Kotaku Write: Last year, Sony and Nissan teamed up to hold a Gran Turismo competition. GT racers would compete for a spot on a real race team. The winners are in, so let's go meet 'em.

Lars Schlömer is a German cab driver. Lucas Ordóñez is a uni student from Spain. Both are mad Gran Turismo fanboys, both have mad Gran Turismo skills, both will now be racing in the 24-hour Dubai endurance race on January 8 after they beat out 25,000 other competitors in GT5: Prologue for the top prize.

They'll be joined on the team (the Nissan PlayStation Team) by ex-Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert, and really, as far as game competitions go I'm stumped trying to come up with one that's so damn amazing.
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www.pushingplay.com writes "Have you been holding out on buying the fancy Street Fighter Tournament Edition because of it's $150 pricetag? Looks like Barnes&Noble might be the solution to your problems! They have the item up for 110 dollars less than any other retailers. I'm guessing this is a listing error, but that didn't stop me from putting in an order for a couple of them!

Get in there and order it while it's still up, so that you can gripe at them when they cancel your orders!"
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Mark Rein of Epic writes: "As I mentioned before the break we've been working on a major title update for Gears of War 2. This update will address bugs and exploits as well as add some new achievements related to downloadable content. We don't have an exact date for it but all indicators are it will go live within January. If that changes we'll let you know.

We're fixing a whole bunch of online exploits. For example we've fixed the ability to wield an invisible shield, melee through some walls, gain infinite Lancer ammo and equip a shield and a two-handed weapon simultaneously plus many more.

We're also making several small changes to improve the overall online gameplay experience. A few of the ones that might interest you are; increased penalties for quitting matches early, adding additional spawn protection against planted grenades and chainsaw attacks, and adding the ability to see the Submission flag carrier destination by using Tac/Com."
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Zac, petbird, and jonmag are remaking Resident Evil 2 in Left 4 Dead. Titled Bioh4zard 2, the mod will recreate parts of the Resident Evil 2 game into multiplayer co-op scenarios in Left 4 Dead.

"The campaign places the four survivors on the abadoned streets of racoon city after a truck crashes into your car. You head on foot to the police station in hope of rescue. Upon entering the station you recieve help from an injured cop who points you in the direction of the sewers to escape the infested city, however the 4 survivors soon end up discovering the reason behind the infection when they come across a top secret high tech research facility by the 'Umbrella' corperation."

35 screenshots are included in the article.
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This is a story I wrote on my site.
It's all about Rare making a deal with Kraftbrands to advertise their new game.
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RewiredMind.com writes: "Something to look forward to for British gamers BEFORE the summer!

You've all been waiting with baited breath, but Capcom has taken the covers off its triple-A first quarter lineup."
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Killzone 2 has floored JStevenson - community manager at Insomniac games. This is what he had to say regarding the game:-

"I did indeed beat KZ2 tonight and it is indeed awesome. I know there will be plenty of comments, opinions, accolades and nitpicks, but for me, the game was fun.

My favorite part of the game was when you get this certain weapon. I really really love it and I got the trophy for oh so fast - wish it was available more.

Anyways --- major props to all the folks at GG. "
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The Gaming Planet is hosting a Call of Duty 4 Tournament with a AWSOME prize list. To enter, all you have to do is post in their forum 50 legit times and you're in. For these prizes, it's well worth it..
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Retailer Amazon.com this week began offering a free Xbox Live membership with the purchase of Gears of War 2 for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360.

In the new offer, customers who purchase Gears of War 2 will receive the Xbox Live 3-Month Gold Card at no additional cost.
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Shacknews writes: "Following in the unfortunate footsteps of World of Goo, developer Beautiful Game Studios' claims that its Championship Manager series of PC soccer simulators is the victim of a 90% piracy rate.

"That's not just a number in the air, we can measure it and we know that there are a huge amount of pirated copies," said Beautiful GM Roy Meredith.

World of Goo co-creator Ron Carmel recently stated that his game was suffering from a 90% piracy rate--though Carmel later lowered the estimated figure to a still-staggering 82%."
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