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While researching a rumor about Marvel vs. Capcom 2, we stumbled upon a listing for Street Fighter Alpha 2 coming to the Playstation Portable and Playstation 3. What’s particularly interesting is that this news comes hot off the heels of Capcom’s announcement that Sakura, the schoolgirl fighter, is being added to the Street Fighter 4 roster.

Street Fighter Alpha 2 was…

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When talking about potential blockbuster PS3 titles for 2008, chances are LittleBigPlanet‘s name will come up. LBP has demonstrated its originality and creation possibilities several times over the past year and Sony is giving it a big marketing push as its release draws closer. LBP is looking to be a big time system seller for Sony because it appeals to a wide variety of gamers. Early previews have also noted LBP‘s ease of use and wide array of clever gameplay.

SCEA marketing manager Mark Valledor confirmed Sony’s dedication to the game in an interview with Advertising Age:

“We have coined 2008 ‘the year of the PS3’ and are confident that with the launch of “LittleBigPlanet,“ we will continue to see the momentum build throughout the end of this year and on to the next…

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At E3 2008 Jack Trenton announced a line up of Playstation 3 titles that would be getting special treatment and goes into effect this week (July 28, 2008). Select titles have been relaunched at lower price points across the United States with nine titles now costing $29.99 each.

Most of these games are actually very good and well worth their price. Warhawk is even supposed to get trophy support in the future. In case you forget which games have been discounted, Sony has placed them in distinctly colored cases. They have red borders around them so they stand out really well.

Click through for a complete list of the newly priced titles up for grabs…

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Yet another PSP firmware update has been released by Sony, v3.93. Figures - I just updated mine. This latest update is mainly fluff if you already have your PSP running with v3.90 firmware. All that is new in v3.93 is updated support for some of the Playstation Network games. v3.90, however, did add additional Skype and Internet Radio support to the handheld.

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SCEA’s David Karraker announced to the media today that he is officially leaving the company effective September 7, 2007.

“It has been a wild ride and an incredibly enriching experience,“ Karraker said. “I have enjoyed immensely my tenure at SCEA and think the company and its brands are very well positioned to have an exceptional holiday and a very bright future.“

Having only worked with SCEA a year as the company’s Senior Director of Corporate Communications, Karraker leaves to pursue a career as head of public relations and events for Skyy spirits beginning October 1, 2007.

Karraker said that although the decision to leave SCEA was a difficult choice he couldn’t ignore a global opportunity near his home town where he will be “in an industry where I have previous experience that I feel I must pursue,“ he said and added he will keep watch over SCEA’s progress. “I look forward to continuing to follow this industry as a gamer, rather than a spokesperson.“

Karraker will be leaving SCEA exactly one year after replacing former PR boss Molly Smith in September 2006.

Read [Game Industry] Also Read [Game World Network]

• Repricing of select Greatest Hits PS3 games starts this week
• Sony hopes LittleBigPlanet, related incentives will help sell PS3s
• Rumor: Street Fighter Alpha 2 coming to PS3, PSP