Fri, Sep 30, 2011 | 09:38 BST

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BULLETCAST, September 30 – What you need to know now

Friday. Start your slacking by catching up on this morning’s major stories in video and text form.

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Read:

• Gears of War is the first 360 exclusive to crest $1 billion in sales; Gears 3 sold 3 million units in its first week.
• Modern Warfare 3 is the most wanted Christmas gift, according to Nielsen.
• Looks as though the new Xbox 360 dashboard will go live on November 15.
• Syndicate has been confirmed for a February 21 release. The first trailer went up yesterday.
• Australia started the process of changing its game classification laws.
• Dark Souls is to last for “many years,” according to Namco.
• Ubisoft re-announced I am Alive yesterday evening. It’s out on XBLA and PSN this “winter”.
• Glitch has been over-subbed after coming out of beta, and registrations are being delayed as a result.
• A new Mortal Kombat film. It exists.
• The next FIFA Street’s out in March.
• Johann Urb will play Leon Kennedy in the Resident Evil: Retribution film. I don’t know who he is, but Steph thinks he’s hot.
• RAGE is out next week. Here’s your final gameplay trailer, this one from Jackal Canyon.
• The PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations has been delayed. Never saw that coming.

And here are the AU, US and EU shift wraps from the last 24 hours.

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