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The Creative Assembly has decided to include the likeness of one of their fans, named James, in the upcoming Total War: Rome 2. James visited the studio last year the day after the game was announced, and unfortunately passed away from a bout with liver cancer just recently. The Creative Assembly says he was the first person in the world from outside the studio to play the game, and character artist Mauro Bonelli offered to assemble a model of James from reference photos and measurements.

The screenshot above is a mockup for now, as Creative Assembly community manager Craig Laycock says the company isn't sure where he'll end up. But he will be in there, according to Laycock, and the team is "determined to make it a fitting tribute" to their fan when the game is on shelves later this year.

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Head over to Liaw's site to see more pictures of the fantastic interpretation of the Pokemon clinic. We can't tell if we're more or less excited for Pokemon X and Y now. It certainly makes us want a different Pokemon game.

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The massive cash influx is all due to strong sales numbers in Majesco's casual games line. Cooking Mama, and Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 are counted as the breadwinning titles, as the latter has sold over 500,000 copies. Yes, half a million ... you can pick your jaw off the floor now. Who said third-parties can't be successful on Nintendo platforms?

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It's so good.
Perhaps naught ever changes in the land of the rising sun, but this week felt especially mired in consistency. Christmas-colored arrows would tell you otherwise, but in fact the only changes in rank were the Game Boy Micro and the GBA SP swapping out the number seven and eight slots, respectively.

So, what to do without our usual fountain of inspiration from which to draw? Part of our jobs include scouring the internet for days, nay, weeks straight, searching far and wide for things to make you, our readers, feel cool and well-informed. In our trek across digital lands we find many awesome things that may not relate to the Wii directly, and yet, we wished we could share them with you regardless. Now's our chance! You may have seen these three web-gems before, but for those who haven't, we do hope you enjoy. Now click that "Continue reading" link. Do it.

- DS Lite: 136,846 64,331 (31.98%)
- Wii: 63,618 14,932 (19.01%)
- PSP: 34,505 2,330 (7.24%)
- PS3: 20,676 2,755 (11.76%)
- PS2: 16,192 159 (0.99%)
- Xbox 360: 5,210 399 (8.29%)
- Game Boy Micro: 953 69 (7.81%)
- GBA SP: 843 137 (13.98%)
- Gamecube: 347 36 (9.40%)
- DS Phat: 153 32 (26.45%)
- GBA: 40 4 (11.11%)

[Source: Media Create]

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JoystiqJapanese hardware sales, Feb. 12 - Feb. 18: Cool stuff edition originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's short, simple, to the point, and quite frankly one of the sexiest videos we've seen in a long time. A see-through case for the Xbox 360 (how racy!) and bingo, a hinge get right inside and have at the goods. It seems that everyone wants to turn the 360 into a high school cheerleader, and be able to just ogle it whenever they want to. Where is your sense of decency?

Well, have at it you sick fiends. Check out the video after the jump, then be sure to visit the confessional both later in the week.

Continue reading Today's most unhinged game video: Xenon 360 - hinged joint

JoystiqToday's most unhinged game video: Xenon 360 - hinged joint originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Just when we thought they couldn't top pink, Sony Japan announced today that a "champagne gold" PSP will be available in the country on Feb. 22 for ¥20,790 (about $175). The system will also be sold in a limited edition (22,222 unit) bundle with Monster Hunter: 2nd Edition for ¥27,300 (about $230).

A hilarious Google translation of the announcement highlights how the system "has the noble shining" and lets users "adjusting to your own baggage and fashion... in accessory feeling." It also stresses that this new PSP color will be "promoting the further enlargement [of the PSP] platform powerfully in the future in the Japanese country." So take from that what you will.

[Via IGN, thanks Febry]

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Amidst their not-as-dismal-as-last-year's Q3 earnings report, Edison, NJ-based Majesco announced their intentions to support Nintendo's Wii console, which they consider in line with their revamped strategy to give up the glitz and glamor of AAA titles in favor of budget software publishing. Following last year's Q3 loss of $37.5mln, this Q3's net loss of $724,000 barely registers on the meter. So the question Majesco has to answer is, if people won't buy Advent Rising or Psychonauts, what will they buy? How about Bust-a-Move Revolution, an update of the popular bubble popping series coming to the Wii early 2007. They've been buying it for years, what's to stop them for doing so again (now with more bubbles!)

How's their revised strategy working out thus far? In his analysis of Majesco's earnings report, Wedbush Morgan Securities' Michael Pachter writes, "Although the results posted the last three quarters show significant progress, Majesco still is short of cash and may face an uphill battle in its return to profitability. We believe that there is potential for further improvement in revenues, and should the company be able to maintain its current cost structure, we believe it is possible that it will return to profitability sometime next year." Just so long as they don't release any more JAWS Unleashed games. We don't care if it did experience stronger than expected sales.

The Majesco affair:

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There's still a chance Majesco might run out of money in the near future, but the New Jersey-based company's latest financial results are providing investors with some hope that a turnaround might be in the works, according to a research report by Wedbush Morgan Securities analysts Michael Pachter and Edward Woo.

The company made more money than anybody expected in the latest quarter. They also managed to keep their costs low and have decided to focus on lower-budget console and handheld titles. How does a game developer on the rocks keep costs low? By firing the QA staff, of course! The company notes in its latest financial statement that lower R&D costs are "principally attributable to lower quality assurance employee costs as a result of the fewer number of premium game projects currently in the development cycle."

Pachter and Woo (who maintain a "sell" rating on the company's stock) write, "Although we are still unable to paint a rosy picture about Majesco's prospects, we think that the shift in strategy is the right decision, and note that the company has begun to show signs of improvement."

[Post screenshot comes from recent Majesco title Aeon Flux for the Xbox and PS2]

JoystiqMajesco may not go belly up after all! originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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