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Sony’s released a video of Twitter being used on Vita, as you can see after the break. The touchscreen keypad’s used for the typing itself, and this is the tweet sent. History in the making. This was filmed at Vita’s recent London showcase, which hosted the announcement of the handheld’s EU launch line-up: read Stace’s impressions here. Vita releases in Japan on December 17 and the EU on February 22.

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With Soulcalibur V on the way soon, game director Daishi Odashima is getting pretty chatty on Twitter. While some of his posts relate to game design theory and the reasons behind certain decisions, he’s also getting awfully close to letting certain cats out of certain bags.

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Following a bizarre internet kerfuffle in which the Eat, Sleep, Play boss was accused of hating on Battlefield 3, David Jaffe has told VG247 he loves DICE and expects the game to be brilliant.

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LulzSec published a filed yesterday which supposedly contained login and password information for users of Facebook, PayPal, Twitter, “dating sites,” and Xbox Live.

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It’s quiet. Too quiet. When the enemy (read: E3) comes pouring over them thar hills, we’ll be ready for ‘em. But in the meantime, here’s a small collection of pot-shots.

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As if one Thursday shorts post wasn’t enough for you, we now offer you the sequel. Read on about Left Behind games and Sony offering customer service through Twitter.

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Award-winning browser game Echo Bazaar is celebrating the upcoming Valentine’s Day in style, so instead of expensive fancy dinners in the real world (or muffled crying on the couch), why not attend the Feast of the Exceptional Rose and dance your cares away with a devil?

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It’s Mass Effect 3, says Sony Russia. Apparently.

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Feeling lucky today? Want in to the Killzone 3 beta? Today might be your day, boy.

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Joe Fisher, producer at Vicarious Visions, has said Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will be the first title on Wii offering Twitter and Facebook support.

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According to a Microsoft PR, over 10 million Xbox Live users have used Twitter, Facebook, last.fm, Zune Marketplace and Sky Player.

That’s over half of the now confirmed 20 million users that populate Xbox Live.

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Minors outside the US can now use Facebook and Twitter via Xbox Live, according to The Major.

Microsoft has released an update allowing the use of the services, as long as parental permission’s given.

The system has to be set in a way afterward, though, so parents won’t have to worry about punching in a code every time their child logs in.

US youngsters can start abusing the services on December 15.

More through the link.

Just Add Water’s Gravity Crash is out on PSN today, and to celebrate, the UK dev’s giving away one single, awesome copy on Twitter. Don’t say Sony doesn’t do anything for you.

Want it? The code’s going to be given away on Twitter at 5pm GMT. All you have to do is follow @jawltd and be first in input the code when it goes live. Doddle.

More detail here. If you don’t win, you should just buy it. It’s wicked, and costs £6.29. Like, dur.

Microsoft has told CNET that at least 2 million Xbox Live users logged into Facebook through Xbox 360 in the week since the two services were integrated, and that half a million Last.fm accounts were created in the first 24 hours of availability.

No figures have been released on Twitter use through 360, but according to a rep, there have been “tweets from nearly every market where we have Xbox Live.”

A tenth of all Live users have accessed Facebook through 360 in a week? Amazing scenes.

All through there.

After the break. It’s basically Twitter, without loads of the normal functions, on your TV. Christmas may only come once a year, but for you, friend, it’s early in 2009.

Guess what the video’s sample tweet is?

Microsoft released Facebook, Zune Video, Twitter and Last.FM for Live earlier today.

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Nelson’s confirmed that Facebook, Zune Video, Twitter and Last.FM are now available on 360.

Facebook and Twitter should appear automatically on your dashboard in the new My Community channel. Zune Video is in the Video Channel and Last.FM should now be found under the Music Channel.

Get ready for 50 billion Tweets saying, “Tweeting from my 360.” A great day to look forward to.

According to Mr Nelson, tomorrow‘s Twitter, Last.fm and Facebook 360 update won’t be an update at all: it’s all going to happen by magic.

“When we turn on the new features tomorrow they’ll just appear! No need for a system update,” said the exec.

That’s just freakin’ freaky, man. Now, if only Microsoft could master the sorcery involved in allowing people to open Twitpics and links from 360′s version of Twitter, we’d all be spellbound.

Shutup, Pat.

As if you need any reminding, Microsoft has released a press release which details the big dashboard update for the Xbox 360 tomorrow.

Facebook, Twitter, Last FM and Zune Marketplace are all coming to the 360 tomorrow. Go play about with them from tomorrow morning.

The PR itself is after the jump.

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Did you see that date? Our eyes weren’t playing tricks on us back in October after all now, were they?

Xbox Live general manager, Marc Whitten, has confirmed to FastCompany that the dashboard update which includes Facebook, Twitter, and Last.FM will go live on Tuesday, November 17, which means come next week – you’ll be able to convert Facebook friends to Xbox Live contacts.

“We look at things like Facebook and Twitter as amazing social experiences, but also entertainment,” said Whitten. “We didn’t want to copy and paste from the PC.

“It’s going to be great for current users, but it’s also great for new users who can see who is on Facebook and get their first 30 friends on Live.”

The date is pretty fitting since it’s a MASSIVE day in game releases: Assassin’s Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, God War War Collection, AssCreed DS & PSP Bundle, LBP PSP, The Sims 3 expansion World Adventures, RE: Darkside Chronicles, Toy Hawk: RIDE, Lego Indy 2, etc.

Maybe November 17 should be declared an international gaming holiday, because you know nobody will go into work that day.

Looks like Xbox 360 users under the age of 18 cannot use Twitter on Xbox 360.

Apparently, this goes for the whole Dashboard update that includes Last.Fm and Facebook as well, until parental controls allow it.

Here’s the official word from the Major himself:

As some of you might be aware, those under the age of 18 are not able to access Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm in our public preview. I want to you let you know that this will remain the case when it launches to the world soon. We made this decision because as it stands now, parents aren’t able to use Family Settings to customize which of these applications their children can access. In order to offer an age-appropriate environment for everyone, we decided to turn off these applications for those Gold members under the age of 18.

As expected, this has been a hot topic with the preview users. We want to make sure everyone was aware, however, that the development team is working on an update that gives parents the choice of which social applications their children can access. This means that Xbox LIVE members between the ages of 13 and 17 will be able to use Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm as long as their parents approve. The team hope to roll this out several weeks after launch and I will update you on the exact date as it gets closer.

Here’s the link.