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Top Stories Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Gears of War Art Director to Helm Thundercats Movie - Variety

The Sword of Omens is in Epic art director Jerry O'Flaherty's hands. Warner Bros. has signed the video game veteran to direct a CG-animated movie based on the classic '80s cartoon Thundercats. Will Lion-O chainsaw Mumm-Ra in half? And will Lion-O get his own video game?

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Gears of War Art Director to Helm Thundercats Movie - Variety
PSP Slim Storms Japan, Wii Sales Drop in September

The PSP actually sold more than three times as much as the Wii in Japan during September as the new slim model and software like Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII drove sales. The Wii meanwhile saw a dip in sales, although Wii Sports did pass the 2 million units milestone.

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PSP Slim Storms Japan, Wii Sales Drop in September
Wideload Shorts Signs On to Develop for InstantAction.com

GarageGames previously told GameDaily BIZ that they had signed a number of well known devs for InstantAction.com. Now we've learned that the first is Wideload Shorts, which will launch a game called Cyclomite on the web-based game network early next year.

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Wideload Shorts Signs On to Develop for InstantAction.com
What Publishers Can Learn from the Activision vs. TAC Guitar Battle

Siddhartha Venkatesan, an attorney with global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, takes a look at last year's legal dispute over Guitar Hero controllers between Activision/RedOctane and The Ant Commandos. Publishers need to be careful when including a specialized controller as part of a game IP.

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What Publishers Can Learn from the Activision vs. TAC Guitar Battle
'Sexist Undercurrent' in Parents' Approval of Hardcore Video Games - Study

A new study shows that parents/grandparents are far more likely to allow boys to play hardcore video games than girls. In general parents were much more accepting of casual video games for children of all ages. More within..

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'Sexist Undercurrent' in Parents' Approval of Hardcore Video Games - Study
Capybara Expands to DS, Wii

Mobile developer also bringing its titles to digital distribution platforms...
Xbox 360 to Get 'Jasper' 65nm Motherboard, Possible Price Cut?

New 65nm GPU could come by next August, says Dean Takahashi...
EA and BP Make SimCity Societies Green

Control your carbon emissions or suffer the consequences...
Wii v3.1 Includes Keyboard Support

Plus, a new version of Wii's Opera brower to support keyboards...
Multiverse Introduces NECO

Hey, the Internet is serious business...
Video Games Live Announces 25 New Dates

Boise, Idaho game fans, you're in luck...

Google ad plan makes cents for YouTube

Google is introducing its most comprehensive plan to date toward monetizing the video-sharing site.
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PS3 Backwards Compatibility - How Important Is It?
It's hard to believe but Sony's new 40GB PS3 won't play your PS2 games. But is backwards compatibility really that important? Is the absence of that feature going to hurt Sony's PS3 business? We discussed the topic with several leading analysts.

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Top 10 PC Games
Top 10 PC Games (Week Ending September 29, 2007)
1. Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
2. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage
3. World In Conflict
4. World Of Warcraft
5. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade
6. Bioshock
7. Medal Of Honor: Airborne
8. The Sims 2 Deluxe
9. Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms
10. Battlefield 2
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Activision23.12-0.43
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Best Buy49.44-0.34
EA59.91-0.03
Gamestop58.97+0.26
Konami29.30+0.62
Majesco1.35+0.03
Microsoft30.23+0.13
Midway4.12+0.03
Sony49.11-0.74
Take 218.67+0.33
THQ Int.26.26-0.52
Ubisoft46.23-0.54