
This week in Critical Mass, we take a look at the review scores for Virtua Fighter 5, Guitar Hero III, Battalion Wars 2, The Simpsons Game, TimeShift, Manhunt 2, and Viva Pinata: Party Animals.

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As can happen the sales data for September 2007 has been modified as more and more stores report their information. Because of this early reporting is often close but inaccurate.

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Our multiplayer design teams are hard at work on a couple of things. One of them is a fun, seasonal addition to the matchmaking playlist which should keep you entertained for about 27 hours around Halloween.

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Microsoft is getting sued. A Florida lawyer has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming that the Xbox360 video game console can cause destructive scratches to game discs.

This week in Critical Mass, we take a look at the review scores for Ratchet and Clank Future, Zack and Wiki, Ace Combat 6, Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles, Eye of Judgment, Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations, Conan, and Clive Barker's Jericho.

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Sony is still reeling from sales of the PS3 compared to their last generation offering.
Nintendo exec's will be dining on Condor eggs and washing it down with cool thick glass of White Tiger milk.

One of Halo 3's greatest features is its ability to automatically save a replay of the last 25 games you played, to which you can go through from any angle, at virtually any speed. A sub-feature of this is the screenshots feature.

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This would be great if they could offer this at a more reasonable price point than a new $3k Media Center with cablecard....

This week in Critical Mass, we take a look at the review scores for Prism: Light the Way, Beautiful Katamari, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, and Rockstar's Table Tennis for Wii.

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Capcom Entertainment confirms that Devil May Cry 4, the latest installment in the multi-million selling franchise, will hit retail outlets this coming February for both the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Micro …

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A new low-end model with a 40-gigabyte drive will go on sale Nov. 2 for $399. Unlike the other PlayStation 3 models, the new one won't be able to play games made for the PlayStation 2.

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Sony has beaten Microsoft to the punch and will offer its PlayStation 3 gaming console as an IPTV set top box next month, in partnership with Korea's new high definition Mega TV service.

In the days surrounding the launch of Halo 3, the game has been railed by critics innumerable for its "disturbingly violent" content.

As some know, my Xbox 360 recently came down with a bad case of the red rings. Late one night I noticed a bad cough and a fever, and before I knew it, the poor thing had a red, glowing rash in the shape of of a 3/4 circle.

I'm going to just say it for everybody 'What the F**KING HELL?!' There could be some mentally unbalanced people that could find it useful.

Halo 3 is arguably the biggest title this year. Launching Microsoft's stock up several points on release day, and having millions of gamers playing already, it is a huge success. But how big is it? Here is Newsvine's first Halo 3 review.

This week in Critical Mass, we take a look at the review scores for The Orange Box, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, FIFA Soccer 08, Sega Rally Revo, and Folklore.

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....Hot on the heels of a price reduction for all Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft is now giving holiday buyers even more value by including two great games with every Xbox 360 console and Xbox 360 Elite, a retail savings of $90 for consumers.

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Everyone will own a copy of Halo 3 and Microsoft is doing everything they can to make that happen. Starting as a rumor with a grainy cell phone picture and now confirmed by Kotaku, it appears that a new Xbox 360 bundle is including Halo 3.

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Thompson first worked with Allard on the original Xbox business. Allard knocked on his door, pitching a game console business that Thompson had also been considering.

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Microsoft says that Halo 3 has officially become a global phenomenon, garnering more than $300 million in sales in the first week alone.

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ND Games, a production and development division of Noviy Disk, announces 9th Company: Roots of Terror - a new action-oriented RTS developed by Lesta Studios, creators of Pacific Storm, using their brand new proprietary engine.

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Confirming long-standing rumors in the gaming industry, Microsoft has announced that Bungie Studios, developers of the popular "Halo" game series, will officially be returning to independent status.

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Mass Effect is a science fiction action-RPG created by BioWare, the developer of Jade Empire, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, quot;Neverwinter Nights quot;, and the Baldur s Gate series.