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A new website launched (or at least was discovered) today that features video game-themed cosmetics. In addition to base label products in foundation, blush, and eye shadow, they’ve also got franchise-specific lines like the Mushroom Kingdom, Hyrule, and GLaDOS sets.

And if just now you’re wondering what the big deal is, AJ Glasser defies you to [...]

To make up for a delay in the Xbox 360 version of the Medal of Honor beta, EA announced today that it would extend the beta testing period for Xbox 360 users. The beta kicked off on PlayStation 3 and PC June 21 (June 17 for some lucky gamers).

In a statement provided with the press [...]

Research firm NPD Group sent out a press release about their new publication, PC Games Digital Downloads: Analyst Report. In it, they tell us that digital downloads of PC games are closing in on sales of PC games in retail locations.
The numbers add up to 21.3 million digital downloads of full games in the U.S. [...]

EA dominated the news cycle by virtue of its annual summer showcase event, which means an outpouring of press releases. One or two non-EA things caught our eye, but other than that, other newsy stuff got buried pretty bad. Here’s what we dug up:
07/20 — A Spore Darkly
M2 Analysis From E3 2010
AJ: Here’s M2 Research’s [...]

We’d heard of plans for a European midnight launch party to celebrate the upcoming StarCraft II’s release, but Blizzard took its time telling us about the North American gig. Here are the need-to-know details for Blizzard’s biggest day of the summer.
The launch party is at Fry’s Electronics on 10800 Kalama River Avenue in Fountain Valley, [...]

Crackdown 2 remains at the top of the charts, whilst Dance On Broadway ascends to second.
Crackdown 2 has paralleled its vertiginous gameplay by remaining at the top of the UK all formats chart. It sees off Dance On Broadway which repeats last week’s two place ascent putting it in second place. Toy Story 3, [...]

Ubisoft has reported sales of €161 million (£136m / $208m) for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 2010.
The figure is in line with recently announced forecasts, and represents a 94 per cent increase (or 81 per cent at constant exchange rates) on the €83 million (£70.1m / $107m) generated during the same period in [...]

Electronic Arts has formally opened its new development studio in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The company had operated a development studio in Bountiful, Utah since 2006. That has now closed, with all staff moving across to the new 20,000 square foot facility. EA Salt Lake Studio houses 100 employees across a range of disciplines, including the [...]

Fire Emblem: Mystery Of The Emblem and Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road Victory both sold around 136,000 copies in their first four days on sale in Japan to storm the software chart during the week ended July 18.
The former, a remake of the 1994 SNES title Fire Emblem: Monshou No Nazo, was listed atop the [...]

UK chancellor George Osborne has said that the government will review the taxation of intellectual property and the support R&D tax credits provide for innovation later this year.
His comments were made in a letter of response to Dundee West MSP Joe FitzPatrick, who has expressed concern that a failure to implement tax breaks for the [...]