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Lucas Arts and TT Games today announced the next chapter in the LEGO Star Wars Series. LEGO Star Wars: The Clone Wars will comprise of a combination of the best features from the previous LEGO Star Wars games, as well as brand new features.

The Clone Wars is being developed by Telltales (previously Travellers Tales), with the same team that created the LEGO Star Wars series as well as the LEGO Indiana Jones series. “LucasArts is an amazing partner, and working with them on the next iteration of the LEGO Star Wars series continues to be a great experience,” said Tom Stone, director at TT Games. “The team at TT is working hard at making this simply the best LEGO game ever with all new gameplay and features never before seen in a LEGO game.”  Read more...

My Pick of the Week: BioShock 2 (360, PS3, PC)

Well, not a bad looking week in new game releases with BioShock 2 and Dante’s Inferno hitting the shelves.  Hit the jump for the full list of new game releases for the week of  2/7 – 2/13.  Read more...

3G Studios has announced that they will be bringing a first person shooter,going by the name of Brave Arms, to social network  Facebook.

“Our new title, Brave Arms, will bring First-Person Shooter games to the masses,” said James Kosta, 3G Studios’ Chief Executive Officer, “It’s about fast-paced action and either competing against or forming teams with your friends. We want people to feel empowered and to share in a real video game experience.”

The official site has been launched and you can reserve your screen name there, in advance of the upcoming public beta. I just might check this out, from the screens released it seems like a Team Fortress 2 clone.

From the developers of the critically acclaimed Tap Tap Revenge, comes a new, innovative series. Riddim Ribbon is a racing and music game for iPhone and iPod Touch. The game comes with 3 songs from Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”, “Meet me halfway” and “Boom boom pow”. It is available for $2.99.

In 2009, music games were on a third of all iPhone’s and iPod Touch’s , with the majority being Tap Tap Revenge. Tapulous has recognized this, and decided to release a new variant of music game. Tapulous Chief Executive, Bart Decram, and Black Eyed Peas singer and producer, will.i.am, both were involved in the idea of the game. In a statement released by will.i.am, he said “I am so excited about this game. It makes you re-think the concept of playing a song. It makes you re-think the remix.”  Read more...

It appears that the release of Dante’s Inferno doesn’t stand a chance in Hell in the Middle East. Citing “an evaluation process which is based on consumer tastes, preferences, platform mix and other factors”, EA has decided to deny the availability of the game. While some gamers in the Middle East may be missing out on an enjoyable new game, perhaps EA has made a wise choice and possibly avoided negative reactions to a game with a sensitive religious context. If a release is not possible right away, perhaps the game might be distributable sometime in the future.  Read more...

If you watched the Miss America Competition this year, then you witnessed Miss Virginia, Caressa Cameron, winning the crown and taking the opportunity to slam video games. According to Miss Virginia, video games and television are making children lazy. They should be playing  imaginary games with sticks in the street like she did when she was little. She’s 23. I’m older than her and I didn’t even play with  sticks in the street. I had Nintendo and Tiger Electronics.

I understand the concerns of over-weight children, video games and tv. It’s all about moderation. Just because Mom and Dad let little Jimmy play video games from 3pm until 10pm does not make the electronic entertainment arts responsible for his bone idleness. Is it really any different than children that read for seven hours a day? They too are sitting, exercising their minds. Throw your kid in karate twice a week and let him play Ninja Gaiden when his homework is done.  Read more...

Redbana, the developers of Audition Online, are extending their catalog and inviting indie artists to join. Audition Online, it’s an online dance game where you sync your character’s moves to the sounds of Ne-Yo, Lady Gaga, LMFAO, Jordin Sparks, Sean Kingston, and other popular mainstream artists. Players can create dance teams or compete against each other individually. Audition Online has over 300 million registered users; a huge audience for any artist and an unquestionably unique opportunity for unknown musical talent.  Read more...

The highly anticipated “Star Wars: The Old Republic” MMO is rumored for for a Spring 2011 release.  Exploring an era thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader, players will be on either side of a massive war between the Old Republic and the Sith Empire.  A player gets to chose their role and decide which side of the Force their path shall travel:  light or dark.  They will meet others along the way who may be companions or may be subversives.  Players will also be allowed to create teams with their friends for battles and other challenges that shall come to pass.  Read more...

Bioware have confirmed that there will be no fix for Mass Effect 2’s small text on SD TV’s

Bioware’s Michael Gamble has stated that “After investigating potential solutions, we have determined that while this issue [small text on SD TV's] does affect a small portion of SDTV owners, we are unable to resolve it for Mass Effect 2 through a title update”. He went on to say that Bioware has “Taken note of this issue and will take it into consideration as we plan future games in the Mass Effect franchise”. The developer confirmed that it isn’t a bug, but rather a “design choice”. Mass Effect 2, a text heavy game, was released last week, and has already broken several sales records.

Last Online, a MMORPG created by Eden Entertainment, is holding a closed beta sometime in the next few months. Last Online is a PC-based game with quality, very similar to a console.

It features diverse battle modes, such as PVP, PVE, 100 vs 100 and castle seige. Last Online also features unprecedented techniques in online games: a variety of camera movements depending on zones and battles as well as non-targeting MMORPG set Last Online apart from other games. Check out the video below for more detail.  Read more...