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Best Buy Takes PS3 Game Pre-orders; Resident Evil 5 and Final Fantasy VII Listed [PS3] BestBuy.com is now accepting preorders for nine PlayStation 3 launch titles. Prices are listed at $59.99, and the game release dates are all set for December 1st, 2006.

User Complain About Dead Pixels in Nintendo DS Lite [DS] Users are reporting that so-called "dead pixel" or "stuck pixels" are appearing on the screens of their newly purchased DS Lites, just days after the launch of the handheld system.

Blizzard Responds to Rumors, Claims No More MMOs in the Works [PC] Recent rumors that MMO juggernaut Blizzard Entertainment will switch to an all-MMO game development model are "not true," the company revealed today. In the statement, Blizzard announced that it currently has no plans to develop any MMO games beyond the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion The Burning Crusade.

New "Shredder" Guitar Hero Controller Gets Mixed Reviews [PS2] Gaming controller manufacturer Guitar Mania has released the first third-party controller for hit party game Guitar Hero. Though the "Shredder" boasts a hot new look, fans have given it mixed scores. It retails on import site Lik-San for $49.

Tuesday 06/13/06

28 Games Added to Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility List [Xbox 360] Microsoft today added new Xbox 360 support for 28 original Xbox games, several of which are Japanese-only releases. US standouts include Doom 3, Lego Star Wars, Spider-Man, and Silent Hill 4: The Room. You'll need an Xbox Live account to download the updates.

NPD May Sales Charts: Mario, Kingdom Hearts II, Brain Age Dominate The latest NPD sales charts are in, and Nintendo is the big winner with two of the top three game sales of the month.

Moore Calls Xbox 360 Backward Compat. Controversy a "Misinterpretation" [Xbox 360] Xbox 360 frontman Peter Moore has apologized for his recent comments concerning the system's limited backward compatibility features, chalking the experience up to a "misinterpretation."

Sony Delays First Blu-ray Player until mid-August [PS3] In another setback to the next-gen Blu-ray disc standard, Sony has delayed its first Blu-ray disc player until "on our about August 15, 2006."

ESA Wages War on "Video Games as Porn" Law The Entertainment Software Association has declared war against a recently signed Oklahoma law that equates violent video games with hardcore pornography.

Monday 06/12/06

CAPTION CONTEST--Winners Announced! The very first GamePro Caption Contest has begun. Do you have what it takes?

New Sony Technology Could Change the Future of Handheld Gaming Sony is working on technology that hardens/softens handheld devices for portability

World of Warcraft Guide Back on Sale [PC] The unofficial guide to World of Warcraft is being sold on eBay once again after Blizzard, Vivendi, and ESA blocked the author for copyright infringement several months ago.

Video Gamer Wins Real NASCAR Race NASCAR rookie, Denny Hamlin, attributes playing video games for his win at the Pocono 500 last Sunday.

PlayStation 2 Outselling Xbox 360 [PS2] The PlayStation 2 has been consistently outselling the Xbox 360 since Microsoft's new console hit the market seven months ago.

Friday 06/09/06

New Xbox 360 Feature Lets Players Clear Memory Cache [Xbox 360] Gamers discover a hidden function in the Xbox 360 dashboard update that allows them to clear their console's memory cache, as well as rename their hard drives.

Rumors Abound That Apple May be Planning to Buy Nintendo [Wii] The UK version of CNet stokes the rumor fires about the possibility of Apple buying hardware and software giant Nintendo. It's-a-me, takeover!

Wii Games Available for Pre-Order at Best Buy for $49 [Wii] They're here. . . Best Buy unleashes the first wave of Wii preorders, but leaves little clue as to the final launch date of Nintendo's Wii.

Tetris Coming to Xbox Live Arcade [Xbox 360] THQ's financial filings reveal that the company is preparing to bring a port of the classic puzzle game to the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade.

Take-Two Wants Duke Nukem Forever by Dec. 31, 2006 [PC] Following a brutally long development process, publisher Take-Two Interactive tries again to coax studio 3DRealms into releasing its long-awaited shooter Duke Nukem Forever.

Thursday 06/08/06

Ubisoft Reveals New Content for Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter [Xbox 360] Ubisoft has unveiled new details about an upcoming expansion for the Xbox 360 version of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. The expansion will hit in late June, and is set to include new maps, new weapons, and new play modes.

Early Reports Indicate Major Issues with New Oblivion Patch [Xbox 360] The new patch for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has been greeted eagerly by fans. But now a host of show-stopping glitches is spoiling the fun for some players. What gives?

New Study Seeks Gaming Habits of Gay, Lesbian "Gaymers" The University of Illinois has launched a new survey designed to gauge the attitudes and opinions of gay and lesbian "gaymers." The results are due out this fall.

FTC Issues Ruling on Grand Theft Auto 'Hot Coffee' Controversy [PS2] Today, the Federal Trade Commision ruled that Take-Two Intertainment, publisher of the popular Grand Theft Auto series, "undermined the industry's own rating system and deceived consumers" about the hidden sex game within GTA: San Andreas infamously dubbed Hot Coffee.