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Konami’s confirmed that a Symphony Of The Night stage is to be added to Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair as PDLC this month.

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Team Meat’s confirmed a new piece of DLC for the 360 version – title the Sewers of Dross – and said the game’s anticipated title update is to go to Microsoft for approval this week.

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Artech Studios’ floaty casual PC and XLBA thing now has a demo.

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Foundation 9, developer of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for XBLA, reckons that around 30 percent of all 360 owners purchase games from the Marketplace.

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An Edge rep has issued a statement contradicting Dark Energy Digital’s claim that the mag hadn’t “played the game” before awarding Hydrophobia 3/10, telling VG247 it completed the entire title and all its bonus content.

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According to Capcom, this teensy-weensy slice of zombie slaughter is the start of something much, much bigger.

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In Infinity Ward’s defense, we don’t imagine “unlocks a full copy of The King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match” is a common bug to check for.

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Australia’s OFLC has rated Castlevania: Harmony Of Despair as an Xbox title.

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Dracula can scarcely stave off one Belmont at a time, so we can’t imagine he’s too pleased that six members of vampire-slayin’-est family around will soon be banging down his doors.

There are going to be so many broken wine glasses. But enough intro; have at this post!

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Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition is nearly upon us. With a newly announced release date, the lauch pad is nearly clear for take-off. Except for one thing: the game’s price.

We asked Atlus about that little detail, and here’s what the publisher told us.

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Have you ever wanted to headbutt a bird person who might be your mother in the face?

…Seriously? You have? Sorry. Your response just took us by surprise, is all.

Well, come May 5 – even if you don’t own a gaming PC that’s achieved sentience – you’ll be able to.

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Microsoft’s Block Party promotion pushed XBLA revenues beyond the $10 million mark in March, according to figures from market research firm FADE (Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment).

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Microsoft has revealed dates for its XBLA titles hitting in March, and among them is Perfect Dark landing on March 17.

That’s not all though, MS is handing out an extra 400 MS Points and a month’s worth of Gold membership in celebration.

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In space, no one can hear you scream. At least, that’s what we thought until we played Dead Space, which had us screeching in pitches so high that our beards threatened to leave us for better men.

Fortunately for our poor hearts, two Dead Space-themed games – Dead Space: Extraction and Planet Cracker – will hopefully offer a change of Dead Space pace when they arrive on XBLA and PSN.

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A Forecasting and Analysing Digital Entertainment (FADE) report has claimed Xbox Live Arcade generated $103.4 million (£65.9m) during 2009, a 34 percent increase compared to the year previous.

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While having to say “The Behemoth’s third game” wasn’t getting tiresome at all, we’re happy to report that said mouthful finally has a more manageable moniker: BattleBlock Theater.

The developer’s also released a new trailer, which you’ll find after the break.

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Rare dropped us an email earlier containing not one, not two, but three actual, real-life screens of the XBLA version of Perfect Dark.

Get the full images through the links. They show off some reskinned weapons ands a new look Elvis.

Not quite GoldenEye, but really not far off. Get pumped.

We’re in transit at the moment, so that’ll have to do you for now.

Shadow Complex sold more than 200,000 copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling single-player XBLA game yet.

“Congratulations to Chair Entertainment and Epic Games for creating an outstanding game,” said Scott Austin, director of digitally distributed games at Microsoft. “As the capstone title of the second annual Summer of Arcade program, Shadow Complex has raised the bar for downloadable games. We’re proud to offer such high-quality content on Xbox LIVE Arcade.”

Whoever thought side-scrolling console games were a dying art must be feeling pretty foolish right now.

Thanks, Industry Gamers.

Wow, what a totally crazy coincidence! Penny Arcade Expo is only a hop, a skip, and an uncomfortable plane ride away, and this week’s XBLA deal is for Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2! Man, sometimes we start wondering if these things are planned or something.

The deal drops PAA: OtRSPoD Ep.2 from 1200 MS Points to 800. The game’s pretty good, from what we’ve heard, so it might be worth looking into if you haven’t played it yet.

Thanks, Major.

If you’re an XBLA-holic, this week brings two new games to sate your download-lust.

Your options are NBA 2K10: Draft Combine and Watchmen Pt. 2. NBA 2K10: Draft is a sort of trial for the big boy edition NBA 2K10′s new features. It’ll run you 400 MS Points.

Watchmen, meanwhile, is about people in costumes beating up people who aren’t in costumes. Maybe because those people aren’t wearing costumes. We don’t even know. Basically, if you liked the first Watchmen game, this one will do you just fine. It’s going for 1200 MS Points, if you’re interested.

Thanks, Shacknews.