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I have to respect Brett Ratner in a way, mostly thanks to X-Men 3: The Last Stand. It takes some doing to absolutely screw up an X-Men film involving the Dark Phoenix in such a way that angers both hardcore comic book fans and casual audiences alike. Well, now we may or may not get a chance to see him royally screw up a movie based on God of War. A new rumor has cropped up that Ratner is already on board as director for the project, which stems from a tidbit in the press release for the new Robocop movie:

There’s a new article up with some good points on what developers could learn from classic RPGs. The piece focuses mostly on the Might and Magic series with references to Fallout and several of the Dungeons & Dragons based games as well.

Aside from streamlining the game (seriously, the Xbox 360 version of Otis can die), one of my biggest concerns with the Wii version of Dead Rising pertains to the number of enemies that the game can display on screen. One of the great things about Dead Rising was exiting a hallway only to find a section of mall absolutely infested with zombies. These new screenshots of the game do look like they’ve been limited somewhat, but not to the point where things are barren — in one screenshot I counted as many as 21 characters on screen, not including Frank.

NBA Live 09 Dynamic DNA TrailerI’ve never been shy about hiding my enthusiasm for the NBA 2K series and my disdain for recent NBA Live games (although Live 08 was certainly a step in the right direction), but I must say — this new Dynamic DNA feature that EA Sports is going on about with NBA Live 09 actually looks really, really cool.

Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa Deployment 10 update is live. New content for the update includes the Looking For Squad (LFS) system and Nine Month Veteran Awards.

Rise of the Argonauts `Choices` Video 2 (WM)Codemasters has released the second meaningful choices video for Rise of the Argonauts. This video explains leveling up and choosing Argonauts and, like Part 1, how every choice the player makes in ROTA effects the outcome of the game.