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We have no doubt you’ve been counting the days (likely via tick marks on the wall), waiting for more information on Zootfly/SouthPeak Games’ Prison Break, so you’ll be glad to hear that the game finally got a solid release date (March 30) and a price ($49.99 on 360/PS3, $39.99 on PC) today from its publisher.

Along with the mess of new screens we’ve dropped below into a gallery, this is just about the most flush we’ve been with Prison Break info in the entire history of the game’s development cycle — and it’s coming out in just under three weeks! As the game’s coming from the developer of Mr. T: The Game, we’re willing to give this one a shot just so we can support the company’s upcoming adventure into madness.

Prison Break escaping March 30; new screens released originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s something you gotta know about the PlayStation Move’s sidekick, the “Nunchuk”, otherwise officiall known as the Move Subcontroller. Truth is, while it may generally function “like” the Wii’s Nunchuk, it’s not exactly like it. No, really.

You’d want to cross your fingers hard for this one. News has it that the beta invites have started rolling out for Lego Universe. Are you one of the lucky few?
 
 
 

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It’s impossible to avoid comparisons between EA’s upcoming Medal of Honor reboot and Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare series … so, I’ll just get it out of the way: Medal of Honor unapologetically follows in the footsteps of Call of Duty. In fact, I’m willing to raise the possibility that Medal of Honor could be the “true” sequel to the Call of Duty 4 campaign many of us are still waiting for after suffering through Modern Warfare 2’s increasingly preposterous storyline.

Recently, I got a peak at a new Medal of Honor trailer which lays it out like this: There are two sides to every war: the sledgehammer and the scalpel. What Call of Duty 4 did so well was to portray exactly how these two components work in tandem, as it featured scenarios in which large assaults aided small elite forces, and vice versa. Medal of Honor promises to recreate similar battlefield situations, with the “scalpel” represented by the Tier 1 Operators, an elite branch of SOCOM.

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Impressions: Medal of Honor originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PlayStation Move (PS3)
1:1 Motion controlled gaming for the PlayStation 3.

Warner Bros.’ family-friendly take on storied fantasy series will now support motion control on Sony’s console; previously only for Wii, PS2, PSP, and DS.

Though the PlayStation Move was only unveiled hours ago, companies are already beginning to pile onto the PlayStation motion-control bandwagon. The first publisher to jump aboard post-briefing was Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which announced Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest would support the LED controller- and camera-based system when it launches in the fall. The game was previously announced for the Wii, PlayStation 2, PSP, and DS.

Warner Bros.’ family-friendly take on Lord of the Rings will support the PlayStation Move.

Though it is based on director Peter Jackson’s 2001-2003 live-action Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Aragorn’s Quest is closer in spirit to the 1977 Rankin-Bass animated version of The Hobbit. According to WBIE, the title will be “the first Lord of the Rings game created specifically for kids and their families.”

The game sees players taking control of the titular hero during his journeys to protect the Hobbit ringbearers on their quest to destroy the soul-corrupting One Ring and vanquish the evil Dark Lord Sauron. The cheerfully hued game will feature “a friendly, colorful rendition of Middle-Earth” and see players engaging in sword fights, lancing, and archery.

For more on Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest, check out GameSpot’s hands-on preview from E3 2009.

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Check out this demo for TV SuperStars that feature the use of the PlayStation Move motion controller!

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Unlike the less than wonderful relations some developers are currently having with their publishing partners, Vigil Games‘ general manager David Adams says things between his studio and THQ couldn’t have been better during the development of Darksiders. “We were pretty lucky, just because our publisher had this weird, insane faith in us that I don’t necessarily think any other publisher would have had … our take was that if we just did really cool stuff, people would see that — they’d want to jump on the bandwagon and support us, and THQ did,” Adams tells GamesIndustry.biz in a recent interview.

Adams adds that his studio is constantly “trying to be more efficient, do stuff quicker, using less money,” so that certainly can’t hurt how THQ feels about Vigil, especially given the last year of “restructuring” the publisher underwent to become financially solvent once again. “THQ went through a lot of pain and restructuring — they took a lot of bullets so we could continue to make our game, and that’s a good indication of their faith in us, and their drive to make great-quality products.” We’d like to point out that, in this situation, we’re all winners because THQ has seemingly become a competitive publisher again, due to producing quality products that we get to play — and hey, tons of people don’t lose their jobs.

Darksiders dev David Adams gushes about THQ originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s the stat you want to know about Mafia II. The game will be running for some 15 hours, and what do you know, the Xbox 360 version will come in not two, not three, but just

Sports Champions (PS3)
Developers take us through some 1:1 gameplay action, demonstrating Gladiator Duel and Table Tennis.