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Updated Mar 19, 2010 4:57 pm PT

Top Story Shippin' Out March 21-27: Just Cause 2, Red Steel 2, XBL Game Room

Square Enix's open-world actioner joins Ubisoft's swordplay pseudo-sequel and Microsoft's virtual Xbox Live arcade on the week's docket; Settlers 7, Shin Megami Tensei DS also on tap. continue »
- Posted Mar 19, 2010 4:57 pm PT
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Brink Q&A: Richard Ham

GameSpot switches places, improves SMARTs, and discusses seamless online play with Splash Damage's creative director. Full Story
- Posted Mar 17, 2010 9:56 pm PT
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NIER Yosuke Saito Interview

We speak to executive producer Yosuke Saito about the western influences on action-RPG Nier. Full Story
- Posted Mar 17, 2010 11:03 am PT
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Final Fantasy XIII sells 1 million in North America

Square Enix's acclaimed JRPG goes platinum in US and Canada within five days of PS3, Xbox 360 release, becoming fastest-selling installment in franchise history. Full Story
- Posted Mar 19, 2010 12:40 pm PT
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Heavy Rain Taxidermist DLC stuffs PSN April 1

First add-on to Quantic Dream's critically acclaimed game arrives on April Fools' Day for $5; will offer additional backstory to journalist character. Full Story
- Posted Mar 19, 2010 12:14 pm PT
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Batman: Arkham Asylum scores Best Game, Gameplay BAFTAs

Rocksteady's acclaimed Dark Knight action adventure collects top honors at British awards; Uncharted 2 also wins big with four gongs. Full Story
- Posted Mar 19, 2010 4:33 pm PT
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Dragon Age Awakening, Groovin' Blocks on PSN

PlayStation Store Update: BioWare's $40 expansion to acclaimed fantasy RPG joined by Empty Clip Studios' rhythm-puzzler on PS3; PSP gets Patchwork Heroes, The Red Star. Full Story
- Posted Mar 19, 2010 3:23 pm PT
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Big in Japan Mar. 8-14: Pokemon Ranger returns

Nintendo's creature-battler reprises its finish atop Media Create's weekly sales chart, as trio of new PSP releases lift Sony's handheld. Full Story
- Posted Mar 19, 2010 12:00 pm PT
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PS3, PC Episodes from Liberty City delayed

Rockstar Games says last-minute request by Sony Europe has pushed Grand Theft Auto IV expansions' non-360 release to April 13. Full Story
- Posted Mar 18, 2010 4:39 pm PT
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Majesco Q1 revs slip 11%

Following NASDAQ delisting notice, Cooking Mama publisher posts $3.8 million profit on $29.2 million sales for Nov.-Jan. quarter. Full Story
- Posted Mar 19, 2010 10:28 am PT
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Xbox 360 getting USB storage support this year?

Screens sent to gaming blog Joystiq appear to indicate Microsoft will soon open up its console to nonproprietary memory devices; artificial size limit of 16GB planned. Full Story
- Posted Mar 18, 2010 1:33 pm PT
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sells 2.3 million in two weeks

Electronic Arts' and DICE's shooter opens big, on track to be March's top seller; 2.9 million player hours logged in last day alone. Full Story
- Posted Mar 18, 2010 10:47 am PT
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Wii, Natal-mocking PS3 ad says PlayStation Move due by November

Latest "It Only Does Everything" TV spot blasts Wii Remote waggle, Xbox 360's controller, confirms camera-and-LED controller-based system will be out before holidays. Full Story
- Posted Mar 18, 2010 3:27 pm PT
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GameStop posts $9.08 billion in annual earnings

Game retail giant's revenue rises 3.1%, but profit falls 5.3% to $377.3 million; stock spikes after full-year outlook revised upward. Full Story
- Posted Mar 18, 2010 2:13 pm PT
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Lord of the Rings co-opting new action RPG

Warner Bros. announces Champions of Norrath developer Snowblind is working on War in the North, due out in 2011 for PC, PS3, Xbox 360. Full Story
- Posted Mar 18, 2010 11:38 am PT
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Skate 3 rolling out May 11

EA Black Box returns with team-oriented skateboarding sim in two months on Xbox 360 and PS3. Full Story
- Posted Mar 17, 2010 10:55 am PT
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Microsoft prepping Xbox 360 Slim?

Leaked photos purportedly show a significantly downsized motherboard for next hardware revision, as well as a CPU/GPU combo chip. Full Story
- Posted Mar 17, 2010 12:48 pm PT
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DC Comics drawing Nier

Square Enix teams with publishing house's Wildstorm imprint on three-part online prequel story, available now through Web site, XBL, PSN. Full Story
- Posted Mar 17, 2010 4:09 pm PT
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Gears of War 3 due in April 2011?

UK magazine Edge claims trailer for Epic Games' trilogy capper will arrive next month; game allegedly pushed out of Q4 to keep focus on Natal. Full Story
- Posted Mar 16, 2010 11:42 am PT
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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker delayed to June 8, PSP Pack unveiled

Konami's portable stealth action game pushed back two weeks, will also be available in a green PSP hardware bundle with 2GB memory stick, voucher for downloadable movie. Full Story
- Posted Mar 16, 2010 11:08 am PT
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ChartSpot: February 2010

Aliens vs. Predator 360, BioShock 2 PS3 barely miss NPD's top 10 non-PC game chart; Star Trek Online edged out by Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff atop PC rankings. Full Story
- Posted Mar 16, 2010 3:45 pm PT
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$300 Halo 3: ODST/Forza 3 Xbox 360 Elite bundle now shipping

GameStop to begin selling upper-end model of Microsoft's console bundled with two top-rated games--and the Halo: Reach MP beta access--tomorrow. Full Story
- Posted Mar 16, 2010 5:03 pm PT
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