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In Brew #82, hosts Marcus Kirk Lai and Phil Park discuss PS3 gift card, Xbox 360 RPG, and Wii indie!
News articles discussed in Brew #82 include:
Nintendo overtakes Sony market share as Wii bests PS3 sales
Nintendo offers WiiWare to promote indie game development
PS3 controller discounted to $39 at retailer
Sony offers $50 gift card with PS3 […]

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Fry’s Electronics on Fri. discounted four game titles for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 to $32 in the latest round of promotions for the console.

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Namco Bandai Games America Inc. on Thurs. announced that Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 will be released to U.S. stores on Oct. 23.

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Sales for Nintendo Co.’s Wii home video game system and the Nintendo DS handheld kept reign on overall hardware and software sales in Japan.

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Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 held a double-digit decrease at Japan retail following a short spike one week ago.

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Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation stayed green this week as hardware movement increased in the latest Japan retail tally.

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Nintendo Co.’s Wii moved more than 65,000 units in the latest weekly sales data from Japan.

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Midway Games Inc. on Thurs. announced five new game titles in development for Nintendo Co.’s Wii home video game system and the Nintendo DS handheld.

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Sony Computer Entertainment America on Thurs. announced new offerings for the Playstation Store, including games and trailers available for download.

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Codemasters Inc. this week said that the new racer DiRT for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and the PC has sold more than 500,000 units in its first week at worldwide retail.

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Microsoft Corp. on Thurs. announced that the Japan RPG Blue-Dragon will be released to U.S. retail on Aug. 28.

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Sales for Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 plunged, while movement for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 increased in the latest sales figures from Ebay.

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Everybody’s Golf 5 for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 home console landed in the top 25 this week at Amazon Japan’s video game division.

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Majesco Entertainment Company on Wed. announced that it will release Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy to Nintendo Co.’s Wii home video game system in Q1 2008.

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D3Publisher of America on Wed. announced that the Encore Expansion Pack for Mad Tracks is now available for download on Xbox Live Arcade on Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360.

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Sony Style stores in the U.S. have begun offering customers a $50 gift card to the store with the purchase of a new Playstation 3 console and two game titles.

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Microsoft Corp. on Tues. announced that a new high-definition trailer of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto IV will be available for download this Thurs. at the Xbox Live Marketplace on Xbox 360.

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Nintendo Co. on Tues. introduced WiiWare, a game-creation service that will allow independent developers to create new downloadable video game content for the Wii home video game system.

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Sierra Entertainment on Tues. announced that Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy will jump to Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 in summer 2008.

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Codemasters Inc. on Tues. announced that the action adventure title Overlord for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 has shipped to U.S. retail.

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