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As many zombie hunters know by now, Left 4 Dead is coming out on November 18, 2008. It’s made by Valve who has an impressive resume stemming back to the days of the original Half-Life and Counter-Strike.

If you may have missed out on the classics or every Valve game in general, now’s your chance to make up for it. Valve is offering every single game the company has ever made in one $99 package only on Steam. Now we know that $99 seems a little pricey on the surface especially in these tight times we live in but this is still a deal.

It’s worth noting that…

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People who’ve registered their PSPs with a US PlayStation Store account will want to stop by today for a freebie, because a Neverland Card Battles demo is now available. In it, you get to see the beginning of the game. You’ll be able to watch the opening movie and go through the tutorial mode, so you can see exactly how Neverland Card Battles works. Then, you’ll be able to play a level of the game to test the newfound skills learned in the tutorial.

Remember, the PlayStation Store has changed. To access the PlayStation Store’s PSP content, you either have to download and install Sony’s free Media Manager (for Windows PCs only) to your computer or have firmware 5.00 or better on your PSP…

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Atlus has just announced that yes, My World, My Way, is in reality the DS game Sekai wa Atashi de Mawatteru/The World Revolves Around Me from Global A Entertainment. It has also announced that it is preparing to release the unique DS game in the US in February, 2009. So the selfish princess Elise is ready to use her pout points and selfish nature to prove that she can make a better hero than some emo chosen child or seasoned warrior. If she can succeed, she’ll show that handsome adventurer that she’s even better than he is.

The website is definitely worth looking at. Everything is presented and represented in Elise’s opinion, so you can change the layout by using the Pout Button, get the game basics by clicking opinionated statements like “This stuff looks complicated. Explain!,“ “Who’s in this game, anyway?“ or “I have opinions and they need to be heard!“ Its really fun to look through.

Atlus has also released an English language My World, My World trailer…

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Well, it’s happened. Important Importables has reached a hallmark - 50 columns. After running for almost a year, I decided a bit of a celebration was in order. So I asked Gamertell’s editor what would be a good way to celebrate the occasion. His answer was simple - compile a list of 50 reasons why gamers love Japan.

I’ve been poring over everything I know about Japanese culture. The result is a massive list of 50 things gamers love about Japan. I’m certian you’ll find a few things on here you love. If you think I’ve missed something, be sure to hit the “comments” link below and let us know.

Without further ado, 50 reasons gamers love Japan…

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MTV’s Multiplayer Blog brings us some sad news from BMO Capital Markets Conference today (November 13, 2008). Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick told the people there that GTA: Chinatown Wars would be released by the end of April 2009 and the Xbox exclusive downloadable content for GTA IV would be pushed back until Spring of 2009.

Zelnick did say the DLC portion is almost complete but…

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FROM GADGETELL - Microsoft’s Windows Live plans to start digitally distributing PC games in a battle against leader, Steam.
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When Activision and Blizzard merged to become one big super company a few games got lost in the shuffle.

For a while the fate of Brütal Legend, Ghostbusters and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand was up in the air. Since then we have learned that Brütal Legend is still in limbo but Atari will take Ghostbusters and THQ will publish Blood on the Sand. The developer for Blood on the Sand, Swordfish Studios, is said to be finished with the game, according to CVG, and is still on track for release despite…

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Dr. Pepper has teamed up with Imaginuity NM to release a free-to-play, Flash browser games called Dr. Pepper Matchcaps. It is designed to run perfectly on the iPhone through Safari. If you don’t have an iPhone, don’t worry - you can enjoy the game in your regular Firefox or Safari browser as well. It will just temporarily resize the browser.

If you’re good at Bejeweled, or other similar match-3 games where you must shift a piece up, down, left or right to make three of a kind disappear, chances are you’ll be a natural at Dr. Pepper Matchcaps....

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Avast landlubbers! Talk Like a Pirate Day may be over for this year, but Nexon is adding an expansion to MapleStory which will make it feel like Talk Like a Pirate Day all year long. A pirate expansion, to be more specific. Now, players can choose a pirate class for their avatars and visit Demethos, a whole new Mabinogi area.

There are five special events going on to celebrate the pirate update. The first is a Demethos Double / Double event which lasts from November 12-26, 2008 and gives players double experience and item drops in Demethos during the event period. The second is a contest, running from now until December 14, 2008 - the first player in each world with a pirate at level…

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Guess what? Europe is finally getting games before North America. Lux-Pain is a good example - it came out in Europe at the beginning of November, 2008 (thanks to Rising Star Games), but it won’t be coming to the US until sometime in March, 2009. Of course, we should be thankful that Ignition Entertainment decided to pick it up, because before Ignition stepped in, it looked like the US wouldn’t be getting Lux-Pain at all.

Lux-Pain stars Atsuki, a young man who had a Lux-Pain put into his left arm so that he can find and remove parasitic worms called Silent from people. If Silent is left in a person, that person will become a criminal, doing horrible things to those around them. It is up to Atsuki to save Kisaragi City from the Silent and find out why these creatures are there…

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