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Surely I’m not the only one who forgotI Am Alivewas still in existence? We’ve heard nothing about it from Ubisoft in recent months, which wouldn’t be such a big deal had E3 not just taken place. A listing on the Australian Classification Board’s website indicatesthis isn’t vaporware. The multiplatform rating notes “strong violence” with its MA 15+ classification. The game is about a post-earthquake Chicago, after all. We can’t have mere children running around the city in those conditions....

[It’s time for anotherMonthly Musing— the monthly community blog theme that provides readers with a chance to get their articles and discussions printed on the frontpage. — CTZ] Gaming has changed much in the time I first gripped the uncomfortable square-like controllers of the Sega Master System at the tender age of 6. There is a game out there for almost every person to indulge in to avoid living their day to day, dream sapping consistencies....

Dale Northbrought you some screens yesterdayfrom the upcoming DS RPGInfinite Space, and today a trailer popped up that we thought you might enjoy. While no actual gameplay is shown, you can get a feel for the story and characters by watching it, and it pretty much looks like what I imagine playing an anime would be like. This seems like a creative RPG, handing you the task of designing and controlling your own spaceship, and also allows you to choose from 150 different crewmembers and 150 different customization options....

Considering it’s being developed by a well-known developer (Silicon Knights) and is based on a popular comic book franchise, we certainly haven’t heard much aboutX-Men: Destiny. Maybe that’s about to change, starting with the reveal of one of the game’s new mutant heroes, Aimi Yoshida. Activision tells us that Aimi was smuggled out of Japan on a tanker ship, just as her family was about to be rounded up and put in a mutant containment camp....

Fieldrunnersis a Tower Defense game that has enjoyed some success on the iPhone, and is gearing up to be at the vanguard of titles launching on Sony’s PSP Minis service. Minis will see the PSP go head to head with Apple’s iPhone, providing cheap, downloadable, bite-sized titles in a similar manner to the App Store. According toFieldrunnersdev Subatomic Studios, this rivalry could be quite close, since porting games between the two systems is remarkably easy....

It’s been a long-standing tradition that the warning illustrations and information found inside the manuals of Japanese electronics has to be funny. I believe it’s actually Japanese law. Nintendo has not let us down, as these scans from the Japanese Wii users manual so hilariously illustrate. Check them out and no matter what you do, don’t stick a four leaf clover into the back of your Wii. That’s almost as stupid and dangerous as chewing on the sensor bar’s cord!...

What’s this? Here’s some old stuff that Konami was kind enough to share. Castlevania fans will likely enjoy this newly released video that shows an early design of a young Simon Belmont in action. Yeah, that’s Simon. You’ll see that Simon is entering Dracula’s castle in an early concept forCastlevania: Lords of Shadow.He was considered to be a part of the game. Gabriel Belmont, a new protagonist, later made his debut inCastlevania: Lords of Shadow,though....

The Blizzard Storehas been updatedwith the Moonkin Hatchling and Lil’ RagnarosWorld of Warcraftpets. These two in-game critters will set you back $10 a piece, and if you’re going for the Hatchling, know that half of the proceeds are going directly toward Make-A-Wish Foundation. That promotion will last until December 31, so there’s still plenty of time to ponder the decision. It’s also worth pointing out that Horde players automatically get the brown version, while Alliance is stuck with the purple one....

NSFW AUDIO! Hey everyone! Been a long time since I first madeLeft 4 Bed. I had no idea how big that video was going to get! So with the release of theLeft 4 Dead 2demo on PC, I was finally able to make the long awaited (by me) sequel! I’m fairly sure this one wont be as big a deal as the last one as there have been like a bajillion other knock off videos done, but I still had to do this....

There’s no shortage to the number of amazing things gamers do to express their love for the games that inspired them, and we bring you another one today courtesy ofCapcom Unity. Created by Brazil resident Marcos Bessa for a competition called LusOlympics, you can see more pictures of ithereand a full sized photo of the complete project in our gallery. Fun fact: he had never played the game. For shame, Marcos!...

Mistwalker boss Hironobu Sakaguchi is well known for his traditional RPGs, but that doesn’t mean he can’t enjoy a blood-soaked Western action game. The game designer is a fan of recent Sony blockbusterGod of War III, although he does think the ridiculously epicintro movie is too long. “A long opening movie,” says Sakaguchi, explaining his one big issue with the game. “It’s nicely done, but you don’t need this. It’s movie-like, but you don’t need long openings in games … Sorry, my English is poor....

Yay for our Euro friends. MonkeyPaw Games will launch a PlayStation Import section on the PlayStation Store for Europe today. Like us here in the US, you’ll now have access to direct-from-Japan PS One imports and classics. It all kicks off today with some really good offerings:Arc the Lad,Cho AnikiandArcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special. A good RPG, a homoerotic shooter, and some bullet hell action. Nice. And my favorite part of MonkeyPaw’s offerings: they’re cheap....

Since the cat is effectivelyout of the bagon the forthcomingMass EffectiPhone game, Biowarecapitulatedand decided to give a little bit of further information. The game, titledMass Effect Galaxy, is a top-down shooter that takes place betweenMass EffectandMass Effect 2, filling in a little bit of the continuity gap. The game is intended to provide background information on two figures who will be appearing inMass Effect 2, the hero Jacob Taylor — a biotics-enhanced soldier who was present at the Geth attack on Eden Prime — and a yet unnamed character....