March 3 marks the release of Bungie’s Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack, first available exclusively in the Limited Collector’s Edition of Halo Wars from Ensemble Studios. The three maps included in the pack are Sandbox, Assembly, and Orbital.

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Q&A: Publisher trifurcating its street-racing franchise into trio of new properties: the MMOG NFS World Online, the Nintendo-only NFS: Nitro, and NFS: Shift for the PS3, 360, PSP, and PC.

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Wii Sports “sells” in excess of 40 million; 11 of the publisher’s internally developed games exceed the 10-million milestone mark.

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Chili Con Carnage creator Deadline Games said to be unable to find publisher for Bonnie-and-Clyde-inspired shooter, stalling development.

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Nintendo offers brief release update for a handful of Wii, DS titles; DSi due by summer.

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Activision Blizzard CEO says unannounced, turntable-equipped rhythm game will spin to retail shelves later this year.

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President and CEO Matthew Booty adds another title to his business card after previous chair resigns for personal reasons.

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Here’s our hands-on impression from a playthrough of the Operation Anchorage add-on for Fallout 3, available now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

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Halo Wars studio will spawn at least two new studios, according to farewell blog from Age of Empires creator Bruce Shelley.

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Atari founder to receive Fellowship at British awards ceremony taking place March 10.

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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Wii)
The Japanese version hits on Thursday!

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X-Blades (X360)
Pink prevails.

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Trace Memory R (Wii)
Nintendo and Cing bring their DS adventure to Wii, next week in Japan.

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Slumping sales of PS2, PSP, and PS3 hardware blamed for 32 percent drop in game division’s revenues during last three months of 2008.

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Greenskin Choppa, Dwarf Slayer being introduced to Mythic’s MMOG as part of live expansion event in March; new dungeon, official forums, free trial planned.

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A Stroke of Fate (PC)
No, we won’t make the obvious joke.

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50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (X360)
If you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, shoot them in the face.

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SimAnimals (Wii)
Check out a couple new screens of the game in action.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (PC)
The Orks faction work together in multiplayer units.

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The House of the Dead: Overkill (Wii)
Get ready to encounter all types of enemies.

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Boosted 85 percent in the U.S. in 2008.

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Job posting declares screenshots are retouched.

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A little high concept and complicated for some, but once you understand this puzzle/shooter hybrid, you’ll be hooked.

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