Today Activision is reporting that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made $550 million in the first five days of the videogame's release.

It appears even in this challenging economic climate, Modern Warfare 2 is indeed a top seller setting a new entertainment industry record.

Press Release: Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 Sets All-Time Entertainment Industry...

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Update: A second video is now available below as well!

Today Freeplay has released a video which appears to demonstrate Sony's new PSP Go hacked, showing a 'Hello Go' Universal PSP Hello World screen.

Although he doesn't specifically state which game was used, there are apparently several known user mode exploits... but as always, obtaining a kernel mode exploit...

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With the Final Fantasy XIII release date for PlayStation 3 now confirmed for Japan, the announcement of a tie-in beverage from Suntory was apparently next on their agenda.

Final Fantasy XIII "Elixir" will come in 16 collectible cans, each with a different character on it.

It will be available sometime this winter, either in single cans (of Lemon or Aloe-flavored...

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SCEA's Marketing Manager Mark Valledor brings us another LittleBigPlanet 'Sack It To Me' weekly update today via PlayStation Blog.

To quote: The biggest Video Games show in Europe, GamesCon, is set to start next week in Cologne Germany. LBP will be there and as teased previously there maybe some new things to announce. As we all wait patiently, let’s see what’s been going on this...

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Flipnote Studio provides users with simple tools that let them draw and save a series of images to create an animation reminiscent of flipping through a notepad.

This makes it easy for anyone to jump in and create animations, regardless of their artistic abilities.

Press Release: Flipnote Studio for Nintendo DSi Gives Players the Tools to Become Animators
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There hasn’t really been that many horror games so far this generation, and there have been even less really scary ones.

Games such as Siren: Blood Curse, Alone in the Dark – Inferno and Jericho were disappointing and Silent Hill: Homecoming continued the series’ habit of being mediocre since the first few games, and it’s left us with few horror games.

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Just what isn't inFamous getting these days? Just days after inFamous LittleBigPlanet Costumes were unveiled comes another announcement... Sony has hired a writer for an inFamous movie.

According to HollywoodReporter.com (linked above), to quote:

Screenwriter Sheldon Turner is becoming even more "inFAMOUS."

Sony Pictures has pre-emptively picked up a pitch from Turner to adapt the Sucker...

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Insomniac Games Community Relations Manager James Stevenson has outlined a recap of Comic-Con 2009 Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time footage today.

To quote: We led off with some exclusive videos that those of you playing at home won’t be able to see until the final game releases, one involving Captain Qwark, and the other an unlockable video about the Agorian Warriors.
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Has Microsoft's Xbox 360 finally cemented itself as the 'it' console for this generation? You know, the most talked about, played, respected and in the forefront of peoples minds?

If listening to the words of US President Obama are to be taken at face value then perhaps so.

To quote: You can’t just contract out parenting. For our kids to excel, we have to accept our...

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Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that Sony will cut PS3’s price before October 1, 2009 if US hardware sales continue to slide.

Speaking in a note today, Pachter estimated that US Wii, 360 and PS3 sales will show a year-on-year decline of 43 percent for June.

To quote: “We think that the console manufacturers will therefore be forced to consider a price...

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