With the interview and photos of the creator, CureLicca-san

Since my previous report in February, the Japanese amateur creator CureLicca has been working very hard to complete her handmade PreCure character bag collection. With her own strong passion for PreCure and ardent support of the fans, she finally finished making all of the bags for the 33 PreCure girls!! Check the super cute PreCure bags after the jump!

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Plus a translation of an interview with director Hiroko Utsumi

All of interest in this summer’s sexy swimming anime, Free! has driven the associated Twitter account past 20,000 followers. And, in celebration, the site for the series has posted a set of 10 icons. Grab them after the jump.

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Full game arrives in North America on April 30

We’re finally getting another PS Vita exclusive that looks really fun soon, with Keiji Inafune’s Soul Sacrifice making its way to stores in North America on April 30. You won’t have to go in blind, though, because Sony announced that a demo will be available to test drive on April 16. More, plus an interview, after the jump.

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Disney, which acquired Lucasfilm and LucasArts last year for $4.05 billion, shut down the LucasArts division. In an official statement, Disney said:

“After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimizing the company’s risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games. As a result of this change, we’ve had layoffs across the organization. We are incredibly appreciative and proud of the talented teams who have been developing our new titles.”

Before the closure of LucasArts, Star Wars 1313 was being made as was the studio’s other project Star Wars First Assault. However, there is a ray of light at the end of the tunnel. As a gift to their loyal fans, Raven, developers of Jedi Outcast and its sequel Jedi Academy, have released the source code for both games.

In an interview by Kotaku, Raven said “We loved and appreciated the experience of getting to make Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy for LucasArts. As a gift to the persistently loyal fanbase for our Jedi games and in memory of LucasArts, we are releasing the source code for both games for people to enjoy and play with.”

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It is now very possible, if not likely, that the greater public will be soon be allowed to once again forget Michelle Shocked. In an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan Monday night (April 1) the embattled folk singer stated unequivocally that she is not homophobic and, what’s more, that she supports gay marriage…
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Developer says it is looking at competitive gaming support for upcoming military shooter; game won’t have any co-op.

DICE is “very interested” in eSports support for Battlefield 4, according to studio general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson.

“I can say that eSports is an area that we are very interested in,” Troedsson told Leutin09 in a new video interview posted on YouTube.

Troedsson did not go into any further detail, as only Battlefield 4′s single-player has been revealed that far. Still, he explained that eSports is a growing phenomenon and that it will be no easy task to pull it off in the final product.

“It’s not as easy as some game developers like to think; that’s it’s just that you do A, X, Y, and Z and everything is done. It’s actually much bigger than that now,” Troedsson said. “There are some people that actually see this as a new phenomenon and that’s not true either. It’s been around for a long time. It’s just recently that it’s really starting to take off…”

Troedsson further explained that Battlefield multiplayer has always been “very competitive” and “the heart” of every new installment in the series.

“And that won’t change moving forward,” he said.

Also during the interview, Troedsson revealed that Battlefield 3′s cooperative mode will not return for Battlefield 4. “We don’t have co-op in Battlefield 4. We have made that decision. We’re focusing everything we have on multiplayer and the single-player,” he said.

Battlefield 4 launches this fall for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, but not Wii U. For more, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage.

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Performing at Anime Matsuri in Houston, Texas 3/29 to 3/31

Music act The Lady Spade are bringing their “vulgar display of beauty” to Anime Matsuri in Houston, Texas all the way from Tokyo, Japan. Read on for an interview with the group’s producer and mastermind of these magical electric dolls!

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With two members incarcerated, Russian punk band Pussy Riot continues to practice in secret, drummer “Kot” revealed in an interview with 60 Minutes…
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Cat god lounges then fights Goku

Prepare to meet God of Destruction Bills (or maybe Bells) in a new iTunes preview for March 30th’s Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. On the characters appearance, in a recent interview, creator mentioned that Akira Toriyama thought an ancient Egyptian cat god like face would be more interesting them something more human. Get a look after the jump.

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Telltale clarifies earlier reports to say gamers will be able to play more of The Walking Dead this year.

Telltale’s second season of its critically acclaimed The Walking Dead will begin its episodic release in Q3 2013.

Speaking to Game Informer, a Telltale representative said “the current estimated release window for Season Two of The Walking Dead is for fall of ’this’ year (2013), and not ’next’ year (2014) as has been reported after a recent interview. We apologize for any confusion and thank you and all of our fans for your continued excitement for Telltale’s series.”

In a previous interview with Eurogamer, Telltale CEO Dan Connors suggested the game’s second season wouldn’t see a release until the second half of 2014.

Telltale writer Gary Whitta has already teased the possibility of some new The Walking Dead content being released to bridge the gap between season one and season two, and presumably he’s not talking about Activision’s FPS take on the TV series being released this month.

The Walking Dead picked up two gongs at the BAFTA Game Awards on Tuesday night.

Alongside season two of The Walking Dead, Telltale is working to adapt Bill Willingham’s Fables graphic novels.

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