Just announced was that XSEED Games will be publishing Samurai Showdown Sen for the Xbox 360 in the United States. Developed by SNK Playmore, Sen was originally known as Samurai Showdown: Edge of Destiny, but this new title is not taking anything away from the long-standing series.

This newest installment is the 11th in the series, moving towards the three-dimension that most fighting games have entered.

Samurai Showdown Sen will be available this Spring with the exact release date to be announced soon.

Look inside for some screens.

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The Indie Game Challenge which is sponsored by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University, and GameStop have opened public voting for the Gamer’s Choice Award.

In the Indie Game Challenge, The Gamer’s Choice Award is one prize in the $350,000 prize pool. Voters who participate in the vote will be entered into the Gamer’s Choice Sweepstakes, where the grand prize is a trip for two to the G4 studios, passes to a taping of X-Play, and a meet-and-greet with host Adam Sessler.

The winning team will be presented with $10,0000 at D.I.C.E. in Las Vegas on February 19. 2010.

Participants can visit the IndieGameChallenge website until February 18 to vote. The winner will be chosen on March 12, 2010.

SouthPeak Games has announced their upcoming title Raven Squad has achieved gold status and will be shipping later this month.

Coming to the Xbox 360 and PC, Raven Squad combines Real Time Strategy and intense First Person Shooting with a flare akin to the iconic 80’s action flicks that inspired an entire generation to create a genre all it’s own.

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It appears that every couple months, I get some more news about fatfoogoo furthering their hold on the outsourcing microtransaction market. But I don’t mean this as a slight at all.

After talking with Marketing Manager Dan Taylor and CEO Martin Herdina the first time about fatfoogoo specifically, I walked away knowing a lot more about the microtransaction business and how fatfoogoo were always working to be on the forefront of any new developments.

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fatfoogoo, the leading provider of in-game and online commerce ecosystems, today announced it is powering mEgo’s smart virtual goods marketplace, where users can style, animate and accessorize their online personal profile. mEgo is a first-of-its-kind, portable multimedia profile aggregator designed to manage and integrate one’s online identity into a highly personalized avatar through a patent pending user interface.

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E3 has come and gone leaving in its wake an ocean of new games and fascinating gadgetry that will keep us salivating for at least another year. Microsoft may have had one of the most intriguing displays we have yet to see come from the annual E3 convention.

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Perfect World Co., Ltd., a leading online game developer and operator in China, today announced that it has entered into a publishing agreement with Runic Games, Inc., a specialized developer of PC-based entertainment software in the United States, for the exclusive rights and license to publish Torchlight, an action-packed massively multiplayer online role-playing game that’s being developed, throughout the world.

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I recently had the chance to talk with Martin Herdina, CEO of fatfoogoo, and Dan Taylor about the microtransaction industry. This week, fatfoogoo announced a partnership with Digital River, where fatfoogoo assets will be combined with Digital River’s to create a one stop solution for developers and publishers. This is the press release from fatfoogoo.

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