Pokémon, as with all worldwide phenomena, grew larger than the sum of its parts. When the Gameboy game and TV show went global, the franchise gave rise to all manner of merchandise, spin-offs and news stories. Like everything that becomes a smash hit, however, not everything that grew from the seeds in Pokémon's wake was good.

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MWgamer has 4 new screen shots of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is the upcoming sequel to 2005's Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, due for release in the US on August 31, 2008 and in Europe on September 6, 2008,

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he flood of info regarding Diablo III has provided great food for thought, and especially surprising was all the new data regarding Diablo III's storyline.
With this in mind, Solivigant, the original author of "Diablo III vs Fallout 3" on Destructoid continues.....

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60 If Microsoft buys SEGA, who will hurt or lose the most? There has been a rumor of "Microsoft buying SEGA" and well if Microsoft did buy SEGA what would happen.

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The more people buy PS3s, the more people sign up to the the PSN. The more people sign up to the PSN, the more it costs Sony to keep the thing running.

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A Blizzard game developer has commented on the game's five classes, emphasizing on their diversity and uniqueness as characters, unlike the overlapping and relatively bland classes in Age of Conan.

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John Davison helps celebrate our independence with impressions of Too Human. Throw in some Quantum of Solace, PixelJunk Eden, Soul Calibur 4, Wario Land, and Diablo 3, and you got yourself some 1UP Yours. But 1UP saved the real fireworks for the end, with Silicon Knights' Denis Dyack joining us for a declaration of his own regarding the state of Internet messageboards.

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IGN Music writes: "The first thing that jumps out at you about the soundtrack to the latest MGS installment is that well-known Hollywood composer Harry Gregson-Williams provides the core elements to the score. Granted the likes of Japanese composers Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori, Kazuma Jinnouchi, and several others are featured, as well, but its Gregson-Williams' presence that undoubtedly lends the whole affair a big-budget blockbuster vibe.

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I don't know if I really have to explain how horribly idiotic and unsafe this is, but you have to admit, if you are going to go full boar in your nerd quest to get a tattoo, you can't beat an industrial etching machine! Melanoma FTW

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Bruceongames says: "Firstly lets define what is meant by fanboy. What we are talking about is someone who has an irrational, emotional attachment to an inanimate piece of electronic equipment that makes them act in a manner that borders on the sociopathic and sometimes even crosses that border. Most gaming enthusiasts, even those who spend an inordinate amount of time and money gaming, are not fanboys."

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GamesIndustry.biz writes: "Earlier this year Microsoft announced plans to allow small independent developers and individuals to put their games on Xbox 360 using the XNA Game Studio and the subscription-based XNA Creator's Club.

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3 I don't know whether many of you noticed, although you probably should have, that video games have been getting some interesting mainstream ink lately with perspectives by folks we wouldn't expect to hear on this subject.

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Realtime Worlds just sent out a job ad for a community officer to work on upcoming MMO, APB.
You'll need two years experience doing something similar and you'd be wise to bear in mind the firm's based in Dundee, Scotland.

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On their official blog, Team Criterion has written "We're sorry to announce that the Codename: Cagney update for Xbox 360 has been delayed by 4 days.
The update is currently with Microsoft and is now on track to be released on 14th July.

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Sony Europe has announced that Siren: Blood Curse will be released through the Playstation Store on the 24th of July 2008.
Broken into 4 chapters which are downloadable individually, Siren is an episodic reinterpretation of the PS2 horror title.

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