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Speaking to Develop, Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley made it clear that his company is delighted with the success of Aliens vs Predator. The game recently landed in the number one sales position in the UK -- reason enough to be pleased, no doubt -- but Kingsley is also pleased with AvP's critical reception. "We wanted Aliens Versus Predator to be a critical success as well as a commercial success," said Kingsley, "which we think we have achieved."

Kingsley's words might seem a little puzzling to anyone that's glanced at AvP's Metacritic average. Even the PC version, which has the highest average score, only manages a "mixed or average reviews" rating of 73. However, Kingsley noted that the game has received "three totally shit reviews by some Americans, which is a bit odd," adding that some of the reviews were "inexcusably bad." Said Kingsley, "If you discount those poor reviews AvP is averaging high for us."

Whatever the overall scores, it seems Rebellion is bullish to keep pushing the franchise, with Kingsley noting that the company is already in discussions with Sega about a possible sequel. "We would love to work with Sega again," said Kingsley, "there were a lot of things we couldn't fit into the original." We're guessing these were things Rebellion couldn't fit into its 1994, 1999, or 2007 iterations either.

Here’s a real kick in the nuts, if you ask me. Super Meat Boy, the long-trumpeted WiiWare title, will also be seeing an Xbox Live Arcade release. Not a big deal if you ask me, but the next part is the icing on the cake. The XBLA version is going to see [...]

A rare Virtual Console re-release that goes the extra mile.

Industry pioneer to receive award honoring years of technical and creative contributions to game development.

Metal Gear Arcade joins new Virtua Fighter and new Bemani games.

Metal Gear Arcade joins new Virtua Fighter and new Bemani games.

On the edge of the empire lies insanity--preview this insanity in this trailer from Eidos and Funcom.

Direct link here Well…I don’t know what to make of this. It certainly seems like the real deal, but I can’t decide if this is a trailer meant for Europe, or a trailer that points to an NA release. Like I’ve said in teh past, even if this game is Europe only, you can [...]

You sank my battleship.

Are you getting excited for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed sequel? I’m sure plenty of Star Wars fans are, since quite a lot of you purchased the first game. LucasArts has announced that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed managed to move 7 million units around the world, and that includes all versions of [...]

World's largest gaming organization announces first event of 2010 at the Samsung Experience in NYC.

Next Level Games and Nintendo really did an outstanding job with Punch-Out!! on the Wii. Not only did they serve up some bigtime nostalgia, they also gave us a brand-new circuit that was for pros only. Throw in the delicious graphics and multiple control methods, and you have one franchise update that every [...]

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Who doesn't like cover art inspired by Giorgio de Chirico and, more directly, Ico? Monsters, that's who. That'd be like saying you don't like playing games that require the combining of three objects in various patterns to earn points, especially when said games use Japanese food items. 'Cause it's those two things that Yaruhara no Omochi meshes on the Japanese Xbox Live Indie Game channel, mesmerizing Siliconera as it does us.

As if the idea of playing an XBL Indie Game with the premise of stacking "mochi (sticky rice cakes), fish, and seals" in a match-three-style game weren't enticing enough, it would appear from these screens that the game is gaijin-safe (read: in English). Time to fire up that dusty Japanese Silver account you've got sitting around, eh?

Get a legendary Pokemon, and unlock extra content in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Now that Dante's Inferno has been loosed upon the gaming populace, the question of "What's next for Visceral Games?" is asked with increasing (and often comical!) frequency. Yeah, we know about Dead Space 2 and there are murmurs of "The Ripper" being in development at Redwood Shores, but what else? While emphasizing the studio's focus on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, general manager Nick Earl said, "That's not to say that we don't have smaller efforts under way and direct-to-consumer efforts on XBLA and PSN."

Earl points to DICE's downloadable Battlefield 1943, "which was created in a studio even bigger than Visceral" and managed to break sales records. "That is showing the opportunity there," says Earl, noting that Visceral will "have some interesting offerings over this year and next."

We're fine with that strategy so long as one of those offerings is "The Body Count of Monte Cristo." The pitch: You play as the wrongfully imprisoned Edmond Dantès, toiling away years of captivity under the tutelage of your friend, the monk Abbé Faria. Learn mathematics, history, language, and kicking ass, all in preparation for your escape. Resurface years later as the Count of Monte Cristo and exact your revenge across 20 levels of 19th-century action, bond market simulation, and romance minigames. This summer, count down to action with The Body Count of Monte Cristo, from Visceral Games!

Direct link here Finally, someone paid tribute to my favorite level in Super Castlevania IV! I love the music here, as well as the entire setting. It’s unlike anything I’ve seen in a Castlevania game, and that goes to this very day! Article here (thanks Mohan!)

Xbox 360 owners will get the first taste of this impressive platformer.

Ace Attorney/Ghost Trick creator Shu Takami is hinting at something. When he was asked about a possible connection between the Ace Attorney series and Ghost Trick he said… “There already is! Will there be a major turnabout towards the end of the story? You will have to find out for yourselves…” What could the connection be? [...]

A new way to get your face in the game. See a couple screens.

Excerpts from an interview with Capcom’s Tsujimoto Ryozo and Kaname Fujioka… - The dev team studied fossils to get a better understanding of dinosaur movement and behavior - The dev team attended an extinct animals exhibition in Japan, where they were allowed to talk to paleontologists to help supplement their understanding - Plesioth doesn’t appear in this game [...]

Shots from the final version, just launched today in the USA.

Digimon MMO on the way.

2K has plans for both singleplayer and multiplayer.