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Capcom backpedals on the notion of releasing a $50 dollar portable game on 3DS.

Capcom has been a company rife with controversy in the past year. Between cancelling a major Mega Man title, releasing an update to Marvel vs. Capcom 3 a mere 8 months after launch, and not allowing gamers to delete save data on Resident Evil: Mercenaries, the Japanese developer has gained some ill will from players. At least one of those sticking points for consumers has been settled, at least in the U.S. that is. The upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations is now set to be priced the same as most 3DS titles.

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Nintendo’s April-December sales recap reveals that they are still a force to be reckoned with.

Nintendo’s initial launch of the 3DS may have fallen short of expectations; but the handheld bounced back triumphantly, as three first-party titles easily cleared the million unit milestone. Super Mario 3D Land topped the list selling 5.03 million units worldwide. Mario Kart 7 also did well with 4.57 million units sold worldwide. Finally The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D sold 2.49 million units.  

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Three separate DLC packs will be released following launch.

Namco Bandai has announced three download content packs for the upcoming SoulCalibur V. Each pack will cost $1.99 or 160 MSP and comes loaded with "exclusive new customization items and music that players can then unlock in-game." The details for each pack is as follows:

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Real-time strategy elements in a 3rd person shooter could make this a unique online experience.

As the spiritual successor to Warhawk, LightBox and Santa Monica Studios hope to evolve online warfare through their PS3 exclusive, Starhawk. The public online beta launched earlier this month for all PS Plus members and will be open to all Uncharted 3 owners on January 31.  The game will be released with a wide variety of online multiplayer modes as well as an offline single player campaign this May.

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