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by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jul 22, 2011 7:00PM PDT

Microsoft released a new video walkthrough of the E3 demo for Comic Con attendees. Thankfully, you won't have to trek to San Diego. You can watch it right here, from the comfort of your home. Read more

Xbox Live Arcade portfolio director Chris Charla has acknowledged that the average price of XBLA games is rising, but says the quality (judged by average Metacritic score) is rising too. Read more

by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jul 22, 2011 5:15PM PDT

Irem, publisher of the R-Type games, is mysteriously removing games from the PlayStation Store. On August 11th, a number of games, including R-Type Command for PSP and the PSone classic R-Types, will be removed from PSN. Read more

by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, Jul 22, 2011 4:30PM PDT

A Google+ help page shows a reference to a "Games stream," the latest in a long line of hints that the company is planning to step foot into the social gaming market. Read more

Playbrain has released the first trailer of its puzzle-platformer Sideway: New York, and announced that the game is playable this year at Comic Con.. Read more

by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jul 22, 2011 3:00PM PDT

Gears of War 2 was "bigger, better, and more badass." But what is Gears of War 3? "With Gears of War 3, we wanted to take the scale of the story down, make it personal," executive producer Rod Fergusson explains in a new "behind the scenes" video for the Read more

Ohio-based Impulse Technology Ltd. has sued Microsoft, and a number of third party publishers, for alleged patent infringement. According to the court filing, Impulse holds a number of patents that cover a "wide variety of games where the movement of a pl Read more

by Steve Watts, shacknews.com, Jul 22, 2011 1:30PM PDT

Capcom and Sanrio announced a new line of merchandise that will hit stores in 2012, showing Hello Kitty sporting Street Fighter duds. For some reason. Read more

Capcom's cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3 was bound to cue some complaints from the fan base, but a mixed PR response has left some fans angry and the future of the character in doubt. Read more

Back in March, Sony asked gamers to contribute some money from their PlayStation Network wallets to help the ongoing relief efforts in Japan. Today, Sony has revealed that gamers have contributed more than 129.7 million yen to relief efforts--about $1.6 m Read more

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