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Further cementing the PSPgo’s status as a hideous and terrible mistake, the latest Japanese sales data has revealed that while the PSP-3000 and its cousins have topped the charts, the all-digital variant is slumming it at the bottom. Sony’s latest, greatest handheld is outclassed and outsold by its own family. The PSP shifted 71,000 units this week. An impressive number, made all the more grand when compared to the pitiful 2,000 units sold by the PSPgo....

“I love these things, but I also know that there’s something weird, and kind of bizarre, and strange about them — like, there’s something really dumb about them. […] We love them, and, kind of, hate them at the same time.” That was the way that Frank Lantz, Interim Director of the Game Center at New York University, characterized the attitude toward videogames displayed onOld Man Murray, the videogame criticism website that Valve Software writers Erik Wolpaw and Chet Faliszek once ran....

According to the officialGuitar Hero IIforums, Red Octane, tired ofpeopleweeping, and wringing their hands with grief over the spotty performance of their shiny, new whammy bars,has released a patch forGuitar Hero IIvia Xbox LIVE that should alleviate the issue. The humor only begins there, though, as reading the thread where they announced the patch reveals that 90% of all replies were from people who installed the patch and subsequently had their 360s (metaphorically) catch fire, run around the room screaming, and collapse in utter agony....

Alan Wakedoesn’t have an ending yet. In fact, Remedy doesn’t even knowhowthe game will end. Apparently, this is still to be decided, and the developer expects the story to change between now and May. “We really feel there needs to be a satisfying conclusion,” says writer Sam Lake. “But at the same time, it needs to end in kind of a cliffhanger and we need to open doors for a larger story beyond this one....

Well, this came out of nowhere. It seems that Capcom Japan has come out withResident Evil 4for the iPhone. The game was released on the App store but was quickly pulled off for whatever reason. Someone jumped the gun too soon?AppBank managed tosnag the game before it was taken off and took some video of it in action, which you can check out after the jump. Well, it doesn’t look all that bad....

Serious Sam 3: BFEHelpline operator Rich Knuckles is back in a new trailer, this time detailing co-op. He’s revealed that split-screen will be a feature, allowing up to four players to shoot stuff on the same machine. Given how tough these games usually are, that’s good news. Inothernews, I think I’ve fallen deeply in love with Rich Knuckles and would like to tenderly run my fingers through his hair while we talk of love and the world that we’re leaving behind for our children....

Capcom-Unity member Keonmay have just outed everyone’s favoritepregnant Street Fighter. He (or she) noticed an image on theMarvel Vs. Capcom 3website. This image features a silhouette of C. Viper’s signature pompadour. Most of the other silhouettes appear to be from previously revealed characters, but there might be a few new shapes in there for your noticing pleasure. Please take a look in the gallery and tell us what you find. You may be the next to have your name up in lights in am amazing, life affirming post such as this one....

Sort of a “no duh” rumor here, butEurogamer is reportingthat sources are indicate a newTomb Raiderretail game will hit shelves during holiday 2011. The source indicates that Crystal Dynamics is working exclusive on theTomb Raiderfranchise, with the next game set to hit PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Rumors of a new Tomb Raider game have been swirling for awhile, with aleaked documentproviding details (and images) of a potential series “reboot....

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2,sequel to one of the most tense and hardcore shooters on PC, will be adopting the controversial “always-on” DRM scheme. Following in Ubisoft’s tracks, GSC Game World will demand a constant online connection to verify copies of the game aren’t stolen. “Protection from piracy? Part of the content will be located on the server and downloaded as the game progresses. Permanent internet access is required,” revealed studio head Sergey Grigorovich inan interview....

Remember that video Anthony Burch madea while back? Sure you do. And if not, go watch it now as a frame of reference. Game Informerhas the exclusive, non-embeddable debut trailer forSaints Row: The Thirdup on theirwebsite, containing new in-game footage. It’s a pretty great cinematic approach to the videogame trailer format which you’d be sorry to miss out on, so you should check it out and share your thoughts here!...

Hironobu Sakaguchi is heading up Mistwalker now, but he’s more famous for his time at Squaresoft, where he headed up just about everything that has theFinal Fantasyname on it up until his move. One of the last (and biggest) projects he headed up was Final Fantasy IX. On the Mistwalker webpage, Sakaguchi has posted some of the old developer memos for that game that he dug up. These memos focus on the opening sequence ofFF9— remember how great that was?...

In a press release today, Ubisoft has announced a series of short films based onAssassin’s Creed II. The short films, entitledAssassin’s Creed II: Lineage, will be teased during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con, called “Assassin’s Creed II: Video Games and Hollywood Converge.” According to a report in theLA Times,Assassin’s Creed II: Lineagewill span three live-action films, between 10 to 15 minutse in length. The shorts — which will be released in November — will serve as an epilogue for the upcoming sequel, with of the actors cast also providing voice-work and motion-capture for the game....

Sonic Adventureis on Xbox Live Arcade right now, and is hitting the PlayStation Network later this month. Don’t believe me? Watch the video above. It proves it, for GOD’s sake! I must confess that I just don’t get what it is about this game that makes it any different from the more recent 3D Sonic games, in that it still seems to be all about cheap pitfall deaths, useless hub worlds, and a focus on speed over gameplay....