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A portion of a Game Informer interview general manager Philip Holt…

Game Informer: Can you recap the development timeline for taking Madden from scratch to store shelves for our readers?

Philip Holt: It’s between 10 and 12 months. As soon as we finish this year’s version (we usually wrap up in early July), the team takes a couple weeks off for vacation and comes back to work on early pre-production for the next game. Everybody who worked on the last title works on the next version; we don’t have a leapfrog team or anything like that.

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Madden 09 – interview

“We’re on a mission to get Britain in shape and feeling great. During the Feel Great Britain Tour, everyone will have a chance to experience the benefits of an active lifestyle. Pop in, try out Wii Fit, and visit our Health Hub for a free health & fitness check.” – Nintendo rep

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Feel Great Britain: with Wii Fit – website launched

“The power of games as a learning tool is the great untapped education resource of our time. I expect many other games companies will get onboard when they see the obvious benefits to society of using games as one more tool to educate young people.” – Nipan Maniar, a senior lecturer in creative technologies at the University of Portsmouth

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Capcom and University of Portsmouth lecturer team up to tap into games as a learning tool

Atlus U.S.A. Inc. today announced it will serve as exclusive North American distributor for three highly-anticipated titles from publisher NIS America. Launching August 26, 2008 will be Disgaea® 3: Absence of Justice for PLAYSTATION®3 and MSRP of $49.99. Less than a month later, on September 23, 2008, both Disgaea® DS and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure will launch simultaneously on Nintendo DS™, each with MSRP of $29.99.

“We are honored to continue working closely with NIS America and provide wide distribution in North America for these three great RPGs. The long-running relationship between our companies demonstrates our collective dedication to bringing the very best console and handheld RPG experiences to loyal fans,” said Tim Pivnicny, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Atlus.

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Atlus teams up with NIS America to bring Disgaea DS, Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure to North America

Whether you were interested in Wii Fit or not, you most likely knew all about the game. For every one of you guys that is filled-in, there are 10 casuals that aren’t. Perhaps you have some of those same people in your family…ones that are interested in Wii Fit, but don’t really know all that much about it. The gang over at Game People has put together a guide to help those people out. Now, you can just point those uninformed people to the link below!

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Wii Fit – rough guide

The mystery of which studio is handling Star Trek Online may soon be at an end, going by a new countdown clock on Cryptic Studios’ website. The countdown, which concludes on July 28, uses an early piece of STO concept art as its background.

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Cryptic Teases Star Trek Online Reveal

The mystery of which studio is handling Star Trek Online may soon be at an end, going by a new countdown clock on Cryptic Studios’ website. The countdown, which concludes at midnight on July 28, uses an early piece of STO concept art as its background.

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Cryptic Teasing Star Trek Online Reveal

A poster on the N4G forums has produced an image which appears to show PlayStation 2 titles available on the PlayStation 3’s digital storefront, allegedly taken by an employee at Sony Studios London.

According to the post, the source also claimed that the PlayStation 2 lineup is to be offici…

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Report: PlayStation 2 Games Coming to PS3 Store

EA Maxis’ Spore Creature Creator ranked at #1 in PC games sold in the United States during the week ending June 21, according to data from sales tracking firm NPD.

Released two weeks ago, the utility–offered as a free trial and a $10 retail purchase–allows customers to sample the creation tool …

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Spore Creature Creator Tops US PC Game Sales

Join Bob the Builder and the Team in an exciting new adventure! It’s summer festival time in Sunflower Valley, with loads of music and food and fun for everyone. But before the festivities can begin there’s work to be done! Can you help Bob and his friends get this party started? Created with young players in mind, this game is sure to delight any Bob the Builder fan!

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* Build with up to three friends in the exciting multiplayer mode with fun tasks and gameplay that’s intuitive and frustration free for young players!
* Tackle 10 exciting activities with Bob and all your favourite characters including Dizzy, Spud, Pilchard and Mr Sabatini from the pizza shop!
* Fun tasks and simple controls to help make the festival a success for everyone in Sunflower Valley!

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Bob the Builder: Festival of Fun – info, screens

Too Human is not coming out on the Wii, nor will it ever. Still, Nintendo fans can find a little but well-known piece of our history in Silicon Knights’ latest game. Anyone that played Goldeneye back in the day should be very familiar with the KLOBB. I thought it would stay down for good…but evil developers obviously saw fit to bring it back.

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The KLOBB returns?

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Dokapon Kingdom – preview, screens

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Dragon Ball Z DS – more screens

A portion of a Pocket-Gamer review…

Music Jam’s flaws keep it far from perfect, particularly for those with short attention spans. But it doesn’t frustrate the player, and there’s a lot of variation to be found. For fans of Hannah Montana, this is an accomplished use of the licence. But don’t expect a rollercoaster ride.

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Hannah Montana: Music Jam – review

“Gaming is a magnet that attracts library users of all types and, beyond its entertainment value, has proven to be a powerful tool for literacy and learning. Through the Verizon Foundation’s gift, ALA’s gaming for learning project will provide the library community with vital information and resources that will model and help sustain effective gaming programs and services.” – ALA President Loriene Roy

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American Library Association looking into impact of gaming on literacy