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Blizzard’s Worldwide Invitational is now officially over! In case you missed all of the excitement this weekend (or just want a handy recap), here are the highlights:

Diablo 3Yes, it’s really official. Here’s everything there’s to know about the game so far:

Blizzard introduces Diablo 3
Watch Diablo 3 teaser and gameplay footage
Here are the first Diablo 3 screenshots
Highlights from the Diablo 3 FAQ
Diablo 3 information overload
Joystiq chats with …

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, On the internet, Rhythm

Buried on the 11th paragraph on a story about Rock Band 2, The Associated Press reports this morning that 12 tracks from The Who “ranging from ‘My Generation’ to ‘Who Are You’ will release for Rock Band on July 15.” Neither of those tracks are from the long-awaited album Who’s Next, but at least this is something, right?
Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos confirms the rumors that Who’s Next’s release has been delayed due to missing master tracks. He stated …

The Baja 1000 is one of the most grueling races ever conceived by man: a day-long off-road trek through the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. The race takes either the form of a point-to-point sojourn (from Ensenada, Baja California, to La Paz, Baja California Sur) or a loop race that starts and ends in Ensenada. Competitors drive a wide variety of automobiles, including motorcycles, Volkswagen Beetles (known as “Baja Bugs”), and trucks.
If you didn’t get enough sand in your HDTV with MotorStorm — i.e., if your name isn’t wardrox — …

I think this goes into Captain Obvious’ territory a bit, but we’re now hearing that the PSP will support file transfers from the upcoming PS3 movie/video download service.
Some “insiders” state that Sony is in talks to grant users to transfer films downloaded from this service, according to CVG. Why are the “in speaks?” What’s there to think about? You’d think they would naturally want to have their portable console in on the whole plan. I just assumed that both systems would have movie and video access.
CVG also points out that …

The last time I got my hands on Level-5’s PS3 RPG White Knight Story, I was really impressed. I couldn’t get enough. But I couldn’t shake the feeling that it would be a very long time before I would be able to enjoy this title in the comfort of my own home, and in my first language.
Maybe the wait won’t be as long as I thought. According to Next Gen, White Knight Story will see a release sometime before March 31, 2009.
Of course, that’s a Japanese date, so I …

Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace
You’ve been waiting for it, you’ve been demanding it and you’ve been whining for it for the past year. Rock Band downloadable content from The Who will officially be making its way into the Rock Band DLC library on Tuesday, July 15th. Woo-Who!
Confirmation of The Who DLC comes from the official press release announcing Rock Band 2, where they mention that twelve songs from The Who including “My Generation” and “Who Are You” will release to the XBLM for $1.99 a track (160 MS points) …

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Ever since last week, we’ve known about a rumored $299 Xbox 360 Pro price cut thanks to a leaked Kmart adscan and have also heard grumblings of a new 60GB HDD equipped 360 being announced at E3. Well, the rumor mill keeps on a churning as two more sources are reporting that the price cut and 60GB 360 rumors are indeed true.
Ars technica is claiming that, according to their super secret source, Microsoft will only be slicing the 20GB Xbox 360’s price to $299 because it’ll be …

Filed under: News, Xbox Live
Having a difficult time connecting to EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company servers? Well kids, you aren’t alone. EA has acknowledged the fact that some Xbox 360 Bad Company gamers are having troubles connecting to the game servers. Though, take comfort in the fact that they are “monitoring stats non-stop and are working with several partners to locate any possible flashpoints and eradicate any hostiles we encounter.” Ha! And until they release a fix, EA advocates simply shutting off your Xbox for 20 minutes, then giving it an …

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Update: Apologizes, the early hours seem to have hit us. Rock Band 2 is scheduled to release on the Xbox 360 this September with a PS3 release later in the year. Other platforms have not been confirmed at the time of the press release.
Are you sitting down? Today MTV, Harmonix and EA surprised no one by confirming suspicion that Rock Band 2 was in the works. Yes, the worst-kept secret of sequels since Microsoft announced Halo 3 is scheduled to hit this September on the Xbox 360 PS3 …

Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade

While the long awaited sequel to the classic franchise has been confirmed for Nintendo’s WiiWare download service for some time now, there was still quite a bit of speculation that that game would be releasing on more than just a Nintendo platform.
Mega Man 9 was originally revealed via an OFLC ratings board leak, and was listed there as a multiplatform release. But this was taken with a grain of salt as the OFLC has been known to list things as multiplatform which ended up …