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One of the most anticipated games of 2008, Will Wright’s civilization creation game Spore, will be released for the PC along with Spore Creatures on the Nintendo DS on September 7, 2008. The reach of Spore is also expanding to mobile phones thanks to a new agreement between AT&T and EA Mobile.

Spore: Origins is currently available exclusively to AT&T wireless customers. You’ll only be able to download Spore: Origins from now (July 18, 2008) until September 4, 2008. If you have high-speed internet service from AT&T you’re in for an extra treat. Now until September 20, 2008, AT&T is throwing in a free downloadable copy of…

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Kirby was not forgotten during E3 2008. Our favorite pink eating machine will be featured in a remake of the SNES title Kirby Super Star for the Nintendo DS called Kirby Super Star Ultra. The game will be released on September 22, 2008, and will feature everything we remember in the original plus updated graphics, fully rendered cut scenes, multiplayer and some DS-influenced mini games.

The basic gameplay in Kirby Super Star Ultra has Kirby going from one end of the stage to the other while absorbing different abilities from enemies. If you don’t feel like eating them you call always…

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PopCap has released another casual game for people with a sharp eye. SpinTop‘s Amazing Adventures Around the World is another “hidden object” kind of puzzle game, like those ones you used to see in Highlights magazine. This is the second game in the Amazing Adventures series, the first was Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb, released November 21, 2007. It’s available on the two sites above in a demo version and a $19.95 retail version.

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At E3 2008 the upcoming Star Wars-based MMO was confirmed by Electronic Arts. It was revealed in a a tongue-in-cheek manner, and quickly confirmed, by EA CEO John Riccitielo.

Riccitielo in an interview with Conde Nast Portfolio magazine said that they have two big name MMOs in the works. One of which is based of the Warhammer franchise, which will launch soon. He then said…

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With the E3 2008 announcements and Playstation network upgrades, Sony has chosen this week to allow its users to link their Playstation Underground IDs and their Playstation network IDs. Calling it a Portable ID, going through the process generates an image with your avatar in it as well as some code around it that links to your ID page.

Click through to get the complete step-by-step instructions…

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It’s nice to see the DS-Wii connectivity feature being put to good use. Nintendo revealed at the E3 2008 Nintendo Developers’ Roundtable that Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk will be compatible. Players with both games will be able to transfer their characters and possessions to the Wii version of the game, if they so desire.

Nintendo Everything reports that it may be possible for Wii owners without Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to still send their characters to friends’ Animal Crossing: City Folk towns. Allegedly, people will be able to use DS units and Animal Crossing: Wild World to transfer Animal Crossing: City Folk data to a friend’s Wii. 

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Rare and THQ’s portable pet game, Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise made an appearance at E3. Its debut at the convention meant more screenshots and information on the portable version of a series made popular on the Xbox 360. Players are able to raise piñatas and care for them - definitely not your everyday pet sim.

In Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise, you’re able to engage in practically every activity you did in the Xbox 360 and PC versions of Viva Piñata. You raise pinatas, breed them, share piñatas and items with friends, go through training missions and attempt to have a bunch of happy, paper mache critters. There are over 60 different piñatas in the game, so it should keep people busy for a while.

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The Digimon series has always seemed to take a backseat to Pokemon, but it showed at E3 that it still manages to get fans excited. Namco Bandai revealed at E3 that Digimon World Championship for the Nintendo DS has already gone gold. The latest game will focus on Digimon breeding and battling, and will also offer local and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection multiplayer support.

Digimon World Championship makes players Digimon Tamers. You have to hunt them down in the Digital World, capture them by force (weapons and traps are mentioned), train them, breed them and then unleash them against friends or in 50 in-game competitions. The game will feature over 200 Digimon, which should make battling interesting.

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If you’ve been wondering what extra goodies are included in the PS3 version of Eternal Sonata, then look no further. Namco Bandai issued a new press release during E3 detailing the changes to the RPG originally released on the Xbox 360. Eternal Sonata is a Japanese RPG starring Frederic Chopin’s, a 19th century composer, adventures in a dream world while he lies on his deathbed in the real world.

Owners of the Xbox 360 version of Eternal Sonata should be jealous. The PS3 version features two new playable characters, Serenade and Crescendo. It also adds new outfits for all of the existing characters and additional songs to the soundtrack. If cosmetic changes aren’t your thing, then perhaps new dungeons, some extra quests and extra endings would please you.

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Majesco’s been revealing lots of solid information on its forthcoming games, and Marker Man isn’t being left out. The DS game is a physics based, drawing, puzzle game for the Nintendo DS that is scheduled to be released in time for the 2008 winter holidays. Don’t let the simplistic title and story fool you, Marker Man sounds challenging.

Marker Man follows the adventures of, you guessed it, Marker Man. His pet, Doodle Dog, has disappeared. So now players have to help Marker Man manage his way through 150 puzzles to find his lost dog. This is accomplished by drawing geometric shapes on the touch screen to help Marker Man reach the end of each level.

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