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Doritos and Microsoft may not seem like a peanut-butter-and-chocolate combination, but when they announced a team-up to bring user-created games to Xbox Live Arcade, we were hopeful. Perhaps a multi-billion dollar computer mega-corporation teaming with a multi-billion dollar food mega-corporation could lead to mega-creativity?

At the start of the week Microsoft announced that the five finalists in the contest are now in beta form and available to play for free on the Unlock Xbox website. We decided to try each of the games out for the sake of your entertainment and our nourishment.
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Whether the PlayStation 3 in Japan is best epitomized by the little engine that could or the poky little puppy is a debate which can convincingly be argued either way right now. What’s not up for debate is the latest crop of sales numbers coming out of Japanese market research firm Enterbrain. Long story short: Nintendo still rules the roost, but in Japan, PS3 is picking up steam in the consumer marketplace.
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Brain gaming will hit overdrive in January when Majesco releases Mega Brain Boost for Nintendo DS, a single cartridge that compiles previous releases Brain Boost: Beta Wave and Brain Boost: Gamma Wave, along with a third, original offering of mind exercises.
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Midway can’t win for losing, it seems. Although there was good news amongst today’s Q3 financial results, most of the positives were buried under announcements of sales deficits and hardware-driven release pushbacks.

Compared to this same time last year, the publisher is selling more games — which is good. Overall sales numbers for the three months prior to September 30 are up about $6 million from where they stood in 2006 — $27.4 to $36.7 million.
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Despite a long history of primarily first-person shooter games, the Turok franchise has only made it onto the PC a handful of times. Now, with a full reboot, Touchstone is also looking to bring dinosaur hunting onto home computers everywhere. They announced today that along with PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 incarnations in February, Turok will be hitting the PC.
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KATWorks Games has announced the release of Hero’s Puzzle Path, an original puzzle-action game for PC download. Help the hero arrange a path from his home to the opponent’s cave in this compelling video game. Watch the board animate to life as you disarm troublesome tricks and traps trying to stop your progress.
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Ubisoft announces that its Imagine series of video games for girls ages 6 to 14 is now available at major retailers. Imagine Animal Doctor, Imagine Babyz, Imagine Fashion Designer and Imagine Master Chef are immediately available for the Nintendo DS system. The Imagine line is the first ever dedicated brand that allows girls to explore their favorite interests and hobbies in an interactive and entertaining way.
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NCsoft announces that Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa, a massively multiplayer online game for the PC where players are thrust into an exciting intergalactic struggle, launches commercial service in North America and Europe.
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Turok, the epic, sci-fi first person shooter, will be released in Spring 2008 for Windows PC, Touchstone confirms. Touchstone previously announced that Turok will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. Developed by Propaganda Games, Turok for consoles will be available at retail stores on February 5, 2008.
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Renegade Kid and Gamecock Media Group announce that Dementium: The Ward for Nintendo DS has shipped in North America. Developed by Renegade Kid, the first-person survival-horror game is rated M for Mature.
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