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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier's Main Opposition Includes a Russian Team Named After Russian Folklore

Revealed earlier this week, thanks to this article on Gaming Blend, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier reveals a bit of its story to us. The main focus of the story surrounds a Russian (possibly rogue) task force that has managed to wipe out an entire Ghost team with a bomb. Now, as the other team of Ghosts, you must track down the source of the bomb using advanced technology. All the signs point to a Russian group who call themselves Bodark.
In Russian, the word "Bodark" refers to those [...]

Shinji Mikami Brings Bethesda into Survival Horror Gaming

According to news from Joystiq, it seems that a mysterious but interesting project called "Project Zwei" is a project involving Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and his Bethesda Softworks-supported group Tango Gameworks. This codename for this project was revealed to Famitsu (Japan's leading source of video game news) where Mikami stated that the game will be a survival horror game, drawing elements from the Resident Evil series.
In addition, the interview revealed that the game is still rather early in development. He said that the game won't be out this year but sometime within [...]

South Korean Company Nexon to Bid on EA for Takeover

Accord to Joystiq, Nexon, the South Korean MMO company that created Maple Story is a pretty big player in the East. It's so big, it's thinking about and looking at possibilities of buying out a competitor from the West, Electronic Arts. Yes, THAT Electronic Arts. MK Business News, a South Korean newspaper, has reported that Nexon's Japanese headquarters spoke with EA about acquiring the company. However, it is unclear what the negotiations have come to. EA isn't saying anything according to all of its representatives.
But the bigger question is if this [...]

The Japanese COD: Elite Service is Cancelled Due to Localization Issues

Unfortunate news for Japanese FPS fans, it seems that the Japanese version of Call of Duty: Elite will not be available. The online service was cancelled due to localization issues, according to some news from Kotaku and Square Enix, COD's publisher in Japan.
According to Square Enix and Activision, they worked really hard to get localized versions of Elite released in territories like Japan but kept getting stuck in issues about localization. The biggest problem for Modern Warfare 3 in Japan was that the game was available in a subtitled version [...]

Grade School Student Makes a Game For His Blind Grandparent

According to Yahoo News, while most ten-year-olds are happy playing video games, that wasn't enough for Dylan Viale. Dylan has a very close relationship with his grandmother Sherry, who has been blind for decades. Due to her condition, he hasn't been able to share his love of gaming with her. So he decided to go the extra mile and make one for her as part of his entry into his school district's science fair project.
To create the game, Dylan downloaded GameMaker, a program that can easily program a video game. After [...]

"Force, Balance, Push" is Now Trademarked

"Fus Roh Dah", the shout from Skyrim that has become an Internet meme is now officially trademarked. Yes, the shout that sends things flying across rooms like a candy wrapper in a tornado, was gaining so much popularity, its creators had to lock down the ownership of the slogan.
Bethesda's parent company, Zenimax, went into the process of filing a number of trademark applications that are directly related to the saying. This includes things from merchandise to it's use in future games. When reached for comment about this, Bethesda claimed that they were protecting their brand [...]

Matt Dunkley and Neil Davidge to Compose Halo 4's Soundtrack

According to news from Kotaku, a composer behind movies like The Dark Knight and a former band member of Massive Attack are working together for the Halo 4 soundtrack.
It is reported that Neil Davidge, a former producer of Massive Attack, has signed on to compose the soundtrack for the Halo 4 sequel. Alongside him will be Matt Dunkley, who has helped arrange music for multiple movies including Inception, Iron Man, and The Dark Knight. This is a rather different and radical tonal departure for the popular Halo series, which is known [...]

The State of California Makes Gamestop Warn their Customers about Used Games' Online Fees

According to news from Joystiq, GameStop has settled a suit that requires the company to post signs in all of its California locations to warn their customers if certain used games have additional fees for online content. The company will also reimburse those "consumers who purchased qualifying used games" with a $10 check and a $5 coupon if they are a PowerUp Rewards members and a $5 check and a $10 coupon if they aren't.
Mark Pifko, attorney for the Baron-Budd law firm that headed this case, stated [...]

Gearbox's Borderlands 2 is Being Influenced by Robocop?

In meet up at a recent preview event for Borderlands 2, VG247 managed to meet up with Kevin Duc, Gearbox's lead concept artist. From their meet up, the public found out the concept of the visual style for Gearbox's upcoming game. To much of everyone's surprise, he draws the concept from a unique source.
"With loose art comes a vitality that allows story to be more free and level design to become a little more extreme. There's a nice back and forth that develops with [the art team] expressing the ideas that [the story [...]

Bungie Gives Halo a Farewell with an Interesting Stats Page

As Bungie say their last goodbyes to the Halo series, the developer decided to give it a honorable farewell by releasing a record of some multiplayer statistics that they have gathered over the years. And they are mind-blowing. Even you didn't like Halo, it's still an interesting read, especially when you see the numbers.
Facts include:
The Number of Steaktacular Medals: 382,330,491
Number of Weapon Kills: 108,548,388,596
Halo's Playtime in Days: 85,841,504
Halo's Playtime in Years: 235,182
and many more.
With nearly ten years of cumulative multiplayer experience some of the numbers racked up over Xbox Live are [...]