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Ladies’ Night Out with Animal Crossing: City Folk

by Chelsea Thompson on November 14, 2008 at 10:13 pm

Oh yes it's ladies' night, and the feelin's right ;)

Last night, I had the pleasure of attending a rather unique event: A “Ladies’ Night Out” event for Nintendo’s upcoming Animal Crossing title. I was actually kind of confused at the whole idea–I mean, according to Cammie Dunaway, Animal Crossing is the title coming out forhardcore gamers, not the more casual female market.

The event was both enjoyable and somewhat cringe-worthy, and you’ll see why (along with some of my personal impressions of the game) after the jump.
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MadWorld May Not Release in Japan… or Australia… or Germany

by Dan Landis on October 3, 2008 at 8:24 pm

Sega reps won’t be showing the extreme gore-fest MadWorld at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, mostly due to the fact that it may be too extremely gore-festy for Japanese audiences.  The game is being developed with a western audience in mind and will only be evaluated for a release elsewhere if it becomes a hit. Read more…

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