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The following comes directly from Mistwalker’s Hironobu Sakaguchi… New project is going to be announced after a long time. More information will be available in stages. Don’t miss it. Well… I’ve got to get back to work on balancing battle system… Production is near the final phase. You can just tell that Sakaguchi has been dying to talk about this game. [...]

Do you remember the Goriya enemies from The Legend of Zelda series? You might not, since we haven’t seen them in a long time. These guys put up quite a fight in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. I’d love to see these guys make a return, and really give Link another [...]

The online RPG experience gets ready to come to the DS.

Yes, Bizarre Creations' fast-paced, Mario Kart-esque combat racer Blur will apparently have a story, according to the trailer above. We're just as surprised as you! Frankly, we expected the game to be completely plotless, unless you consider "you're a guy who doesn't like being blown up or not finishing in first place" a plot, which we don't. Check out the trailer above to get a brief taste of what the game's story and character progression will entail. We guess we're okay with these two elements being present in the game -- provided they don't provide long pauses between our drivefights.

If you missed our magical, live broadcast of Beyond, now's your chance to catch up.

*SPOILER* Shepard stars in the steamy montage of mating behavior from Mass Effect 2.

The Helghast and Sev join the online battle in Uncharted 2's multiplayer.

Cole McGrath joins the heroes and villains in Uncharted 2's multiplayer.

Resistance 2 invades Uncharted 2's multiplayer with Chimera and Nathan Hale as playable characters.

We can't be gaming all the time, despite our best efforts, and from time to time we'll actually take advantage of the movie-playing abilities on our gaming systems. JBO features our top picks for XBL, PSN, Netflix's Watch Instantly and Blu-ray each week. This writer has been out at Sundance for the past nine days, so week's JBO will be heavily influenced by independent films, past Sundance hits and a bit of the bizarre. Check out the list, and let us know what your favorite indie film is. Recommendation of the Week: Cube (DVD $14.98, lower at retailers. Pray for a Blu-ray release) Director Vincenzo Natali has a new film at Sundance 2010 called Splice. It's a dark science fiction story about genetic manipulation, and you can read all about it right here. However, he first burst onto the scene 13 years ago with his thriller Cube. Seven strangers from completely different walks of life wake up inside a bizarre cube-shaped room, with exit hatches built onto the four walls, the ceiling, and the floor. They have no idea how they got there, or how to get out. Each hatch leads into another, identical room, and some come complete with devious booby traps. But the real movie isn't about the Cube itself, it's about how human psyche unravels when you're stuck in a situation that makes no sense to your brain. After you give this a whirl, move on to his movies Cypher and Nothing for more good stuff. Read on after the break for the rest of our recommendations, and let us know what you're watching!

Fatshark's Executive Producer Martin Wahlund takes a moment to overview Lead & Gold's multiplayer game modes.

Japan is currently in the midst of a No More Heroes drought. Not only has Marvelous yet to give a release date to No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (which is out this week in North America!), the publisher has also announced a delay for the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 port of the original game, called No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise. Originally set for release on February 25, Heroes' Paradise won't be delivering upgraded graphics and inappropriate new costumes for the female characters until April. Siliconera postulated that Marvelous is moving things into its next quarter in an attempt to boost profits in that period. [Via Siliconera]

Get your friends together and enjoy the nostalgic feeling of playing multiplayer games in the same room.

Storm the Bad Company 2 battlefield early with the demo on Xbox Live.

Get your squad together and join up on the Bad Company 2 beta on Xbox Live.

If you're reading this post from across the Atlantic, chances are you're wondering why we're announcing a release date for Runaway: A Twist of Fate, a game that was released in France and Germany four months ago. Well, you see, for those of you in the UK, the third game in the Runaway point-and-click adventure series is just arriving, with publisher Focus Home Interactive pinning March and April release dates on the PC/Nintendo DS title (respectively). Aside from a website jam-packed with video of the game (including the trailer you see above and two more after the break), the publisher released a handful of screens that we've added to a gallery for your perusal just below. Don't say we never did nothin' for ya! Gallery: Runaway: A Twist of Fate

Brace yourself for the game that does not redefine the genre of space shooters.

Be sure to have everything you need for a generic 70's anime adventure before you begin!

If you prefer your demos in the English language, then forget about trying to access the Japanese demo and instead, hunker down until February 4 when Koei will unleash a button-bashing demo of Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce onto PSN and Xbox Live. Giving gamers a taste of the title two weeks before its scheduled release on February 16, there's sadly no word on the exact contents of the demo in the press release issued. Do you really need to know more? It's Dynasty Warriors -- you mess dudes up. That's how it works. Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce assaults retail shelves on February 16.