Detest checking your email constantly for the latest offer from Google? If you've got an Android 2.1+ device, the Goog itself just outed an alternative. The Google Offers app just went live in the Android Market, bringing deals near your current (select) location into an easy-to-digest piece of mobile software. No, NFC's not required, and yes, you can redeem it straight from the phone -- so long as the store you're visiting has someone with intellect and eyes. Hit the source link (or the Market on your handset) to get your download on, and feel free to chuckle as you realize that it'll remain up way longer than Gmail did for iOS.

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If you're the lucky owner of a rare 2011 TouchPad, the onus is on you to keep it clean, polished and updated. Sure, you've already got a decent Twitter client in the form Spaz HD, and you're getting extra snappy performance from webOS 3.0.4, but web chatter indicates that something even better could be on the horizon. Developers have started tweeting via 'webOS Synergy', possibly hinting that integrated Twitter could be on the way in 3.0.5. What's more, another TouchPad owner running that newfangled version has submitted an impressive score to Lithium BenchMark, suggesting it might deliver a performance bump too. The duck may be dead, but the dream lives on.

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We've known all along that the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus packs a dual-core 1.2GHz processor of some sort, but Samsung's only just now finally confirmed to AnandTech that the 7-inch tablet does indeed use anExynos system on a chip. That's the very same SoC found in the company's Galaxy S II smartphone, so we should be looking at some similar performance from the tablet. In case you missed the news last month, it's officially set to hit the US on November 13th for $400. That memo doesn't seem to have reached Amazon, however, which is now listing the 16GB model as in stock and shipping immediately. Hit the source link below if you're ready to take the plunge.

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Is it us or are these PSN lists getting insanely long? This week's update just keeps going.

Hydrophobia, the survival thriller originally released on Xbox Live Arcade, has arrived new and improved on PSN, along with DC Universe Online as a now free-to-play download and all manner of DLC.

Here's the full list:

PlayStation Plus

Free PSN Games and DLC:

Hydrophobia: Prophecy

Free PSone Classics:

Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot 2
Crash Bandicoot3: Warped
CTR: Crash Team Racing


Free Minis:

Rumble Trucks

Full Game Trials:

MORTAL KOMBAT VS DC UNIVERSE DIGITAL

Exclusive Discounts:

Hasbro's Family Game Night - 50% off Sale Price (PS+ Price: $10.00)

Media:

Qore Episode 42 - November Early Access

Exclusive Avatar Bundle:

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Avatar Bundle 1

Downloadable Games

Hydrophobia Prophecy ($9.99)
Hydrophobia: Prophecy is the ultimate version of this jaw-dropping action-adventure set onboard a floating city, where terrorists take control and heroine Kate has to overcome her haunting childhood memories to fight back using all her skills and expertise as a systems engineer.
ESRB rated M
File size 1.77 GB

Pinballistik ($3.99)
Start off your Pinballistik experience with the Circle the Wagons tables. Load up your revolver for a shoot-out or stop in at the saloon for a game of cards and some target practice in the Classic Table or take on your friend, head-to-head, on the Battle Table.
ESRB rated E10+
File size 313 MB

Max & The Magic Marker - Gold Edition ($9.99)
Welcome to Max & the Magic Marker - Gold Edition, an award-winning physics-based puzzle platformer that plays like a classic - but with a twist!
ESRB rated E
File size 241 MB

Mortal Kombat Vs Dc Universe Digital ($19.99)
Download Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe today. When Worlds collide, Heroes and Villains must choose their side and fight as a sinister plot with cataclysmic results unfolds. Which side will you choose?
ESRB rated T
File size 5.8 GB

DC Universe Online Free-To-Play (free)
DC Universe Online is now Free-To-Play. Your Way. Embark on your own origin story as you start on the path to Legendary. Choose your side, good or evil Choose your powers and get ready for a fast-action combat experience where you control every move in combat.
File size 122 MB

Game Demos (free)

Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest Demo
Swing your sword to counter attack an enemy, reach back to your quiver for an arrow to aim a pinpoint accurate shot or toss a barrage of throwing stars with the kind of true angle, speed and precision that is only available on PlayStation Move products. Download the demo today to jump into the action before Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest releases on November 15, 2011!
ESRB rated E10+
File size 1.96 GB

Max & The Magic Marker - Gold Edition Trial
Welcome to Max & the Magic Marker - Gold Edition, an award-winning physics-based puzzle platformer that plays like a classic - but with a twist! You control a magic marker that enables you to draw and manipulate the gameworld!
ESRB rated E
File size 241 MB

Saints Row: The Third Initiation Station Demo
Create, share, and download the most outlandish characters you've ever seen, then upload them for play in Saints Row: The Third. Inside every Sinner is a Saint.
ESRB rated M
File size 754 MB

Happy Feet 2 Demo
Download the official Happy Feet Two game demo. Play as Mumble and his best friend Ramon in a beat-bumping adventure to rescue their penguin nation.
ESRB rated E
File size 1.05 GB

PS2 Classics

Raiden III ($9.99)
The legendary shooter is back in full 3D glory! Battle hordes of enemy spacecraft and the biggest bosses in this classic game!
ESRB rated E10+
File size 737 MB

Bloodrayne ($9.99)
Join the Brimstone Society as the dhampir Rayne and fight to keep the world safe from vampires!
ESRB rated M
File size 1.23 GB

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland ($9.99)
Assist the Harvest Goddess by nurturing your grandfather's farm and keeping the town from being turned into a resort!
ESRB rated E
File size 111 MB

Add-on Game Content

DC Universe Online Fight For The Light ($9.99)
DC Universe Online Fight for the Light is a DLC pack that allows players to create their own Lantern-inspired characters and acquire the use of a new set of Light Powers. Players will also be able to fight with and against Green Lantern as they battle through missions on three new map areas including S.T.A.R. Labs, Coast City and the Sciencells of Oa.
File size N/A

MotorStorm Apocalypse Halloween Livery (free)
Happy Halloween from the MotorStorm team! Deck out your vechicle with this livery pack and send shivers through the racing shocks of your rivals.
File size 100 KB

UNCHARTED 3: Drake's Deception Various Add-ons (x31) ($0.49 - $9.99 each)
Various add on content.
File size 555 KB - 139 MB

Everybody Dance Pack 1 ($8.99)
Download these additional tracks to keep the party going: Boney M. - Daddy Cool Cameo - Word Up! David Bowie - Jean Genie Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up Visit us.playstation.com to find out more about Everybody Dance and the latest PlayStation Move releases. To use this download, you will need Everybody Dance game.
File size 1.25 GB

LittleBigPlanet 2 Uncharted 3 Drake Costume ($1.99)
The best thing about Sackboy is that you can make him look and act exactly how you want. Download this additional costume to really stand out from the crowd! To download this costume, you must already own LittleBigPlanet 2.
File size 110 KB

SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs Evac Co-Op Pack ($7.99)
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That's right, if you've been anxious to see PlayStation Home's transformation for yourself, you'll get a chance to download the new client sometime tomorrow. Or you could just watch a video. Entirely up to you.

As we've covered before, the update brings with it newly themed districts, some free-to-play games and a (hopefully) more useful hub. No specific time for (re)launch was given.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/02/pl...-ps3-tomorrow/ ...

Ten of the 20 best-selling games in Europe this year have been published on Nintendo formats.
The platform holder revealed the top-selling games for the first nine months of 2011 in Europe, the US and Japan as part of its half-year financial results briefing. The data was taken from GfK International, NPD and MediaCreate research, according toGamaSutra.
In Europe, Wii and DS accounted for ten of the top 20 games and seven of the Top Ten, including six consecutive games between No.2 and No.7. The highest ranking title was Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort - second only to FIFA 12 on PS3.
Other Nintendo-based games included Pokémon Black and White, Wii Party, Wii Fit Plus, Mario Kart Wii, and New Super Mario Bros (both on Wii and DS), as well as third party hits Zumba Fitness and Just Dance 2. No 3DS titles made the Top 20.
Japan was the format holder's second best-performing market, with eight Wii, DS and 3DS titles in the Top 20, led by Square Enix's Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional on DS at No.3.
The US was only slightly behind with seven Wii and DS titles in the Top 20 best-selling games of January to September 2011. Ubisoft topped this chart with Just Dance 2 on Wii, followed by Nintendo's Pokémon White in second place.

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The PlayStation 3 is getting closer to overtaking lifetime sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 .
Sony's latest financial results reveal that lifetime, worldwide sales of the PS3 totalled 55.5 million units at the end of its financial quarter on September 30. Last month, Microsoft confirmed that lifetime sales of the Xbox 360 stood at 57.6 million units, with hardware shipments declining year on year.
During the quarter, Sony sold 3.7 million PS3s, an increase of 200,000 units - or 5.7 per cent - year on year. Software sales rose by a similar proportion, climbing 5.9 per cent to 37.4 million units.
Despite the improved sales, Sony's Consumer Products And Services division - which includes its PlayStation business as well as PC, mobile, camera, and TV and video - was hit with a quarterly loss of ¥34.6 billion (£277.6 million).

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/ps3-har...close-xbox-360 ...

Rockstar has released the debut trailer for GTA V - and the series is to return to San Andreas.
The trailer shows a variety of sun-drenched, mock-Californian locations, both rural and urban. The anonymous voiceover suggests that, while Rockstar is to once again repeat the story ofGTA IV with a reformed criminal seeking redemption in the American dream, it realises that sending the player out on violent crime sprees within an hour rather dulls the point.
"I wanted to retire from what I was doing, from that line of work," he says. "Be a good guy for once - a family man…But, well, you know how it is."
The San Andreas setting, like Liberty City, gives Rockstar access to a melting pot of social and ethnic diversity, and the trailer shows Hispanic workers harvesting crops as a duster flies overhead, homes being repossessed and the homeless out on the streets, contrasted with the high-rises, oil drilling and golf clubs shown elsewhere.
Despite the variety of locations and the range of activities on show, the trailer is understated, but extremely self-assured. This is the open world as a place rather than a playground, following the same ethos set by GTA IV. Not shown so far is evidence of MotionScan-powered facial animation (as used in LA Noire), whether the game world will extend to San Andreas' Las Venturas or San Fierro, or any specific look at who the protagonist is.
And the soundtrack? Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Overture, by the Small Faces.


http://www.next-gen.biz/news/grand-t...uto-v-revealed ...

PSP exclusive Final Fantasy Type-0 sold close to 500,000 copies in its debut week to comfortably top the Japanese software chart.
Square Enix’s title shifted 472,253 units in just four days, a figure comparable to other high profile PSP releases from the publisher.Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII sold around 470,000 units during its launch week and the original Dissidia Final Fantasy sold 500,000, Andriasang reports.
Kirby Wii and Idolmaster 2 were new chart entries at numbers two and three, shifting 137,000 and 65,000 copies respectively.
On the hardware front, 3DS sales fell from the previous week’s Mystic Pink model-driven heights to 65,000 units, but the system still outperformed its closest competitor, PSP, by more than two to one. At 25,200 units, PS3 sales more than doubled Wii’s 11,700 too.
01. Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix)
02. Kirby Wii (Nintendo)
03. Idolmaster 2 (Namco Bandai)
04. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo)
05. Go Vacation (Namco Bandai)
06. Disgaea 4 Fuka & Desco-hen Hajimemashita (Nippon Ichi)
07. Ro-Kyu-Bu (Kadokawa Games)
08. Macross F Sayonara No Tsubasa Hybrid Pack (Namco Bandai)
09. Terror Of The Stratus (Konami)
10. Ragnarok Hikari To Yami No (GungHo)

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