Today Joel DeYoung of Hothead Games has revealed that Braid is hitting Sony's PS3 via PlayStation Network on November 12, 2009 for $14.99.

To quote: At long last, we’re thrilled to be able to tell the PlayStation community that Braid will officially be making its way to the PlayStation Network on November 12 for $14.99. The gang here at Hothead has been working hard to bring this...

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Germany’s ratings board, Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) has Braid listed for PS3, as was spotted yesterday by Fortinbras of NeoGAF.

Since then, IGN has confirmed via Hothead Games that Braid will indeed be hitting both the North American and European PlayStation Network.

To quote: IGN just received word from a Hothead Games representative confirming the...

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Online retailer Amazon now has its own Xbox Live store.

The retailer recently entered the arena of used games, and already has a downloadable PC game store - and will now add Microsoft Points, XBLA games, and other subscriptions to its offering.

To quote: The new Amazon Xbox Live Store is currently in beta, and becomes the only other outlet besides Xbox Live Marketplace...

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Tawkn is liveblogging the awards to let you know who won as soon as they've won.

So far:

Best New Debut: LittleBigPlanet
Beating out Braid, Sins of a Solar Empire, World of Goo and Soul Bubbles

Best Audio: Dead Space
Beating out L4D, MGS4, Gears of War 2

Best Game Design: LittleBigPlanet
Beating out Fallout 3, L4D, Braid and Far Cry 2

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Developer Jonathon Blow has implied that there is a possibility of Braid making its way to the PlayStation 3 console.

He commented, that it certainly is a posibility but depends on whether Sony is interested in bringing it over to their platform.

To quote: First off, developer Jonathon Blow lets us know that the PC version of Braid should be available between February...

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Everyone is asking whether or not 2008 could be considered "the year of the PS3," and while it certainly closed the gap, the system still has a long ways to go from a sales perspective.

And while we're 100% certain the console will have the best exclusives in 2009 (do we really have to list those again?), this is a time for reflection. So...did the PS3 have the best software...

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Once again, John Curry and Rod Oracheski are back to tell us what they think about some of the week's most important video game news and issues. To quote:

Fact or Fiction: Final Fantasy XIII will come out in 2009.

John Curry: Fact

I want to say fiction. God, I hope the Final Fantasy series dies a slow and painful death so that I can laugh at it for all times, but the truth is that there is still a group of diehard...

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Winners of the 2008 Spike Videogame Awards highlighted in bold:

Best Independent Game Fueled By Dew

- Audiosurf
- Braid
- PixelJunk Eden
- World of Goo

Studio Of The Year

- Bethesda Game Studios
- Harmonix
- Media Molecule
- Rockstar North

Game of the Year

- Fallout 3
- Gears of War 2
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- LittleBigPlanet
- Metal...

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What was once billed as a tool to uplift indie developers has become just another method of trampling the little guy. What happened to XBLA?

What began as a passive experiment with some old arcade classics on the original Xbox has been reborn as one of the gaming industry's premier marketplaces. It seems like such a long time ago when the Xbox Live Arcade re-launched with...

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Too Human. You know how you feel about it by now. Even if you haven't played it, you probably have an opinion. And even those that had experienced the demo have come to the same realisation that the optimistic buyers have also come to: there is something wrong with the game.

Strangely, it was while giving The Outfit the thirty seconds of gameplay it deserved that led to...

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