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The dog-gone long title of Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse – Episode 1: The Penal Zone will hop upon the internets for digital distribution on April 15. The first episode of the duo’s third season of freelance police work will be available on PC, Mac — and PS3, quelle surprise . Pre-orders for the whole season on PC and Mac are currently available on Telltale’s site for $35 , which also comes with an episode from Strong Bad , Wallace & Gromit or a previous Sam & Max season for free.

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Sam and Max penetrate ‘The Penal Zone’ April 15 on PC, Mac, PS3

Following up yesterday’s announcement that Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes is getting an HD facelift and coming to Xbox Live and PSN, Ubisoft has revealed the first teaser trailer for the game. Amidst all of the quoted accolades and plumes of smoke are some actual tidbits of gameplay. In short: this looks purty .

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Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes trailer offers taste of high-def wizardry

In early 2009, Centerscore co-founder Oliver Miao was assigned an extremely daunting task. His studio had recently been acquired by EA Mobile, and his higher-ups had requested an iPhone version of the studio’s successful teen-dating sim series, Surviving High School . The difficulty didn’t come in developing the title, but rather, in monetizing it

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GDC: Surviving High School creator talks clever, profitable microtransactions

Massively multiplayer online game players in the States allegedly spent $3.8 billion last year, according to the Today’s Gamers MMO Focus Report by Gamesindustry.com and TNS. The report claims that the MMO market in the US has reached 46 million users, with 21 million paying for online games.

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Study: America spent $3.8 billion on MMOs in 2009

[ Hardcore Gaming 101 ] You may not remember this, but in the days before Magna Cum Laude , Leisure Suit Larry games were adventure games. And funny. Series creator Al Lowe has revealed what would have been the plot for Leisure Suit Larry 8: Lust in Space , had upheaval at Sierra not prevented it from ever happening.

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Al Lowe reveals the ‘real’ Leisure Suit Larry 8 plot

EA’s been keen on in-game advertising since 2006, and, two years ago, signed a pretty big deal with in-game ad provider Massive. Apparently, though, EA won’t be re-upping that agreement.

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EA shifting ad sales in-house starting with Madden NFL 11

Unreal Engine 3 on the iPhone … it looked better in person! While we’ve yet to see Unreal Engine 3 ported to Nintendo’s Wii or Sony’s PSP, Epic did undertake the considerable task of squeezing its seemingly ubiquitous middleware platform onto Apple’s similarly ubiquitous iPhone.

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GDC: This is what Unreal Engine 3 on iPhone looks like

During its GDC press conference , Sony announced that the PlayStation motion controller — newly dubbed PlayStation Move — will launch in several different packages to accommodate the various gamers out there. Sony is planning an “aggressive” marketing campaign around the new peripheral when it launches later this year and — similar to Microsoft’s launch plans for Project Natal — it will treat the launch of the PlayStation Move as a separate “platform launch.” There will be multiple bundles, including a bundle that includes a PlayStation 3 console, the PlayStation Move and the PlayStation Eye.

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PlayStation Move bundles announced, starter kit under $100

Though you guys had some bold, provocative ideas for what the heretofore unnamed ” PlayStation Motion Controller ” should be called, Sony has just squelched your creativity during its GDC event by giving the peripheral its official name: The PlayStation Move.

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‘PlayStation Move’ is official name of motion controller