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  SEGA Makes Hummer Driving In Japan Easy!

  Japanese cars tend to be on the small side for good reason. In heavily populated urban areas, many streets are narrow, making it difficult to drive enormous American cars through them. Nonetheless! There is a set of folks in Japan who are big fans of huge American automobiles. Those with money, shell out big time…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2009
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  Sony Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

  While March’s hardware sales data may have been grim reading for Sony, they’re not worried. Oh no. They’ve got software sales to crow about! Namely, the fact there were three PlayStation 3 games in the month’s top ten sales (Resident Evil 5, MLB’09 The Show & Killzone 2), which is the first time we can…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2009
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  Just How Big Is That Final Fantasy XIII Demo?

  Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete went on sale in Japan today — complete with bundled Final Fantasy XIII demo. Now that the demo is out, we’re curious how big it is. Japanese game site Pocket News’s has broken down the sizes for various files on the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete disc as…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 16, 2009
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  Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased

  Sales were down for Nintendo over the same time last year, but Iwata & Co. aren’t bothered. And why would they be, when the company accounted for 58% of total hardware sales for the month. Yes, 600,000 Wiis and 563,000 DS handhelds sold would be cause for celebration enough, but add in the fact that…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2009
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  New Assassin’s Creed II Trailer

  Here’s a new trailer for Assassin’s Creed II. What it lacks in gameplay footage it makes up for in…menacing voice-overs. OK, Ubisoft, that’s two trailers showing precisely squat. One more and you’re out.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2009
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  Report: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Sales Are Awful

  Fans of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars might want to set aside hopes for a sequel. It appears that Rockstar Games’ gamble on the Nintendo DS didn’t equate to blockbuster success, as initial sales… suck. According to a report from Silicon Alley Insider, there’s a very good reason that Chinatown Wars didn’t crack the top…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2009
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  See The OneUps And The Megas In Concert

  If you’re into video game music cover bands, get a good look at these vids — you won’t see either band at the Penny Arcade Expos this year. The OneUps and The Megas performed a free concert for participants of the Bay Area Game Jam a couple of weeks back. Sadly, their audience was rather…

  By AJ Glasser Published April 16, 2009
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  Valve Details Next Week’s Left 4 Dead Survival Pack

  The free Left 4 Dead “Survival Pack” expansion is slated to hit next week. The Xbox 360 and PC add-on officially makes two more campaigns playable in Versus mode, adding another all-new gameplay mode, Survival. Frankly, I’m a little vague on what Survival mode brings to the table, but Valve does its best to explain…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2009
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  Coachella Gets PlayStation Oasis

  Sony will, once more, be hosting a PlayStation Lounge at the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this weekend. This time around the PlayStation Oasis will include a bevy of PlayStation 3 consoles, lounge chairs, internet connectivity and, best of all, air conditioning. The Oasis will be showing off a selection of games for…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 16, 2009
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  Time Warner Cable Drops Bandwidth Cap Plans

  Internet service provider Time Warner Cable has backed away from plans to offer tiered pricing on broadband internet, based on public response to bandwidth caps being tested in four of the company’s markets. The Associated Press reports that Time Warner Cable has shelved plans to test a tiered pricing structure based on consumption in three…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2009
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  Flying Tristan

  To: Bash From: Crecente Re: Regular Phone Line Is Regular Tristan flew to my mom and step-dad’s today in El Paso. I always cringe when he flies alone. It completely freaks me out, but I never let on to him. I want him to think of flying as an adventure as long as he can.…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 16, 2009
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  Resident Evil, Pokemon, Halo Top March Software Sales

  February‘s U.S. software champ, Wii Fit, didn’t have the strength to fight off the combined forces of Resident Evil 5, Pokemon Platinum and Halo Wars, the top three bestselling games in March. The Xbox 360 version of the survival horror adventure walked away with the number one spot, moving 938,000 copies to U.S. consumers. Its…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2009
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  Nintendo Continues U.S. Hardware Dominance, Industry Hit Hard In March

  Nintendo hardware continued to move in excess of over one million units a month in March, but the video game industry saw a severe drop in spending year-over-year, resulting in a 17% drop in revenue. Nintendo’s Wii and DS platforms held strong as the best and second-best selling hardware in March, moving a combined 1.16…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2009
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  Killzone 2 Sells 1 Million Worldwide

  In anticipation of the NPD Group’s monthly sales estimates, Sony has announced that PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter Killzone 2 has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide. An official statement from the company gloats that “the hit game has garnered the biggest initial success at retail of any first-party PS3 title to date, and will…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2009
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  PlayStation Store Update: Chinese Encore

  Last week’s North American PlayStation Store update was noticeably lacking in new expansions, map packs, and other post-release add-ons. That’s certainly been remedied this week, with a mountain of microtransaction-worthy digital doo-dads. The most of important of those expansions is the new PixelJunk Eden Encore add-on. On the free side, the more appealing downloadables include…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2009
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  No One Can Stop The PSP Hack & Slash Obsession In Japan

  PSP software continues to rein supreme in Japan, as Capcom’s Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes becomes the country’s bestselling game. It unseats Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable, beating out a surprisingly strong Wii contender. Settling for second place is Oboro Muramasa, the Wii game from Vanillaware that will come to these shores as Muramasa:…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2009
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  Infernal Makes Hellish Trip To The 360

  Playlogic’s 2007 PC shooter Infernal is getting an Xbox 360 makeover in the newly announced Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance. The original Infernal, released as a PC title in 2007, told the story of fallen angel Ryan Lennox, recruited by Hell to take on the forces of Heaven’s secret service, Etherlight. Etherlight has taken out most of…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 16, 2009
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  Star Trek Boldly Goes To PlayStation Home

  Red shirts and spacey mini-skirts are coming to PlayStation Home, as the upcoming Star Trek, helmed by J.J. Abrams, sets a course for the PlayStation 3 virtual hang out zone. Paramount Pictures and Sony Computer Entertainment announced today that a series of Star Trek movie promotions would be beaming to Home users starting tomorrow. That…

  By Michael McWhertor Published April 16, 2009
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  The Cop Cars of Burnout Paradise

  Criterion Games released this video showing 15 of the 33 new cop cars coming with their downloadable Cops and Robber content. Too bad none of the cop cars seem to be real ones. Though, they’re still pretty cool looking.

  By Brian Crecente Published April 16, 2009
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  Luna Online wants to help find you that gamer girl!

  Everyone wants one, but Luna Online’s Closed Beta test promises really ridiculous amounts of IRL girls Tomorrow April 17th. Well, it does have the art style to attract that anime-obsessed grrl. The trick is getting them to talk to you for more than LFP. With a dating system built right into this next generation MMO,…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published April 16, 2009