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Jurassic Tactics.

Smash some jewels (if you can tell them apart).

DICE forces you to survive as a team, or perish.

Strategy fans looking to get their fix on their shiny new iPad can now download an enhanced version of Square Enix's Crystal Defenders. Available for $7.99, the 69MB download provides new ... graphics. It's literally just a higher-res version of the game that's currently available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, though it surprisingly sports the same price as its lower-res counterpart.

Feel free to check out the cleaner sprites of the iPad version in our gallery below. And if you're looking to try before you buy, remember you can run the Lite version of the iPhone version for free on your iPad.

Crystal Defenders iPad (Square Enix, $7.99): App Store Link

#swagger A brief clip gives an idea of the gameplay ramifications of Madden NFL's new "swagger" stat. In short, it's not much, but at least it doesn't seem to be limited to scoring situations. More »

A Japan-only Bit Generation game gets a Wii update.

Here are the franchises that we think should get the HD upgrade.

Rockstar Games has another ace up its sleeve.

#salesget Wha...? An Xbox 360 game at the top of the Japanese sales charts? Sounds a bit kooky, right until we specify that that Xbox 360 game is a Monster Hunter title, the only game powerful enough to defeat Love Plus+. More »

EA Sports discusses their decisions on who will shine in this year's game.

For the third time in five years, Mythic Entertainment has been renamed -- from Mythic Entertainment to "EA Mythic," back to "Mythic Entertainment," and now: BioWare Mythic. The "new" name was tested out in yesterday's Warhammer Online June Producer's Letter, with producer Carrie Gouskos asking readers, "Like the fancy new name? We're still getting used to it ourselves."

Actually, the "BioWare Mythic" name has been used casually for some time within the BioWare division; though the studio's homepage and game sites continue to use the Mythic Entertainment name and logo. An Electronic Arts spokesperson told Joystiq that the name change was never formally announced, but that it was reflective of EA's restructuring of Mythic last June.

At that time, the Virginia-based studio was placed under the direction of BioWare overlords Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, and is currently one of four development studios within the division, which includes BioWare Edmonton, BioWare Austin and BioWare Montreal. Uh-oh, do we sense a "BioWare Fairfax" name change coming on?

Another great looking and fun game in the popular Nintendo series.

DS - 383.7k Wii – 334.8k 360 – 194.6k PS3 – 154.5k PSP – 59.4k - software totals rose 4% - industry as a whole fell 5% - software = $466.3 million - hardware fell 20% - hardware = $241.5 million - accessories were up 3% - accessories = $115.7 million - total industry revenue for May = $823.

#spo0rts Two retailers' listings now peg FIFA 11 for an earlier North American release date - Sept. 28 - which would seem to resolve a packed October schedule for EA Sports that must now accommodate EA Sports MMA. More »

Amazon's list of bonus offers is a good resource for people who like to receive free money for basically no reason when they pre-order games. Metroid: Other M is among the latest to be bundled with Amazon credit as an incentive, to the tune of an extra $20. Other notable recent additions include L.A. Noire, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Disney Guilty Party (all three offering a $10 credit)

Amazon is continually sneaking new offers in among the ones like Halo: Reach and Call of Duty: Black Ops that have been available for some time. Which kind of makes sense, since new games continue to be announced even during the pre-order period for other games.

How does the team feel about Sony's subscription service?

With such a popular genre, which game suits you best?

A candid conversation with Extra Lives author Tom Bissell about games, gamers, Gears and E3.

#clips Why could be more lovely than an afternoon spent frolicking with unicorns in the wilderness with Deathspank and his best pal Sparkles? More »

A candid conversation with Extra Lives author Tom Bissell about games, gamers, Gears and E3.

A candid conversation with Extra Lives author Tom Bissell about games, gamers, Gears and E3.

A candid conversation with Extra Lives author Tom Bissell about games, gamers, Gears and E3.

#tgs The people who make the annual Tokyo Game Show happen are pulling out all the stops to boost attendance for the geeky game gathering. The latest tactic to draw more attendees? Even more cosplay and official fighting game tournaments. More »

Sony has a special surprise for Canadians today. To celebrate Canada Day (and the Canadian launch of the PlayStation Network video delivery service), Sony is offering a download of Charlie's Angels for free. To access the video service, go to the PlayStation Store on your PS3 or PSP, and click on the new "Video" tab at the top. An e-mail will be sent to the registered PSN account with a redeemable voucher.

The offer is valid in Canada only, and unfortunately, cannot be traded in for a better movie.

Little Luke is no longer the only fella in Professor Layton's shadow.

With such a popular genre, which game suits you best?