Kotaku writes:

A USA Today report is the setting for the announcement of Grand Theft Auto IV’s long-awaited piece of downloadable content.

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Kotaku writes:

Half-Life isn’t the only game celebrating itstenth birthday this year. Polyphony Digital’sGran Turismo series is now a decade old, leading the developer of the PlayStation driving sim to hold an anniversary event called Downshift Session 2008 in New York City last month. Yes, yes, mazal tov, Kazunori Yamauchi and crew.

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Kotaku writes:

Early sales on Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanetdidn’t quite set the world on fire. The game moved a solid if unspectacular 215,000 copiesin the United States during its debut month of October — just four days, really — and69,000 units during its first two weeks of availability in Japan.

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Sr. Director of the PlayStation Network Susan Panico stated that “We are excited to roll-out the first phase, which includes the ability to sign-in to PlayStation.com and, soon after, PlayStation.Blog with your PlayStation Network ID.”

“In addition, we are making enhancements to the gamer profile features. Your profile will include your PSN online ID, your avatar, and a short “about me” section. You’ll also be able to display your friends list and, on the game detail pages, you’ll be able to include ratings and reviews for all of your favorite games. These features were created so that you can make new friends, learn new tricks and tips, talk trash, offer advice, console the defeated, praise the winners, and more.”

DLB~

*Japanese Boxart:

*US Boxart:

Which do you like?

National Geographic has picked up the rights for Afrika, rebranding it as National Geographic: Africa. It’s promised to release next month — but with potentially very little fanfare.

Yes! I wanted to play this game, and now I have the chance.

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According to PS3fanboy:

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is coming to the PlayStation Store next week. And even better — you won’t have to wait until Thursday to get your hands on it! Capcom’s fighting game will arrive during the super-special Thanksgiving Store update on Tuesday, November 25th. That means Street Fighter fans will get the game one day earlier on PS3 than on Xbox 360.

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According to xbox360fanboy.com:

Now that you have had ample time to mess around with today’s newly released New Xbox Experience, we figured we’d point out a few NXE features that you may not have discovered.

Major Nelson created a list of the “Top 10 things to do when you get the New Xbox Experience”, which pretty much covers a lot of the NXE’s new additions and hidden bits. Didja know you can delete your zero Gamerscore games from your profile? Did you remember to look through the new Community Games? What about installing a game to your hard drive? Go get edjumicated!

IGN Rated: 9/10

**hOoDnErD**

another reminder: The last day to submit your little big planet levels is this thursday, the 20th. Just send me the name of your level, brief description of the level and you PSN ID to US_ARMY@dlb-network.com

US_ARMY

Metacritic: 59/100

IGN: 5/10

GamePro: 2.5/5

Sony marketing man John Koller has said that there are 14 million active PSN accounts.

“PlayStation Network has truly hit its stride with unique downloadable games and a video delivery service featuring movies, TV shows, and original programming that you can watch in HD with your PS3, or bring with you on your PSP,” said a pleased Koller.

“And with 14 million active accounts and 273 million pieces of content downloaded, we know that you’re thirsting for this digital entertainment,” he added. We think PSN accounts being completely free has a lot to do with the high sigh-up rate.

“There are nearly 17 million PS3 systems around the world, and in the United States, PS3 hardware sales are up nearly 100 percent from where we were at this time last year,”