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Retailers worldwide have been hinting at them for months, but it’s now official: Ubisoft is releasingTom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Classic Trilogy HDandPrince of Persia Classic Trilogy HDto retail this March for PlayStation 3. Splinter Cell Classic Trilogywill feature the originalSplinter Cell,Pandora Tomorrow, andChaos Theoryon one Blu-ray disc. The games will be getting not only an HD upgrade, but will support stereoscopic 3D as well. ThePrince of Persiacollection will featureSands of Time,Warrior Within, andThe Two Thrones; they’ll be getting the same upgrades as theSplinter Cellcollection....

Inan interviewwith some videogame Web site we’ve never heard of called Joystiq (just kidding, fellas — we love you!), Epic’s Mark Rein effortlessly crushes Chad Warden’s modding dreams. It appears that that while the PlayStation 3 version ofUnreal Tournament 3will fully support mods, creating them will require the full version of the PC game, which will ship with a full editor. “The editor is one of the selling points of the PC version....

Raven Software appeared to be having a good year, releasing two wildly popular games inX-Men Origins: WolverineandWolfenstein. Despite this, however, it’s recently been revealed that the studio hassuffered significant layoffsin what’s being called an “unprecedented” cull. “With the recent completion of bothWolverine, based on the summer blockbuster movie, andWolfenstein, the next chapter of the famed franchise, Raven Software is slightly reducing its workforce to better reflect the studios upcoming slate,” confirms the studio in an official statement....

It would appear that Capcom has discovered an exploit in the 3DS’ cartridge system and will be employing it inResident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, possibly to verify gamers are tied to its product via an unbreakable chain. In short, you can’t delete your saved games. The information was spotted in the game manual, which came with the warning, “Note: Saved data on this software cannot be reset.” It’s been proposed that Capcom did this as a way of combating used games, essentially making a secondhand version of the game useless to new players who want to start from scratch....

Gamestop/EB Games has a great Black Friday offer on the horizon for Nintendo fans looking for something to wear to all of their Wii parties they no doubt have booked well into the New Year. Starting on Nov. 24th and for a limited time only, purchasing any two new Nintendo DS games will get you a snazzy t-shirt featuring a beefy, shirtless man — who looks scandalously similar to Nintendo of America CEO, Reggie Fils-Aime — wielding a Wii controller and a nunchuck peripheral....

It’s starting to get a little depressing, having to write post after post about developers shutting down. Yet, here we are again. In a post on theIGN forums, Matt Casamassina claims an inside source has revealed to him that the developer behindLairtook their ball and went home on Friday. The company, which released their first game back in 1988, was also responsible for theStar Wars: Rogue SquadronandTurricanseries. Murmurs have been circulating for several months that Factor 5 was developing newKid IcarusandSupermangames....

I’m one of those guys that just looks odd smoking. I don’t have the face for it or something. Likewise, I can’t wear hats. But I might take up smoking anyway to have an excuse to carry around these sweet Sega-themed Zippo lighters. Sega whores will get excited over anything. These Genesis and Saturn lighters certainly do the trick for me. The Zippo is the perfect shape to be a little flame-making Genesis....

I know what you’re thinking — a laptop that blows up? Technically that would be a true hazard, so of course it doen’t physically go boom — although it does destroy data if it believes the laptop is under threat. British company Virtuity have developed theBackstoppusing intelligent security technology. The computer actually detects when a laptop has been moved from an assigned area. If it is moved outside of this zone (which can be specified by the owner,) the software can activate a self-destruct message and wham — all precious info goes poof....

Futuremark Games Studio has been terrific about keeping up with its space-based first-person shooterShattered Horizon. A steady flow of patches and assorted freebies have been the norm since its initial release last November, and for that, the developer should be commended. Beginning on Thursday at 7:00 PM EDT and lasting until Sunday at 4:00 PM EDT, you’ll have the opportunity to playShattered Horizonfor free thanks to the magic of Steam. And while this little promo is going on, the game can be had for $9....

Fans of Atlus and theShin Megami Tenseiseries alike would likely enjoy this recently announced panel about the RPG series, being hosted by Atlus at the Anime Expo this July. Even more tantalizing, the attendance is limited to 500 and attendees will receive a special gift. Argh … I’ll bet it’s some kind of toy related to theShin Megami Tenseigames. I feel myself squirming with preemptive jealousy. SMTvoice actors Yuri Lowenthal and Karen Straussman will be present, along with Senior Project Manager Yu Namba and veteran Editor Nich Maragos....

Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley hasupdated his LiveJournalwith news regarding some of the company’s current projects.PlanetSidefans in particular will want to take note. “I’ve gotten a lot of email from current players offering to help test the game and we’re going to take them up on it.” If only all of life’s little problems could be solved by sending emails. That’d be something.

George R.R. Martin constructed a world in which a massive ice wall protected the majority of civilization from the evils of the northern borderlands. In the third book of his incomplete series, the reader gets a glimpse of the possibility of the Wall failing and see an unlikely hero’s rise. Anytime I read anything about the economy, I visualize it as the Wall – a seemingly impenetrable thing that can weaken and fail if not defended or treated properly....

My stomach has flopped over with insane jealousy; I’m actually sick with envy.We’ve knownabout the PSP remake of the PlayStation classic RPG for some time now, but being able to poke around Square Enix’s newly launched Web site forStar Ocean: Second Evolutionhas gotten to me — I need this game now. The remake ofone of my favorite games of all timehas received a reworking similar to its PSP predecessor,Star Ocean: First Departure....