Last Saturday, John Diamonon of Capcom posted in his PlayStation blog that Capcom is hard at work to become the #1 digital publisher on the PlayStation Network. After seeing much success in 2008 (thanks to hits like Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix), Capcom and SCEA are forming a plan to make more downloadable content available through PSN in the future.

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Innovation often finds its voice in PC mod communities. Mod developers are free to make the game they want to play without worrying about deadlines or executives breathing down their neck. With a vast amount of inexpensive, if not free, PC game-engine tools, mod teams have absolute creative control.

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Rumors persist about the Dell Adamo, Dell’s answer to Apple’s MacBook Air laptop. The MacBook Air is an ultra thin, ultra light laptop introduced in early 2008. The Adamo name is not confirmed, but The New York Times confirms that Dell is developing a laptop to compete with the MacBook Air. betanews.com also uncovered a listing for Adamo accessories and putting two-and-two together, indicate that the planned laptop is the Adamo.

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It’s a video game. It’s a sociology experiment. It’s a publicity stunt. It’s financial suicide. It’s surrendering to the file-sharing criminal underground. It’s calling the torrent-pirate’s bluff by robbing them of their favorite justification.

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The software giant Microsoft announced over the weekend that it would allow computer manufacturers to receive copies of the old operating system Windows XP until the end of May 2009, which is shortly before the successor to Vista, Windows 7, is expected to hit the market.

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Here it is – the first Japanese trailer for the Street Fighter movie nobody wanted, The Legend of Chun Li. It’s hard to discern much from this footage, besides the fact that M. Bison is sporting a beard and Balrog is armed with a rocket launcher to make up for his limited repertoire of punches. As for plot details, we see Chun Li learning her patented “Kikouken” fireball and running away from dudes decked out in SWAT gear. Besides that, I’m not seeing much here that would justify the planned theatrical release on February 27^th, 2009 (as opposed to a quiet, direct-to-DVD launch).

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Facing a troubled economy and disgruntled investors coming to collect $240 million worth of debt, video game publisher Midway is looking to cut the fat by cutting it’s payroll: CEO Matt Booty has announced plans to ax some 25% of it’s workforce and cancel several unannounced games.

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Super Street Fight II Turbo HD Remix’s title calls attention to the high resolution sprites and rebalanced moves, but what you may not know about Capcom’s record-breaking hit is that it marks the first collaboration between a major publisher and the devoted community at OverClocked ReMix. Anyone plunking virtual quarters online can tell you that this was a brilliant move, but I have to wonder what took so long.

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