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Valve: British People Are Quiet
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | British people, speak up! According to Valve’s Chet Faliszek, those gamers in the U.K. are quiet. More »
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Katamari Creator’s Playground Moving Forward
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Several years back, Keita Takahashi, the game designer behind Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy, mentioned he wanted to design playgrounds. He’s been commissioned to do so, and the ball is now starting to get rolling, so to speak. More »
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Sky Launches On Xbox 360
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | It’s official. In the UK, Sky has launched on Xbox LIVE and Gold members with at least 2MB broadband, and either a Sky TV or Sky Player can watch Sky One, MTV and Sky Arts, reports CVG. More »
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Facebook, Twitter Launch Nov. 17 On UK Xbox Live
9:30AM Owen Good | This splash page on Xbox Live’s U.K. portal says its Twitter and Facebook service will launch on Nov. 17. We assume that includes the Last.FM update as well. More »
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EA FLIPS Make Reading Somewhat Fun
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Reading is pretty awesome kids, but what about those stodgy old books, with their paper and the turning? Forget those. EA makes reading fun by putting books on your DS with FLIPS. More »
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Bookie Lists Modern Warfare 2 As Favourite To Sell Most
3:30PM Owen Good | Irish bookmaker Paddy Power is offering a proposition bet on what will be the United Kingdom’s top-selling game, giving Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 most-favoured billing at 11/8 odds. More »
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UK Retailers Discounting The PSPgo
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Sony’s digital download-only PSPgo is, at its launch price, a hard sell for some portable gamers spoiled by the less expensive, UMD-playing PSP-3000. Some UK retailers are doing something about it, discounting the portable in its first week on sale. More »
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Japanese Internet Reacts To BBC’s Dying Nation Claims
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The Japanese population is shrinking. That doesn’t have much to do with video games, now does it? Or does it? More »
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Welcome To Aion Server Queues, Europe!
12:40AM Mike Fahey | If you thought we had it bad, many European Aion players weren’t even able to get into a queue during peak hours during the game’s launch weekend. Consider yourselves lucky! More »
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