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Bethesda has today announced that award-winning composer Inon Zur will be providing the original soundtrack for its highly anticipatedFallout 3. Zur, who has worked on a variety of games fromCrysisto thePrince of Persiaseries is said to be crafting an epic and ambient score for this ambitious title. “Fallout 3is one of the most engaging and demanding projects I’ve scored,” states Inon. “It was very rewarding to put all my creative energy into supporting Bethesda’s vision for the game....

Heartbroken and no doubt frightened by the loss of yet another exclusive PS3 title, some Sony fanboys have taken it upon themselves to start apetitionasking people to boycott Capcom to express their outrage. Let’s see what they have to say: We (The people that have signed this petition) feel very left out in your decision to makeDevil May Cry 4a Multi-Platform title, and hereby agree to boycott your sale of Capcom affiliated games....

This new approach to selling us onCivilization V(we’re already sold, guys) will make you say, “Why haven’t theyactuallygone this route, beyond mere actors?” The video shows what a Civilization Anonymous group could be like and then proceeds to run with the idea to ridiculous heights. I’m of the opinion thatCivilizationneeds a real-life support group, because seriously, it’s got to rank high up there withWorld of Warcraftin terms batsh*t insane addictiveness....

Pick up the latest issue ofSports Illustratedand inside you’ll find some stuff about sports, yes. But what you’ll also find is a single screenshot of EA Sports’ upcoming mixed-martial arts title, the cleverly titledEA Sports MMA. Unless you’re Samit or you got a subscription toSports Illustratedfor the swimsuit issue or that free football phone, chances are you didn’t see it in the magazine. Trust me, I get it. But fear not, because — look up!...

Make sure to keep your Sunday evening open, folks! Activision is dropping the first full-lenghtModern Warfare 2trailer at 5:30 PM Eastern during the NBA Conference Finals on TNT. This will be an actual trailer andnot just another teaser. Speaking of which, GameTrailers premiered a new teaser last night forModern Warfare 2and you may check that out after the break. I really like the editing in the new teaser. It looks like the guy is uppercutting that car!...

We’ve written a bit aboutNanashi No Game(Nameless Game) before, but this may be the last time we talk about it. It seems that North American focus groups may have killed any chance of this coming out here. Takahashi Tokita, creator ofFinal Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, had another game on the back burner for us until recently. This horror game told the story of a cursed RPG, and it was inspired by a GDC presentation on first-person games....

Atlus, our favorite Giver of Free Sh*t, brings us something shiny and new with ourEtrian Odyssey III: The Drowned Citycopies. The DS game will come with a dual-sided “Explorer’s Poster” to…explore. It’s a full-color, two-sided poster that has art on one side and character class and customization info on the other. Handy and flexible! Keep in mind that this nice bonus is on top of the other pre-order bonus we told you about earlier, the 60-page art book called Forests of Eternity....

Earlier today we talked about howFlip’s Twisted Worldwas having a hard time getting publicity, especially during such an intense release year for the Wii. With that in mind, why is developer Frozen North putting this game on the Wii? CEO Julian Spillane responds to the question by stating that it was the motion interface that really kicked off the platform decision. It also helped that the Wii is, according to Spillane, the best looking console for 3D platformers....

I’ve often said that the Internet is one of the last bastions of free enterprise we have left in the world. I’ve also said it’s not going to last. The FTC has taken usone step closerto proving me right today, by revealing it plans to govern the Internet and demand that bloggers disclose anything they receive from a publisher. I know what you’re thinking: Great! Accountability at last! But hear me out....

Seeing as how you’re reading this website at this specific time of day, I have to imagine you have — at one point or another — imagined what it’d be like to create a game from scratch; we’ve all been there. Markus Persson, the gentleman best known forMinecraft, can help with that. You see, he created a game for the down-and-dirty design competitionLudum Dare 18— and he streamed the entire creation process live....

I know game characters so a lot of fruit eating, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. A study from the Baylor College of Medicine showed that kids that played a couple of special games ate more fruits and vegetables than the control group. The study, which worked with the USDA and others, took 133 kids ages 10 to 12, all in the upper half of their weight distribution for their age (read: chubby) and made them play these two games....

GameStop in their infinite wisdom decided to come up with this insulting game display for Games for girls. Containing games likeCooking Mama,Bratz,The Little MermaidandMy Little Pony, this glittering pink mass should really read “Games for little girls who love pink girlie stereotypes and worship Paris Hilton.” I wouldn’t buy these pieces of crap for my 5-year-old nieces, let alone myself — OK maybeCooking Mama, but that’s it. The fact that GameStop feels it necessary to even create such a display just proves that they have no clue about the female gamer market, even the little girl gamer market....

PlayStation 3 owners, the time to removeTalladega Nightsfrom your console is fast approaching. Ryan Hamlyn, associate producer for the upcomingRogue Squadron-with -dragons PS3 title,Lair, hasannouncedthat the North American version of the game has completed development. The title is on schedule to hit stores on August 14, which m means you should be able to buy it just about everywhere on the 15. Gamers in other regions (Europe, Japan, Korea, etc.) are going to have to wait a bit longer for the team to complete localization, however....