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Coming from dev on the Aladdin SNES game, Shinji Mikami...

"If I didn't actually make [the SNES game], I would probably buy the Genesis one. Animation-wise, I think the Genesis version's better. The Genesis version had a sword, actually. I wanted to have a sword. Originally, the front of the Super Famicom package had a genie on it. Disney said no to that, so we had to move the genie to the back of the package in a smaller size. But the Sega version, they had the genie on the front."

If it makes you feel any better, David Perry worked on the Genesis version of Aladdin and he picked the SNES version. Just a case of devs being nice about each other's works!

Lincoln wasn't thanked in Donkey Kong Country Returns. No word on why he was thanked this time, but it does seem like a classy move.

No tired old arguments here today. Today, we're looking at the examples of video games that contain works of art.Read more...

This isn't an action figure, or some random capsule collectible. This baby is a "full size" 6V ride-on Mario Kart, and is ready for you to try and cram your butt into.Read more...

Every day, in addition to The Daily Fix, we list off the day's biggest stories in this simple and easy to read format.

1954: Alcatraz is a gritty, San Francisco-based point-and-click adventure about crime, doing time and the dark side of mid-century American perfection. It's due out for PC on March 11 for $20 on Steam and GOG, published by adventure game veteran Daedalic Entertainment and developed by Irresponsible Games.

The game includes two playable characters, Joe and Christine, husband and wife - Joe is behind bars and Christine can help him escape, but she doesn't have to. 1954: Alcatraz incorporates beatnik culture, jazz, high-stakes crime and loads of cash, all in a 3D, comic book art style. Player decisions "extensively influence the plot and lead to various endings," Irresponsible promises.

Irresponsible was founded by Gene Mocsy, the designer and artist of Quake 3's engine levels, course artist for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 and 2005, and the world modeler for James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, among other feats.

Romanian artist Ioan Dumitrescu has been busy since we last some of his work. Very busy.Read more...

The IGN AU team talk Evolve, Titanfall, Irrational Games, Rambo: The Video Game, and much, much more.

We've got 25 premium double-passes and Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC codes to give away!

Rockstar's games are no strangers to mystery and intrigue, but there's a puzzle at the heart of Grand Theft Auto V that's been keeping people guessing for months. Read more...

Katsucon is one of the biggest conventions on the cosplay circuit, and this year's show went down over the weekend in Maryland. Needless to say, there was excellent cosplay on show.Read more...

- new class is called the Item Master
- includes a fishing mini-game with sharks
- cooking can now include use of a cooking guild
- more housing furniture
- Item Master is able to enhance items used in comba
- it can also control some minions
- command machine and material family-type monsters
- Item Master will benefit from a rise in skill levels to 130 (up from 100)
- this adds new limit breaks like the Super Falcon Sword skill or casting more powerful spells such as Kaboomle
- now includes slot machines

- over 200 songs and more than 60 characters
- versus mode along with the return of “Quest Medley mode”
- take on various quests to add more Final Fantasy allies to your group
- “Critical Hit Trigger” can be used to perform a critical hit for more damage
- hitting this can also give you a chance of acquiring items
- “Daily Feature” track that will show a new track every day
- clearing the daily feature track will give you x1.5 the average Rhythm Points
- acquire more Rhythm Points by clearing stages without missing
- these points can then be used to add bonuses to selected characters
- EX Burst Gauge gets filled by hitting the notes on beat
- once it’s full, you’ll be able to choose from nine different EX Burst skills
- one of these is Stoic Judge, where you’ll make all of your opponents’ notes be ruled as “bad”, except for their critical notes
- Fat Chocobos appear at random and will give you all kinds of different treasures
- Museum feature that displays various records, music, videos, and “CollectaCards”
- more cards to collect, and they’ll all have their own rarity ranks
- short, medium, and long quests
- these have you taking on different maps and fighting bosses in Quest Medley mode
- you'll be rewarded for defeating bosses
- completed maps can also be shared with other players through StreetPass

Steam is making a strong case for a mini-staycation this weekend. Festivities kick off today with the Ubisoft Publisher Sale, which lasts until February 24 and offers discounts of up to 75% across just about every Ubisoft game on Steam. Daily deals, additional discounts on select games, will further add to the temptation to spend.

Don't want to spend any cash? Steam thought of that. Both Orion: Dino Horde, a multiplayer shooter that pits man against dinosaur, and Call of Duty: Ghosts, a game that pits Riley the dog against helicopters, are free to play this weekend. Should you wish to buy after you try, Orion is available for $1 and Ghosts is reduced to $30.

Finally, Bohemia Interactive's military sandbox game Arma 3 is 40% off this weekend and available for $36. The game features a variety of single-player and multiplayer operations, and allows active personnel to edit certain gameplay scenarios and employ custom mods. [Image: Activision]

Dota Store
- Increased speed/responsiveness of the store
- Added Loading Screens to the store
- Added new Tournament and HUD/Loading Screen sections to the Featured page

Time To Despair: you should read this excellent Gamasutra interview with a couple of producers on Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. In it, they talk about Japanese culture, the idea behind some of the characters and themes in the game, and more.Read more...

The Metroid Mod is an impressive recreation of Nintendo's NES classic within punishing roguelike, Spelunky. The mod isn't out yet, but that can't stop you from watching Samus Aran explore Zebes-inspired caverns and avoid giant Metroids, speedy Skrees and even Ridley.

Hey, it's Johnny Lee! You might remember Johnny from his pioneering motion work with the Wii Remote, which got him hired by Microsoft to help build Kinect. Well, Johnny's now with Google, and his new project is even cooler.Read more...

A child's innocence is near impossible to preserve in the zombie apocalypse. So it should come as no surprise that adolescent protagonist Clementine has no problem battling the undead in these screens for The Walking Dead's next episode, "A House Divided."

New city-builder Banished is the most fun you'll have simulating famine all year.

In other massively multiplayer online role-playing games, blacksmithing involves find a forge in town and clicking about a bit. In The Elder Scrolls Online, you've got to kill some tigers first. Read more...

This comes from Toys R' Us, but it doesn't seem to be tied to the store specifically.



Thanks to Reggie for the heads up!

- coming from TreeFall Studios
- Action/Platformer
- RPG in terms of combat taking place in a full 3D world
- massive sized world with various locations, quests, characters, towns and shops