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Take-Two Interactive released its Q3 2008 financial report today (September 4, 2008) which showed promising results. Besides the companies rise in net income to the tune of $51.8 million, Take-Two confirmed two big titles for its fiscal 2009 year which starts November 1, 2008,and ends on January 31, 2009: We can expect Bioshock 2 and GTA: Chinatown Wars to be available early next year if everything continues in development.

From the report…

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A Collector’s Edition to the highly anticipated sequel to Resistance: Fall of Man has been spotted lurking around Amazon for the PS3. It includes a beefy amount of extra content for $79.99. Amazon also lists the release date for Resistance 2 as November 4, 2008, though that date can change at any moment before release.

Along with the game the Resistance 2 Collector’s Edition will include a bonus DVD of behind-the-scenes content and…

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These days packaging a popular game with a bunch of swag seems almost mandatory. So with great honor I present to you the Saints Row 2 Collector’s Edition. This special edition will be available at select retail outlets as well as some online stores for $79.99. You may have already noticed the shape of the box resembles a gun which is absolutely fitting for the over-the-top gang violence Saints Row 2 has to offer.

Inside the gun-shaped box you will find…

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Gamecock has also announced a list of the five games it will be displaying at Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) 2008, which runs from August 29-31, 2008. It has a pretty well rounded display set up, featuring games for the Xbox 360, DS, Wii and PC. So only Sony system owners will feel left out if they drop by Gamecock’s booth. (Don’t worry Sony fans! Gamecock is working on PS3 versions of some of the games displayed at PAX 2008.)

While Gamecock has an admirable game display set up, you won’t be able to actually play all of the titles - one (Velvet Assassin) will only shown in presentations by Replay Studios developers. Still, with four games to enjoy, you’ll want to stop by and play a demo or two.

The games appear at the event are as follows…

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With the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) 2008 starting today (August 29, 2008), its only natural that attending game companies displayed game lists are forming. One of the latest game lists is from Destineer, which has revealed the nine games it will be showing at the event. The bulk of Destineer’s showings are DS titles, but there also a few Xbox 360 and Wii games at the event.

All of Destineer’s displayed games will be playable, so you’ll want to stop by. The games appear at the event are as follows…

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Some of you might remember a few weeks ago when I covered the ezShot from ezGear, a lightweight gun frame designed for the WiiMote that I didn’t recommend. Now for something a bit more positive: The Dual Trigger Gun NW by Thrustmaster is a step in the right direction for Wii gun frames.

The Dual Trigger Gun is exactly what the name implies - a gun frame with two triggers.  The good news is that one trigger is…

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During the 2008 Leipzig Games Convention, which ran from August 20-24, 2008, an artist named Douglas Stanley chose to create an artistic installation called Invaders!. It was to be part of a Space Invaders: Die Jubiläumsshow! exhibit at Berlin’s Computer Spiele Museum, in honor of Space Invader’s 30th anniversary. Stanley’s Invaders! involved Space Invader aliens destroying New York’s World Trade Center Twin Towers, from the 9/11 terrorist attack, with people able to interact with the exhibit by destroying the aliens and protecting the towers.

The game caused quite an outcry from Americans, especially those directly affected by 9/11, and Taito, the creators of Space Invaders. Upon hearing of Stanley’s Invaders! exhibit, which Taito was not informed of, Taito immediately stated that it was going to end the installation and its unauthorized use of Space Invaders content. The company also stated that it would be willing to take legal action against Stanlet and the Leipzig Games Convention exhibitor which allowed the “Invaders!” exhibit to run…

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Wii gamers who find themselves defending the system as a legitimate platform for hardcore gamers have been given some new ammunition (of course, they may want to save that ammunition for the zombies). Sega has announced The House of Dead: Overkill will be coming to the Wii early 2009. The game is being developed by Headstrong Games (formerly Kuju of Battalion Wars 1 and 2) and is being built from the ground up specifically for the Wii platform.

Using the Wii remote (as opposed to the light-gun approach of the The House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return port), the game will be presented in a pulp action-style design. This is made quite clear in the trailer which was instantly one of the best game trailers I have ever seen. Click through to check it out…

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In 2001 Tom Clancy put his name to an incredible tactical squad-based first-person shooter called Ghost Recon, a franchise that contains almost prophetic parallels with current events.

In the original Ghost Recon game, set in 2008, Russia is taken over by ultra-nationalists who want to rebuild the might of the former Soviet Union by re-acquiring several Eastern European states. The reasoning for the Russian spread in the game could just be to regain the former territory of the Soviet Union or to do as Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Telegraph when he said he would “protect the lives and dignity of Russian citizens wherever they are located.” Even more coincidental, the game opens in the former-Soviet state of Georgia…

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The Game Critics Awards list of the best games of 2008 has just been announced and the winners for the Best of E3 2008 include Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, Spore, Gears of War 2 and Madden NFL 09.

Click through for the complete list of winners…

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