If you hadn’t already used that totally legit Japanese PSN account to scoop up the demo of Platinum Games’ Bayonetta , today’s your chance to play the official US preview of the game. If you’ve already played Japan’s demo, well, you’ve played this one

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PSN Thursday: Classic Call of Duty, Bayonetta demo beckon
After being banned from the PlayStation Network for hateful comments stated in Resistance ’s online community, Erik Estavillo launched not one , but two , lawsuits against Sony for infringing on his “first amendment rights” — an argument that was shot down by Judge Ronald Whyte simply because “Sony is not part of the government.” However, what Estavillo lacks in civil online discourse, he makes up for with sheer determination and persistence.

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Banned PSN player sues Nintendo and Microsoft
Camelbak hydration pack? Check . Bear mace

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Only a day after iPhone developer Smells Like Donkey complained of an 80 percent piracy rate of its game Tap Fu , another developer has made an even more alarming claim.

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Another developer reports insane iPhone piracy rates
It’s rare that we hear anything but doe-eyed optimism from publishers of yet-to-be-released games — however, Activision’s Kai Huang, co-creator of the Guitar Hero franchise, recently voiced some fairly realistic expectations for the upcoming disc-spinning rhythm title, DJ Hero . “We’re expecting this to be the type of game that may come out of the gate a little bit slower, but continue to grow over time,” Huang explained during a speech at the PLAY Digital Media Conference in Berkeley. Huang mentioned that while overall sales will be bolstered by the Hero part of the game’s moniker, the DJ portion may scare potential players off — causing Activision to focus on in-store demos to push the product on passersby.

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Guitar Hero co-founder expects DJ Hero to have slower initial sales
As we get older, we find we’d typically prefer a great 10-hour game to a pretty good 20-hour game. The Odd Gentlemen – the devs behind upcoming XBLA puzzle-platformer The Misadventures of P.B.

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Winterbottom devs think you’re tired of 80-hour games
Sony’s Playstation Blog announced today that the two expected Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time demos will hit the PSN over the next couple weeks. The first one, releasing this Thursday, is the Clank demo (he’s the robot). Players will take the bucket of bolts with a destiny through the Great Clock, as he learns some “time-based abilities” for puzzle solving

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Dual demo details: Ratchet follows Clank into A Crack in Time
Oh, we’ve been waiting for this moment for years , people. At long last, the comics we’ve chosen as our seven favorite of the week ended up forming a perfect, beautiful staircase without any cajoling or rearranging

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Sometimes we ponder: Tetris is the Monet’s Water Lillies of gaming. God of War is the Smith & Wollensky Steakhouse of gaming

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Does he have a goatee or not? Click to find out! Why is Jak so angry on the cover for Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier

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Jak and Daxter find a release date: November 3