Stores on US Army and Air Force bases will no longer be allowed to sell Medal of Honor, Kotaku reports, due to the fact that its multiplayer features a playable Taliban faction.

Retailer GameStop, which has 49 stores located on military bases in the US, was asked by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service to remove the game from sale.

"GameStop has agreed out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform we will not carry Medal of Honor in any of our AAFES based stores," an email to GameStop employees, obtained by Kotaku, explains... Read more

Here's your official confirmation from something you already knew to be true: Duke Nuke Forever, lives!

Today at PAX 2010, 2K Games revealed that Duke Nukem Forever--a game first announced in April 1997 and then thought to be completely dead--is currently in development at Gearbox Software for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Gearbox had previously been at the center of a rumor involving the game's development in the past.

During 2K's live stream of the reveal, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford stated that Duke Nukem Forever would release in 2011, not 2010 as reported by the Wall Street Journal.

"The approach and investment and process at 3d Realms didn't quite make it and it cracked at the end. With Gearbox Software we brought all those pieces together. It's the game it was meant to be," Pitchford told the Wall Street Journal... Read more

[Update: 12:09pm] It's official! Read all about it, here!

[Update: 11:45am] Images from the PAX 2010 show floor have appeared online [via Pikimal] revealing Duke Nukem Forever, branded with 2K and Gearbox logos. Duke Nukem Forever, it is!

[Original: 11:40am] The legendary and chronically late action-hero, Duke Nukem is reportedly being re-introduced to fans at PAX.

Multiple sources indicate that Duke will make an appearance in some form, including a stray PAX 2010 show-floor tweet from Ska Studios' Dustin Burg. Although Duke Nukem signage is reportedly surrounding the 2K booth in preparation for the show to begin, its unclear if 2K is prepping a re-introduction to Duke Nukem Forever or a rumored "Duke Begins" title... Read more

Man Down! Brian misses his first episode with a summer cold leaving Jeff and Garnett to do their morning show duo impersonation for this week's show. They don't miss a beat getting right into Whatcha Been Playin? with Shogun 2, Mafia 2, Sonic Riders for kinect, and F1 2010. Last week's topic of shooting as the dominant mechanic in modern videogames struck a chord with the community and gets the Warning off to a flying start. Whether "gamey" elements break serious games and how we feel about game developers becoming movie makers takes the discussion to this week's music break featuring "Over" produced by So Flawless. And yes, Microsoft's decision to raise the price on its Live service gets into the Front Page along with loads of other news like a price drop on Nintendo's handhelds and the end of the ATI era.

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The PC edition of Zoe Mode's splendid musical puzzler Chime will cost a mere $4.99, Steam has revealed by opening pre-purchasing--the same as it did on Xbox 360.

A bit like Lumines blended with Tetris, Chime involves building up a music track by combining different-shaped blocks to cover the play area. Tracks from artists including Moby and Orbital's Paul Hartnoll are on offer, with the PC's 'Portal Edition' also packing Jonathan Coulton's iconic song 'Still Alive' from the Portal soundtrack--as seen below.

Chime: Portal Edition will be released on September 6 for download via Steam. A portion of Zoe Mode's royalties--working out to around 25¢--will go towards charity.

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An error with the new Crackdown 2 'Toy Box' downloadable content, which launched yesterday with both free and paid components, has rendered the game unplayable for many.

"The paid part of the DLC was incorrectly configured when mastered," Ruffian Games studio head Gaz Liddon wrote on its forums. This will lead to the game hanging on the title screen for some, while others while be hit by an achievement voice-over repeating constantly until the game slows to a crawl.

"What needs to happen is the correct configuration files get put on Marketplace and everyone who've paid for the DLC gets the update," he explained, though "How that will happen or when I don't currently know. It has to be quickly obviously."

"We're completely gutted here," Liddon wrote. "The whole aim of this DLC was to provide a decent sized package at a low price with a lot of great free stuff so we can make the people who played CD2 happy. The exact opposite has happened and frustratingly it's down to issues we can't fix ourselves."

In the meantime, Liddon offers the following hold-over fix... Read more

Oddworld Inhabitants' Xbox exclusive Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is being revamped for release on PlayStation 3 next year by Gravity Crash developer Just Add Water.

The remake of the celebrated bounty hunting title will have, JAW says, "stunning 720p visuals; much more detail in the characters; normal mapping and self-shadowing; re-mastered dialogue, support for PlayStation Move; and additional bonus material still to be revealed," while remaining "faithful to the original moolah-chasing epic."

In 2009, Oddworld Inhabitants promised that Stranger's Wrath and its fellow Xbox exclusive Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee would be ported to PC in a series collection dubbed the 'Oddbox.' Oddworld affirmed in April 2010 that the pair would see release on Steam this year, though a planned new Oddworld title has been canned.

The PlayStation 3 remake of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath will be released for download via the PlayStation Network "next Easter," which will fall in late April 2011.

The mysterious cross-over game Telltale Games teased has been revealed as Poker Night at The Inventory--a $5 poker game starring characters from several video game franchises, including the Heavy from Valve Software's Team Fortress 2.

Telltale explains that "All the characters will talk trash, give unique tells, and react to the game dynamically as it is being played, providing a unique experience with each round played." While it might seem a bit strange for the developer now famed for making adventure games, Telltale's first release was Telltale Texas Hold'em in 2005.

Four characters have been revealed--the Heavy from Team Fortress 2, Strong Bad from Homestar Runner and Telltale's adaptation of the web cartoon, Max of Sam & Max fame, and Tycho, co-star of Penny Arcade and Hothead's RPG based upon it. It's unknown if this is the full lineup, as "more than a few surprises" are... Read more

The weekend is almost upon us so "huzzah" and all that jazz. What do you, dear Shacknews reader, intend to play this weekend? Myself, I have no video game plans but am off to watch The Room tonight then I'll be catching up on my reading. I keep meaning to write more, too, so maybe I'll finally get around to that.

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter adds new media for a handful of titles. We're got new trailers for F.E.A.R. 3, Inferno, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer, an "announcement trailer" for Path of Exile as well as new videos for Bastion and Commander: Conquest of the Americas.

There's also new screens for Mortal Kombat, The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, and The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

Finally, we've added a video for DJ Hero 2 introducing RZA as a playable character and a downloadable content trailer for Crackdown 2.

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PAX Prime 2010 starts tomorrow. TGS 2010 is just around the corner. What does this mean? A lot of news and previews are coming your way. You may want to find a comfortable spot and begin constantly click refresh now.

You know, just to practice.

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Links from Morning Discussion
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• An interesting way to describe schools. Interesting? I misspelled "idiotic."

If you were looking forward to visiting a virtual world of "dames" and fedoras, you'll have to wait a little longer than expected.

In its Q3 earnings release, Take Two Interactive revealed its period piece L.A. Noire has been delayed until "the first half of calendar 2011."

Like traffic in the city its based on, delays have become an annoying expectation with Rockstar's latest title. After being shifted to a multiplatform release, L.A. Noire was scheduled to appear in September; however, the game was a no-show at multiple industry events, leading most to speculate another delay was on the horizon.

So, if you're looking to scratch that old-timey virtual world itch you're out of luck for the time being. Oh, or you can play Mafia 2. Another Take Two Interactive published title plagued with delay issues.

Not long ago, Ubisoft revealed that a new game called Outland would be appearing at this weeks' Penny Arcade Expo, though provided few other details.

With PAX 2010 beginning tomorrow, IGN has previewed the Housemarque-developed offering, described as "a cross between retro platformers like Prince of Persia or Out of This World and the color-switching of shoot 'em up Ikaruga." Housemarque is also the studio behind PSN's Super Stardust HD and the upcoming twin-stick zombie shooter, Dead Nation.

The Ikaruga comparison comes from Outland's protagonist's ability to change from white to black at will, allowing him to repel same-colored projectiles. Enemies and certain objects in the environment will also respond to the hero's chosen "polarity,"... Read more

With PAX just around the corner, Ubisoft has revealed a new downloadable, mulitplayer-focused first-person shooter from The Ship developer, Outerlight.

Bloody Good Time will launch this fall on Steam and the Xbox Live Arcade. The Source engine-powered shooter pits up to eight players against each other, all competing for a shot at a starring role in a horror movie.

Each level, which takes place on various movie sets, will act an an arena as cartoon-style film caricatures attempt to brutally murder their fellow thespians using weapons ranging from the mundane (boring old guns) to the absurd (exploding rats!).

Looks like the upcoming Xbox 360-exclusive Gun Loco from Square Enix has some competition for most absurd mainstream video game shooter premise, ever.

Yakuza 4 came out in Japan back in March of this year, but SEGA has just announced that the game is finally headed to North American and European PlayStation 3's in spring of 2011.

Yakuza 4 returns players to Kamurocho, the fictionalized city based on Tokyo Shinjuku's real-life red-light district, Kabukicho. Series regular, Kazuma Kiryu, will be joined by three other playable protagonists in his latest outing, alongside familiar faces from past games in the series. Yakuza 4 will allow players to control multiple characters throughout the story, each with different abilities.

Yakuza 4 is headed to PlayStation 3 in North America and Europe in Spring of 2011.

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