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Developers and publishers have gone to some pretty drastic measures to prevent having their new products put through the Gamestop wash, such as EA's Project Ten Dollar, or Ubisoft's highly controversial "Pre-Owned Smart Bomb," which, upon sensing a player's intent to trade a game in, destroys his or her entire city. However, according to Treyarch's Mark Lamia, the developer hopes to combat resales of Call of Duty: Black Ops by making its multiplayer component positively unquittable.

"We're going to support the hell out of Black Ops," Lamia recently explained to MCV. "That will be our focus post-release: making sure we keep our fans engaged, and hopefully as a result, they'll want to keep playing our game and won't want to trade it in." A noble goal, but people really love trading in their games, guys. We're afraid of how things might escalate if Treyarch fights to keep their wavering attention. "No, wait, don't go," they might say, "now the game has dinosaurs!"

Party time!

Party time!

Party time!

Party time!

More cute creatures on your DS.

When's the last time you saw another person? A real human being? You see, we're stuck here. Inside the internet. And short of Facebook profile pics and, well, some questionable adult sites (is foot crushing really a thing?) we haven't seen anyone in years. That's why it's so great to see EA bringing another Hasbro classic to yet another digital platform, with its release of Yahtzee HD for iPad. It's just like Yahtzee for real life, except made entirely of ones and zeroes.

Miss the tactile feeling of rolling dice out of a plastic cup? Travis Boatman, Vice President of Worldwide Studios for EA Mobile, says that "rolling the dice across the iPad's expansive screen is addicting." Cursed with an army of digi-friends and no meat-based friends, like we are? Use Facebook Connect "to issue friendly challenges and post high scores." All yours for the asking price of $5.

Find a happy place with these screens.

Get your nails and hair done.

#clips Justin Wong is a world class fighting game player. The guy will kick your ass. He is also a world class terrible driver. Don't believe me? More »

The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai was a smash hit on Xbox Live Arcade and rightfully so. But now there's a sequel coming next year and, with it, higher hopes. The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile stars a new protagonist, adds a bevvy of new challenges and, perhaps most importantly, runs on a brand-new engine.

#gallery Tecmo Koei is bringing its Dead or Alive fighting series to the Nintendo 3DS. Hello, three dimensional jiggly fighting! More »

New images of crime solving drama.

Hi Everyone! Time for this week’s video store update.

This month, Sony brings you our new Artist of the Month, Usher. Watch exclusive music videos, including his hit single ‘There Goes My Baby’, now on PlayStation Store.

In celebration of the theatrical 3D release of Resident Evil: Afterlife, we’ve put together a Spotlight on Resident Evil collection where you can revisit past Resident Evil movies and other Hollywood blockbusters starring Milla Jovovich. Enjoy movies like Resident Evil: Extinction, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, The Fifth Element, and more!

Also, back to school madness continues this week with our Campus Classics collection where you can find great back to school classics like How High, Accepted, American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, The House Bunny, and many more. This week, enjoy a FREE episode of Terriers, a new FX original series about an ex-cop who partners with his best friend to launch an unlicensed private investigation business. The duo, both struggling with maturity issues, solve crimes while avoiding danger and responsibility.

Last but not least, save up to 50% on adrenaline-pumping sports films The Massive, Neverland, and Still Filthy by visiting Deal of the Week under New Releases.

New TV and Film arrivals hit the US and Canada stores everyday! Here’s a taste of what’s hot this weekend:

Just in TV
US Store: Weird, True & Freaky: Season 1, MAD: Season 1, Little People: Big World: Season 10, Keeping Up With the Kardashians: Season 5, Mad Men: Season 1, Money Hungry: Season 1, Obsessed: Season 2, Rizzoli & Isles: Season 1, Regular Show: Season 1, The Phantom: Season 1

Canada Store: Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Season 8, Comedy Central Presents: Stand-Up: Season 1, Live at Gotham: Season 4, Pros vs. Joes: Season 4, Real Vice Cops Uncut: Season 2, Deadwood: Season 1,Entourage: Season 4,Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 5, Six Feet Under: Season 1, Weaponology: Season 2, Eureka: Season 1, Gangland: Season 1, Transformers: Season 1

Just in Movies
US Store: Killers, MacGruber (Unrated), Abandoned, Mike Epps Presents: Live From Club Nokia, Solitary Man, The Exploding Girl, Bleach the Movie 2 – The DiamondDust, and Made: The Movie

Canada Store: Killers, MacGruber, Just Wright, The Last Song, Solitary Man, Leap Year, The Bannen Way, Wale & El Grupo, When In Rome, Abandoned, Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach, Black Dynamite, Boogeyman 3, Center Stage: Turn It Up, Couples Retreat, Drag Me To Hell (Unrated), Hungry Hills, The Job, and Abandoned.

And last but not least, be sure to check out the dynamic duo that is Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl in the trailer for Killers, now available on both the US and Canada video store!

#pullquote Sony exec Peter Dille responds to a question regarding whether or not the company plans to spend more promoting the Move than Microsoft is spending on Kinect. Via the Seattle Times and CVG. More »

#clips On the left, there is footage of on-board camera footage of the Korean Grand Prix. On the right? More »

Steve Young Football, a new iPad/iPhone game, takes a football field and turns it into a venue for bizarrely fun minigames. These two similarly bizarre ads for the game spoof a pair of memorable, early-'90s commercials. Are you ready to grab My Buddy and get caught up in the Crossfire?

We play through the near final build of FIFA - could it be the best yet?

Mega Man Universe Has Customizable Mega Men

Actress lends voice and likeness for new heroine role.

#metroid Samus Aran is one of gaming's iconic female characters. She wasn't always a female, though. Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto explains: More »

Believe us, Zangief, we're just as surprised! Apparently when fans aren't fighting in the streets, they're taking time to share their love of Capcom's series by painting the streets full of fighters. Here's just a few, courtesy of Shoryuken.

[Thanks, Terry]

#yakuza Chiaki Kuriyama, best known in the West for her role as Gogo Yubari, is joining the cast of the next Yakuza game, Yakuza: To The End. More »

Get your first look at the new threads for Ryu, Chu-Li and others.

Sure, playing as the Taliban might be taboo now, but give it about 60 years. The latest trailer for the free-to-play Company of Heroes Online (currently in open beta) slyly promotes the Nazis' Terror Division, showing that time heals all wounds when it comes to video game enemies.

#hollywood Love them or hate them, the Resident Evil films make money. The series has taken in over US$378 million worldwide. There must be a reason for this. According to actress Milla Jovovich, there is. More »

Fans of lighter shades of red will be pleased to hear that the typically no-nonsense black (or blue!) DualShock 3 controller will be getting a somewhat whimsical pink paint job later this month. According to a recent Gamestop listing, the wireless controller will retail for the standard $55 and is expected to hit store shelves on September 21.

The listing adds this model is "perfect for female gamers and households with kids," though that statement is rather narrow-minded -- don't you think? It's like, if we were to draw a Venn diagram including "ladies" and "people who would want to play games with a pink controller," there'd probably be a surprisingly small amount of overlap, and then, slightly adjacent to that overlap, there'd be an even smaller circle representing Steven Tyler.

[Thanks, Vallanthaz]

Pikachu http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianah/4972451847/in/photostream/ http://uilustremax.blogspot.com/2010/09/remake-pokemon-2-pikachu.html http://marcelomeneses.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/pikachu-remake/ http://thalesmolina.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/02-pikachu/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/caio-martins/4973334440/ Mankey http://uilustremax.blogspot.com/2010/08/remake-do-mankey.html http://thalesmolina.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/mankey/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/caio-martins/4940446625/in/photostream/ http://twitpic.com/2jkxkn Thanks to Ed for the heads up!