For those of you gamers who’ve been patiently waiting to get your hands on Epic’s upcoming frag-fest, Unreal Tournament 3, industry insiders are now stating a September 3rd release for the US and September 28 for Europe. The date for the release seemed to always be TBA 2007, so now that we have some solid dates keep an eye out of this sure-fire…

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From its Friday release through the close of Sunday, Mario Strikers Charged Football was able to get almost 400,000 connections on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. It was the #3 online game on Nintendo’s network for the entire week, competing with games that have been out the whole week or longer.

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Microsoft let Strategy Informer know this afternoon that the 3D racing party game, “Mad Tracks” will be available to download on the Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360 on Wednesday 30th of May, at 09:00 BST. Players can race through 15 challenges consisting of nine mini-games and six different races behind the wheel of one of 12 sleek compact cars.

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iXtreme firmware 1.0 for TS-H943 Xbox 360

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A lot of people were unimpressed with Halo 3’s graphics. Well, according to Bungie’s Frank O’Connor, those graphics are not complete yet, and the final version of Halo 3 will feature graphical improvements beyond what was seen in the mulitplayer beta.

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Valve has Informed Strategy Informer about their plans to deliver free games to all owners of ATI RadeonT graphics cards via Steam, a popular platform for the distribution and management of digital content..

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More Halo 3 multiplayer customisable options revealed! New armour types for Elite and Spartan player models! Predator, Raptor, Cobra, Ninja and more.

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New Gran Turismo form French gaming mag. Some highlights include 12-20 online multi-player, damageable cars, changing weather while you race and all GT4, Ferrari and F1 cars amongst others. Woah.

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You can now get the Xbox 360 Racing Wheel for $129

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Here’s an exciting look at Star Wars: Force Unleashed, the next generation Star Wars game. This documentary gives us a good look at the emotional balance we will see in the upcoming title. Star Wars games have been somewhat hit or miss in the past, but I am extremely excited about this one. The ability to control the force finally looks realisti…

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Congratulations, Valve. Not only has the company transformed Steam from a glorified patch downloader to a premiere content delivery service, and now has 13 million users to boot. According to numbers released by Valve, 13 million active users now contribute to the “7 billion player minutes a month” gamed on Steam.

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Sierra confirms that Geometry Wars: Galaxies is headed to Nintendo’s DS and Wii

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Here’s the first video of actual gamplay footage for the first Final Fantasy game for the Wii. No word on the release date though but the game itself looks like a blast.

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An analyst at Bank of America believes for Sony to make up the ground they’ve lost this console generation they don’t just need the expected $100 price cut, but a $200 price cut. The analyst who made these remarks to GameDaily.biz, Michael Savner, believes this is unlikely, but believes it is the way to recovery.

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Contrary to what many gamers (fanboys) might think (or force themselves to believe), Halo 3 is the game. Period. Right now, there
’s no other game with the potential to outsell Bungie’s epic conclusion to their trilogy (Pokemon doesn’t count).

Analysts say Halo 3 will bring in $170M in the first quarter alone.

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