Today Rockstar Games is thrilled to announce the Social Club features for Red Dead Redemption, which will be available on the game’s May 18th launch. Red Dead Redemption will feature a robust set of challenges and perks exclusively for Social Club members that will be seamlessly integrated into the game itself. Registry for the Social Club is easily accessed through in-game menus and has the ability to automatically link to an existing Xbox Live or PlayStation Network account. Once registration is complete, members can unlock seven exclusive cheats, which import automatically into the game. Social Club members will have access to:
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Visceral Games™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc.  today announced a collaboration with DC Comics/WildStorm to develop a comic book mini-series based on Dante’s Inferno™, EA’s video game adaptation of part one of “The Divine Comedy.” The comic will make its world debut at Comic-Con International in San Diego from July 23 – 26. Also at the show, Visceral Games™ and Starz Media will screen the world premiere trailer of the “Dante’s Inferno” animated feature, which will be released on home entertainment platforms day-and-date with the EA game in 2010. These two brand extension projects are based on EA’s adaptation, telling Dante’s epic story from a fresh, contemporary perspective and further exposing the classic to an ever wider pop culture audience.

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If you’re attending this year’s Anime Expo this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center, e sure to visit the Atlus USA booth, as they will be showing off a few titles, including Demon’s Souls.
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Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., announces that Karaoke Revolution and DanceDanceRevolution will take center stage at this year’s Miami hotspot for the annual DJ Irie hosted celebrity golf tournament. Konami and Best Buy partner to sponsor the 5th Annual Irie Weekend, which includes a celebrity golf tournament, star-studded benefit dinner, and more. Proceeds will be used to help combat childhood obesity and raise funds for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Miami. Attending celebrities and members of Big Brothers/Big Sisters – including chapter President and CEO, Lydia Muniz — will show off their dancing skills by playing the latest DanceDanceRevolution game right before the Tee-off at 1 p.m. Celebrities and guests will also have the chance to sing their hearts out at the Karaoke Revolution sponsored hole, featured on the golf course.

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Today, NCsoft celebrates the fifth anniversary of City of Heroes®-the first and longest-running comic book-inspired MMO game. Developed by the recently renamed Paragon Studios, the team is celebrating this special occasion by reflecting on the game’s illustrious past while creating festive in-game activities and events. Further adding to the occasion is the official confirmation that development is underway for the next content update for the series-the aptly named Issue 15: Anniversary!

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After having just performed the opening of the Taiwan International Music Festival last weekend in Taipei to an endless sea of tens of thousands, and having sold out every show so far this year, Video Games Live is proud to announce 45 new shows for 2009.  The 2009 World Tour will consist of more than 60 shows ranging from Asia to South America, to all over Europe and North America.

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As part of a national grassroots campaign to reach out to its growing fan base across the U.S., Fallen Earth, LLC, developer of the self-titled post-apocalyptic MMO Fallen Earth, recently sponsored the Triangle International Game Developers Association (IGDA) meeting at Ess Lounge in downtown Raleigh, N.C. on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Key members of the Fallen Earth development team will be participating in additional IGDA events across the U.S. including stops in Baltimore, Md., San Francisco, Calif., and Houston, Tex.

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While Electronic Arts has their E3 Press Conference scheduled for later this morning, you can read about what titles will be shown at the event.  EA wastes no time in suggesting their own games for consideration of event awards either.
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Even though the majority of the gamer community will not be attending E3 this year, publishers are starting to release their line ups in anticipation of the event.  Midway announced their E3 line up today, though there no are surprises here.
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You you are a fan of NCsoft’s games and happen to live in southern California or in the Seattle, Washington area, then you’ll be happy to know NCsoft will be making an appearance in both places.  NCsoft, makers Guild Wars, Tabula Rasa, Dungeon Runners, and more, are headed to Comic-Con in San Diego, CA July 23-27, the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany August 20-24, and the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington August 29-31.  Further details are listed below.
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Firesky, the developers behind Stargate Worlds, have announced they will be attending Comic-Com this year.  The pop culture event, held in San Diego July 24-27, will play host to Firesky (amoung many others) as they show off the science fiction MMORPG currently in development.

The finalists for the Develop Industry Excellence Awards have been revealed today, with Rockstar and Ninja Theory leading the way. We have the complete list of categories and finalists listed below.
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The dates for Blizzcon 2008 were announced today.  The event will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center on October 10th and 11th.
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Bad news was reported a couple of weeks ago when both Vivendi Games and Activision announced they would not be attending E3 this year.  Now Gamecock has announced they will be hosting their own mock event just down the street during the days of July 15-17.
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SCI-FI-LONDON is delighted to announce the launch of the SCI-FI-LONDON 48 hour film challenge as part of this year’s SCI-FI-LONDON, the UK’s only dedicated science fiction and fantastic film festival (30 April – 4 May 2008).The 48 hour Film Challenge will take place 5 – 7th April 2008. Entrants register as a team online and then attend a briefing on April 5th where they are given a randomly generated film title, some dialogue and a prop – all of which must be in their 5 minute film. They then have 2 days to write, shoot, edit and complete the film and return it by Noon on April 7th.
Louis Savy, Festival Director said

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If you’re a fan of sports and Nintendo, and you live in or near the following areas, you’ll be happy to know Nintendo is putting on some events:

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The Microsoft online service Xbox LIVE has reached the five year mark, and in honor of the occasion, Microsoft has reveal new features for the service.

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If you live in or near Toronto, Canada, you may be interested to know that the dates for the Official UltraGames101 Game Expo 2008 have been announced.

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Activision sends word about the details surrounding the Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Tournament:

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More good news for those of you who live in the New England area: a new exhibit in Boston will focus on the history of video games.
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