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EA Sports is quite pleased with the launch-week performance ofFIFA 11. A press release this morning says that this was the biggest launch week ever for a sports game. The latest in EA’s soccer series sold over 2.6 million copies and generated over $150 million at retail. The title launched in the US on September 28th, and in Europe on October 1st. With these EA figures up to October 2nd, this officially makesFIFA 11the fastest-selling sports game ever....

Craig Majaski over atGaming AgepostedNintendo’s upcoming 1st Quarter 2007 lineup. Look closely and you might notice the GBA swansongFinal Fantasy VI Advance, fourth from the bottom, set to release in the US on 2/5/07; nearly a month and a half later than originally anticipated. Now, before any of us get all pissy over this latest delay, let’s take a moment to be thankful that the game is still scheduled for release at all....

Have you ever heard of drip marketing? The idea behind it is that you have an asset that people want, often information but it could be anything, and you keep people engaged with you and the product you’re marketing by slowly feeding them tiny portions of the full product for free. It’s one of the most effective means of creating customer loyalty. In a related note, the third and final portion of thePortal 2soundtrack has just been released by Valve....

What’s this? Linde’s posting not one, buttwostories ’boutHaloin a single afternoon? Truth is, the real Linde was brutally slain by one Dick “I Hate Fatties” McVengeance weeks ago. I am his replacement, the Lindetron 4000 — the thinner, richer, more attractive model. Anyhow,naughtyNorwegian game shop Expert up and broke street date forHalo 3, selling at least two copies to the public, including the above-pictured bloke who looks justthrilledto have a copy....

Check it out, mah homie dawgs, Microsoft has released some new Avatar clothes fo sho, and they gutz a hip hop vibe. Now you can get down with the hardcore thugz like Will Smith and Vanilla Ice. Wicked to the max, dudes. Radical! Yes, there are more free clothes available for that Avatar thing that I’ve almost completely forgotten about by now. As always, the clothes are free, because not even Microsoft can find a way to justify charing you for a pair of pretend diamond stud earrings for a grinning idiot mascot that doesn’t even do anything....

The PlayStation Blog in Europeannounced that they’ll be giving 70 daysof PlayStation Plus membership for free as part of their welcome back package. This will only go into affect to to users who were members of Plus before April 21. All the content that was released in April will still be available to users for the next two weeks and there’s also some new content out too.Burnout Paradise, Magic: The GatheringandStreets of Rage 2are available along with a bunch of other games and tons of discountsdetail on PS Blog....

Nintendo got a crowd going at E3 earlier this year by announcing it would be bringing the four-playerThe Legend of Zelda: Four Swordsto the Nintendo 3DS eShop. For free. People went wild, because they like free. Now we’ve got a release window that’s putting the game’s release sometime this September. That’s only a few weeks away, and September is only 30 days long, so the wait shouldn’t be too long....

Bad news first — these screens are totally lacking in their “puking zombies” quotient. The good news is, they look fantastic, somewhere betweenResident Evil 4andResident Evil 5quality. Then again, you never can tell with screenshots for a portable. I thoughOkamidenlooked like assuntil I finally saw it running on an actual DS. There is a good chance thatResident Evil: Revelationswill look even better in real life as well, especially with the 3D turned on....

Another Destructoid feature?!?! Hell ya byatchs! Each Friday, the staff of Destructoid will be spot lighting a different comic each week. This week, we’re bringing focus toTodd Umbarger’sJaggies series. He’s been making comics since February with a very heavy political focus. He has recently started making a new series that focuses on video gaming called Jaggies. So far, everything he’s been bringing out gaming wisehasbeengolden. What really blew me away was when I sawthe awesome mock upof the future Mr....

Viva Las Vegas! At least that’s what the many fighting game enthusiasts who have descended upon the Rio Hotel are chanting. As you read this, I am tiger-knee deep in EVO coverage that you should be seeing in the next couple of days, and that’s not counting the posts by our home team giving you the updates as they happen. For those of you at home, if you aren’t into fighting games or just catching up on coverage, you can always take part in Friday Night Fights!...

I’ve been waiting nearly two years to use that picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger suffocating on Mars inTotal Recall, and I finally got an excuse to post it. I would’ve rather gonewith this, but it’s a tad bitNSFW. It’s a shame we weren’t able to give out beta codes forRed Faction Guerrillahere at Destructoid, but if youwerelucky enough to grab one elsewhere, I hope you’ll join us for a few rounds of banging the hell out of stuff....

It’s been a long time coming, but the robot game dry spell that has bedeviled sci-fi fans for the longest time may be coming to an end.Front Mission Evolved, Square Enix’s action-oriented, er, evolution of the classic strategy franchise is due in September. That wait might still be a little long for some, but now we’ve got a few screenshots to tide us over. And they’re quite educational, as they confirm that yes, girlsdopilot big war machines, thatsomeonethrew away their last chance to save themselves, and that Wanzer cockpits are actually quite roomy....

TheHumble Frozenbyte bundle, a collection of games from developer Frozenbyte with support for charity and no DRM, has raised more than $700,000. Good news, but how does it benefit you? Patience, my lad! The source code forShadowgroundsandShadowgrounds Survivorare now available via the download page to everyone who bought the bundle. What’s more, theTrinelevel editor for Windows has gone public, too. There are still four days left, if you’re on the fence about this....