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Hudson has released the first of a four part documentary detailing the making of its upcoming Wii title,Lost in Shadow. In this first part, the game’s director, designer, programmer, and sound lead discuss the genesis of the project. The idea, you’ll find, is the children’s game of “Shadow Tag,” which I guess is what everyone else was doing when I was pretending to be Cobra Commander in the woods. It’s actually completely bizarre, with the shadows of the four developers sitting in one of the game’s environments, their silhouettes getting larger as they step up to speak....

Microsoft has acknowledged thatCall of Duty: Black Opsfans might be having difficulty downloading the exclusiveFirst Strikemap pack, which launched this morning for $15. According to an Xbox.com service alert, users might not be able to download the $15 content from their dashboard, and has instead told customers that they can spend their $15 on Xbox Live’s web-based marketplace, or via theBlack Opsin-game storefront. “Users may be unable to purchase the following DLC for Call ofDuty Black Ops: First Strike: Pack 1when using the Xbox 360 console,” said Microsoft of the $15 map pack....

When theWorld of StarCraft modby Ryan Winzen starting spreading across the gaming blogs, quite a few people were worried that Blizzard would take issue with it. While that did technically happen, it may not be what you think. Here’s a snippet from Blizzard’s official statement. “With the name so closely resembling that ofWorld of Warcraft, we wanted to discuss the title of the mod with the developer, and as part of our routine procedure, we contacted YouTube to request the video be removed while that discussion took place....

TheCommand & Conquer Red Alert 3demo has finally hit Xbox Live Marketplace. For an unlimited amount of time, the demo can be downloaded and played to help potential consumers decide if the latest console RTS offering has managed to pull off the impossible — possessing both fun and playability. The demo will only allow players to partake in the single player affairs of the game. One campaign mission from both the Soviet and Allied campaigns are available with an interactive tutorial guiding actions....

I’m informing you thatChuck E. Cheese’s Party Games!is being developed by UFO Interactive Games for a few reasons: 1) I like titles that encourage me to yell, 2) I wanted to reuse Conrad’sincredible photo, and 3) nothing has ever been so deserving of our coveted 4:00 AM time slot in the history of mankind. Yes, folks — this is really happening. What’s more, the words “party games” will almost certainly be conveniently placed on the game’s box in loud, obnoxious font meaningChuck E....

How ironic. I leave boring England for exciting Japan and the most surprising bit of news all week has come from Blighty. Yes, believe it or not, Church leaders have said that videogames areactually a good thing. Church and charity leaders spoke at an ELSPA-hosted panel where they concluded that games were a force for good in society and help children to make friends.“We now live in a digital age where the nature of playing games has changed,” suggested Martin Houghton-Brown of The Children’s Society....

Thelast time we talkedabout the Square Enix PC MMOConcerto Gate, we were still waiting on information for the upcoming public beta. This morning they’ve finally sent that info along for us. The North American closed public beta kicks off some time later today.Gamescampus.comis publishing this sequel to the 2001 Japanese MMORPGCross Gate, and those lucky enough to get in will get a chance to play it, from today through July 14th....

Uh oh. CDV Interactive has been forced to play doctor with Ascaron’s buggy console ports ofSacred 2: Fallen Angel. The publisher is currently working on two separate console-specific bandages. One is for the inability to access the GameStop-exclusive DLC, the other for the PlayStation 3’slocal-to-online multiplayer component. Users have been reporting numerous bugs in the game across all Internet gaming hubs. As Kotaku noted in their report, CDV Interactive’s response has been equally dotted on the Internet....

American commercials don’t have enough crazy dads. This new Japanese commercial for the WiiWare version ofAce Attorneyis proof. The commercial kind of drags ass until dad gets into the action, flinging his Wiimote-holding hand and yelling. I don’t think he could have made a more intense face. Mom even gets into it. And at the end, dad has to be reminded that he’s holding the television remote, and not the Wii Remote....

While I’ve spent a solid amount of time with the Crystal Chronicles series and ultimately decided that it’s not really my thing, I do have to admit that the games are well-made and beautiful. For fans of the series awaiting something on the Wii that isn’t a casual title, you will be happy to hear thatEchoes of Timehas beenconfirmed for a US releaseon both the Wii and the DS. Both titles will be on American shelves by Spring 2009, according to Square-Enix....

WithBayonetta,Dante’s Inferno,Darksiders, and probably some other game I’m leaving out on the horizon, it’s a good time to be a fan of action games. While I want all three of those videogames, each for a different reason,Darksiders‘ action-adventure nature speaks to me most. Originally due out on New Year’s Day,Darksidershas been pushed back ever so slightly to a new January 5 launch day (the 7th for Europe). More importantly, however, is the game’s newly-unveiled box art....

Since we obsessively refresh GameStop.com,we already brought you newsof the retailer’s pre-order bonuses for THQ’sDarksiders. Today, the publisher has decided to reveal them itself, giving us a closer look at what you’ll get if you throw your money down a bit early. It’s a pretty sexy package of stuff, so let me refresh your memory: Darksiders will be available on January 5 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. You’ll have to wait until then to get all of this fancy crap, but it sure sounds like it’s worth the wait....

Screenshot time! Koei has kindly sent us over some new screens forDynasty Warriors Gundam 2and now I get to post them whether you want me to or not. To be honest, I’m shocked thatyesterday’sGundam Musoupost managed to get seventeen comments. Let’s try for eighteen this time! We can do it with Pikachu at our side, anything’s possible. The game is looking pretty much how you’d expect, so you already know if you’ll like what you see or couldn’t care less....