Just a day after the rumor that Mass Effect 2 was slated to hit PS3 in 2010 came a second based on a listing from EA's Russian Web site for Left 4 Dead 2.

Today EA has confirmed to VG247.com (linked above) that both listings are an error, and have now been corrected. Whether both titles will stay exclusive to Microsoft in the future or not remains to be seen.

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Update: The official response from NOA, as expected, is "Nintendo does not respond to rumors and speculation."

Advance retail listings forwarded to Kotaku indicate that Nintendo is planning to issue its first price drop on the Wii, with a less expensive version of the console—currently priced at $249—coming the first week of October.

To quote: "That listing...

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At CEDEC 2009, Sony Home developer Masami Kando revealed that a future update will enable users to load up the PlayStation Store directly from Home.

This will allow you to do things such as downloading demos from PlayStation Home via PlayStation Store and playing online with friends.

Famitsu.com also shows images of a new virtual pet robot (pictured below) for PlayStation Home...

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Rumor has it Starhawk from LightBox Interactive Studio is planning a single-player mode, at least according to their job listings.

The development team listed one of the following job responsibilities for a Tech Game Designer, to quote:

“Implementing mission logic and game rules, also in Lua, in both single- and multi-player environments.”

LightBox...

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I believe this will lead us to a very happy moment or very sad one. It all depends whether you are living in Germany or not.

Rumor said that German Amazon got this item so-called PlayStation 3 Konsole Slim (PS3 Slim) uploaded to their site.

I wish this will be updated soon with a box art and more information.

Anyway, I'm glad Kotaku mentioned this news. We'll...

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According to the PCB Productions credits page, both Socom and Syphon Filter will be getting new PS3 sequels.

To quote: Two franchises from Sony Computer Entertainment, SOCOM and Syphon Filter, will be getting sequels on the PS3, according to the PCB Production Credits page.

The page shows that SOCOM 4 and Syphon Filter 5 are currently in development. SOCOM 4 has...

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In addition to the recent new protection being implemented on Nintendo DS games, now both eBay and Amazon have officially banned the sales of DS R4 flash carts.

As expected, Nintendo is pleased about this and has issued a brief comment as follows:

Nintendo is pleased with the co-operation it has received from both eBay and Amazon to prevent the sales of game copying...

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Update: Activision has officially crossed off at least one game from the possible projects Radical is bringing to the Wii.

"I can confirm that we have no plans to bring Prototype to the Wii," an Activision representative told GameSpot.

Radical Entertainment is a developer that operates on both sides of the Entertainment Software Rating Board's spectrum. On 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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Insomniac Games Community Relations Manager James Stevenson has announced that Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time is heading to the PS3 in Autumn 2009:

Greetings from the SCEA Blogger’s Lounge at GDC! We are very happy at Insomniac to finally announce the name of our next game.

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time will conclude the story arc that started in Tools...

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