Nintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto has been voted by industry and media experts as the recipient of the ELAN's first videogames Lifetime Achievement award this year.

The ELANs take place on April 25th in Vancouver, boasting several awards across a variety of categories. Left 4 Dead and Fallout 3 are the front runners receiving seven nominations each, with several nods going to Gears of War 2 and Fable II as well.
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GOTY winner Emil Pagliarulo reminisces about Looking Glass, talks about playing Dead Rising with his 5 year old, and reveals the canceled level that was too big for the sprawling RPG
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Bethesda's next-gen action RPG Fallout 3 has claimed the coveted GDC 09 Game of the Year Award at this year's event, though it was LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule that emerged as the ceremony's main benefactor, scooping four accolades.
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John Yamamoto yesterday revealed that Square Enix have struck a licencing deal with Emergent over the use of its Gamebryo Engine, which was used to power the hugely successful role-playing title Fallout 3. Previously it was theorised that Square Enix's Los Angeles studio would be used to make games for the PSN, XBLA and WiiWare, but this move could suggest otherwise.
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Vin Diesel proves that he's more nerd than most of you reading this story, while David Hayter opens his own studio and San Diego officially grants Sony Online Entertainment their own holiday. It's an interesting day to say the least.
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There's little doubt as to the four key titles that look set to dominate proceedings at this year's ELAN Awards, with Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2 and Fable II all nominated in the majority of the nine categories.

In with a chance of winning seven awards apiece are Valve's zombie shooter Left 4 Dead and Bethesda's dark future RPG Fallout 3, while Epic's FPS sequel Gears of War 2 and Lionhead's fantasy adventure Fable II are both up for six awards.

In fact, of the nine categories - which each contain four nominations - those exact four will battle it out in four, while other prominent titles to be nominated just once include Crysis: Warhead, Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, Call of Duty: World at War and Too Human.

The awards, which also present prizes for the animation and visual effects industries, will take place in April and be hosted by the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom Kenny.

The full list of categories and nominations is as follows:
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Secret agent action RPG Alpha Protocol has been laying low lately but it's set to resurface on Friday. In this week's episode of GameTrailers TV, the crew's heading down to Obsidian Entertainment's headquarters and they're not coming back 'til they've got some sweet, sweet gameplay footage for you. They'll also be showing us a little more about the upcoming Fallout 3 downloadable content.
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Yeah you saw that right. On the bestselling video game page on Amazon.com (which is updated hourly), for right now at least, Fallout 3 is number one. Make that the Fallout 3…for the Playstation 3! It even toppled the Nintendo Wii products (which Killzone 2 did some time ago).

This is despite Bethesda making the DLC (for now) 360 exclusive and Bethesda having given a middle finger towards the Playstation 3 version when it comes to giving them anything extra besides trophies.
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the latest Fallout 3 patch isn't just preparation code for the upcoming DLC… one of the small issues with the launch 360 game has been addressed: the specular maps are back. Perhaps the omission was simply a bug? Or perhaps not, because while the effect has been replaced in the more obvious locations, elsewhere it is still absent. But regardless, it's an obviously welcome addition for 360 owners, and we presume that the upcoming DLC will be looking as good as it can possibly be.
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MTV Multiplayer writes: "The Virgin Megastore in Times Square NYC, located right across the street from my office, is shutting down. So, they're selling everything: deep discounts on game prices and even the gaming displays are for sale. How much would you pay for this "Fallout 3? statue? It could be yours. Hurry up and make an offer."
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