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  Some PSPgo Games Will Be Very, Very Cheap

  With the PSPgo championing itself as a digital download-only device, it’s going to run into stiff competition from Apple’s cheap-as-chips App Store. Or, it will if its games aren’t priced to compete with those $0.99 iPhone apps. So it’d be a smart move by Sony to price many games at, well, a similar point. Which…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Another Games Mag Bites The Dust

  The sad, slow decline of gaming print media continues, with the announcement overnight that Future Publishing’s PSW (PlayStation World Magazine) is no more. One of Future’s three PlayStation-focused publications (along with the Official PlayStation Magazine and PSM3), PSW’s first issue went on sale in the UK all the way back in 2000, and with the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Rugby League Comes To The Wii

  The Wii has thus far been a haven for developers with last-gen experience lacking the money to make the jump to 360 or PS3. Today’s announcement of Rugby League 3 for the platform is no different. This will be the third game in the “Rugby League” series, which have all been developed by New Zealand…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Lost Planet 2 Demo Emerges From A Giant Bug Next Week

  Next Wednesday, Capcom will be giving Xbox 360 owners a taste of Lost Planet 2’s fist-bumping, bug-hunting co-operative mode by releasing a demo. The co-op demo will let you take on the “salamander” boss, give you access to a variety of weapons and suits, then let you climb inside the thing’s guts and blow it…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Korean Girls, Meet Giant Sand PlayStations

  As seen on Siliconera.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Valve Not Even Bothering With The PS3 Any More

  Valve, Valve’s boss Gabe Newell and the PlayStation 3 have a history. A history of not getting along. And it doesn’t look like that’s about to change any time soon. Here’s a little chit-chat the Valve head had with host Geoff Keighley on tonight’s episode of GTTV: Keighley: Are you guys working on PlayStation 3…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  4:39 Of Uncharted 2 Singleplayer Footage

  1UP have been running a big Uncharted 2 special all week long, and as part of that have just uploaded this all-gameplay clip showing Nathan engaging in a spot of singleplayer gunplay. Oh, and Elena’s in it, too, if that helps. Exclusive Uncharted 2 Single-Player Gameplay Footage Now Live [1UP]

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Left 4 Dead 2’s Latest Campaign Takes You To The Fairgrounds

  During tonight’s episode of GameTrailers TV, Valve have shown for the first time footage of one of Left 4 Dead 2’s hitherto unseen campaigns: The Fairgrounds. Bright lights, screaming, rides…it’s everything you expect from zombie killing at an amusement park. Hopefully there’s some dodgem cars and a ball pit in there somewhere as well. To…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Yoko Ono “Gave The Designers Hell” On Beatles: Rock Band

  Yoko Ono. Were Ron Burgundy to translate the name, he would say it meant “destroyer of worlds.” So it was to be expected that the wife of John Lennon would give the team at Harmonix a hard time. An interview with some of the developers working on The Beatles: Rock Band over at Wired reveals…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Panzer Generals Is Back, Yo

  In the turn-based strategy genre, two series (for me, anyways) reign supreme: Advance Wars, and Panzer General. So it’s with great delight that I see today that Ubisoft will be bringing the latter back, this time on Xbox Live Arcade. Delight quickly turns to concern, however, when you see what they’re doing with it. See,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Already, ARMA II Gets An Expansion

  ARMA II only just came out! And as you’d expect from such an ambitious game, is still pretty broken! Neither of which seems to matter, since an expansion for the game has already been announced. Called Operation Arrowhead, it’s set three years after the events depicted in ARMA II and takes place in an all-new…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  Should Digital Games Be Region Locked?

  Hey, it’s Friday, do you know — Wait, a sec. It’s not Friday. It’s Thursday. But this week is Obon in Japan. We’ve got to go visit graves and stuff. Still before that, let’s talk. You and me. And that guy over there. And that girl sitting next to him. Here’s how it works: We…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 14, 2009
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  Wow, There Really ARE A Lot Of WWII Games

  It’s a common complaint: there are too many damn games set in the Second World War. But did you know just how many? This “casual census” performed by 1UP has the depressing results. This graph here tallies the number of games released since 1980 set during six of the biggest conflicts (at least for Westerners)…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2009
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  A Week In Comments

  Risen Banned In Australia, “Sexual Activity And Drug Use” Cited Comment by: mcderek3000 Nominated by: Dlord I fully support the decision made by the Australian classification board. As an adult gamer, I have often found my life controlled by the media I watch. Watching Gandalf smoke pipeweed in the Lord of the Rings turned me…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 14, 2009
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  Did You Get Your Secret Team Fortress 2 Medal?

  To close out a week of update announcements (and updates!), Valve had one final surprise in store for Team Fortress 2 players tonight, offering the first 11,111 players to reach this hidden site a shiny new medal. Being limited, the offer is of course already done for, all 11,111 medals claimed within a matter of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009
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  New Mass Effect 2 Screenshots, Wallpaper

  It’s “Meet Thane” day over at the official Mass Effect 2 website tonight, as BioWare release some screenshots and wallpaper featuring the green-skinned alien guy we first met back in the E3 trailer for the game.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009
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  Is Japan’s PS3 Supply Drying Up?

  Buying one is hardly an impossible feat; however, recently there do seem to be a higher percentage of retailers with the machine sold out. Take that sign, which says that all colors of the PS3 are sold out. At a Sofmap retailer, there are no laminated PS3 tickets you can take to the register to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2009
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  Thousands Attend Iowa Hall of Fame Launch

  More than 3,500 people, including U.S. Rep David Loebsack and Iowa Lt. Gov. Patty Judge, attended a kickoff event today for the International Video Games Hall of Fame, which Ottumwa, Iowa leaders plan to build in their community. Chris Hoeksema, a member of the Hall’s exploratory committee, said the 3,500 figure represented those who donated…

  By Owen Good Published August 13, 2009
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  Halo 3 Still Being Played, By The Truckload, Every Day

  We’ve noticed. Many of you are sick to death of Halo. To a certain extent that’s understandable, but then, sometimes you have to applaud the efforts of a game that, two years on from release, is still so damn popular. How popular? According to Bungie, on average, every single day, there are over 1,000,000 unique…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2009
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  Aussie Madden Has No Free Online Franchise Codes. Here’s Mine [Update]

  Australia, homeland of beloved former Chargers punter Darren Bennett, got Madden NFL 10 a day earlier than the rest of the world – part of that whole day-ahead, winter-is-summer, up-is-down, toilets-flush-in-reverse thing. But they didn’t get free Online Franchise codes. EA Sports spokesman Rob Semsey confirmed that the codes were, mistakenly, not printed on the…

  By Owen Good Published August 13, 2009