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Originally Posted by wraggster

We hope you like HD remakes, because a pair of high-profile titles are part of this week's PSN update. Alongside the debut of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD, PS3 users can snag HD-ified versions of the first three Splinter Cell games, ala carte: Splinter Cell HD, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory HD and Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow HD.

Doublesix's follow-up to Burn Zombie Burn!, All Zombies

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Japan's 3DS eShop will offer another of the NES "Ambassador" games for sale next week -- an act that also means an updated version of the app for those who downloaded it for free. Following last week's release of The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. will be available on January 5. Those without 3DS diplomatic immunity will have to pay ¥500 ($6.44).

The updated eShop versions of the Ambassador games add multiplayer, save state and sleep mode support and instruction manuals.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The Hori accessory kit won't be the only way for Japanese customers to outwardly display their love of Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D. Kojima Productions' Jiroo Tsubuyaki tweeted that Nintendo plans to release a 3DS hardware bundle for the title, which comes out March 8 in Japan.

The design has yet to be finalized, so Tsubuyaki didn't have any pictures to share. However, we can already tell you that it's going

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Originally Posted by wraggster

During a recent Nippon Ichi press conference, CEO Sohei Shinkawa announced a handful of projects the company is working on for the immediate future. The first likely won't require all that much actual work -- it's Cave Story 3D, which the company is publishing in Japan. He added that two other projects are in the pipeline: A new adventure game scheduled for a Japanese Summer 2012 launch, and a dungeon-centric

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Our look back on a year in which EA aggressively expanded into digital while Activision went all-in on Call Of Duty.


Electronic Arts

EA spent much of 2011 aggressively expanding into digital as it sought to meet its target of a billion dollars in annual digital revenue. In February it promised greater focus on Facebook, and it would follow through on that promise with the release of The Sims Social. Its successful launch - it reached 30 million users in a month -

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