Yukino asks Shawn Smith, creator of Shawnimals and Ninjatown, questions about life after EGM and creating a game based on his plush toys.

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We're told that Suda 51 - real name Goichi Suda, the eccentric head of the eccentric Grasshopper Manufacture studio - really likes interviews. We're told that spending a day sitting in a cubicle in the Business Meeting Area of the Tokyo Game Show, answering the same questions over and again, will be the highlight of his week. Uncharitably, we thought this made him an egomaniac. As it turns out, it's just because he's really nice.

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A Chinese modder named mr.h has managed to turn a Wii into a fully-functional computer that runs Windows XP.

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Frontier Developments chats about the success of LostWinds and their work on the sequel for WiiWare.

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In the months to come, publishing giant Electronic Arts will be launching the first of many new sports games designed for the Wii system and its audience. NCAA. Madden. Tiger. FIFA. And NBA. Most of the major sports are covered. But this year, these franchises will look and play differently on Wii — to the point, in fact, where the publisher has felt it appropriate to house its sports efforts under a new wing: All-Play.

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One of the biggest criticisms routinely thrown at the Wii is related to the amount of shovelware that has popped up on the system, yet not everybody is convinced that the likes of Pool Party and Rig Racer 2 are a force for evil. Chatting to Next-Gen.biz about his company's forthcoming Major League Eating: The Game, Mastiff chief Bill Swartz seemed to defend the wealth of filler software that appears on Nintendo's machine, arguing that a wider range of games will ultimately yield more gems, and that consumers are perfectly capable of making their own choice.

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I am really looking forward to this game. I’m gonna have to get both the Wii and Xbox 360 versions.

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IGN: How is it to work so in depth with motion-driven gameplay? How does that change development from something like this compared to a more traditional gaming experience?

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Taking a look inside the head of the man behind 2K Boston's BioShock (Xbox 360, PC), GamesIndustry.biz got to talk to Ken Levine about BioShock's success, as well as several other topics which took the interest of the game's creative director.

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Next-gen gamers looking for more action titles need not worry as Sierra Entertainment is on track to punctuate 2008 with a promising offering. Prototype (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC) has been shown off and talked about by the crack devs on several occasions, but this new video interview is sure to deepen our understanding of the title.

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There's nothing better than going out for a drive, get a bit of fresh air, maybe do some high flying stunts while 60 feet up in the air. Ok, maybe you can't do it in real life, but that's what video games are for. Here are two new videos for the upcoming off-road racer, Pure.These two new videos come straight from the 2008 Game Developers Conference.

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While you already know tons of information about the upcoming Smash Bros. game, you should probably know what not to expect.

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Ever wondered why there isn't quite a full-fledged online chat option for Super Smash Bros. Brawl? Well, how about the rumors floating around about downloadable content for the upcoming title?

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Epic Games' Mark Rein revealed in a recent interview that progress in the push for user content over Microsoft's Xbox Live is virtually non-existent.

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Casual games on the Nintendo Wii and DS from Ubisoft come in healthy doses. According to Ubisoft Montreal's CEO Yannis Mallat, the platform holder even gave the video game development company the honor to be treated as an internal Nintendo team.

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