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Joe Graf, Epic Games’ technical director on the Unreal Engine 3, has confirmed via the official Epic forums that Gears of War 2 will be receiving a fourth title update.

As of now, nothing is known about the newly heard of update, but Graf does confirm that a broken message in the game regarding the map packs will be fixed in the patch. Stay tuned for everything else.

A new trademark for Driver: The Recruit has been registered by Ubisoft recently. Last year in June, a short video of an Ubisoft Reflections tour by BBC revealed that a new Driver game was in development. Driver: The Recruit could possibly be the new title.

E3 seems like the proper time for its reveal.

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The next episode of GameTrailers TV, airing this Thursday night at 12:30 PM, will be epic featuring the premier gameplay of BioShock 2 featuring none other than the Big Sisters, a “major announcement” and look at what’s next to come for Killzone 2, an announcement for PuncOut on the Wii by Reggie Fils-Aime, and Peter Molyneux drops in to give us the first video for the upcoming Fable II downloadable content.

Wow. This is going to be one great show.

Polyphony Digital is not just in the game-making industry anymore; now they’re in the restaurant business. At the Twin Ring Motegi race circuit in Japan, they’ve opened the Gran Turismo Cafe.

The cafe opened last week, with staff being equipped with the image of Gran Tursimo. Other than food, they have PlayStation 3 play booths where visitors can play some Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

We’re waiting on actual pictures of the place. I’m sure they’ll appear on the internet soon enough.

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Streum On Studio has announced an interesting new title for the PC today. E.Y.E. combines the elements of the first-person shooter and role-playing game into a single-game (think Fallout 3) that puts players in the boots of a Secreta Secretorum worker. Secreta Secretorum is a powerful organization that is ready to undermine the head-strong federation.

The game’s world was inspired by the likes of Blade Runner, Ghost In The Shell and Warhammer 40K. It will feature 10 physical and psychic skills, 14 cybernetic and upgradable implants, as well as an integrated R&D system. Read more…

So, do you really think you have what it takes to be the number one dancer? You better check yo’self before you wreck yo’self then, son. Prove your skill in Blizzard’s new April Fool’s joke for World of Warcraft: the PvP Dance Battle System.

The new “Dance Battle System” will allow players to custoize their crews, see available dance moves through the custom action bar, and more. Read more…

Electronic Arts has announced the release date for this year’s entry in the Madden franchise, Madden NFL 10. The game will release on August 14, 2009, and of course football fans will gather that day to play each other online and curse each other out like there’s no tomorrow.

Electronic Arts has said the game will feature “online innovation that will connect Madden fans together like never before” and “an immersive broadcast presentation that captures the suspense and emotion of the NFL.”

The cover athlete will be revealed in a presentation on Friday, April 24th.

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The Behemoth’s third project is looking great, judging from the trailer they debuted just about three weeks ago (which we’ve included at the jump). The game’s producer, John Baez, sat down with Gamasutra for some discussion on the upcoming project.

Baez revealed that the game will be a multiplayer affair, meaning you can get your party-play on, but will also have a single-player mode. As for the platforms, instead of announcing it for the Xbox LIVE Arcade exclusively, Baez stated that “platforms have yet to be decided”.

There is hope yet for the PS3 and Wii. Trailer at the jump. Read more…

Square Enix has launched the official website for their upcoming Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers for the Nintendo Wii. As of now, the website features the trailer released with the Japanese version of Echoes of Time and wallpaper from the game. There are two grayed out unclickables titled “It’s Gonna Be A Long Night” and “Public Spectacle”, with the words “Mor eVisits, More Movies” flashing above them.

So that means you need to visit the site more to unlock those two trailers. Well, get to work.

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All you Wii gamers looking to catch a deal or two, get your wallets and one-click purchases ready because Amazon.com is holding a Wii Gold Box event tomorrow, March 31st. On the official Gold Box forum, the Amazon Gold Box team posted:

All Wii Games, All Day. Make sure to visit the Gold Box on March 31 for six great Nintendo Wii video game deals. Happy gaming.

Tomorrow’s the day, so make sure you check them out and see what kind of deals they have to offer. You never know if they’ll have MadWorld on the cheap.

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The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf is a console remake of the hit 2007 RPG, The Witcher. On the latest GRTV, CD Projekt Red and Atari debuted the first combat gameplay of the title showing some very cinematic aspects, if you ask me. The camera system is very different in this game for an RPG. Read more…

Famitsu have got their hands on some brand new screenshots showing us mainly the Active Time Battle system in Final Fantasy XIII. We get a first look at the ‘Battle Results‘ screen as well, which gives you your stats, TP bonus, and rank. The rank is out of five stars.

Right now, the battle system’s looking pretty great. As much as I’m looking forward to Final Fantasy XIII though, I can’t help but wanting to hear more about Versus XIII instead. It just seems so much more Final Fantasy VIIish. Hit the jump to see the screens. Read more…

The first gameplay of Mass Effect 2 has been released at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Above, you’ll see the first gameplay clip, which while it has bad quality, it is looking great.

Read on for a look at a cut-scene from the game. Read more…

Sony has told gave notice that on Tuesday, March 31, 2009, they will be making an announcement. It’s odd because it is several days after the Game Developers Conference.

They didn’t give any hints or details on the announcements, so all that’s left to do is speculate. What do you think? Price-cut? New game?

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Marvelous Entertainment has released a third and brand new trailer for their upcoming Wii RPG, Arc Rise Fantasia. The trailer displays some gameplay, mainly the intriguing battle system, and Japanese people with odd clothing. Oh yeah, it also shows us a coolio dragon in CG.

Check out the screens at 4Gamer. Read on for the trailer. Read more…

It appears World of Warcraft developers, Blizzard, may be working on fifth game, said to be a new IP.

Two new job listings have surfaced on Blizzrd’s job oppurtunities page looking for a Software Engineer in Client and in Gameplay under the category of ‘Unannounced’. The job description mentions they need the gameplay engineers “to focus on graphics and other client systems for an unannounced title.” Read more…

Hey look who it is, our old friend, Mr. Project Offset. Where have ya been, buddy? We missed you. Well, thanks for showing your face at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week.

The new video for Project Offset from GDC09 is a tech demo showing a meteor striking and it looks oh so beautiful. The game’s currently in the works for the PC and Xbox 360. Hit the jump for the video. Read more…

Hideo Kojima, creator of the famed Metal Gear Solid series, held a keynote at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today. Towards the end of the conference, he revealed his next mission: ‘The Next MGS’.

In the image, we see a person who looks like it’s definitely Raiden turning his back towards the text. So the next Metal Gear Solid awaits us, and Raiden may be the star this time around.

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Over at the Game Developers Conference, OnLive is being demoed and boy does it look amazing. It has all the features any gamer could want. First off, it has a Showcase of games displayed in such a stylistic way with a catalog of games from great publishers such as EA, Take-Two and 2D Boy. Second, the Friends pages are awesome, with their moving video captures and brag clips. Third, the games stream amazingly fast and by the looks of it, there’s no need to install since it’s running off their server.

Hit the jump for the rest of the parts of the walkthrough. Day one for me. Read more…

Well this is odd and unexpected. While browsing through the iTunes Store for some new iPhone apps, I came across a new release from Capcom. That’s right, Mega Man 2 has been released in iTunes Store today, at the low price of $4.99.

The iPhone version features a virtual arcade, making it seem like you’re playing on an arcade (actually, it’s just to give you actual controls). You can buy it on the iTunes Store here.