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Feathers will fly as you battle back a horde of crazed chickens.

System drops to four digits in weekly sales charts.

Players can now download Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures Premium Plus Pack from Steam and Direct2Drive.

Incredibly specific patch news now, with the release of a save recognition remedy for the French Canadian version of Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition (product code "BLUS-30455"). The patch will allow the GOTY re-release of Bethesda's wasteland wandering sim to recognize save files generated by Fallout 3 sans accolades. As a Bethesda community manager helpfully points out, your old save files will only show up if there are new saves (GOTY) present -- if you only have old saves, start a new game and, you know, save. If you have in excess of 130 save files (a sign of prudence!), you'll have to delete older ones in order for the new ones to be displayed. Oh, and one more thing: "If your saves are taking a long time to load you might want to resave them and back up or remove the old ones."And now we've exhausted our supply of the word "save," save for one which we were keeping for the en ... dammit, we wasted it![One thank you "reserved" for: Harry]

Considering the devilishly heightened difficulty of Left 4 Dead 2, we're surprised enough outlets managed to complete a single campaign in time to submit a review for the title. We have to imagine GameSharks were somehow involved. Regardless, here's what other sites are saying about Valve's follow-up to last year's Zombocalypse survival sim. Eurogamer (9/10): "Whereas once we treated Left 4 Dead as a stopgap between Half-Lifes, this is no longer a weird little side project with modest expectations, and Valve is confident enough to play around with it, safe in the knowledge that you can trust your players. Left 4 Dead proved it. And whereas that game had a personality, this one is overflowing with it." IGN (9/10): "It remains one of the most distinctive co-operative titles out there, and allows for some of the most nerve-searing team-based multiplayer gaming on the market." GameTrailers (8.7/10): "Though not an astounding improvement over the original, Left 4 Dead 2 successfully rekindles that magical zombie-hunting feeling with great new content, and a cool competitive multiplayer mode to boot." Giant Bomb (4/5 Stars): "The core of Left 4 Dead may have lost some of its newness in the last 12 months, but the wealth of additions in this sequel ought to keep you blasting zombies and munching on brains for a good long while."

Well, this is one of the stranger things I’ve seen in my gaming days. That’s not even the half of it.

An experience that you won't necessarily find anywhere else.

Graffiti Entertainment Inc - a subsidiary of Signature Devices, Inc. (OTCPK: SDVI) - today announced that it has secured an exclusive distribution deal to publish ‘Windy X Windam’ (Nintendo DS™) in North America. Developed by Ninja Studio Windy X Windam is a 2D-style fighting game based on a Japanese anime series. The kingdom of Gawain [...]

Platinum Games showcases the automatic mode found in its upcoming actioner.

Watch the PSP Mini get put through the paces.

Watch the PSP Mini get put through the paces.

Explore one of the great mysteries of 1872.

Some of those eager to immerse themselves in Altair's portable crusade in Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines have allegedly been denied entry into the Animus. This has, in turn, led to animosity being expressed on Sony's message boards and our tips line. According to complaints, the downloadable version (the game is also available on UMD) freezes during its initial loading screen, regardless of PSP model. Based on user comments, the hobbled file originated from the European PlayStation Store and has since been bumped off -- to be replaced with a working version soon, hopefully. We'll keep an eye on things (and your comments below) while we await a response from Ubisoft.Source -- Official PlayStation ForumsSource -- EU PlayStation Blog commentsSource -- Youtube video [Thanks, Gian]

As a child, we were really into dinosaurs. Jurassic Park was our favorite movie, Dinosaucers was our favorite TV show and Yummy Mummy was our favorite cereal (that's not dinosaur-related, but we didn't want to lie to make the story better). So as we played the new demo for Jurassic: The Hunted, we couldn't help but feel that, with every shot, we were blowing away some small part of our innocence. But then we pretended that each dinosaur was the one that ate Robert Muldoon, and we felt loads better. If you download the sample, which features a taste of the 'Survivor' arena mode, we'd recommend doing the same.

Friday 20th November 2009: Members of the public became the fourth member of X Factor band Miss Frank yesterday at the launch of new Nintendo Wii game We Sing. We Sing is the first singing game which allows four players to join in at the same time - so the three-piece X Factor band offered up [...]

Tyson and Holyfield battle yet again. Let's hope no one loses an ear.

Do you love caring for animals?

It's taken a while, but Just Add Water's play-create-share dual-stick shooter Gravity Crash will be landing on both the American and European PlayStation Stores next Tuesday, November 24th.The game has certainly come a long way since its E3 showing, especially in terms of visuals. Unlike so many other PSN games, Gravity Crash will launch with a free demo which will include access to four levels and the in-game level editor (seen after the break). The demo will give you nearly unrestricted access to the editor, with one caveat -- you'll only be able to publish levels online by buying the full game.Gravity Crash will be available on PS3 for £6.29 / €7.99 / $9.99. A PSP version -- which also includes a level editor -- is also in the works, and is likely to arrive in December. For more details on the game, check out Episode 140 of the PS Nation podcast. Source - PlayStation.Blog EuropeSource - PS Nation podcast

Filed under: ArcadeThe latest trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, featuring what appears to be the game's introduction, highlights what is certain to be one of the most bemoaned features of the new game: the Tower of Spirits. Yes, like Phantom Hourglass, this game has a central dungeon area to which you'll return throughout the game, though players will be able to skip areas they have already completed this time. The trailer also seems to suggest that all the train tracks are magical shackles placed on the ground to imprison an evil presence. So that's why there are train tracks around! We would have guessed "interstate commerce."

Review scores for Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days have been generally positive. Sales in North America have been phenomenal. It sounds like Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days is another great game for those that are into the Kingdom Hearts series. That is, unless you’re the author of the article below. A long-time Kingdom [...]

It would be awesome to own these, but I’d be too afraid to wear them! Check out some more pics here (thanks AusGamer!)