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Take-Two has announced it’s relocating 2K West’s QA Testing studio to Las Vegas in an effort to “enhance its operating efficiencies and infrastructure.”

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2K and Rockstar parent Take Two is eyeing off Las Vegas for a new office, according to proposal documents dug up by Gamasutra. The company is apparently being wooed by local authorities, with an offer of $600,000 in incentives should the downtown facility be opened. Nobody’s sure what the office might be for, but as the median weekly wage of its 150 employees would be $18, Gamasutra theorises a QA centre is most likely. Take Two and its offspring have offices all over the world.

Chances of large 3DS update from Vegas show: high.

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Las Vegas expo DICE has sold out, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences confirmed this morning, a week before it’s to start.

The summit, held at the Red Rock Resort from February 17-20, will include speeches from EA’s John Riccitiello, Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi and Bethesda’s Todd Howard.

“DICE was designed to be an open, collegial and productive gathering so we have always limited our attendance,” said Joseph Olin, president of the AIAS.

“It’s gratifying to see the level of support the Summit receives from our peers, especially in what we all know to be a challenging year.”

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Cryptic’s announced that Mr Spock actor Leonard Nimoy is to be part of Star Trek Online’s unveiling at the Hilton in Las Vegas, which will no doubt make the event essential for any self-respecting Trekky.

The event will take place at 1:30pm PST on Sunday, August 10 in the Gene Roddenberry Theater at the iconic Vegas hotel.

Gameplay footage is to be shown for the first time, and if you can’t make it, don’t worry: the entire thing’s going to be webcast.

Hit the link for more details.

According to this Kotaku piece, Dead Rising 2 may be set in Las Vegas. The zombie sequel has already been rumoured to be in the works at an North American developer but that piece is more specific, saying that Vancouver-based Blue Castle Games is building the game.

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DICE opens today at the Red Rock resort in Las Vegas, for three days of seminars and hobnobbing with some of the biggest names in games. The show is host to the eleventh Annual Interactive Achievement Awards this year, to be announced tomorrow.

Mike Morhaime, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard, is to be named as the eleventh inductee into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Hall of Fame. Ken Kutaragi gets the Lifetime Achievement Award.

In attendance are some pretty serious cheeses. The following are wagging chins at the Red Rock until Friday:

• John Riccitiello – Electronic Arts, CEO
• Shane Kim – Microsoft Game Studios, Corporate Vice President
• Gore Verbinski – Pirates of the Caribbean, Director
• Russ Crupnick – The NPD Research Group
• Robin Kaminsky – Activision, Executive Vice President
• Mike Morhaime – Blizzard Entertainment, President
• Masaya Matsuura – NanaOn-Sha, President
• Michael D. Gallagher – ESA, President
• Dr. Mark Ollila – Nokia, Director of Technology & Strategy for Games
• Yannis Mallat – Ubisoft Montreal , CEO
• Dr. Mike Capps – Epic Games, President
• Andy Burke & Mike Acton – Insomniac Games

Watch for the Achievement Awards tomorrow.