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Previously only aJapanese downloadvia the PlayStation Network, PlayStation 3 owners in North America will be able to downloadTekken 5: Dark Resurrectionlater this month. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Sony news item if it didn’t contain a smidgen of bad news. Sorry y’all, no online play for this one.From 1UP: We asked Namco Bandai if online play was an undocumented feature in the North American release of Tekken 5, representatives from the company told 1UP the following: “Online play will not be available in this download....

Why is there aFuturamavideo above? Because the feeling that Fry and the gang are having when they learn that they are to be killed by snu snu is the exact feelings you should be having when reading that headline. First there is sadness fromlearningthat we will not be getting a newOddworldany time soon, then there is joy from finding out that the classic games in the series will be landing on Steam this year....

You probably already know this thanks to theawesome that is Google, but Pac-Man turns 30 today! The little yellow dot has been chomping down on smaller white dots for quite some time now and in celebration Namco Bandai is throwing out a slew of sales on Pac-Man games for the iPhone and also holding a contest for a Pac-Man themed Smart Car. There’s also the above video featuring people sharing their Pac-Man knowledge....

Set to some incredibly bad techno music, a young hacker gives us a tour of what it is like to modify your PC-gaming experience (or in this case a Macbook Pro running Bootcamp) with the use of a Wiimote andHalf-Life 2. Why you’d want to do this? I have absolutely no idea. Perhaps you’ve accomplished all you wanted to in life and you’re looking for one more meaningless mountain to climb....

Ever wanted to actually get on a skateboard, but simply couldn’t find the time to leave your living room? Having lost a lot of market- and mind-share to its competition, Activision went back to the drawing board, and the result has finally hit the market. IntroducingTony Hawk: Ride, Activision’s attempt at reviving its popular skateboarding franchise with an innovative motion sensing controller that resembles a real-life skateboard. But is it any good?...

Oh Namco Bandai, is there any type ofDLCthat youwon’tbeashamedto sell us?Tales of Vesperiais rocking the PS3 in Japan, and that means it’s time for Namco to do what Namco does best — attempt to selllazy digital crapthat only a moron could justify spending money on. Want to spend thirty bucks on fake clothes for RPG characters? Scamco has made it possible! That’s right, folks! Namco Bandai has unleashed nine (APPARENTLY IT IS TWELVE, THANKS PARAPARAKING THE JOURNALIST!...

It’s an overload of info onSmash Bros. Brawlthis week. Lets start off with the DOJO first. Things got kicked off withZelda/Sheik’s Final Smashattack. She takes out her bow and shoots out a light arrow that instantly kills anyone. Tuesday brought us thePokemonManaphywho will force characters to switch bodies. So if you’re playing as Zelda against Donkey Kong, you will become Donkey Kong for a short period of time. And yes, jumping off the edge will still hurt your life/score....

So, a lot of people don’t like the linearity inFinal Fantasy XIII. The complete lack of bustling towns, world maps, and other such expected RPG traits is leaving some gamers sour, and Square Enix has taken notice. Director Motomu Toriyama has explained why making a nonlinearFinal Fantasywas so difficult, and why it might not be so hard the next time around. “Personally, the Final Fantasies that I have worked on have been very story-driven, so in terms of the development I wanted to, of course, use my personal strengths which where those,” he says....

Sassy little tipster, BlindsideDork, clued us into this latest scan featuringSuper Smash Bros. Brawl. The picture (which I am assuming is an ad) is courtesy ofGamefront, a site that happens to be entirely in German. The ad itself, as you may see, is entirely in Japanese. So whileHerr Nexis busy corrupting orphans, andDMVis currently incarcerated, it has been left to me, a person with no German or Japanese skills, to spread the news....

This week’s Podcastle will be significantly scream-free, because the adorable Atheistium will not be sharing our company. I know this will result in a 50% drop in listenership, but we’ll soldier on regardless. Wardrox and I will be joined not by a guest, but by the physical manifestation of ourobvious biasagainstKillzone 2, which has formed its own sentience and taken a human form. Also on the agenda is the banning of “extreme” porn in the UK — not quite game related, but when has that ever really stopped us?...

Ever sincewe were privy to the spectaclethat is Video Games Live at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference, I’ve been dying to see it again, so when a press release from co-creator Tommy Tallarico hit the Destructobox earlier today claiming 25 new concerts around the world had been announced, I screamed the scream of the pleased! Then, after having read the release and realizing none of the shows happen to occur in Portland, Oregon, I screamed the scream of the dismayed and woke up my dog....