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Updated Nov 20, 2009 3:12 pm PT

Top Story Sony planning paid PSN subscriptions for 2010

[UPDATE] Kaz Hirai confirms premium level will be added on top of PS3 and PSP's online service, which will remain free to play online; PSN revenue expected to hit $500 million this fiscal year. continue »
- Posted Nov 20, 2009 12:26 pm PT
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Video Q&A: Sony explains PSP adhocParty

Kristin Neirinckx discusses how PSP owners can use their PS3s to play multiplayer non-infrastructure games over the Web. Full Story
- Posted Nov 19, 2009 4:49 pm PT
- 40 Comments
Activision CEO makes another $18 million

Bobby Kotick continues cashing out soon-to-expire stock options, bringing one-week windfall to nearly $42 million; CFO Thomas Tippl nets 40 percent raise. Full Story
- Posted Nov 18, 2009 11:50 am PT
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Modern Warfare 2 five-day sales hit $550 million

[UPDATE] Activision claims Infinity Ward's latest shooter breaks host of 24-, 120-hour entertainment records spanning games, movies, books; LA Times pegs budget at $200 million including marketing and distribution. Full Story
- Posted Nov 18, 2009 10:41 am PT
- 333 Comments
Call of Duty series gets third studio - Report

The Los Angeles Times reports Infinity Ward and Treyarch are getting some backup in the wake of Modern Warfare 2's record-setting success. Full Story
- Posted Nov 18, 2009 12:47 pm PT
- 305 Comments
No More Heroes headed for 360, PS3 - Report

Japanese magazine scans suggest Grasshopper Manufacture's original Wii action game is making the leap to Sony and Microsoft's systems. Full Story
- Posted Nov 18, 2009 3:43 pm PT
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Assassin's Creed II intros Ubisoft achievement system

Uplay beta lays out reward system for in-game tasks with downloadable perks like new costumes, levels. Full Story
- Posted Nov 18, 2009 2:34 pm PT
- 147 Comments
Pandemic folded into EALA, Saboteur launch unaffected

[UPDATE] Approximately 200 staffers let go at Mercenaries developer; "core team" to relocate to Los Angeles studio to make Pandemic-branded games; founders departing. Full Story
- Posted Nov 17, 2009 10:47 am PT
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Big in Japan Nov. 9-15: J-League Pro Soccer Club

Sega dethrones Winning Eleven with its own footie sim for the PSP; Sony's portable, PS3 nearly tie at top of hardware chart. Full Story
- Posted Nov 20, 2009 3:12 pm PT
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Banned PSN player takes aim at Microsoft, Nintendo

Gamer appeals tossing of case against Sony, files new suit against Microsoft over red ring failure, Nintendo for disabling homebrew channel. Full Story
- Posted Nov 20, 2009 12:44 pm PT
- 250 Comments
Media watchdog NIMF shutting down

National Institute on Media and the Family to close doors after nearly 14 years, marking an end to Video Game Report Card program. Full Story
- Posted Nov 20, 2009 2:43 pm PT
- 6 Comments
Star Trek Online open beta warps to January

Cryptic Studios' latest MMORPG will enter large-scale testing period January 12-26; keys offered as first come, first served. Full Story
- Posted Nov 20, 2009 11:57 am PT
- 19 Comments
adhocParty, Peggle pop onto PS3

PlayStation Store Update: PopCap's money-minting puzzler joins PSOne classics Resident Evil 2, Legacy of Kain; PSP gets Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines. Full Story
- Posted Nov 20, 2009 10:57 am PT
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Xbox Live ban class-action suit being mulled

Law firm puts out call for gamers tossed from Microsoft's online service in pre-Modern Warfare 2 purges. Full Story
- Posted Nov 20, 2009 11:18 am PT
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British intelligence spooking Xbox Live

Adverts, gamer pictures, themes, and videos to hit Microsoft's online service as part of a recruitment drive by the GCHQ. Full Story
- Posted Nov 20, 2009 9:52 am PT
- 46 Comments
3D PS3 gaming coming via firmware update in 2010

[UPDATE] Japanese electronics giant says all consoles will benefit from stereoscopic depth-of-field technology after downloadable patch. Full Story
- Posted Nov 19, 2009 3:02 pm PT
- 393 Comments
GameStop Q3 profits hit $52 million, Modern Warfare 2 sets record

World's largest specialty retailer says Infinity Ward's shooter sold 2.5M units in 72 hours at its stores; quarterly earnings hit $1.8 billion. Full Story
- Posted Nov 19, 2009 10:45 am PT
- 110 Comments
BioShock 2 zapped with Special Edition

Limited-run collectors' package for 2K Games' underwater dystopian shooter loaded with posters, soundtracks for $100 on 360, PS3, $90 for PC. Full Story
- Posted Nov 19, 2009 4:51 pm PT
- 133 Comments
Video Q&A: Sony explains PSP adhocParty

Kristin Neirinckx discusses how PSP owners can use their PS3s to play multiplayer non-infrastructure games over the Web. Full Story
- Posted Nov 19, 2009 4:49 pm PT
- 39 Comments
Supreme Commander 2 deploys in March

Square Enix and Gas Powered Games' massive-scale RTS arrives on PCs March 2, Xbox 360 version drops two weeks later. Full Story
- Posted Nov 19, 2009 2:29 pm PT
- 38 Comments
More Dragon Age DLC takes wing this holiday

BioWare's next add-on for dark-fantasy RPG, Return to Ostagar, heads to 360, PS3, PC later this year for $5. Full Story
- Posted Nov 19, 2009 3:41 pm PT
- 155 Comments
Dark Void film rights bought, game delayed a week

Capcom's jetpack action game pushed back as publisher announces big-screen partnership with Brad Pitt's production company. Full Story
- Posted Nov 19, 2009 12:39 pm PT
- 39 Comments