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In addition toEVO 2011 going downthis weekend, MLG Anaheimis also happening(and theGSL finals), if you aren’t into the fighting game scene so much. Or, if you are an awesome individual capable of multi-stream viewing, you should be watching them all simultaneously — with a tasty beverage firmly in hand. MLG has twoStarCraft IIstreams, one forHalo: Reach, and another forCall of Duty: Black Ops. Seriously, it’sonfor e-sports these next few days. The feeds arefree to watch, but if it’s a high-quality stream you’re looking for,premium optionsare available....

Crazy Japanese guy plays throughSuper Mario Landon the Game Boy. 21 minutes of GamePro TV just because. Spotted onDrel’s C Blog. Here’s a clip of theFresh Prince of Bel-AirreferencingMortal Kombat. Spotted onGoNintendo. Super Smash Bros.with non-Nintendo characters. Nicely done! Thanks, mighty! Geno’s Woods fromSuper Mario RPGperformed on a Harp. There’s a couple of mistakes, but it sounds so pretty! Expect some more stuff from mangobat827 soon.

I love charts. We get blasted with videogame sales data repeatedly, but you never get the big picture, especially with console sales data. You always get some kind of spin or complementary comparison that does little to show you overall progress. This chart fromConceivablyTechdoes a great job of showing how much each of the top three consoles sold from November 2006 through today, month-to-month. Look at how those holiday spikes keep getting bigger every year....

PSP firmware update 3.50 released the MHz cap that limited the system’s clock speed to 222MHz, upping it to 333Mhz. Titles like the upcoming titleGod of War: Chains of Olympusare supposed to use the system’s new found power, but earlier today 3D graphics siteBeyond3Dreported that this new feature has some limitations attached. GameDaily BIZ spoke with Sony’s Senior Corporate Communications Director, Dave Karraker, and confirmed that the enabled Wi-Fi function limits the PSP’s clock speed to 222MHz....

No matter how you spin it, ninjas are eternally cool. I don’t know how they manage it, but while things around them become popular, burn out and fade, they still somehow maintain their spot in popular culture. I’d question it, but I have no reason to — I like ninjas too. Ninja Blade, the Xbox 360 exclusive that came out this April, may have pleased many a fan of ninjas, and now I have a little something laying around the office that I think may please some of you....

What’sIrrational Gamesworking on? What could those folks in Boston do to follow upBioShock? It’s been years — it’s gotta be awesome, right!?! Well now the studio is toying with you, wanting you to guess what its next project is. The developer posteda message on NeoGAF, soliciting voice mail messages where people would take a stab in the dark as to what’s coming out of the studio next. Simply call 617-302-7805 and leave your guess, but “keep it clean,” because if it’s too naughty, they might not be able to use it on the inevitable episode of “Irrational Behavior” podcast or something....

In somewhat surprising news, Greg Canessa, the big guy behind Xbox Live Arcade, has left the Microsoft compound for PopCap Games. For those unaware, Greg was a big deal for Microsoft and was key in making sure Xbox Live Arcade was a success. Why is he leaving? Next Genfound out: “That being said, XBLA is now established and the business is out of its infancy. While I love Microsoft and Xbox 360, I’m an entrepreneur at heart and I love creating and defining new businesses....

If you haven’t heard, there’s a PlayStation Network demo for PS3 gameYakuza 4. It’s a great game, and I can tell you now that the demo is only a small taste of what’s in store for the March 15th release. I couldn’t wait. I got the Japanese version. Still, I’m looking forward to playing it in my first language, especially when I consider that Sega has left it intact this time around....

Apple enjoys margins more than market share. It’s a simple truth that impacts the amount of videogames available for the Macintosh platform. It also keeps our optimism in check. Most big ports — the few there are — ship hobbled. This isn’t the case for Mythic Entertainment’sWarhammer Online. The MMO runs like a dream. WARfor the Mac launched at the end of the July. Still in beta, the client isn’t without its faults....

superannuationhas dug up a littletrademark filingby Bethesda parent company ZeniMax. The filing is for a game calledDeathmarkand it has been filed. You can see the file at the link above where it says “trademark filing.” It’s a filing for the game, which is calledDeathmark. To summarize this first paragraph,Deathmarkis a game title that ZeniMax, who is the parent company of Bethesda, has trademarked. Can you tell that I have absolutely no further information on this?...

We did a live stream ofBit.Trip FATEandBit.Trip RUNNERlast night. As is customary, we ended up getting too into it and the planned 3 hour show turned into a +8 hour marathon. Good times indeed. Over the course of that marathon, Gaijin Games programming Czar Chris Osborn popped into our chat and gave us exclusive info. Probably the most exciting thing he had to say was that he’s actually working on moreBit....

Last Friday, those in attendance atPulsewave,The Tank’smonthly chiptunes showcase, got an extra treat when the crew from2 Player Productionsran the trailer for theBlip Festival 2006documentary between sets. It was an unexpected surprise, so the snapshots I took were all of the shaky phone camera sort. The DVD is slated for release just in time for this year’s festival.Blip Festival 2007runs from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, and was moved to theEYEBEAM, a larger gallery space in Chelsea....

Valve has announced that the free, squad shooterAlien Swarmhas received an update. A new “Onslaught” mode adds an AI Director for players to contend with. That means there will be swarms of aliens spawning in based on whatever mad science they’ve devised and the mode works with any of the game’s difficulty settings. Speaking of difficulty settings, that’s the next big part of the update. “Brutal” difficulty is now available to play and Valve claims that nobody on theAlien Swarmteam has completed a mission on the setting....