3D Realms's President George Broussard said: "We do not want 360 people waiting up for the demo or having false expectations. The 360 demo will not appear on Marketplace tonight. I'm still waiting for specifics, but I'm being told that it's still in testing at Microsoft. From what I understand this isn't Microsoft's fault, and is more likely just an issue of timing.

I'm hesitant to give any estimates for a release, but I've been told it should be reasonably soon after the PC release, but could be as long as a few days.

We will post an update as soon as we have more solid information."

The PC demo of Prey is now available from these locations.

Pre-order Prey's Limited Collector's Edition or Standard Edition here.

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· Miami Vice
· Pulse
· A Scanner Darkly
· Clerks 2
· Little Miss Sunshine

From the President of Epic Games, Inc, Michael Capps!

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From TiVO: "The enhanced TiVoToGo offers automatic transfers and conversions so TV programs recorded the night before can be synced and waiting for you on your PSP system the next morning. TiVoToGo requires a TiVo Series2 box connected to a Windows PC or laptop through a home network. To convert recorded content for viewing on a PSP system, TiVo offers an upgraded version of its TiVo Desktop software for $24.95."

Read more at TiVo's web site here.

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From Next-Gen: "Moore recently told industry sources that a retail SKU is being planned. Whether this will take the form of low-priced series of individual titles or, more likely, a compilation of some sort is yet to be determined."

Concrete details such as specific Live Arcade titles, pricing and availablity have yet to be officially announced by Microsoft.

In the meantime, Xbox 360 gamers who are online can download the Xbox Live Arcade games on their memory cards to share with their offline Xbox 360 friends.

From Next-Gen.

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From Opera's Official Site.

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From Game Informer: "The game has a team focus, and this time racers will have AI teammates that have RPG-light upgradable skill sets. Members helping you blaze across the finish line include a blocker, pathfinder, drafter, fabricators, mechanics, and fixer."

Look for more in the July issue of Game Informer.

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Here's the status, from several online retailers:
The "Buy Now" link from Konami's Official Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow page links to amazon.com, which has it listed as "used" for $49.95.
Gamestop does not list it new; used is backordered.
Best Buy is listing it as backordered.
Ebgames.com does not list it new; used is backordered.

Other major online retailers such as Target and Walmart are also showing it out of stock.

Used prices on eBay are going beyond the $34.99 MSRP. If you can find one, pick it up! It looks great on the DS Lite. Let us know if you are able to find it new somewhere.

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is the next Nintendo DS Castlevania game scheduled to appear in October 2006 from Konami.

Update: You can get Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow here, directly from Konami's online store KonamiStyle.

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From Jonathan Smith, director at TT Games: “We had three vehicle-based levels in the original game, and while they added some neat variety, they didn’t quite fit in with the rest of the gameplay,” says Smith. “We knew up front for LEGO Star Wars II that the universe of the Original Trilogy had a lot of fantastic ships and cool vehicles: the Millennium Falcon, X-wings, AT-STs, speeder bikes and so on. So we worked hard at the start to integrate them more effectively into the game.”

David Perkinson, producer at LucasArts says: “We’ve taken the vehicle levels off rails. Now you have a free range of movement in all directions, which enables you to fully explore a level and even come back to it later in Free Play mode with any of the vehicles you may have unlocked.”

Check out these screenshots from some classic Star Wars vehicles found in the game.

"LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy" is scheduled for all home consoles and PCs for a September 12, 2006 release date.

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Gaming Steve reveals that the upcoming Xbox 360 real time strategy game (RTS) The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II is the testing waters for C&C 3 on the Xbox 360: "I know for a fact that they are doing this because these are the same guys, the same team, who's doing Command & Conquer 3 and they're definitely going to release it for the 360, you heard it here," said Steve "and so what they are doing is they are really using Battle for Middle-earth II to sort of use it as a spring board to test, to see, how it is going to work for Command & Conquer 3."

A bit on Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars from EA: "It is 2047 and the stakes could not be higher. Tiberium-a self-replicating alien substance that has infected the Earth-is spreading like a radioactive ice age. The GDI, a high-tech alliance of the world's most advanced nations, is fighting to contain Tiberium, but Kane, the megalomaniacal leader of The Brotherhood of NOD has other plans for Earth. Kane's secret society turned superpower is bent on using Tiberium to take control and transform humanity into his twisted vision of the future. All-out war rages over Tiberium and the fate of the planet rests in the balance."

The PC version of C&C 3 is currently under development and scheduled for a 2007 release.

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Check out TriXie's pics of the Xbox 360 PGR players here.

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