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Okay, that’s it! We’re done. Five readers found boxes, took pics and shot off emails fast. Here are five lighting quick readers. In boxes.
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Activision boss Bobby Kotick reckons that general rises in the cost of living in the US may force console manufacturers to bring down prices.
“With the rising costs of fuel and food and housing, it is more difficult to go out and buy a $399 console, and I think it’s going to put pressure on the […]

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As expected, Infogrames has bought Atari in a transaction costing $11 million.
Atari is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infogrames. The deal is expected to close out in the third quarter.
“Bringing Atari US and Infogrames businesses together will enable us to create a simplified global structure for our business as we seek to re-build a […]

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In this in-depth Gamasutra analysis, casual game veteran Gril looks at the state and evolution of independent gaming, from PC to console, from Desktop Tower Defense to fl0w and beyond.

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Well, there you are. The Diablo3.com announcement was that Blizzard has bought the domain for an undisclosed sum, and the fansite camped out there has now moved to Diablofans.com.
We hope you got a lot of money, Diablofans people. From the site:
Well, there’s no point in beating around the bush any longer, so let’s get right […]

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VGChartz estimates that the European / Others hardware and software charts for week ending April 26th, 2008 was as follows:

Hardware totals in Europe: [Last Week #]

Wii: 201,474 (+17%) [171,828]

DSL: 182,823 (-4%) [189,818]

PS3: 105,189 (+18%) [89,342]

360: 87,716 (+22%) [71,900]

PSP: 61,280 (+3%) [59,274]

PS2: 46,318 (-9%) [50,877]

Top 10 Software:

1 Wii Fit (Wii) 657,880 657,880 [NEW]

2 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 236,028 1,238,092

3 Wii Sports (Wii) 201,474 8,138,943

4 Wii Play (Wii) 91,456 3,676,985

5 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3) 63,479 933,214

6 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) 57,618 895,490

7 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) 57,585 2,078,979

8 Brain Training (DS) 56,135 6,065,553

9 Mario Kart DS (DS) 54,083 3,641,071

10 New Super Mario Bros (DS) 49,958 4,471,491

Software Totals: (Last Week #)

Wii: 1,667,040 (1,202,923)

DSL: 643,197 (629,715)

PS3: 349,646 (409,494)

360: 211,210 (248,273)

PS2: 89,643 (96,394)

PSP: 77,070 (87,618)

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From gonintendo.com…….

Reader Dakota was partially inspired by the realistic Boswer that we shared with you guys. That Bowser interpretation lead to the Goomba….

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From destructoid.com…

So you’ve seen the realistic take on Super Mario and the realistic take on Bowser. Sure, both of those were creepy, but I think I’ve found something that tops both of those.

This realistic Pikachu was made by Dogsfather and would have been perfect for an Art Attack Friday. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have much game related stuff. In fact, half of his game related stuff I wouldn’t be able post since it consists of Samus Aran being naked.

This take makes perfect sense as Pikachu is a mammal after all. This is how Pokemon like this should be giving birth, not with an egg. Of course, if we look at it all realistically, I have to wonder what an Onyx birth would be like.

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According to this Times interview with Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies, GTA IV may be the most expensive game production of all time.

“It’s like making a theatre production, a few movies and an album all to fit into one package,” he says. He hasn’t a clue how much GTA IV has cost to make but […]

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We’ve got five, count ‘em FIVE, Metal Gear Online Beta keys we’re itching to give away. But, we don’t want to give them away, we want you to work for them. Quick! Contest time!! The first five people who snap a picture of themselves in a box Metal Gear style and send it our way will get one of these keys, no voting, no nothing. Remember, the Beta runs until May 11th, so time is of the essence. The sooner you hide in a box, the sooner you could be Manapulting. (Online and outside of said box, hopefully.)

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