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Double Fine has released a new batch of Brütal Legend screenshots. There’s plenty of metal goodness to be had, including dragons, cars and giant-fisted baddies. We won’t lie though, the most exciting screen, as you can see above, is that of the Kill Master, played by MotörHead’s Lemmy. We’re not entirely sure what he’s doing with that bass guitar — what are those strings attached to, anyway? — but we’re fairly certain it’s something awesome.

Check out all the new screens in the gallery below.

New Brutal Legend shots, now with more Lemmy! originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a while since we’ve seen you on PSP, Naruto — and it looks like you’ve grown up. PSP will getting its own fighter based on the Naruto Shippuden series later this year, courtesy of Namco Bandai. According to IGN, Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising will feature a simplified control scheme that allows players to easily create “ultimate combos” with two support characters and easy-to-use Jutsu attacks. In addition to an Ad-Hoc versus mode, there will also be two-player co-op.

The story will take players through the Gaara Retrieval arc while the titular Akatsuki Mode will let you play as the Akatsuki organization. It looks like Naruto fans will have a lot to look forward to.

[Thanks, David B.!]

Naruto Shippuden fighter coming to PSP this Fall originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A new trailer for Army of Two: The 40th Day has surfaced (embedded after the break via GameVideos). The quality of the video isn’t fantastic (a promised high-def version is premiering tonight on GameTrailers TV, for you videophiles), but there’s still plenty of information to soak up. You’ll get to see Shanghai being overrun by the so-called 40th Day Initiative, which is apparently laying waste to everything and everyone in sight. One thing we noticed very quickly is that the tone of the trailer is very serious. The buddy comedy vibe present in trailers for the original Army of Two is almost completely absent, save for a single modest one-liner at the end.

Oh, and don’t worry, there are plenty of explosions too.

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New Army of Two: The 40th Day trailer gets serious originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Two big deals appear on the PSN Store in the US this week. Killzone 2 gets its first batch of DLC and the Marvel vs Capcom 2 demo is now available for everyone to enjoy. Yes, even those of you in Europe, if you’ve got a US account. Other than that it’s mostly DLC, including even more Disgaea 3 content. PSP owners have a Patapon 2 demo to try out in preparation for its imminent release.

Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:

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PSN Thursday: Marvel vs Capcom vs the Helghast originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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On his way out the door, Sony Europe President David Reeves believes the PS3 will be the market leader in three to five years. GI.biz’s interview with the parting exec reveals his prognostication that the PS3’s performance will be a “tortoise and hare situation,” with the PS3 obviously representing the slow and steady creature from the fable.

Reeves restates that he is actually “retiring” and that we won’t announce he’s with a new company on May 1. He believes that he might do some stuff in the games industry, but he has no concrete plans. Right now, he’s just going to “get some rest because it’s been a very tough year.”

Parting shots: Reeves expects PS3 to be dominant in 3-5 years originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PlayStation fans are familiar with the work of Creat Studios. The team’s recent PSN-exclusive efforts, such as Magic Ball and Cuboid, have given the studio a newfound audience of loyal followers. We spoke to Creat’s CEO Vladimir Starzhevsky about the benefits of working with Sony, and the team’s future, Smash Cars and beyond.

The company has worked on a number of games in the past, but has recently grabbed the attention of gamers and press. What is the driving force behind the company’s transformation?
Thank you for noticing the transformation. We have been working very hard to achieve this. Two factors have been key. First, we made the investment in becoming a publisher for PlayStation Network. Some saw this as a risk, but it has given us much more freedom and opportunity to develop and publish both our own IP and licensed IP of our choosing. Second, a great new group of talented and experienced individuals have joined the Creat team over the past year, including the addition of a marketing team. Their contributions, and those of our hard working veteran team in Russia, have made quite a difference.

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Joystiq interview: Creat Studios’ Vladimir Starzhevsky originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rounding out our inFamous coverage from Sony’s Gamers’ Day event, here are two, thorough gameplay videos (above and after the break), which shed light on the rather dark world featured in Sucker Punch’s sandbox action title. The videos put into motion the mechanics that power not-so-pedestrian bike messenger, Cole McGrath, up, over and through these urban environments and their precarious vertical obstacles and junk yard-spawned, mechanical overseers. Typical, infamous carjacking/hooker-beating this is not.

inFamous is scheduled for release on May 26, exclusively on PS3.

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Sony Gamers’ Day 2009: inFamous gameplay videos originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What do you do after selling one million Call of Duty: World at War map packs during their first week of availability? You make more. And, lo, Activision and developer Treyarch are doing just that, prepping a second salvo of DLC for a June release.

The Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 (c’mon, guys, you can surely come up with something catchier using all that dough) will introduce three new multiplayer maps: “Banzai,” a jungle environment riddled with caves; “Corrosion,” a Russian train yard; and “Sub Pens,” a rain-drenched submarine base.

That’s all well and good, but now for the good stuff: a new Nazi Zombie map! “Shi No Numa,” home to this guy, promises new Perk machines, a new weapon, new Achievements / Trophies and flaming Hell hounds. It also promises to keep our repository of nightmare material well-stocked.

Next Call of Duty: World at War map pack coming in June originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Open for nearly two years at this point, Kuju-owned, digital distribution-focused doublesix studios has begun to get a foothold in the burgeoning digital landscape. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz this week, studio head James Brooksby said he and his studio prefer the direct consumer communication offered when working with the PlayStation Network over Microsoft’s Xbox Live.

“We listened to what people were saying and … it will have features that people have asked for … [when] we do our first expansion pack [it’ll be] actually tailored according to what people are looking for,” Brooksby said, noting, in his work with XBLA on the upcoming Southpark game, that Microsoft handles the community communication all by it’s lonesome. “We’re developing it for them and it’s their relationship to take to the consumer and carry on,” Brooksby says of the company. Though considering the recent closing of Microsoft’s Gamerscore Blog, we’re betting that relationship will fall more into the hands of the developer/publisher as time moves forward.

Burn Zombie Burn dev praises PSN for allowing closer consumer communication originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Residents of the UK can count themselves lucky today as their geographic location permits them a free, official wool Sackboy, courtesy of the LittleBigPlanet YouTube channel. It’s easy to get your hands on yours, simply subscribe to the channel and either email or private message (via YouTube) your name and address. Sackboys will be sent out on a weekly basis, so it won’t be long before you’ll find yours sliding through your letterbox.

The giveaway will end on July 1 and there are enough Sackboys for the first 5000 subscribers who send over their details. We’re interested to see what these woolen Sackboys actually look like and whether they’ll be available for purchase at a later date. Customizable, perhaps? We can only hope.

[Thanks, James]

Free Sackboys for UK LBP YouTube channel subscribers originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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