What differentiates Mafia II from other open world gangster games, especially Take-Two’s other popular driving and delinquency-filled Grand Theft Auto series?

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Mafia II Hands-On: The Scenic Route Is Full Of Centerfolds [Gdc10]
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, the Nintendo DS strategy-RPG that went under-appreciated—and under-purchased—by too many last year, is getting a second chance on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network in 2010.

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Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD First Look At The Inevitable Re-purchase [Gdc10]
What is Pac-Man Battle Royale ? This week’s Amusement Expo in Vegas explains it all with a playable four-player Pac-Man face off that borrows from both Pac-Man Championship Edition and Super Pac-Man to interesting results.

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The Super Championship Edition Mash Up That Is Pac-Man Battle Royale [Clips]
The MIX10 conference kicked off today in Las Vegas. Most of the stuff they’ll be talking about puts me to sleep instantly, but Microsoft let us know to expect some Windows Phone 7 news to hit as well. More »

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Windows Phone 7 Playing an Xbox Live-Linked Game [Clips]
Haiku is so overdone, and would be verbose compared to these spot-on assessments of nearly 100 video games, done in just five words by Games Radar. Some rate a spoiler alert. More »

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Brilliant Five-Word Reviews of 94 Video Games [Brevity]
A story out there that three former top employees at Naughty Dog have joined Valve is true. It’s also three years old. More »

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Three Sony Devs Switch Over to Valve — Three Years Ago [Corrected] [PS3]
Yeah, a headline like that, you wanna know what’s inside, not what pointless thing happened to me at a stoplight yesterday. Although I did see a green-and-gold Oakland A’s Lincoln Town Car yesterday and it was so awesome I wept. More »

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Kotaku Off-Topic: Butt Drugs and Dudu Chili [How Is This News?]
Andy Schatz won the top award at the Independent Games Festival for Monaco, a wonderful four-player heist game . Backstage after the win, Kotaku learned Monaco’s future, why Schatz might kick someone in the nuts, and …

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Monaco Award-Winner Celebrates, Warns Of Potential Nut-Kicking [Gdc]
Apparently tired of giving space to “Knobby Tires” and “Synthetic” on its virtual stadium walls, Electronic Arts is dropping its two in-game advertising partners and moving that sales operation in-house, beginning with Madden NFL 11 . More »

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Electronic Arts Cuts Ties With In-Game Ad Brokers [Ads]