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It’s here. The piece is Eric Lempel, Sony’s PSN boss, answering questions on tomorrow’s Firmware 2.40 launch, including topics on voice chat, web browsing, Trophies and a heap of stuff on in-game XMB. Must-read.

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Moving quickly to scotch talk of downloadable PS2 titles on PSN, Sony’s issued a statement saying it has no plans to do anything of the sort.
“I’m not sure where the image came from,” said Sony’s Patrick Seybold, when asked by GamePro about this screen of what very much looks like PS2 games on PSN.
“At this […]

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In an interview with OXM UK, voice actor Carlos Ferro, the growl behond Dominic Santiago, has said the story of Gears of War 2 will be is going to top 2K’s Bioshock for emotional impact.
“Beyond it,” Ferro said. “I said it. It’s going to be more emotionally effecting than Bioshock. A lot happens.”
Fighting talk. Thanks, […]

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According to this Big Download report, EA has now been confirmed as an E For All attendee by the event’s website.
The expo, which will be held on October 3-5 at the LA Convention Center, has also apparently launched the registration for the event.
Microsoft was confirmed at attending the show last month.

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Oh dear. In an interview with Eurogamer TV, Activision senior producer Noah Heller - currently working on Call of Duty: World at War with Treyarch - has found time to call Gearbox’s Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway a “crappy war game”.
“I watched the trailer and I’m was like ‘These guys aren’t even in the same […]

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Sega Nerds writes: "After developing the stellar Outrun 2, AM2 now tries to create a new racing IP, called R-Tuned: Ultimate Street Racing. That sure is a mouthful, maybe Japanese people like long names or a mouthful.

Before a start of a race you will be able to choose your neon lights and car of choice. Every street racer knows that neon lights are the most important thing about street racing. The demo version of the game had real time locations, these include the streets of Shinjuku, Shibuya, Hong-Kong, and New York."

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Nintendo’s launched a Feel Great Britain website and a tour of the UK to promote Wii Fit.
“We’re on a mission to get Britain in shape and feeling great,” said Nintendo. “During the Feel Great Britain Tour, everyone will have a chance to experience the benefits of an active lifestyle. Pop in, try out Wii Fit, […]

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According to this ThreeSpeech preview of Siren: Blood Curse, the episodic horror will cost you 600Mb of hard drive per chunk. The game’s being split into 12 episodes.
Before you start squealing, though, you’re able to delete any episode and re-download it whenever you like. Alternatively you could just buy the English language version on Blu-ray […]

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WOWInsider’s posted up some impressions of World of Warcraft’s upcoming new class, the Death Knight.
Mr Knight will be included in the Wrath of the Lich King add-on later this year. Sounds chunky. Have a read.

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According to this WOWInsider report, the Blizzard game “Hydra” isn’t a separate game at all: it’s Diablo III.
Artist Peter Lee added a Hydra section to his website before the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational this weekend, prompting speculation of a new game.
Apparently, though, the word “Hydra” relates to one of the Diablo III screenshots. And that’s the […]

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