Gizmodo writes:

"I was just invited to the beta of the GameFly Trade-In Program because I’ve been a customer for a while, and the whole thing seems like a brilliant idea. You can apply credit toward your monthly payments only (used games would have been nice), and the prices they offer are actually pretty great compared to what you’d get at GameStop.

Examples:

BioShock: $23.00

Call of Duty 4: $23.00

Halo 3: $23.00

Lost Odyssey: $31.62

Kingdom Under Fire: $28.75

Rainbow Six Vegas 2: $31.62

The only downsides are that you can only get money off your subscription and you have to pack and ship your own games, but other than that it seems like a good deal if you can get a beta invite."

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All eyes may be on the upcoming online only SOCOM Confrontation for the Playstation 3, but that doesn’t mean that the SOCOM developers have completely forgotten about their PS2 fan base.

The team just announced the release of a new downloadable map pack for SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault. This third downloadable map pack includes SOCOM and SOCOM II maps Crossroads, Fishhook, Frostfire and Guidance.

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One of the most wanted features missing from the Playstation 3 is the ability to use a custom soundtrack during gameplay. Movement has been made in this area with some games beginning to offer support, notably Super Stardust HD and High Velocity Bowling, but it’s yet to be offered for all games. Though many expect the inclusion to come when Sony supports an in-game version of Playstation 3’s cross media bar, the implementation of this feature might just stay with the developers, since Microsoft owns a patent for this very functionality.

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In a brief email today, publisher Activision gave a revised release date of April 10 for the Xbox 360 version of its upcoming Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack. The release of the map pack was originally scheduled for April 3.

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On March 31, 1998, Blizzard Entertainment released StarCraft, a revolutionary real-time strategy game pitting three powerful and distinctive races against each other in a war-torn galaxy. In StarCraft, the resourceful terrans, mysterious protoss, and relentless zerg find themselves in a confluence of events that has only one possible outcome: an epic war for conquest and survival.

The year of its release, more than 1.5 million copies of StarCraft were sold around the world, making it the bestselling PC game of 1998. To date, it has sold more than 9.5 million copies worldwide. A considerable number of those copies have been sold in South Korea, where the game continues to enjoy unprecedented levels of popularity.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — IBM Corp. and certain employees received subpoenas from a federal grand jury seeking testimony and documents relating to a contract it sought with the Environmental Protection Agency, the company said on Monday.

The company also has been temporarily banned from receiving future contracts with all federal agencies.

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Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 9.0

Battle of the Bands (Wii) - 7.0

The World Ends With You (DS) - 9.0

Teenage Zombies (DS) - 7.0

Puchi Puchi Virus (DS) - 7.0

Okami (Wii) - 7.5

N+ (DS) - 7.0

Summer Sports: Paradise Island (Wii) - 3.5

Minicopter: Adventure Flight (Wii) - 6.5

Rondo of Swords (DS) - 6.5

Castle of Shikigami III (Wii) - 7.0

MLB 2K8 Fantasy All-Stars (DS) - 6.5

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