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Originally Posted by wraggster

Cult Sega developer becomes executive producer and advisor for Premium Agency
Game development pioneer Yu Suzuki has joined Tokyo-based Premium Agency as executive game producer, the group has announced.
The industry veteran Suzuki will advise on a number of social and mobile projects, but also for living-room devices.
Premium Agency has said Suzuki will oversee a new, as yet unknown, fighting game for Kinect.
The impact this new role has on Suzuki’s relationship with

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Originally Posted by wraggster

This year's big Nicalis-published, retro-inspired, cave-exploring WiiWare remake is La-Mulana. It's a side-scrolling platformer that stars a whip-wielding archaeologist who keeps his laptop handy at all times.

Developer Asterizm announced today that the WiiWare remake will be released in Japan on June 21. " To our fans" in other regions, "you just have to wait a tiny big longer."

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Originally Posted by wraggster

[Update: Infinity Ward's @fourzerotwo took to Twitter to say, "Lots of false #MW3 info being reported as fact. There is no Stopping Power, OMA, Commando, or Nukes. Beyond that, you'll have to wait & see." The below rumor does say no Nukes, never mentions One Man Army or Commando, and the Stopping Power they do mention is specifically a new "Team Perk" variant.]

Kotaku's Modern Warfare 3-leaking mole is back, dropping deets on the game's multiplayer offerings.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

While plodding through Hooters after Hooters, shooting up tons of nondescript North Korean soldiers, wasn't the best time for us, those of you who've been knee-deep in Homefront's multiplayer component on Xbox 360 may be excited about the upcoming Fire Sale multiplayer map pack. Previously dated for a June 7 deployment, the official Twitter account for the game revealed a price today: 240 MS Points ($3).

Fire Sale is the first of many proposed DLC packs. The publisher has yet to divulge

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Death takes over from War as the lead character in the forthcoming Darksiders 2, publisher THQ has announced.

The sequel's story will run parallel with that of the acclaimed 2010 adventure, and sees Death embark on a quest to redeem his brother – the aforementioned War – and save mankind.

According to THQ's announcement, on his way he'll discover that an ancient grudge may represent an even greater threat to the future of the human race.

Due out some

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