, Twisted Pixel’s Kinect-only titleThe Gunstringerwill now be sold as a full retail title this fall. With the extra time, the developer says it will be working to polish the game, while adding some new content to flesh out the experience. While the core mechanics ofThe Gunstringerinvolve moving the puppet protagonist with your left hand and firing with the right, Twisted Pixel is showing off some platforming — and sex with an alligator — at E3....

Like corpses reanimated by leaky, top secret government barrels of gas stored in the basement of a medical supply warehouse, the rumors of aDead Risingsequel have once again risen from the grave. This time they come courtesy ofElectronic Gaming Monthy‘s Quartermann, who claims thatDead Rising 2is being developed by an LA-based developer for multiple platforms. Whether this game will be out before or after the co-opQuartermann saidthe originalDead Risingwas going to receive is unknown....

This might have slipped under your radar, but Falcom annoucned a sequel to PSP RPGLegend of Heroes: Sora no Kisekifor Japan, calledLegend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki, as seen above. Falcom freaks are freakin’ after yesterday’s announcement, which was teased on Twitter prior to the news. Andria Sangreports that Falcom’s people are back on the Twitter trial with a new tease.A recent entrysays that “awesome news” will come to fans next week....

You have to love Square “A franchise isn’t over until we’re all dead” Enix. Persevering with its online rendition of theFinal Fantasyseries,Squeenix is releasingFinal Fantasy XI 2008 Editionfor PC and Xbox 360 on May 23. The box set containsFFXI, of course, along with its four expansion packs —Rise of the Zilart,Chains of Promathia,Treasures of Aht Urghanand the newest addition,Wings of the Goddess. There was a 2007 edition released, funnily enough, last year that contained three expansions....

[Community member Senisan82 went out to the very firstGameUnicon conventionin New England and gave us his impressions on how the event was. — CTZ] If you’ve been reading theDtoid New Englandposts lately, you would know this past weekend was GameUnicon 2009, New England’s first gaming convention. It was set up at the Best Western Hotel and the whole lobby was pretty much rented out to hold the event. When I arrived Friday night, I met up withHeyRicochet....

My plan was as follows: I’d go to “Fault Tolerance,” Clint Hocking’s talk on what I assumed was failure design, then I’d go to Jesper Juul’s “Beyond Balancing: Using Five Elements of Failure Design to Enhance Player Experiences” a few days later and compare the two. This ended up being an idiotic plan, since the two had practically nothing in common apart from the fact that they were informative and aimed at people more intelligent and creative than myself....

Launch day DLC is a subject that still remains raw among players, and Epic Games is planning to make that never even more sore. The studio has confirmed that twenty-oneGears of War 3weapon skins will be available to purchase from tonight, letting gamers daub their guns in rainbows, flowers and all manner of silly colors. It’s the net cost of the skins that have truly infuriated players, as it’s been deduced that the entire bundle of content will run for 3600 Microsoft Points....

When I think of shrimp-like aliens who have been oppressed by South Africans, I’m always reminded of Spartan warriors who perform assassination missions for ancient Gods. This is whyDistrict 9andGod of War IIIare a match made in Heaven, with the Blu-ray version of the critically acclaimed moviecontaining a demofor 2010’s big PS3 exclusive. District 9is out on Blu-ray on December 29, andGod of War III‘s demo will be packed onto the very same disc....

Damn. How great do these screens of Ferrari and Lamborghini cars look? Eye-searingly good, I’d say. I’m not sure why there’s a focus on exotics in the screens released from Sony of Gran Turismo 5. Other car games focus on that sports car that is just out of reach for most, toying with that feeling that you could at least drive your dream car in a game. A Ferrari? You’re never getting one of those....

The last time we told you aboutNBA 09 The Insideon PS3 was, coincidentally, thefirsttime we told you aboutNBA 09 The Insideon PS3. Funny how that works, eh? Anyway, in thatoriginal post, I mentioned the new game mode that SCEA is really pushing this year: “The Life.” In it, you’re going to have to take control of a street baller and attempt to make him an NBA star. Above is a new trailer from Sony that shows off some of the cinematics in The Life, as well as some new gameplay footage....

Bad news for import fans, or people who might be thinking of moving country such as yours truly. Rockstar hasdecided to region lockGrand Theft Auto IVfor the Xbox 360. Unlike the PlayStation 3, where everything is region free, Microsoft lets the developer decide whether or not to lock the games down. Western developers usually don’t bother, while Japanese companies can nearly always be relied upon to do it. Rockstar, despite being based in the West, has decided to pull what we professionals call “something a sh*tsnake would do....