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The guys at THQ (the folks behind the Dawn of War videogame) have started working on their own life-sized Rhino!  For the uninitiated, the Rhino is the all purpose troop transport for nearly every chapter of the Space Marines in the Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40K universe.  Its not finished yet, but they’ve started painting and its looking awesome (check out their Flickr gallery for even more photos).  This beauty will be unveiled to the public today at Games Workshop Games Day 2008 at the Birmingham NEC!

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There’s been a leak of footage purported to be from a new Warhammer 40K first person shooter titled “Space Marine.”  Joystiq has been in contact with THQ (who currently owns the video game license to the classic miniatures game), but thus far, there’s no response on the video.

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The game looks similar to last year’s hit, Gears of War, which can only mean good things for those of us who have eagerly waited for the opportunity to burn the heretic, kill the mutant and purge the unclean.  But this wouldn’t be the first 40K-based first person shooter; no, that distinction goes to Fire Warrior.  Fire Warrior was based on the fire warriors of the Tau Empire and was available for both the PS2 and PC.  Unfortunately, the title, also published by THQ, was met with poor reviews that declared the game to be too similat to other titles.  Hopefully, this next outing will be the high-octane treatment that the 40K universe deserves.

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Cardtantei is a detective-themed alternate reality manga game mixed with a CCG.

It comes in packs, with codes you scratch off and then use on the official site. But it’s also got clues, puzzles, phone numbers with cryptic voice messages, and so on, leading to a larger discovery.

And all you need are some cards and some rudimentary Japanese.

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Paramount Pictures has acquired Screenlife, makers of the Scene It? line of DVD games.

The acquisition was for “less than $100 million”, and it’s unsure what Paramount plans to do with them now that they have them. But I would look for more Paramount clips to be in future Scene It? games.

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The Rock the Net Caffe in Lebanon, OR is remodeling the old Gamerz Cyber Cafe and turning it into a sci-fi and fantasy gaming haven.

The walls and corridors will all be done in hyperspace themes, and XBoxes and computer stations will be available for all types of online gaming. They’re also adding a room called “The Dungeon”, specifically devoted to low-tech gaming such as RPGs and fantasy board games.

You can see their remodeling efforts here.

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Business of Games (BoG) is our regular series looking at the business of games from the perspective of the gamer.

Is Fantasy Flight Games the next Microsoft?  That’s the question asked in this week’s episode of the Dice Tower, a popular board game podcast by veteran reviewer Tom Vasel and Sam Healey.  At first blush, the idea seems a bit odd - after all, many in the board game world see FFG as something slightly better than Santa Claus, depositing gaming goodness to good little gamers everywhere with amazing consistency.  But are they really the same small company that we grew up loving?

Read on for our look at the FFG of yesterday and today!

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After Scrabulous’ creators voluntarily removed their application from Facebook for North American players in response to Hasbro’s takedown notice, Scrabulous was still available for players outside of North America. Until today.

This time Facebook removed the application in response to a takedown notice from Mattel, who has rights to the game outside of North America, when Scrabulous’ creators failed to respond to the notice. It remains on Facebook only to players in India, where the matter has been refered to the courts.

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Frank Newman, a property lecturer at Massey University, has created a board game simulating five years of investing in two hours of play time.

The board game is meant to be played with computer assistance, which tracks variables such as market values.

It will be launched next year.

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Sure, we’ve have online RPGs and online CCGs.  Heck, we’ve even been able to play miniature games online.  But an online collectible miniagure game?  That’s the concept that the makers of the Continuum online game would like to get you to buy into.

Read on for our full review!

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Gleemax may be gone, but that doesn’t mean that Wizards of the Coast has entirely given up on new electronic ventures for Dungeons & Dragons. The company is now offering Dungeons & Dragons Tiny Adventures on Facebook. When signing up for the application, you have a choice from preset characters whom you can send on a range of adventures. Each adventure consists of multiple events, with the system guiding your character’s progress and determining the character’s success. What’s particularly nice to see is that events include a range of challenges—not just the typical fantasy combat—and that you can direct your character to assist the characters of your friends with their adventures.

(sources: Kotaku, Tor)

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