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PS3 Gamestop New Releases

PS3 Gamestop Coming Soon

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Zone of the Enders HD Collection Gameplay

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WWE 13 PS3 Gameplay Livestream

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NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED Limited Edition Unboxing

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Need for Speed: Most Wanted - PS3 Gameplay

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Toy Story Mania! Gameplay (HD)

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Ben 10 Galactic Racing Gameplay

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Tekken 6 and SoulCalibur 4 Bundle (29.99 @ Gamestop)

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God of War Saga Unboxing

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Rumor: GTA V First in-Game Screen & Pre-Order Details Leaked
source:dailygamedeal.com

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According to a user from Statigram, he claimed to be the first person to pre-order the Grand Theft Auto V game.

“I was the first person to pre-order grand theft auto v. So i got this poster and little image projector thing with a sneak peak photo in it #lucky #gtaV”

In the meantime, he posted the first in-game screen plus some pre-order bonuses. Check out below:

http://dailygamedeal...details-leaked/

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Amazon Opens Countdown to Black Friday 2012 Video Game Deals Page
source:playstationlifestyle.net

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Okay… it’s definitely a little too early for Black Friday deals already, right? Amazon.com doesn’t think so, and has already opened up their countdown to Black Friday deals page for video games.

At the moment, it’s slim-pickings on the deals page, with the best-selling deal being a Dualshock 3 controller for $39 or the Official PS3 Bluetooth Headset for only $23. However, if Amazon’s Black Friday deals are anything like last year’s you’re going to want to bookmark this page and keep checking back again and again because the savings are going to be big.

Still, it’s good to see that the world’s largest online retailer is already planning for Black Friday. You should be too. Look out for more Black Friday deals leading up to the big day, here on PSLS.

http://www.playstati...ame-deals-page/

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Toys “R” Us deals: Final Fantasy XIII-2 for $8, Arkham City – $12, Lollipop Chainsaw – $16, more
source:gamingeverything.com

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Toys “R” Us is currently running a sale for a number of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 titles.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is available for $8 online. Batman: Arkham City is available for $12. And Lollipop Chainsaw, a fairly recently release, can be purchased for $16.

Links to all of the notable game sales are below. If you make a purchase of $49 or more, shipping is free.

PlayStation 3

Final Fantasy XIII-2 – $8
Need for Speed: The Run – $8
Batman: Arkham City – $12
Lollipop Chainsaw – $16
Battlefield 3 – $16

http://gamingeveryth...ainsaw-16-more/

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Gran Turismo 5 sells 9 million units
source:gamingvogue.com

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Polyphony digital has just updated its numbers for the Gran Turismo franchise and the results are quite good.


Earlier the sales were are 7.3 million units and it looks like the game has sold 1.5 million more approximately, to hit 9 million units. It is still lower than the PS2 versions, mind.

Gran Turismo 3 remains the highest selling game, followed by Gran Turismo 4. The series’ influence in the United States has declined a lot and majority of sales have been from Europe, but still considering the PS3 install base, this is a massive achievement.

The game is the lowest scoring GT game too, averaging at 84 on Metacritic. Polyphony has hinted about Gran Turismo 6 previously and we are not sure whether it will be released for the PS3.

It sold 2 million in the US and 5.5 million in the EU. That’s quite a difference compared to Gran Turismo 3.

Here are the complete series stats:

http://www.gamingvog...-million-units/

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These Old Folks’ Reactions to Black Ops II Are Adorable
source:kotaku.com

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Gather a bunch of 50- and 60-year-olds in a focus group, show them Black Ops II’s violent, self-regarding trailer, and ask them what they think. Recipe for incomprehending outrage and comedy gold, akin to the infamous “Your Mom Hates Dead Space 2,” stunt EA pulled, right?.


Not really. Asked why the game is so popular with these dern whippersnappers, one guy pipes right up with a smile. “You probably have the most opportunity to kill and [censored] up the most things,” he says.

“Years ago, we had a game called Battleship,” another gentleman says—very earnestly—right after that. “And it was very competitive. And we had five or six guys participate. What’s changed?” You know, he has a point. We’d get into fights and call each other all kinds of nasty words over Battleship all the time.

Three of them say they’d be willing to try it. All of them say they’d be killed instantaneously upon joining a multiplayer session (the most optimistic guess was “20 seconds,” from one of the women.”

Why not? “Looks like fun,” says one old timer. “Not for me,” says another woman, but she’s smiling as she says it. “I don’t understand the violence, I don’t get it,” says another woman, but again, her tone doesn’t suggest that someone else is wrong for getting it.

Finally, “Whee!” says the Battleship aficionado. That might be the best reaction of all of them.

http://updates.kotak...ii-are-adorable

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Black Ops II shatters entertainment records – launches to over 500 million in sales
source:darkzero.co.uk

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Once again, it looks like Call of Duty has turned the gaming industry upside down with absurd sales numbers. For the fourth year in a row, nothing comes close to these numbers.

From the press release -


Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), today announced that for the fourth consecutive year, the Call of Duty® franchise has delivered the biggest entertainment launch of the year. The highly-anticipated Call of Duty®: Black Ops II has achieved an estimated sell-through of more than $500 million worldwide in the first 24 hours of its release, according to Chart-Track, retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates.


“With first day sales of over half a billion dollars worldwide, we believe Call of Duty is the biggest entertainment launch of the year for the fourth year in a row,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. “Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for “Harry Potter” and “Star Wars,” the two most successful movie franchises of all time. Given the challenged macro-economic environment, we remain cautious about the balance of 2012 and 2013.”
On November 13, 2012, millions of fans attended more than 16,000 midnight openings at retail stores worldwide. Reflecting the wave of excitement that swept the globe, Call of Duty: Black Ops II drove social conversation in its first 24 hours as it was a top trending topic globally on Twitter in 23 cities worldwide. Additionally, there have been more than 30 million YouTube video views of the game’s live-action ‘Surprise’ launch trailer since its release on October 29, 2012.

“Call of Duty has become more than a product people buy, it’s become a brand people buy into. And every November we do more than just launch a game, we kick off an annual, unofficial but worldwide phenomenon called Call of Duty season,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. ”I want to thank our incredible team at Treyarch for making an amazing game, everyone at Activision for making this brand a force of nature and our retail partners for their unprecedented support of this franchise. But most importantly I want to thank our millions of fans for their continued support and loyalty and for making us better every day.”

http://darkzero.co.u...llion-in-sales/

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Glitch is a web-series dedicated to video-gamers; ever wished your life to be like a video-game?
source:dsogaming.com

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The Burger Orchard (Glitch) team has just informed us about the Glitch, a web-series that is dedicated to video-gamers. As its description reads, Glitch is a comedy webseries by geeks, for geeks, a love-letter to nerd and geek culture, and there are references to Star Wars, Final Fantasy VII, Star Trek and other games.
Glitch is a twenty-something game tester who is going through the usual quarterlife crisis when he makes a wish that his life was more like a video game.
According to the team, the first season of Glitch consists of six full-length episodes, plus more than 20 “bonus life” mini-sodes, conversational comedic riffs on everything from violence in games to ironic convention goers. The episodes were filmed earlier this year and the season finale will be released this Monday, November 19th.
Enjoy!

http://www.dsogaming...e-a-video-game/

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Halo 4, Assasin's Creed 3: Liberation & Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 for $39.99 AR Shipped @ TigerDirect.com - Starting 11/23/12

1) Buy Black Ops 2, Assassin's Creed 3, or Halo 4 Online at TigerDirect.com (starting 11-23-12)

2) Fill out Rebate Form (Black Ops 2 rebate form not posted yet).

Check the link for more info... http://slickdeals.ne...arting-11-23-12

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6 Reasons Why Xbox Live is Failing 10 Years Later
source:psuni.com

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This past week was the celebration for Xbox Live’s 10 year anniversary. While this is the PlayStation University, congratulations are in store for the service that brought online gaming to the forefront of the console experience first off. Before Xbox Live’s inception on the original Xbox, online interactions were mostly limited to the PC community. PlayStation Network is still much younger than its Microsoft counterpart, but Xbox Live could learn a thing or two from how Sony has been running its online portal. Below are my 10 reasons that Xbox Live is failing 10 years down the road. Note: Unless otherwise stated, my points will be discussing Xbox Live Gold vs. PlayStation Plus.

6) People Don’t Care About the Free Stuff that You Actually Do Give Away

If you’re unclear on what I’m referring to, some education is in store. In a way of celebrating 10 years of Xbox Live, Microsoft decided to manufacture some extremely limited edition consoles to ship out to its most dedicated fans that have been there from the very beginning. Explain to me how this makes sense. If they have been fans since the beginning and are still members, why are you sending them a console they already own? I’m sure those gamers would have been much happier with something like a lifetime Gold membership, or at least a few free years…but that would be more lost money for Micro$oft so we can’t have that!

5) Lack of Automated Updates

In a way to combat the connection inefficiencies, Sony offers automatic game update downloads and patching for your installed software. This is a great feature that cuts down on time spent not playing games. Basically, you set up a time for your PS3 to kick on and check for updates. This isn’t a major plus or minus on either side, but it is a sign of where M$ priorities lie in the issue of making wallets happy vs. making customers happy.

4) Demos vs. Game Trials

You might ask yourself “How are game trials better and/or different than a game demo?” Well class, thanks for asking, there are a few reasons! First, it is the final game itself, not a demo build of the game that is likely unfinished. Second, it lets you see how the game actually starts and whether or not you would enjoy the core game itself. Finally, a demo is a pre-constructed preview of the game that often is too short, and is even more often, not representative of the final product. 1-hour game trials let you play the actual game and see if you like it…for free. Xbox Live only has demos, PS Plus has both.

Keep reading for three more reasons why Xbox Live is failing…

http://www.psuni.com...-later-15840/2/

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Comprehensive Black Friday Video Game Deals List 2012

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Best Buy unadvertised Black Friday deals include ‘Dishonored,’ ‘Skyrim’ and more
source:examiner.com

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A list of unadvertised Black Friday deals have been revealed today for Best Buy. The retailer will have several more video game accessories and software on sale later this week. Some notable deals include the PlayStation 3D Display Monitor for just $99.99 in addition to “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” “Dishonored,” “LittleBigPlanet Karting,” “Saint's Row: The Third,” “Sleeping Dogs” and “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” for $24.99 each. You can check out some screens from “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” in the slideshow at the top of this article and the list of unadvertised Black Friday deals for accessories and software from Best Buy below (via the Cheap Ass Gamer forums):


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Accessories:
PlayStation 3D Display - $99.99
PlayStation Move w/LittleBigPlanet 2 - $39.99
PlayStation Move Controller - $29.99
PlayStation Move Navigation Controller - $14.99
PlayStation Move Sharpshooter & Charge Station - $9.99 each
PlayStation Move Shooting Grip - $4.99
Kinect Sensor w/Fable the Journey Download Token - $99.99
3 Month Xbox LIVE Gold Membership - $10.99

Software - $24.99 each
LittleBigPlanet Karting
Saint's Row: The Third
007 Legends
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Dishonored
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Fable: The Journey
Sleeping Dogs

http://www.examiner....skyrim-and-more