“Get an exclusive look at the gameplay demo that was shown behind closed doors at E3. Based on the Halo universe, Halo Wars introduces a new landmark in the strategy genre.”

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Sony elaborated on previous comments made about 60GB PS3 inventory stock on Wednesday, confirming that only retail supply of the $499 machine remains and suggesting that the expected 80GB price drop is imminent.

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This friday starts the podcast season. As mentioned before in other podcasts we will be beginning the podcasting again very soon - next Tuesday. See you then.

Update: Updated the day to tuesday due to prior engagements on monday (labor day).

Amazon.com is going crazy with HD DVD deals and you can purchase the Addon, 3 Movies in cart for less than 184 shipped and you get 5 movies via rebate as well as KingKong which is included with the drive itself. DVD Addon works out of the box with Windows Vista (driver Support) but requires PowerDVD, WinDVD or Nero or an Xbox 360 for playback.

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It seems there is a happy ending for everyone who made it into the 24 hour sign up period. Check it out.

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Ever do a multiplayer match of Halo online? If so, then this advertisement for the Mountain Dew/Halo 3 soda should make perfect sense. Look at all the people screaming in their languages, it’s so international. Wonder if the Halo 3 version of Mountain Dew is even available in all those countries featured?

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Finally, what is arguably the biggest release of the year, Halo 3, has gone gold. All that really means is that the game has been finalized and has begun being manufactured – maybe not the most exciting sounding thing in the world, but it does tell us that the game’s development cycle is complete.

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According to EA, the first Crysis demo will be available on September 25, 2007. The demo will feature the entire first level, “Contact,” as well as a “huge surprise from Crytek.” Finally, PC gamers have a reason to look forward to 9-25-07.

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Dean Takahashi has a write-up regarding the upcoming 65nm microprocessors reportedly shipping on new Xbox 360 units.

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“Corruption takes advantage of the Wii’s biggest strength (with its unique controls), and minimizes its greatest weakness (through astounding art direction), while otherwise maintaining or improving upon the high standards and overall polish the series is known for…surrender a week of your life to Corruption — you won’t be sorry.”

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Taking some inspiration from Gran Turismo HD, SCEI revealed that the upcoming racing title Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be released for free on the PlayStation Network for the PS3. It looks like they were toying around the idea of attaching a price tag but for now, it’ll be free. Among other things, Prologue will feature 16-player online …

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It has also been posted on the official Playstation boards that it received a 9/10 from PS3M, 8/10 from EDGE, and an 8/10 from EGM, Did PSM include too much opinion in their review?

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Both demo versions of Bioshock have a huge bug dealing with setting the FOV in widescreen resolutions - to create the 16:9 image, it’s rendering a 4:3 image, zooming in and chopping off the bottom and the top. Make sure that 2K games knows that this is completely unacceptable and ruins the game for a lot of consumers.

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It’s a gigantic Killzone 2 developer walk-through! The above video is incredibly long, as you could have probably deduced from our subject line — about 25 minutes. You get a little more backstory into the game, but the real impressive part of this alpha build footage is the freezing of the camera and getting to check out the level the same way the

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Mr. Rasputin offers an explanation on the difference between a rootkit and Bioshock’s SecuROM DRM system for the clueless.

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