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• Black Friday Videogame Deals Cheat Sheet 2009

  Once again we're approaching Thanksgiving, and it promises another November filled with turkey binges, football, and holiday deals due to the the national shopping tradition known as Black Friday. After a full year of poor economic conditions, retailers are hoping to turn the tide with a flurry of sales. We're already seeing flyers leak, and we want you to find the best deals to save some money on gifts for family (and yourself). We've culled this year's advertisements and compiled all we could find here for your shopping convenience. Keep in mind that everything listed is only available while supplies last, and for particularly cheap or rare items that's not going to be very long. Consoles are listed by price, and games are in alphabetical order. Some retailers are holding special sales on days other than Black Friday, so those are listed separately by date. And we'll be updating this list regularly, so check back often to see what's been added. If you see anything missing, feel free to call it out in the comments and we'll get it included as well. Happy shopping. - 8 hours ago

• Media Molecule Says No Little Big Planet Sequel Coming

  Media Molecule has no plans for a sequel to Little Big Planet, and even thinks that such a move would contradict their goal for the game. In an interview with Critical Gamer, level designer Danny Leaver said the company would "never want to do that. That'd be the most counterproductive thing you could do I think." Producer Martin Lynagh added, "I think what you've seen so far from Little Big Planet, that's the way it's going to continue." The future of the game still looks like it will be going strong for the Sackboy faithful, with water levels on the way and the PSP port due in a couple of weeks. For a game that's all about building, the developers seem content to keep it that way and add to what they already have. A successor may come eventually, but for the immediate future it looks like the first LBP will be the only one. - 32 hours ago

• BlazBlue Gets PSP Port

  Arc System Works announced this week that a PSP port for BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, an arcade fighting game already out now for the PS3 and Xbox 360, is in the works. BlazBlue Portable is slated for a February 25 release in Japan for 5040 yen; no US release has been announced. The PSP port will feature all the bits you'd expect -- ad-hoc fighting for up to four players, the full suite of 12 characters (including the Unlimited forms they showed off in the previous home ports), and so on. The chief new addition: Legion mode, a new game variation where you move your character around a strategic map and fight enemies one-on-one to take over more territory. Arc just announced BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, a sort-of sequel/sort-of update to their original Fighter, back in September. That game's still set for a winter debut in Japanese arcades. - 3 days ago

• Kojima Reflects on Snatcher, Adventure Games

  Hideo Kojima might be best known these days for Metal Gear Solid and his ability to heavily confuse gamers with his stories, but 20 years ago, he was just another schlub in the industry, working largely by himself and making adventure games like Snatcher. He went full circle in this week's issue of Famitsu magazine, talking with adventure-game writer Jiro Ishii about the genre and how it influenced his career. Ishii is the main man behind 428: In the Blocked City Shibuyaa visual novel that shocked many when Famitsu gave it a perfect review score last year. "I first met Ishii this year," said Kojima, "but I knew about him a long time previous. I get told by people that there are only three guys in Japan who like adventures: me, Ishii and Shu Takumi," the writer of Capcom's Ace Attorney series. Both Ishii and Kojima were heavily influenced by Blade Runner, a movie that Kojima's Snatcher is almost identical in style to. Ishii himself created a Blade Runner-styled adventure game back in the day called Imitation City, released 1987 (a year before Snatcher) for Japanese PCs. "We're both pretty close to each other in that the movie business has been near and dear to our hearts," Kojima noted. "The only difference is that he's been able to keep making adventures this whole time. It's funny to think that during an era when there was nothing but Mario-style games, there was somebody else out there who wanted to make a Blade Runner-like title, a year before me to boot. It took me a year and a half to get half of Snatcher done; I had six chapters planned out and they told me to cut it down to two!" - 3 days ago

• More Nirvana, Foo Fighters Tracks Hitting Rock Band

  Brothers-in-Grohl Nirvana and the Foo Fighters both have a number of songs coming to Rock Band next week, along with a single track from Joan Jett & the Blackhearts. Nirvana's Bleach track pack is set for $5.49 (440 Microsoft points), the Foo Fighter's four-pack will go for $6.99 (560 Microsoft points), and all individual songs will be priced at the normal $1.99 (160 Microsoft points; 200 Wii Points) apiece. Look for the following tracks on Xbox 360 and Wii next Tuesday, November 3, and on the PlayStation Store Thursday, November 5: "Best of You" by Foo Fighters "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters "Wheels" by Foo Fighters "Word Forward" by Foo Fighters "About a Girl" by Nirvana "Blew" by Nirvana "School" by Nirvana "Fake Friends" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Rock Band Unplugged will also get another couple of tracks from Rock Band's back catalog. Bullet for My Valentine's "Waking the Demon" and "Toxicity" by System of a Down are coming to the PSP game next Thursday, November 5 for $1.99 each. - 8 days ago

• LocoRoco Midnight Carnival Hits PSN Today with a Demo

  Just as promised, LocoRoco Midnight Carnival is releasing today exclusively on the PlayStation Network for $15. It comes complete with the addition of multiplayer play (locally, over ad-hoc) and the ability to race others around the world by way of global leaderboards. Replays of the top five players on any given leaderboard can be downloaded so that you can hopefully pick up some tips and improve your LocoRoco'ing technique. If you're not convinced you want to shell out $15 for the latest iteration of the game (or eat up 190MB on your memory stick or PSP Go), a demo will be released today alongside the full version of the game. No word on what's contained within the demo, but hopefully it's got a large enough chunk that gamers will be able to make an informed decision about whether or not Midnight Carnival is worth it. Look for both the demo and full version of the game on the PlayStation Store later today. - 8 days ago