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Metal Gear Solid Sneaks onto Mobile

Solid Snake is infiltrating Verizon Wireless mobile phones across the country. His adventure this time takes place right after when Revolver Ocelot leaked Metal Gear REX plans across the world.

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Guitar Hero Goes On DS Tour

For the first time ever, Guitar Hero is coming to a portable system. Guitar Hero: On Tour will use the DS' touch screen so that players can "strum" out notes to bands like Nirvana, OK Go and No Doubt.

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Rock Band Hits 6 Million Downloads; New Music Store Accessible in Main Menu

The folks at Harmonix keep on rockin' and now they're giving gamers faster access to new tracks, new sorting options, and easy players can find more ways to gain fans.

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Rock Band Patch Released, Music Store Now Accessible in Main Menu

Faster access to new tracks, new sorting options and easy players find more ways to gain fans.

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Spectrobes Goes Beyond the Portals

Spectrobes sold over 1 million units worldwide for Disney and they're looking to capitalize on that success with a sequel. Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals will have brand new options, including Wi-Fi play.

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The Sims 3 Coming to Your Neighborhood in 2009

The Sims 3 will have a world bigger than any other Sims title, with more detailed Sims personalities than ever and highly customizable items for Sims to use in their home.

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Halo 3 Gains Three New Maps in April

Multiplayer Halo 3 fans to gain new Ghost Town, Avalanche and one secret map next month.

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Main Cast for Street Fighter Movie Announced

Kristen Kreuk of Smallville fame will be taking the title role of Chun-Li. Also on board are Michael Clark Duncan and Neal McDonough. Let's hope this game-to-movie transition works out for the better.

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Report: Sierra Titles Facing Scrutiny From Activision

While the merger that will lead to Activision Blizzard will be good for Activision and Blizzard, what about the rest of Vivendi's properties? Reports suggest they may face termination from their new Activision bosses.

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Analyst: EA's Riccitiello 'Disrespectful' Towards Rockstar, Take-Two

Any talk of Electronic Arts being a "white knight" for Rockstar Games is "total bullsh*t," one analyst told GameDaily BIZ. Could Rockstar go independent?

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Radar Group Officially Unveiled, Prey 2 Confirmed

Scott Miller and Jim Perkins want to see some "Original Thinking," which is why they formed Radar Group. Prey 2 (and Human Head's involvement) has also been confirmed.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl is Fastest Selling Game in Nintendo of America History

Nintendo's popular fighting game featuring dozens of classic characters has set a new record for the company, selling a whopping 1.4 million copies in the U.S. in one week.

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Majesco Cooks Up $2.7 Million in Q1 Profit

The casual approach is working wonders for Majesco. Games like Cooking Mama have increased sales nearly 30% and the publisher posted a nice profit too.

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Epic Games Now on Steam

Two of the best PC developers in the world are teaming up. Valve has partnered with Epic Games to bring a whole host of Epic's titles to the Steam digital delivery platform.

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3D Realms' Scott Miller Founds 'Original IP Incubator'

3D Realms' Scott Miller (left) and industry vet Jim Perkins are collaborating on a new venture called Radar Group, which looks to expand video game IP into other media, such as films and TV.

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Famitsu: Xbox 360 Games Rule Japan

Japan's Famitsu magazine has released its top 25 games for all of 2007 and you'd be surprised at just how many were for Microsoft's struggling console across the Pacific.

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Second Life Founder Rosedale to Step Down

Ah, as is so common at start-ups, eventually the pioneering founders move on to start new ventures. It is unknown when Rosedale will be leaving, however, since a successor must be appointed first.

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Eidos Creating Two Warner Bros. Cartoon Titles

Wacky Races sounds like the sort of title you would expect, with an odd collection of cartoons racing, but Cartoon Conductor is very original, allowing you to conduct the music to classic Looney Tunes cartoons.

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Riccitiello: We Want Take-Two for Rockstar; Sports is Just 'Secondary'

EA's CEO says he isn't looking to buy Take-Two to eliminate a sports competitor; rather, Rockstar Games and the lucrative GTA are the central pieces of the deal.

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Cyberathlete Professional League Shuts Down

One of the older competitive gaming leagues is finally giving up the ghost, citing reasons such as "fragmentation of the sport, a crowded field of competing leagues, and the current economic climate."

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