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Even though the new-and-improved Xbox 360 wireless N adapter is supposedlygoing to cost $99.99whenever it inevitably gets released, the standard 802.11b model available today hasn’t budged in price. Well, at least not officially. Microsoft may still be charging a premium fee for the device, but a few online retailers seem to have given it a price drop. As stumbled upon by my co-worker Ben, the adapterscan be foundfor nearly $75 (closer to $80 when shipping is included)....

DJ Qbert is relevant to gamers for a number of reasons, the first and foremost being his name. The second, thanks to Activision, is that he’ll be appearing as a character inDJ Hero 2. Qbert will be creating two exclusive mixes for the title, which will appear among the game’s 80 tracks. “It’s been a dream of mine to battle myself on the turntables and now millions of fans around the world and their friends will get their chance to also,” he says....

According to a recent report byReuters, shortages of both the Wii and PlayStation 3 will continue well into 2007. It’s a little of what I like to call: O Rly? Our favorite people in the world, an analyst, has stated the obvious for the news organization: American Technology Research analyst Paul-Jon McNealy said that since Sony shipment numbers include units in transit or in warehouses, the company’s target of 1 million could translate to 600,000 to 800,000 units at retail by year end....

Plans are in the works to launch the first bit ofOperation Flashpoint: Dragon RisingDLC with an accompanying digital band-aid, created to smooth network issues. In a recent conversation withEurogamer, Codemasters executive producer Sion Lenton said a patch would hit with the initial DLC for the game. Sion didn’t talk significant DLC details, but he did say the patch would make things “flow a bit better,” and gave a rough timeframe for the release....

Hey Dtoiders! The expansion pack was just released, so tonight I will be attempting to achieve the Level 85 Realm First Feat of Strength inWorld of Warcraft: Cataclysmon Zangarmarsh (US) Horde. I will be playing my Frost Death Knight, Azereki, and will be broadcasting the entire process live. you may expect to hear me talk about random nonsense into the wee hours of the night as I become more and more delirious from the leveling process....

First Access Club members as of today are getting another treat: the firstDuke Nukem Forevermultiplayer downloadable content, free of charge, thanks to Gearbox Software. We don’t know when the add-on will be released, or what, exactly, it’s going to contain, but hot diggity — free stuff! Even if it is free stuff forDuke Nukemmultiplayer, we’ll take it. [Thanks, ChillyBilly]

You know what we haven’t had enough of?Dynasty Warriors 7screens! There’s always room for more content when it comes to the biggest cultural event sinceCritters 3! The latest shots show off some of the weapons and items that will appear in Omega Force’s upcoming hack n’ slash sequel. I’m still worried about the shared weapon system eliminating the uniqueness of the characters, but I’m crossing my fingers this this’ll still be an awesome title....

Thanks so much for releasing everything during Nintendo’s press conference, Sega, it’s awfully hard to pay attention toCarrot TopShaun White pimping his new snowboarding game while going through all these new assets. Still, they’re pretty awesome assets, and I really don’t care much about that snowboarding game anyway, so let’s get started with the newSamba de Amigoinfo. As I said, Sega released a lot of assets (all viewable in the gallery) and while all ofSamba de Amigo’s environments are still looking blindingly colorful, I couldn’t help but notice a certain hedgehog showing up in some of them....

There. You can see it above. Reportedly this ad for an upcoming black Xbox 360 “Slim” (doesn’t look that slim) popped up on Italian gaming websiteConsole Tribe. It has since been taken down, but the internet is faster than that and grabbed a shot of it. The ad said the new 360 would have a 250GB HDD, built-in WiFi (it’s a miracle!), and compatibility with “Kinect.” The general assumption, which could be 100 percent wrong, is that Kinect is the actual name of Project Natal....

Another E3 hour, another CG trailer for an upcoming game.Hitman Absolution‘s E3 trailer might be CG, but it does drop some hints at possible themes and gameplay elements. Agent 47 is doing close combat melee like he did in the movie, drowns a hired gun, and cuts a hole in a glass door to gain entry. He seems to be on a mission to take care of a showering lady, but is he there to kill or protect her?...

While gettingGame of the Yearawards fromWeb sitesand other gaming publications is all well and good, getting recognition from your peers holds even more weight. At the 10th Annual Interactive Entertainment Awards, Epic walked away with eight nods of acceptance forGears of War. And of course, Epic being Epic, they were realhumble about it: “This is incredible,” said Epic’s CEO Michael Capps at the 10th Annual Interactive Entertainment Awards, held at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas....

Gears of War 3has received an official USK 18 rating in Germany, meaning Germans won’t have to go across the border and import a copy ofZahnräder des Krieges 3this time around. Epic Games president Mike Capps told Joystiq he was pleasantly surprised with the move by the ratings board, especially since he didn’t think the final chapter in the Marcus Fenix trilogy would be easier to pass. “To me,Gears 3is not just more ofGears 2, but tons more....

Similar to how every year since the PlayStation Portable’s inception has been proclaimed as the “year of the PSP,” it’s looking as if the popular phrase is going to continue going strong in 2009.Soulcalibur: Broken Destinyis the latest in the line of games aimed at renewing interest in the system, so now is probably as good of time as any to tell you about the recently-revealed game. Namco gave GameSpotthe opportunity to play the PSP-exclusive recently, and they summed the experience up as a game “made specifically” for the system “with many ofSoulcalibur IV‘s features, plus enhancements and new characters....