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[Update #2]: Mass Effect's executive producer Casey Hudson is clarifying his previous tweets on ME 3's love interests with more tweets. This is getting ridiculous.

This weekend we brought you news that PlayStation Network was being restored in most parts of the world, with the glaring exception being Japan. Today we learned what's causing the delay in Sony's homeland. The Japanese government.

Since PlayStation 3 owners missed three weeks of updates during the PSN
downtime, the PlayStation store will be receiving multiple updates per
week in order to catch up.

If the leaked details and first teaser trailers
for Modern Warfare 3 aren't enough for you, a new piece of intel
regarding Infinity Ward's anticipated shooter has come to light: A
supposed release date.

Steam is rolling out a program today that will bring a new 24-hour
sale to gamers every day. Keep reading to find out what's featured in
the first of these daily deals.

Locations pulled from animated films such as Castle in the Sky and Howl's Moving Castle are faithfully rendered in amazing detail.

Dance Central DLC keeps on rolling out with tracks from Fergie, Snow,
and N.E.R.D. These new dance tracks will be available in the in-game
store for download starting tomorrow!

The limited editions come in two varieties, adding a host of exclusive tchotchke  and in-game bonuses to the game.

Ubisoft and online gaming portal Kongregate are teaming up to offer a
grand prize of $10,000 to anyone who makes a game that uses music and
gameplay to "electrify the senses."

PC release of Fable 3
aren't exactly competing with L.A. Noire on its own AAA console-game
territory.

You can have the best of the second and third dimensions for the upcoming remake of Cave Story.

What do you do when you have 10 pounds of gummi bears along with an
affinity for old-school games? You make a stop-motion video, obviously.

If you want Portal-related figures, you've got to make them yourself. Alternately, you can rely on geniuses like this to make them, and you then you can stare in wonder.

According to a leaked marketing survey, three images are in contention to be the box art for Square Enix's recently revealed Hitman: Absolution.

Now that the PlayStation Network is back up the mulitplayer
functionality has been restored, how are you spending your time with the
console?

While we already knew that a fifth Resident Evil movie was in the works,
a recent tweet from fake actress/actual model Milla Jovovich suggests
that the film is called Resident Evil: Retribution.

If you're a fan of tabletop RPGs, you might enjoy this trailer for the upcoming D&D-themed indie comedy Zero Charisma.

Square Enix is honoring Dragon Quest's 25th anniversary with a collection on Wii, but that's not all. Gamers can also commemorate the occasion with some special toys.

After nearly a month of being offline (and taking fire from all corners
of the industry), Sony is beginning to restore PSN back to functionality
today.

Square Enix had some bad news for investors this week, mainly involving drastic financial losses for
the company. CEO Yoichi Wada had some comments explaining the fiscal
year's 12 billion yen loss.