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This email was sent by Eric Nofsinger over at High Voltage Software to fans…

Over the past year or so we have continued to receive a steady stream of fan feedback on our game, The Conduit. This relationship with gamers has allowed us to integrate much of the feedback and make a better product. We cherish the relationship with our fans and in keeping with tradition; we are now able to fulfill another request.

Today, we are excitedly writing to you to announce the grand opening of the High Voltage Software online store. The website for the new store is located at http://www.high-voltage.com and features a variety of Conduit-branded clothing and apparel. We just received some amazing stuff including t-shirts, hats, and a wicked hoodie. Quantities are limited and we expect the first shipment to go fast, but we will absolutely fulfill every order placed.

Finally, we wanted to thank you for your amazing support for our team and for The Conduit. Your support means everything to us and we are anxious to see you sporting some Conduit gear, so when you do purchase something please take a picture of yourself wearing the gear and send it our way!

Thanks to Jake for the news tip!

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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!

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Worldwide Publisher’s Corporate and Community Initiatives Now Easily Accessible

July 21, 2009 – Ignition Entertainment Ltd., a UTV Enterprise, a worldwide publisher and developer of videogames, has unveiled the company’s official new website and community hub for several of this year’s most anticipated games. Ignition Entertainment’s official website is now live at the following URL: http://www.ignition-ent.com/.

The newly revamped website will serve as the headquarters for the company’s corporate and community initiatives and will grant users access to Ignition Entertainment’s global territories which includes Europe, Japan and the USA. Fans and gamers worldwide will now be able to easily navigate through a single portal that extends to a social network with fully supported Twitter and Facebook pages for each title.

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OverClocked ReMix today released its 14th project album, Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption. The album consists of forty-six arrangements of composer Nobuo Uematsu’s original score to the Square Enix game Final Fantasy 1V.

The album is available for free download at http://ff4.ocremix.org.

Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix.

More than thirty-three artists participated in honoring Uematsu in this all-encompassing project which contains of over three hours of music. The three-disc project follows three acts; Betrayal, Strife, and Redemption. The discs correspond with the drama of the story and the tracks are arranged as a narrative, culminating in the two-part finale of act three. The musical style of the project is best classified as a rock opera, but a variety of genres are represented in the album, enhancing the breadth of the original score.

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Capcom is back- bigger and better than ever- at San Diego’s Comic-Con next week. We can’t believe it’s already been a year since we were there sporting red head bands and hosting Street Fighter IV tournaments with the coolest gaming fans on the planet. Now it’s time for Capcom to do it all over again at San Diego Comic-Con 2009.

There will be tournaments, our Japanese game developers and the hottest gaming line-up of 2009! We promise that Capcom’s event will be absolutely insane and totally worth stopping by!

With the show only a week away, here’s a break down of what Capcom has to offer. Read it and weep kids!

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Level-5 shared new details  today regarding their annual press conference. According to the official website, three new games will be revealed at Level-5 Vision 2009. Additionally, a number of already-announced titles will be present. Below is the full list of games that the company will be bringing to the event when it takes place on August 25.

Lineup

Ni no Kuni: The Another World (DS)
Professor Layton and the Devil’s Flute (DS)
Professor Layton and the Eternal Songstress (Movie)
Inazuma Eleven 2 (DS)
ROID
Danboru Senki (PSP)
New Project TBA
New Project TBA
New Project TBA

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“We may not find a particular type of game amusing or appealing, but that doesn’t stop them from being a game of equal worth to those titles that we do. These are criticisms that nobody would level at the output of a supposedly ‘casual’ game developer such as PopCap. Make the game you love and people who enjoy the things you enjoy will be the audience. If a game is fun people will buy it whatever the label.” – Dave Thomson of Scottish games developer Denki

I couldn’t agree with Mr. Thompson more. The only thing that these labels create is an assumption that certiain types of games are better than others, which I think is a bit ridiculous. Good games are good games, regardless of whether they’re hardcore or not.

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Nintendo has revealed which prizes are available for Platinum/Gold members of Club Nintendo. Make sure to pick your prize by August 11!

Platinum prizes

– Doc Louis’s Punch-Out!! (WiiWare)

“It’s Little Mac vs. Doc Louis!! Step into Little Mac’s shoes and challenge your mentor and coach, Doc Louis, to prove you have what it takes to become the World Video Boxing Association World Champion.

This unique one-on-one bout builds off of the fun and excitement found in the retail version of Punch-Out!!™ for the Wii™ console, and is designed exclusively for 2009 Club Nintendo Platinum Members (USA and Canada) as a free download. This gift will not be available anywhere else!”

– Mario hat

Gold prize

– Club Nintendo Original Calender – 2010

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Bioshock architect Kev Levine, is, believe it or not, a very big fan of the Zelda series. Levine spoke about his relationship with his “first super-serious girlfriend” and how he came to lose her. And of course, Zelda was at the heart of the problem. Rather then spending time with his girlfriend on her last day in San Francisco, Levine purchased the first Zelda game and spent fifteen hours of playing on his NES instead.

“After I graduated from college, I moved to an apartment in San Francisco with the first super-serious girlfriend. She was a couple of years younger than me, so at the end of the summer, she was set to go back to school. On our last day together in San Fran, I for some reason picked up The Legend of Zelda. As she stood by waiting for some romantic gesture to happen on our last day living together, she was instead treated to watching me obsessively plow through Hyrule for around 15 hours. By the time the cab showed up to take her to the airport, I realized if I had any hope of keeping her as my girlfriend, it was time to shut off the NES. Needless to say, we didn’t spend the next summer together.”

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Back in February, it was announced that Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai would be opening up a new first-party team, Project Sora, in conjunction with Nintendo. It’s still unclear what title Project Sora is working on, although Satoru Iwata stated awhile back that it will be “an experience that’s different from anything [you’ve played] up until now.” While we continue to wait for more concrete news concerning the new game, you can check out the first pictures of the dev studio.