Street Fighter IV by Capcom will be available for PS3, PC, Xbox 360, and arcades. The original 12 characters are back including the Asian characters Ryu, Chun-Li, E. Honda, and Dhalsim. You can also vote for new Street Fighter IV characters. Gameplay will be like Streetfighter II with the 6 button control and all. However, the characters and backgrounds will be rendered in 3D.
Take a look at some of the gameplay for Street Fighter IV
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Interview with Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono
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Rockstar Games announced Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the Nintendo DS. “This is a game that will deliver a rich, fast-paced and intense ‘Grand Theft Auto’ experience that will be truly unique to Nintendo’s handheld platform,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “Rockstar Leeds, along with the team at Rockstar North, has built upon a decade of progressive design on Grand Theft Auto, and has created something fundamentally fresh and immersive.”
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touch screen, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available on the Nintendo DS™ in North America and Europe this winter March 2009. Buy Chinatown Wars at Amazon.com
Here’s the press conference announcing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
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Based on the TIME 100 poll, the world’s most influential person in 2008 is Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the man behind Mario, Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda. His two latest games are Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii.
Shigeru Miyamoto is often referred to as the “father of modern video gaming”.
Congrats to Shigeru Miyamoto who got over 2.4 million votes in the TIME 100 poll. Here’s a rare interview with Shigeru Miyamoto including what we could see in video games in the future:
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Right behind Shigeru Miyamoto in the TIME 100 poll is Rain and Stephen Colbert. Rain came in with 1.6 million votes, while Stephen Colbert had almost 1.5 million votes. Although neither of them won, it did not stop the Rain vs Stephen Colbert dance off challenge. Watch the dance off:
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