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Looking good: Screenshots and new media
Mega-Man Universe trailer accompanies the game's announcement!
Akai Katana trailer is for the new bullet hell shooter from Cave.
Sonic Colors screens give us another look.

Analyse this: They look at the industry
Activision must start charging for Call of Duty online, says Pachter.

Interesting... Assorted bits and pieces
Gamasutra Network Jobs - week of July 16.

In Development: Games in progress
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 owners get Medal of Honor Beta Access via Steam.
Assassin's Creed 2 voice actor tackles Sonic - welcome, Roger Craig Smith.
2K planning Spec Ops: The Line multiplayer beta - for Xbox 360 only.
Kane & Lynch 2 demo hits PlayStation Plus next week, or July 20/21 as part of the PSN update.

Console yourselves: PlayStation, Xbox 360, Wii
Sony wants PS3 3D gaming kept to 720p, due to frame rate concerns.
Xbox 360 sales boost thanks to the new model available in Europe.

In good company: Business news
EA sells its 15% stake in Ubisoft, all's right with the world.

MMO to love: Massively Multiplayer Online details
TERA's David Noonan chats about story and gameplay.
Guild Wars 2: More questions anwered about death and healing.
Star Wars: The Old Republic's Super-Reveal Friday - Music, audio, webcomics and more!
Behind the wheel with Need for Speed World - vroom vroom!

Politically speaking: Gamers are grownups, too!
Revamped PEGI ratings enforceable in the UK after April 1 2011.

Developmentally Challenged: The dev perspective
Xbox Achievements almost didn't have pop-up notifications (can you imagine a world like that?)
Cliff Harris vs Mark Rein ...should AAA bosses f--k off?
Lara Croft is a four-week 360 exclusive, so it can be part of the Winter of Arcade.
Ubisoft have 6 to 8 launch titles on 3DS, comment that Wii has proven motion controls can exist in the games industry.
Codemasters CEO: I don't like DRM ...which makes two of us, I think.

A little light reading: Books about games or the industry
Fallout: New Vegas comic - first look, and I'm intrigued.

Oops. Retractions and damage control
Tiger Woods golf game sales plummet compared to a year ago (surprise?).

Buy me this: For the gamer who has everything
Best Star Fox shirt ever
Some other cool shirts! (I love the Sonic one...)
Marcus Fenix statue with or without gold Lancer.

Compete amongst yourselves: Competitions, pro-gaming, etc
BlizzCon 2010 ticket charity dinner lottery now live!

Mark your calendars: Events, announcements...
GDC Europe adds Guerilla Games Killzone 3 keynote, while registration deadline looms.

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