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		<title>Long Live 2D!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paolo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who says you have to make a 3D game to be considered AAA?  With top notch companies barely scratching a living, even with a million copies sold and barely breaking even, other companies are innovating and producing incredible new titles in 2D.
The first is the infamous indie game &#8220;Castle Crashers&#8221;:



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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who says you have to make a 3D game to be considered AAA?  With top notch companies barely scratching a living, <a href="http://kotaku.com/5315625/crackdown-wasnt-the-success-you-think-it-was">even with a million copies sold and barely breaking even</a>, other companies are innovating and producing incredible new titles in 2D.</p>
<p>The first is the infamous indie game &#8220;Castle Crashers&#8221;:</p>
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<p>The second is the company that breathed new life into the 2D genre with their breathtaking game &#8220;Odin Sphere&#8221;.  Here is their latest title &#8220;Muramasa&#8221; coming out for the Wii:</p>
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<p>And lastly, is a company that is has owned the fighting game genre with &#8220;Guilty Gear&#8221;.  But since their publisher owns the rights to their groundbreaking fighting game and forced the game to become a 3D RTS, they have broken out and gone indie for their new IP, &#8220;BlazBlue&#8221; and have rocked the socks out of Street Fighter 4 and King of Fighters 12:</p>
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<p>Long Live 2D!</p>
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