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Gaming:

• Kojima Productions’ Ryan Payton debunks MGS4’s rumored 90-minute cutscenes, retroactively clarifies reviewer-unfriendly NDA (Kotaku; Kotaku)

• Despite Crytek CEO’s promise of no more PC exclusives, Crysis: Warhead turns out to be PC-exclusive parallel story starring secondary squadmate (BusinessWire)

• Metal Gear Solid 4 receives coveted 40/40 from Famitsu, joins such as Ocarina of Time, Soulcalibur, Nintendogs in perfect score pantheon (Kotaku)

• Famitsu reveals Tenchu 4 in development for Wii (1UP)

• Tomy and D3 Publisher confirm Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 for Wii, claim improvement over Japanese version (VerticalWire)

• Former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor helping to create free online debate game based on real law (Huffington Post via GamePolitics)

• PS3 Red Alert 3 put on hold (Playstation Universe)

Industry:

• Without head ninja Itagaki, decapitated Tecmo’s shares slump 10% (GameSpot)

• Take-Two doubles take in Q2 (New York Times)

• Ubisoft calls Sony PSP ‘directionless,’ holding back on development accordingly… (GamesIndustry.biz)

• …but happy to work with iPhone/iPod Touch (CasualGaming.biz via Pocket Gamer)

• Develop Awards finalists announced (Develop Mag)

Play: Devil May Cry 4 PC demo — see if Capcom has finally learned how to port a game (FileFront, GameSpot)

Watch: Resident Evil 5 trailer dissected, plot and gameplay details extracted (GameTrailers)

Research: So-called game addicts neither anti-social nor shy, according to study (News.com.au via GameSpot)

Download: Guitar Hero III gets whopping five new master track song packs in June (Press release via MCVUK)

Perspective: Forbes says Apple iPhone/iPod Touch could kill the Nintendo DS (Forbes)

Mad Skills: YouTube gamer nails GH3 Through The Fire and Flames on Expert, 100% (YouTube)

Trials and Tribulations: Jack Thompson walks out of Florida Bar hearing, files 4500 word objection; Bar recommends “enhanced disbarment” (Kotaku, GamePolitics)

We’d known since early February that BioShock was slated for mobile adaptation, but considering that the term “mobile adaptation” typically inspires visions of forcing the proverbial gigantic square peg in a tiny round hole, we’d pretty much crossed the game off our watch list. But now, Pocket Gamer (via Gizmodo) is reporting that BioShock Mobile is one of two new first-person shooters in development for the Apple iPhone. Continue Reading

On Thursday, former Apple executive Clent Richardson became Immersion’s new CEO, and now, rumors abound that the company’s haptic technology will become a fixture of the next iPhone. Many smartphone enthusiasts are speculating the tech will primarily address the woes of typing on a virtual keyboard — but you and I know the iPhone is capable of so much more. Continue Reading

Renowned test preparation firm Kaplan and Aspyr Media, publisher of — well, just about any decent port you’ve ever played on Mac — announced today a partnership to develop an SAT prep game for the Nintendo DS. Continue Reading

Following our exclusive interview, HermitWorks wanted to show off a little more of their Quake III Arena iPod Touch port. Last night, their blogspot page became host to a brand-new YouTube video showing off the game’s menus and built-in demo function. Continue Reading

When news surfaced late Saturday afternoon that a YouTube user made a pair of iPod Touch units play Quake 3, many probably thought “Wow, that’s cool. Some YouTube user made a pair of iPod Touch units play Quake 3.”

Not GameCyte. Continue Reading