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Coming from a Nintendo Force interview with former RARE dev Chris Seavor...

"... I'm not even sure they [Nintendo] knew what they really had with Conker. Tim [Stamper] and Chris [Stamper] did and they said 'Yes, we want to make this'. And such was the trust between Rare and Nintendo that they were fine with that... Trust. A lovely concept, sadly lacking today with some publishers."

The industry certainly has become less focused on trusting devs and more interested in Metacritic scores. Sad to see that RARE and Nintendo parted ways, and now RARE is a shell of its former self.

01./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi # (Square Enix) {2014.02.06} (¥5.490) - 118.427 / 562.083 (-73%)
02./00. [WIU] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) {2014.02.13} (¥5.985) - 35.717 / NEW <35,28%> 03./00. [3DS] A-Train 3D (Artdink) {2014.02.13} (¥6.090) - 27.009 / NEW
04./05. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) - 23.017 / 440.131 (-7%)
05./04. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) - 22.230 / 423.836 (-22%)
06./00. [3DS] Magi: A New World (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.02.13} (¥5.980) - 15.793 / NEW
07./06. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400) - 15.462 / 1.359.241 (-8%)
08./02. [3DS] Puyo Puyo Tetris (Sega) {2014.02.06} (¥5.229) - 13.717 / 58.345 (-69%)
09./03. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.30} (¥7.980) - 13.704 / 313.291 (-54%)
10./10. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) - 12.750 / 3.950.322 (+7%)
11./09. [PS3] Diablo III (Square Enix) {2014.01.30} (¥7.980) - 7.345 / 62.277 (-44%)
12./22. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) - 6.952 / 489.596 (+29%)
13./11. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4 # (Capcom) {2014.01.23} (¥6.990) - 6.611 / 224.094 (-40%)
14./07. [PSV] Terraria (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.02.06} (¥2.980) - 6.245 / 21.315 (-59%)
15./17. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) - 5.904 / 707.610 (+2%)
16./21. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) - 5.450 / 270.846 (-1%)
17./24. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) - 5.275 / 3.672.543
18./15. [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.12.05} (¥6.090) - 5.273 / 248.079 (-35%)
19./20. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) - 5.103 / 3.219.168 (-10%)
20./16. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds # (Nintendo) {2013.12.26} (¥4.800) - 4.785 / 377.432 (-22%)
21./08. [PSV] Super Heroine Chronicle (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.02.06} (¥7.480)
22./12. [PS3] Puyo Puyo Tetris (Sega) {2014.02.06} (¥5.229)
23./26. [PS3] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Square Enix) {2013.12.26} (¥7.140)
24./18. [PSV] Disgaea 4 Return (Nippon Ichi Software) {2014.01.30} (¥6.729)
25./34. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800)
26./29. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life # (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800)
27./14. [PSV] Puyo Puyo Tetris (Sega) {2014.02.06} (¥5.229)
28./23. [PS3] Saints Row IV (Spike Chunsoft) {2014.01.23} (¥5.980)
29./35. [PS3] Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts) {2013.11.07} (¥7.665)
30./36. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800)
31./13. [PS3] Super Heroine Chronicle (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.02.06} (¥8.480)
32./28. [PSV] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: Twin Pack # (Square Enix) {2013.12.26} (¥7.140)
33./30. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2014 (Konami) {2013.11.14} (¥7.980)
34./43. [3DS] Disney Magic World # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.01} (¥5.480)
35./42. [3DS] Aikatsu! Futari no My Princess (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.480)
36./31. [PSV] Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.23} (¥6.480)
37./00. [PSP] Akaya Akashiya Ayakashino # (Asgard) {2014.02.13} (¥6.720)
38./37. [PS3] Gran Turismo 6 # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.12.05} (¥6.980)
39./46. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited World Red # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.980)
40./44. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800)
41./45. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go Galaxy: Big Bang / Supernova (Level 5) {2013.12.05} (¥5.500)
42./19. [PSV] Amagami (EBKore+) (Kadokawa Games) {2014.01.30} (¥5.040)
43./39. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Wii U Version! # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.21} (¥5.480)
44./38. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai 2 # (Sega) {2013.11.28} (¥6.279)
45./27. [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.23} (¥7.480)
46./00. [WIU] Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo) {2013.12.05} (¥5.985)
47./47. [PSV] God Eater 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980)
48./25. [WIU] Puyo Puyo Tetris (Sega) {2014.02.06} (¥5.229)
49./00. [3DS] Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (Nintendo) {2013.06.13} (¥4.800)
50./00. [3DS] Bravely Default: For the Sequel (Square Enix) {2013.12.05} (¥4.990)

On February 21, Twitch user Bananasaurus_Rex (the gaming community really does have the best handles) set a new high-score record in developer Mossmouth's much-loved roguelike, Spelunky. The history-making run took seven and a half hours to complete, with a final tally of $3,105,850.

Bananasaurus is known in the Spelunky community for being the first recorded player to beat the game's final boss using an eggplant in single-player mode, as well as being the first recorded player to have killed the game's ghost monster. You can watch the $3.1 million run above. [Image: Mossmouth]

The studio that spent 12 years unable to finish Duke Nukem Forever and the one that finally did in 2011 are back in court again, this time over a Duke Nukem game for PC and PlayStation that was teased earlier this month.Read more...

In case you missed any of the news this week, here's all our tops stories in under 20 minutes!

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Netrunner demake. VVVVVV + Flappy Bird. The best way to solve a missing person’s case is by tossing bombs everywhere.

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Sundays are for listening to The Smiths, playing with virtual reality spaceships, and assembling a list of the week’s game scribblings while continuing to resist the urge to link to your own podcast.

• This week was dominated by the re-structuring of Irrational Games. Our very own Rich Stanton takes to the Guardian to talk about the meaning of Irrational’s closure, holding up the company’s games and Levine’s comments as a mirror for what’s happening. Good quotes in there from Levine himself as well. “I love systems, I love board games and that’s all they are is systems. I think the challenge is that I probably have something more to say in the narrative space than I do in the system space, but who knows how that could combine? I mean maybe, we did this game called Freedom Force about superheroes, and one thing that I thought we did better than other superhero games was the narrative component. Superhero stories are soap operas, right? They take the characters and emotions and amplify them through the fantastical stuff, and without that character stuff – like without Uncle Ben dying in Amazing Fantasy #15 – Spider-Man isn’t interesting! Videogames often leave that on the table and make their games way more goofy than comic books actually are.” Thanks for the Spider-Man spoilers, Ken.

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An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. Game servers do not need to apply the update. The major changes include:

• Fixed trade invites not working in-game

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. Game servers do not need to apply the update. The major changes include:

• Fixed trade invites not working in-game
  

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Coming from a GamesTM interview with David Cox, producer of the Castlevania: Lords of Shadows series...

I think those days (of 2D Castlevania games) are gone, yes. I think hardcore gamers would love to play another 2D Castlevania, but the reality is that it’s a very niche market and Konami really want this series to be mainstream again. We took this direction in order to reach that bigger audience, otherwise we would have carried on with the 2D approach. That’s not to say I don’t think there will ever be another 2D game in the series, it might happen but just not from MercurySteam. When you look at the future on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, I don’t think people want to play 2D games on those consoles. Core gamers may still want something like that, but there’s an expectation among the wider public for big, epic games.

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Thanks to Nightram for the heads up!

We blasted past our initial goal and landed at $33,429 with 1450+ backers! We Can't thank you guys enough for helping fun us to make this game a reality. We are very excited to start the process of making ReVeN and will be broadcasting our progress monthly on Twitch TV. Everyone who donated $25 or more will be receiving their beta keys in the next several months as the beta just around the corner. We will also be releasing demo later on this year that everyone will have access to. Please follow us on Twitter for more updates and also follow us on twitch tv for future broadcasts. This month has been an incredible rollercoaster and we're proud to have met the people we have and achieved such an excellent audience who shares similar likes as us in games. We look forward to the future of completing ReVeN and will strive very hard to make it the epic title we've claimed it to be. Thanks again, -Austin Morgan -John Rogeles
Special thanks to Mark McLemore for his Incredible soundtracks, Ian Stanley and Bernardo Rozewics for helping market ReVeN, Taylor Luckinbill for her Voice acting as eVe, Levente Tarr for his Voice acting as Xhaiden, Ronald J Brake for his Epic Prologue and God for placing such talented people in our lives. PS: We have so much more to show you guys! So Stay Tuned for more ReVeN!!!!

Thanks to Matt for the heads up!

Thanks to Connor for the heads up!

CONSOLE WARS: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation is an upcoming book that details the fight between SEGA and Nintendo in the 90s. While that book itself will be interesting enough, it also seems that a movie adaptation is in the works. The film will be directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Thanks to Josh for the heads up!

With the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 hype-train in full effect, I'm reminded of how many fantastic Castlevania games Nintendo systems have accommodated over the decades. Whether you prefer the old-school difficulty of yesteryear, or the Metroidvania gameplay which has breathed new life into the series, the Castlevania franchise has been very good to Nintendo fans.

You'll find many more game deals after the jump, for Wii, Wii U, DS and 3DS systems. Thanks for reading!

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It's not clear if this method of pricing will become a norm with the digital retailer.

Titanfall from Respawn Entertainment is kind of a big deal. But in case you haven't made up your mind about the game - or watched us fail miserably at the beta - here's a trailer showing you what a bunch of people are saying about it to help you decide your feelings. Yay peer pressure! [Image: EA]

Looks like we'll get to play Bad Golf 2 after all.

Hexcells and its standalone expansion, Hexcells Plus, are now available on Steam for PC, Mac and Linux users.

Both games play a bit like the Picross series - players are presented with designs made out of hexagons at the start of each level. The black, numbered hexagons tell a player how many pieces of the final design are touching the black spaces, but players need to determine which of the orange hexagons are extra black hexagons and which are hidden blue hexagons. As players mark each orange space, the correct choices will turn blue, while miscalculations add to the Mistakes counter of a level.

Each game is $2.99, but they can also be bought in a bundle for $4.99. Hexcells seems like the sort of puzzler we would laugh off the complexity of, right before frying our brains over levels like this. [Image: Matthew Brown]

The name of this dorm-room food staple is commonly mistaken—there is no "of," it's just "Cup Noodles." You see, "Cup Noodles" are a very special type of noodles. They are quickly prepared. They are nourishing to students, and the underemployed. They shovel snow ...Read more...

Reddit noticed this today, as did EA Sports' official forums in December. And now it's confirmed: EA Sports based its Football Ultimate Team card for Pelé, the greatest footballer in history, off a 44-year-old picture of him relaxing in the tub.Read more...

The Rocksmith 2014 DLC train keeps rollin' with five new Rise Against songs available for Ubisoft's guitar game. As always, the individual songs cost $2.99, while the 5-song pack will run $11.99. The songs chosen by Ubisoft to highlight the Chicago punk rock group are: "Prayer Of The Refugee," "Give It All," "Satellite," "Make It Stop (September's Children)" and "Swing Life Away."

"Swing Life Away" is a change from most of Rise Against's library, as well as most of Rocksmith 2014 in that it's recorded acoustically. So yeah. Take that to Trivial Pursuit night. You're welcome.
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