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Quantic Dream chats about previewing Heavy Rain at various conventions around the world.

On the conference call covering Ubisoft's Q2 earnings, management had a chance to discuss its strategies for the company, including support for both Microsoft and Sony's motion control accessories. "We will also be ready with some very nice innovations when Natal and Motion Controller are launched on the Xbox 360 and PS3 next year," Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said, reminding us that a 2010 release for Project Natal is all but confirmed at this point. He later explained that Ubisoft will "also have some games that will come on the new machines that are going to come in the future" and "are working to be ready for the new accessories or new machines that will come soon." Whether Guillemot is talking about the aforementioned motion control accessories or new consoles altogether (or both!) wasn't clear.

An ex-military pilot becomes an unlikely hero.

Wow, that’s an absolutely fantastic costume, as well as photo!

Don't panic!

Rock the dragon.

One more look at the game before it terrorizes shops in less than two weeks time.

Xseed confirms the stylized action-adventure for next year with a slightly altered title.

Xseed confirms the stylized action-adventure for next year with a slightly altered title.

This isn't your grandma's dodgeball.

Shots from the upcoming WiiWare game from the creators of Toki Tori.

Save the robots!

Please check out the trailer here…it’s amazing This could take a lot of money to get off the ground, but if marketed right, I could see it being an absolutely massive hit. Plus, that trailer music is fantastic! Huge thanks to TimmiT for the heads up! Make sure to check out the link [...]

When Mickey Mouse makes his triumphant return to the world stage in Disney Epic Mickey, he'll do so without his trademark squeaky voice. The mouse will still speak in the game, but all speech will be rendered as text bubbles. And it's not a technical limitation, but an artistic one. "I made the creative decision that characters wouldn't talk in the Cartoon Wasteland," Warren Spector explained to The Cut Scene. "It was entirely a creative decision because [he begins speaking in a high-pitched Mickey voice] As soon as I start doing this, I've lost most of my potential audience. [resumes natural voice] If I'm trying to re-introduce this character to an audience, there are certain connotations with that voice that I'm going to have a hard time overcoming." When he does speak in a future game, he'll probably be an affable Everyman voiced by Nolan North (our guess). Oswald, Spector said, won't need much consideration, due not only to his relative unfamiliarity to modern audiences, but also due to the properties of the character itself. "If you watch the existing cartoons," Spector said, "he's such a special character. In many ways, he's a funnier, more cartoon-y, more modern guy than Mickey is."

A couple flawless screens.

More footage from dangerous South America.

The mind-bending platformer is finally ready to hit the PS3.

Can you pass the trial?

Lions and ogres and go karts, oh my.

Cute pixel art is just waiting to be destroyed.

Ok, just what exactly is going on here?

Take a look back at the history of Infinity Ward's media hype machine.

The multi-platinum rock band No Doubt has filed a lawsuit against Activision in a L.A. County Superior Court claiming its likeness was "transformed" into a "virtual karaoke circus act" in over sixty songs in the recently released music title, Band Hero. According to TMZ, No Doubt claims gamers were only supposed to be able to use their likeness with three of its own tracks; however, the band is available as playable characters through the game's entire music catalog. Of particular note is lead singer Gwen Stefani's displeasure that her likeness can be used to sing "Honky Tonk Woman" by the Rolling Stones -- a song which references sex with prostitutes -- using a male voice and mannerisms. For its "circus act" inclusion, No Doubt is seeking an injunction to halt the "unauthorized use" of the band's name and likeness, as well as an unknown amount of damages (aka mad monies). Seems like Activision can't keep rock stars happy, dead or alive. [Via TeamXbox]

Band is not happy with the publisher's latest music title Band Hero.

Band is not happy with the publisher's latest music title Band Hero.

In a strange, unfamiliar world, Rover is here to help.