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News from around the world for the week of February 19th

IGN

Naughty Dog cleans up at AIAS awards. Uncharted 2 receives an amazing 10 awards. Brutal Legend, Beatles Rock Band, and Batman Arkham Asylum among others to win awards in Vegas this year.

Lost Planet 2 fills the disk to the brim. Developers are forced to cut content from the disk, but are hopeful that they will be able to release it as DLC. The $60 price tag on games is quickly becoming an $80 price tag without even acknowledging it. Microsoft and Sony wallets everywhere are going to be emptied.

Rock Band releases next week. The guys at Rock Band haven’t dazzled many people yet this year with a large amount of country music being released. Next week doesn’t appear to be different. We’re getting a three pack of HIM songs, Marilyn Manson, The Police, KSM, and One Night Only.

New USB streaming technology will possibly allow for unlimited amounts of storage for the PS3 and Xbox. These USB devices will allow you to wirelessly stream to any USB device. I can already see the mod community rejoicing with the possibilities.

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David Jaffe of God of War fame sorta alluded to Twisted Metal for the PS3… again. Instead of sorta alluding to it, he needs to just say it.

Playstation store continues its sale on Capcom games but also adds some Ubisoft games. That’s on top of getting Resident Evil 5 and Assassin’s Creed 2 DLC and a few Playstation classics, Mass Destruction, Magic Carpet, and Sorcerer’s Maze. Word is they are also getting exclusive Lucas Arts avatar content.

Gamespot

Gamespot has an exclusive look at the newest DLC coming for Borderlands, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx.

Seemingly coming out of nowhere, this Fallout esque survival game has released a lot of screenshots this week. Will it capture our hearts as much as Fallout 3 did? We’ll have to see when Metro 2033 comes out later this year.

Super Street Fighter IV is coming soon, but will anyone buy it? A developer talks about the trials and tribulations of balancing characters from three different Street Fighter worlds.