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.

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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.

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A Rumored Italian Box Art Cover for the Next Call of Duty Appears on Internet

Evidence from Kotaku claims that the next Call of Duty will definitely be something along the lines of Black OPs 2. First it was an Amazon listing and then some teaser poster art, and then a Gamestop teaser website. Now, it's rumored box art.

Yes, an European photo depicting the game's box art has circulated the web and it resembles the silhouetted art on the Gamestop teaser site; however, it is of a higher

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,

Call of Duty Might Be Slowing Down in its Sales

For some time now, it was very common to see that the new Call of Duty game would always outsell the last one. But things might have changed. As of this year, Modern Warfare 3 has sold less copies than the last Call of Duty title, Black Ops.

According to this news at Kotaku, analysts at Macquarie Equities have been tracking internal sales figures for the series for some time now. They recently have noticed that copies of MW3 are trailing sales of Black Ops by "around 4.2 percent".

While it's not a huge decline, but in terms of MW3

"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

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

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.

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

Source indicates that Sony will actually launch its next console before Microsoft

When Sony launched the PS3 a year after Microsoft's Xbox 360, the 360 got more attention and gained the upperhand and until later on, it took some time for the PS3 to gain its ground and be an equal competitor. However the tides could change should Sony release their next generation console earlier. Despite the fact that Sony has said in the past that they will "probably be the last to announce," a source close to Sony has stated to various sources like VG247 and GamesIndustry.Biz