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Man, it’s a hard road this week for gamers looking for something substansive and serious.

There’s very little to sink your tetth into this week but there are are afew bright spots including Gothic 3 Collector’s Edition, Syberia for the DS, and Chrono Trigger.

Maybe there’s some other gems in there but it’s looking pretty damn doubtful.  I honestly expected better releases for this week, given that the busiest shopping day of the year - Black Friday - is at the end of the week. Full list after the break.

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Earlier today, Atari and developer CCP Games announced they’ve entered into a partnership which will see Atari exclusively distribute boxed versions of CCP’s MMO, EVE Online. The game, which has been around since 2003, will begin popping up in retail outlets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions starting March 2009. In addition, Atari will provide trade marketing services to augment CCP’s consumer marketing initiatives for the game.

According to Atari’s announcement, the new retail distribution deal for EVE Online comes at a time of rapid subscriber growth and technical advancements in the game. EVE Online has attracted nearly 250,000 active subscribers and it has progressed on a technical level which can support massive battles of over 1000 players with minimal lag. In addition, CCP plans to enhance gameplay by rolling out a series of free expansions in 2009.
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Bethesda Softworks and Best Buy have teamed up for a series of Fallout 3 launch events across the united states beginning at 3 pm local time, October 27. The Fallout 3 team’s hometown Best Buy in Rockville, MD will serve as the flagship location of the midnight events, with special festivities including game kiosks, giveaways, contests and a live broadcast from the event with DC 101 FM.

Game director Todd Howard will be on-hand along with other key members of the development team to sign copies of the game and chat with fans. In addition to the Rockville event, 11 Best Buy stores across the country will be hosting special midnight sales events. Full list of locales after the jump:

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EA Maxis is happy that Spore has regained the top spot in the US PC charts for week ended September 27, according to data provided by NPD Group.

EA’s MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning dropped a one spot to number 2, followed by Take-Two’s Civilization IV: Colonization at three and Crysis Warhead in the fourth spot. Of course, the usual suspects - The Sims 2 and World Of Warcraft - round out this week’s chart. Full top ten list after the jump:

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Well now! There’s a fight brewing between the children of EA for the top spots on the PC gaming sales charts. EA’s newborn MMO Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning took Spore out for the week ending Sept. 20, 2008. Poor, poor EA. WAR took the top spot for the week, followed by Spore, and WAR Collector’s Edition. No big shockers this week - though Stalker Clear: Sky - a standalone expansion of the original game by GSC Gameworld, broke in at number 9 for the week. EA and Activision Blizzard still control the board, with EA holding 7 of the top ten spots and Activision holding 2 spots with World of Warcaft.

Oh, and despite all the tough talk on DRM, Spore is still at the top of the list this week. Full list after the jump.

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You have to give Electronic Arts some credit for be pretty smart with its pre-order program for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3. Riding on the coat tails of the popularity related to the Warhammer Online pre-order, the company revealed this week a special bonus item for those that buy Red Alert 3 for use in Warhammer Online.

The item in question is called Kossar’s Helm, a special helmet that players can use in Warhammer Online to transform into a fierce bear. The items are not tradable, are bound to the owner, can be worn at Rank 1 and are activated from the player’s hot bar. By activating “Call of the North” players are transformed into a large silver-furred grizzly bear. The bear is about six feet tall at its shoulders.

This special pre-order reward is in limited quantities and can be obtained by purchasing either the Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Premier Edition, or the regular PC version. Learn more by visiting ea.com.

This week is a busy one for releases, with some big titles hitting just about every platform including TNA iMPACT for the Wii, Star Wars The Force Unleashed across multiple platforms, Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition and Dragon Quest IV for DS, Rock Band 2 for Xbox 360, Armored Core: For Answer, Yggdra Union and B-Boy for PSP, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, The Settlers VI Gold, Warhammer Online and Crysis: Warhead for PC. Of course some of these games will prove to be crap, but isn’t discovering which ones aren’t the most fun one can have in this life? Big List after the jump.

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