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The Internet exploded when the news that Mega Man 9 is in development hit gaming blogs everywhere, but many people wondered how Capcom could take the series' old-school feel and preserve it for new consoles.

Well, the answer is here, as Wired's Game|Life blog is reporting that the latest issue of Nintendo Power magazine has revealed that the game will be for Nintendo's WiiWare service and will be styled exactly like the original Mega Man games.

Scans of the magazine article have already hit the Internet, but they're illegible, so you're better off going out and picking up the latest Nintendo Power to get your first glimpse at Mega Man 9.

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Bethesda has just released three new screens for their upcoming game Fallout 3, which is the latest entry in the legendary action RPG franchise. The game is currently looking at a Q4 release on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

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After enduring numerous delays, Left 4 Dead, the survival-horror FPS from Valve's Turtle Rock Studios, is finally coming on November 4, according to Big Download.

Left 4 Dead is built around four-player co-op in which gamers fight off hordes of zombies throughout several scenarios while also having the chance to play as zombie bosses. The game also features an A.I. "director" that changes the spawn points for enemy zombies with each play-through and controls the flow of the action.

You'll be able to pick it up on the Xbox 360 and PC.

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They do say it's one of the dangerous jobs in the world because every season at least one person dies to the horrible environment they get placed in trying to obtain these delicious crabs. So with that "insider tip" of the day, we just received word that Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm has shipped to stores nationwide for the Xbox 360.

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1. Career Mode (Extremely realistic and challenging simulation for gamers and Deadliest Catch fans
2. Missions (Includes United States Coast Guard missions, ice flow navigation) 
3. Mini-Games (Allows casual gamers to enjoy fun crab boat challenges, including crab boat races and skiff races)
4. Five Authentic Crab Boats (including Northwestern and Cornelia Marie) 
5. Customize Your Own Boat 
6. 20 Real Fishermen (including Edgar and Norman Hansen, Josh and Jake Harris)
7. Five Authentic Captains (including Captains Sig Hansen, Phil Harris and Larry Hendricks)
8. 4,500 lines of recorded character dialogue
9. 1st Time United States Coast Guard in Video Game  
10. Captain the 370ft. USCG Cutter Mellon
11. Throw-the-Hook Mini-Game
12. Skiff Racing Mini-Game
13. 34,000 Miles Actual Coastline
14. Four real Bering Sea harbors (Akutan, Dutch Harbor, King Cove and St. Paul)
15. Virtual tour of the Northwestern crab boat
16. 100 exclusive crew videos 
17. Xbox Live multiplayer for up to eight players
    

The game is rated T and is $59.99 on Xbox 360 and $39.99 for PC. The PC version is expected soon. Hit the jump for the box art.

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The achievements details for the Sniper class will debut tomorrow, June 18. But for now, Valve released a trailer teasing you for the next 24 hours! Peep it below!

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Electronic Arts today released the system requirements for the upcoming title, Spore. Look for it in stores on September 11.

WINDOWS XP
• 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 512 MB RAM
• A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• At least 6 GB of hard drive space

WINDOWS VISTA
• 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 768 MB RAM
• A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• At least 6 GB of hard drive space

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If you've been spending the past few months since the storm of information regarding Street Fighter IV hit the Internet wondering when you're going to get your hands on it and on what system you'll be playing it on, then think no more - various gaming websites have revealed that the game will be hitting the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC this winter.

The information initially hit the Internet this morning when French blog Jeuxvideo reported the story as a rumor, with Capcom later confirming it via press release.

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There's no doubt that piracy of PC games has been a huge problem for the industry over the past few years. Hotly anticipated titles such as Crysis have suffered at retail because of the ease of downloading them from various online piracy communities, forcing PC developers to bring their games to consoles in hopes of turning a profit.

However, PC piracy may soon be on its deathbed, as Shacknews has reported that Atari founder Nolan Bushnell has announced details about a new encryption chip that is becoming standard on motherboards in new PCs.

"What that says is that in the games business we will be able to encrypt with an absolutely verifiable private key in the encryption world--which is uncrackable by people on the internet and by giving away passwords--which will allow for a huge market to develop in some of the areas where piracy has been a real problem," Bushnell said at a Wedbush Morgan Securities conference last Thursday.

Bushnell hopes that this development will lead to the emergence of a strong PC market in regions such as Asia where piracy continues unabated.

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Thanks to a fierce marketing campaign as well as years of positive showings at E3, Age of Conan has made quite a splash in the PC community since its release last week, having sold 400k units according to GameDaily. This makes the game one of the fastest-selling PC games in history, which becomes even more impressive when you consider that it's an MMO.

It's encouraging for MMO developers to see another MMO besides WoW doing well. If Age of Conan can build momentum and continue to gain subscribers, it could send the message that you don't have to be able to take on WoW to be successful.

While it's unlikely that anyone can challenge Blizzard for control of the MMO market right now (well, maybe if you have a billion dollars), successful releases of future MMOs such as Warhammer Online as well as the continued success of Age of Conan could start to slowly erode Blizzard's subscriber base.

For now, it'll be interesting to see how Age of Conan performs in the coming weeks.

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Will Wright's army of simulation games has changed the face of PC gaming over the years, but few games have had the impact of The Sims, which he unleashed back in 2000. Being the top-selling PC franchise of all time and having amazing longevity (The Sims 2 and its expansions are consistently at the top of PC software charts every year), it has now passed another milestone, as EA announced yesterday that the game has sold over 100 million units.

Rod Humble, Head of Studio for the Sims Label, had this to say:

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