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Originally Posted by wraggster

Square's beloved SNES RPG classic Chrono Trigger is on its way to PlayStation Network as a PSone Classic, according to an ESRB listing.

The US ratings board post, as spotted by IGN, offers no indication as to when the game will be available for download or how much it will cost.
First released on the SNES to huge acclaim back in 1995, it was ported to the PSone in 1999 and it's this version that you will presumably be playing.
Already confirmed for an impending Virtual Console release on Wii,

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Originally Posted by wraggster

We admit -- we might have gotten our dander up a little too quickly following Final Fantasy 6's release in Japan on PSN. We've just been hurt so many times before by Square Enix's Japanese PSOne Classics re-releases, which tend to take a while to come stateside, provided they ever come at all. However, we've got hope for the series sixth, Esper-filled installment: The ESRB recently rated Final

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Originally Posted by wraggster

In last week's mailbox Ben Norris asked if games these days are too explicit and lamented the level of blood and gore in the upcoming Mortal Kombat title.

This week Joe Wyatt e-mailed PSM3 to vent his frustrations with hackers in Modern Warfare 2.




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Originally Posted by wraggster

Hours after releasing Portal 2 on Steam, creator Valve has announced predecessor Portal has sold close to four million units.

But Portal has likely sold substantially more copies. As GameSpot reports, the four million figure excludes digital download sales from Steam.
Portal launched in 2007 as part of the superb The Orange Box compilation.
In 2008 it launched as a standalone retail product. In the same year a version called Portal: Still Alivelaunched on Xbox Live Arcade.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

An iPhone version of eccentric iOS adventure Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP hits the App Store on Thursday.

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Micro will cost £1.79 and include all the same content as the original iPad game.
Those who already own the iPad version but now want to play on their iPhone are also being catered for. An update, also due to go live on Thursday, makes it a universal app playable across all compatible Apple touch screen devices.
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