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December 6th,2007

You blinked! Here’s the latest on video games

By Mike Leaño

More gaming news is coming your way via the Video Games Channel. Aside from the usual salvo of upcoming games, there have been a lot of buzz surrounding acquisitions, existing games, and the like. If you’ve blinked since the last time you’ve read about our channel, then you’ll be shocked to hear that a lot of things have happened since then.

The channel’s pundits have been hard at work in bringing out what’s hot in the virtual world of gaming, so brace yourself. Read the news and weep. Or laugh. Or cry. You get the idea.

• Downloadable Content For Guitar Hero III In 2008, Wii Rocks! (Wii News Daily)
• Wii 21 In 1 Entertainment Pack, Pretty Sums Up Everything (Wii News Daily)
• On Lowbie Daily Quests (WoW Obsessed)
• Activizzard! (WoW Obsessed)
• Brutal Legend Swag (The Adventuress)
• Holiday Shopping Guide (The Adventuress)
• The Sims 2 Kristen Bell Free Download (Sims Gamer)
• The Sims 2 Rihanna (Sims Gamer)
• Watch - Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero’s opening (Siliconera)
• Sega fulfills dreams of Nintencats (Siliconera)
• There IS Such A Thing As A Free Lunch (Play-Girlz)
• Girls In Da Hood? (Play-Girlz)
• Festive Mood: Arduino Xmas HitCounter, Dings With Your Blog (Play-Gadgets)
• PS2 Edge Wired Guitar Hero Contoller, Not A Round One (Play-Gadgets)
• R2D2 Translator, Translate Homo Sapiens Language Into R2D2 Lingo (Ironic Gamer)
• James Wong Endorses Vii, Make Singaporeans Look Silly (Ironic Gamer)
• EA won’t rule out further developer acquisitions (Games Industry Wire)
• Activision and Vivendi Deal a ‘Bargain’, Says Analyst (Games Industry Wire)
• Dark Sector is a Gears of War wannabe (FPS Rantings)
• To hell with exclusives—Bioshock is coming to the PS3 (FPS Rantings)

The news is rolling out so fast there was even a major controversy that didn’t make the list because it happened a few days earlier than the latest (current) headlines. But hey, that’s how we roll in the Video Games Channel—we give you the hottest news really quick.

Stay tuned as we introduce two more blogs! Here’s a teaser: One is for a major video game console, while the other is a phenomenon sweeping the other corner of the world. What are they? Stay tuned as launch day comes!