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The Daily Stash

We scour the net for the Daily Stash, our daily roundup of game bits and pieces. Click through for more about:

Looking good: Screenshots and new media
Wii Party footage shows off the game's single-player mode.
LittleBigPlanet Spiderman model is OMG SO CUTE!
Deadliest Warriors screens show off some deadly warriors.

A casual affair: For the less hardcore.
Popcap wants to add social features to all of their future releases.
Coma is this week's Fantastic Flash.

Interesting... Assorted bits and pieces
Xbox Live Arcade is a "slaughterhouse" for indie devs, we hear.

Independently Released: Often better than AAA
Natural Selection 2 alpha test coming July 26th for special edition pre-orders.
Lumi lights up Xbox Live Indie Games - a little gem of a puzzle-platformer.
Indie Game Links: We Like Monkeys.

Not just for calls: iPhone updates, games and releases
Top Grossing Game Apps: Osmos leads iPad charts in debut week.

Console yourselves: PlayStation, Xbox 360, Wii
Top Japanese devs go crazy for 3DS - quotes of death.
New Xbox 360 Slim Arcade gives you stylish gaming - for cheap!
3DS producer explains new Tag Mode, and confirms the final hardware shape.
Walmart lists $200 Kinect bundle

In good company: Business news
Rhode Island is trying to buy Curt Schillings' 38 Studios - by offering them a $75m loan.
GameStop doesn't like being in the used game business, but explain it's a necessary evil.
Eric Hirshberg named CEO of Activision Publishing, coming from a solid PR background.

MMO to love: Massively Multiplayer Online details
TERA is possibly subsidised by the Korean government, which is interesting.

Music in Games: The tunes behind the action
City of Heroes: Going Rogue soundtrack available on iTunes, Amazon - composed by Jason Graves.
Final Fantasy composer returns to SF, with two different shows.

Politically speaking: Gamers are grownups, too!
EA call Schwarzenegger a Hypocrite when it comes to Californian gaming laws.

Developmentally Challenged: The dev perspective
The Last Story may be Sakaguchi's last title (and wouldn't that be a coincidence!)
BioWare says 3D has gimmicky perception, but the 3DS feels "more natural".
Heavy Rain developer working on two "very different projects", as detailed in this revealing interview.

Buy me this: For the gamer who has everything
Sonic Hat! (it's a Sonic Colors pre-order bonus at GameStop).

Crafty: From people who are good with their hands.
How to play SNES games on your iPad, in case you were curious.
Super fan-made paper Mario and Luigi - they're both more than a foot tall.

Hoorah! Good news, everybody!
New Super Mario Bros. Wii top-selling Japanese game of 2010 ...so far, anyway.

Art in games: Real paintings, sometimes.
Mini-minimalism comes to Mega-Man 3 - see Needleman, Snakeman, Shadowman, Topman, Hardman, Geminiman, Sparkman and Magnetman!
Fake LEGO game concepts really should make it to fruition.

Downloadable Content: Fix it later
Battlefield Bad Company 2 will get Onslaught, at some point.
ModNation Racers patch introduces Casual career mode, for the less-hardcore.

Mark your calendars: Events, announcements...
R.U.S.E. free preview weekend, July 15th.

RUMOURED:
Is Steven Spielberg still collaborating on a new game with EA?

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