Harmonix has revealed that the Portal song “Still Alive” will be up for download tomorrow on Xbox Live.  PS3 owners will have to wait for a couple more weeks because of the changes to the PlayStation store.  The best news though is that the song will be free.

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-Justin

With a weak dollar, foreign companies that sell their goods in the U.S. for dollars and then convert those dollars to their native currencies get a smaller profit than if they sell their products in countries with strong currencies of their own (such as Europe with the euro). In other words, Nintendo makes a bigger profit on Wiis sold in Europe than on Wiis sold in the U.S. – Michael Pachter (Wedbush Morgan) paraphrase

He may be on to something, Nintendo does have a history of being able to make money by playing the currency exchange game.  Ultimately though I think the real problem is that Nintendo just can’t produce enough Wiis to meet demand.  Click the link to read the full article.

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-Justin

DS Reviews

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

PSP Reviews

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection

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Microsoft Corp (MSFT) – Annual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans

Time Warner Inc. (TWX) –  Current report, item 5.02 –  Other definitive proxy statements

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Oh how the mighty have fallen.  Sega Sammy announced that they are closing a subsidiary office in Korea.  The closing of the Korean office is only one of several announced cut backs in the wake of their recent financial losses.  Sega has also scraped plans to build an arcade complex in Yokohama and there is talk of  cutting 400 jobs throughout the company.

Gamasutra has the full story at the link.

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The good news is that the PlayStation Store will look a whole lot better come mid-April.  That is when the new look pictured above is set to go live.  Bad news is that the store will not be updated with new content until after the new look takes over.

To enable enhancements to be made to the store, no additional downloadable content will be posted prior to the revamp, starting April 3. However, customers will be able to access, browse, shop and download from the PLAYSTATION Store during this period.

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Kotaku Link

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-Industry Veteran to Oversee Interactive Entertainment Company-

NEW YORK, March 31, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), an interactive entertainment company, announced today the appointment of Jim Wilson as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President, effective immediately. Mr. Wilson is assuming the responsibilities of CEO which have been overseen by Curtis G. Solsvig III, Atari, Inc.’s Chief Restructuring Officer since October 2007.

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We anticipate to report over $5 million in revenues (unaudited) for the three months ended December 31, 2007. This represents a year-over-year increase in sales of 2824% compared to $171,000 reported in the fourth quarter of 2006. Fourth quarter 2007 revenues grew 194% compared to $1.7 million reported in the third quarter of 2007. For the year ended December 31, 2007, we expect to report over $7.5 million in revenues (unaudited), compared to $803,493 (audited) for the year ended December 31, 2006.

We have closed 2007 with great optimism and believe 2008 will be one of our strongest years of revenue growth in our decade-long history. We have 10 to 20 additional games on all major platforms scheduled for release this year, and are well positioned to build shareholder value in 2008 and beyond.

Hopefully Conspiracy Entertainment will focus on the quality of the games they are putting out in 2008.  I do not see them being able to continue with the same amount of growth without addressing that issue.  Read the full letter at the link.

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