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 * No New Playstation or XBox Console until 2014**

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 * Playstation and Xbox are not expected to release their next generation versions until 2014. Sony and Microsoft are trying to squeeze are much as they can out of PS3 and Xbox 360. The two companies are hoping to show a huge advancement in technology with their next generation models. This is good news for Nintendo who will have no competition when the Wii 2 and E3 are released.**======

**[|No New Playstation or Xbox Until 2014]**

 * PSP Go is Dead**

By: Bradley Tamura

In a recent press conference Sony Japan announced that they are stopping production of all PSP Go devices. The PSP Go was the upgraded version of the PSP (Playstation Portable). The only difference between the two was the PSP Go's video games were all downloadable content. As a whole the PSP Go was not an ideal product because it required the user to repurchase all of their old games as downloadable content. Sony Japan said they are stopping production to allow more focus on the Sony NGP. Even though the production of the PSP Go will stop Sony will continue to develop firmware updates and repair services. Full: [|Article]

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 * New Nintendo Console On The Horizon**

By: Jeremy Los

The new Nintendo gaming console, codenamed Project Café, is reported to be hitting the shelves between October and early 2012. When the device does hit the shelves customers will be paying between $350 and $400. According to the report, the new console will have an operating system that is said to out perform the PS3.

The console will look to go retro as the design is reported to be modeled after the class Super Nintendo System. The controllers will be state of the art as well; HD touch screens will be integrated into the controllers with the ability to stream games on each controller.

Numerous names, including STREAM, are being considered for the device. Read the whole article at http://gear.ign.com/articles/116/1163325p1.html

New Online Pac-Man Game: "World's Biggest" By Trenton Villanueva

Australian electronics firm Soap Creative has recently released //The World's Biggest Pac-Man//, on online version of the classic game that has become the largest ever, according to CNN. //The World's Biggest Pac-Man//, unlike earlier versions of the game, allows its users to create and play their own //Pac-Man// mazes using HTML5. Only a week after its launch, the game has over 12,600 user-generated mazes. Also unlike previous versions, the mazes are interlocked. When users would leave a side of a maze in older version, they would merely appear on the other side. However, in tis version, users actually go to a whole new maze. According to the creators of //The World's Biggest Pac-Man//, "It has been labeled 'an internet hit,' the world's biggest waste of time and time-wasting brilliance."

While it may ultimately be "the world's biggest waste of time," this new version of //Pac-Man// shows the growth of both user-generated content and greater user interactivity, both things that the Video Game industry could potentially benefit from.