Daily Wrap-Up

Here's what happened today in video games, technology and popular culture!

• Story details for BioWare's upcoming 'Omega' DLC add-on for Mass Effect 3 are discovered on the 2012 game's disc.
• Valve is partnering with Ipecac Recordings to release Portal 2: Songs To Test By (Collector's Edition) on October 30, 2012.
• A number of major cable television providers are preparing to test out game-streaming service offerings over the next couple years.
• A pair of screens from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's Zombies mode pop up online in advance of a promised September 26, 2012 reveal.

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Here's what's happened today in the world of video games, technology and popular culture!

• Check out our hands-on preview of Halo 4.
• In this Halo 4 multiplayer gameplay preview you'll get to learn more about the two modes coming to the first-person shooter.
• Randy Pitchford talks Borderlands 2 in a two-hour interview covering everything from DLC plans to a possible Vita release.
• Muse Games lines up an October 29, 2012 release for Guns of Icarus Online, sweetening the pre-order pot with instant beta access.
• Sony won't be dropping the price on older PS3 models with the release of the new PS3 Slim because consumers are tired of 'weird price"

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Here's what happened today in the world of video games, technology and popular culture!

• Sony confirms a November 2012 launch for PlayStation Plus on the PS Vita.
• Keiji Inafune reveals the full title for his upcoming zombie game, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, which he'll collaborate with Team Ninja and
• Team Ninja confirms that its upcoming fighting game Dead or Alive 5 will be available on launch day as either a disc or a PSN download.

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Here's what went on today in the world of video games, technology and popular culture:

• Gearbox Software included a special loot-dropping character in Borderlands 2 to honor the memory of a fallen fan.
• The list of Xbox 360 Achievements for Assassin's Creed 3 has been posted, revealing new facts about the game.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 apparently includes jetpacks, wingsuits, and possibly even a full Zombies campaign.
• Bohemia Interactive lays out the facts of the case in which two Arma 3 devs were recently detained in Greece for alleged acts of espi
• Sony lifts the street date requirement on LittleBigPlanet Vita, though the game's online features won't be live until September 18.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• The Wii U release date has been announced by Nintendo.
• We've got the Blade and Soul announcement trailer and a video that goes through the combo skills of each announced class.
• Nintendo has announced the U.S. release date and price for its console, the Wii U.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• D3 Publisher reveals that the alien space bug-squashing action of Earth Defense Forces 4 is heading to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in
• Obsidian's mysterious homepage tease continues to count down to a reveal set for Friday, September 14, 2012.
• Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune confirms that his Soul Sacrifice follow-up will be a zombie game called Yaiba.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• It looks like Resident Evil 6 will be receiving three pieces of timed exclusive DLC for Xbox 360 following its October 2012 launch.
• A pair of Arma 3 devs from Bohemia Interactive were arrested in Greece for allegedly spying on the nation's military forces.
• A newly discovered Microsoft patent for an "environmental display" blends Kinect technology with a 360-degree video projection.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Gearbox Software reveals the skill trees and releases a skill calculator for the four launch characters in Borderlands 2.
• Now you can learn all about the new Promethean enemies in Halo 4 and the various deadly projectiles they'll be shooting at you.
• Mentions and images of six previously unrevealed fighters are buried in the files of Namco Bandai's latest, Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Ubisoft reveals Assassin's Creed: Utopia, an upcoming iOS/Android game in which players build an early American colonial home for the
• Ubisoft reveals Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, an upcoming downloadable game that returns the series to its Wild West roots.
• BioWare's latest Mass Effect 3 N7 Bounty Weekend, called Operation: Vigilance, asks players to preserve their precious resources.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• 4J Studios confirms that the long-awaited Adventure Update for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is 'weeks away.'
• Former MTV sock puppets Sifl and Olly are back and they're going to be reviewing video games???
• Valve is charging developers a $100 fee for Greenlight postings in an effort to cut down on fraudulent and distasteful content.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• A new job listing for Valve confirms and lays out the general line of thinking behind the company's hardware development plans.
• Insomniac confirms that the 2005 PlayStation 2 game Ratchet: Deadlocked is headed to the PlayStation Network in 2012.
• DICE releases its latest massive patch for Battlefield 3, introducing new balance tweaks and fixes as the Armored Kill DLC rolls out.

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Happy Friday! Before you set off an epic weekend adventure, take a look at the news from today.

• Bethesda expresses uncertainty in a new statement on the continued absence of Skyrim's Dawnguard DLC from the PS3.
• Electronic Arts announced plans to release all 17 Command & Conquer games together in one box -- Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Edition[[/lin
• GameStop's pre-order bonus for LittleBigPlanet Karting is a Headstart Pack containing more than 900 customzation items.
• Sony has revealed three more fighters for their upcoming brawler, PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale.
• Check out what happens when Pee-Wee's Playhouse meets Evil Dead in 8-Bit Trip.
• Gearbox has announced a new competitive multiplayer mode for Aliens: Colonial Marines called "Escape Mode."
• Dead Island Riptide picks up after you escape in Dead Island.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Hideo Kojima announces Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, an open-world stealth/action game using the Fox Engine.
• GREE reveals Metal Gear Solid: Social Ops for mobile platforms, confirming plans for a late 2012/early 2013 release.
• Hideo Kojima confirms that his cutscene-heavy Metal Gear Solid series is going to Hollywood with an Avi Arad-produced film.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Level-5 confirms that the next Professor Layton game, coming to Nintendo 3DS in 2013, will be the last to star that title character.
• Archos reveals its Android-powered, 7-inch GamePad tablet, featuring built-in dual analog gaming controls for under $200.
• Check out this exclusive Strike Suit Zero trailer.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• The third episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead game is out today on PSN and XBLA, with other platform versions coming this week.
• Sony confirms the initial list of PS Vita-compatible PSOne Classics titles that you can download to your handheld starting today.
• Nintendo confirms plans to reveal Wii and 3DS news during a livestreaming Nintendo Direct video conference set for August 29, 2012.

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