The Re-Cap: News From The Winter Break Part 1

• 3DS: its reported you are now able to pre-order the 3DS at GameStop, not clear price of deposit however http://ht.ly/3xZXK
• 360: First week sales of Final Fantasy XIII in Japan were lower than 20K. PS3 first week sales were 1.5M. http://ht.ly/3y007
• Wii: Team Meat have cancelled the WiiWare version of Super Meat Boy, they are looking at a retail release http://ht.ly/3y02y
• Harmonix have bought themselves from Viacom and will operate independently. Rock Band DLC not effected http://ht.ly/3y05y
• PS3: its rumoured Epic Mickey is coming to PS3, in development since 2008, 60fps, 720p, Move support, PSN game http://ht.ly/3y09V
• Behemoth report that over 2 Million people have played Castle Crashers http://ht.ly/3y3kP
• Its rumoured Galactus and Taskmaster are appearing in Marvel Vs Capcom 3 http://ht.ly/3y3mX
• PSP2: a 3D mock-up made from the leaked pictures has been created, aims to show more clearly what PSP2 looks like http://ht.ly/3y5dJ
• DS: New Super Mario Bros has sold over 6 Million units sold in Japan, the first DS game to do so http://ht.ly/3y5Oo
• 3DS: Nintendo reveals the 32 titles that will be shown during the Nintendo World 2011, half are playable, some are apps http://ht.ly/3y6Wc
• Android: new Sony Phone Pictures show device with an Xperia logo and new Playstation Logo, running Android 2.3 http://ht.ly/3y7KH
• 3DS: A 3DS was stolen from a Chinese factory. revealed to have a 1300mAh battery and 96MB of RAM. vid and pics in link http://ht.ly/3ybwX
• Square Enix have trademarked Final Fantasy Type-0 in the EU. no word what this game is as yet http://ht.ly/3ybMF
• 360: A Retail listing for Gears of War Ultimate found at GameStop, $29.99, 15th Feb Release, Gears 3 Beta not included http://ht.ly/3ybR4
• Dead Space 2 checks if you have a Dead Space save, it unlocks original Plasma Cutter in Dead Space 2 from the beginning http://ht.ly/3ybVo
• 3DS: the ESRB have confirmed their rating for Rayman 3D was for a 3DS Rayman game http://ht.ly/3ycih
• More screenshots and concept art have been released for the upcoming Tomb Raider game http://ht.ly/3ycky
• PSP Top selling platform in Japan in 2010 with 2.72M units sold. Pokemon Black/White top selling game with 4.73M http://ht.ly/3ycqe
• The ESRB has rated Xenogears, Legend of Mana, Threads of Fate, and Vagrant Story as PS1 Classics http://ht.ly/3ycHY
• Sega is teasing 20th Anniversary projects for both Sonic and Puyo Puyo http://ht.ly/3yd4w
• PSP2: Its rumoured the PSP2 could be out in Japan by mid 2011 http://ht.ly/3ydv5
• PS1: fans are working an english translation of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, a game never released in the west http://ht.ly/3ydxE
• Its reported Bungie have begun to tease their upcoming project. Bungie Aerospace site up with strange source code http://ht.ly/3ydAC
• Akitoshi Kawazu believes its his duty to make Romancing SaGa 4 before he dies and wants to do it http://ht.ly/3ydE0
• Sony's Kaz Hirai admits the PSN is not profitable, should be in 2011. over 60M registered PSN Users http://ht.ly/3yeEm
• PS3: Fail0verflow announce they have cracked the PS3 and are bringing Linux back. Sony maynot be able to patch this hack http://ht.ly/3ykgk
• Artwork has emerged from a canned Midway game called Hero. http://ht.ly/3ykAo
• 3DS: Capcom CEO Haruhiro Tsujimoto has hinted that Monster Hunter 3 could be coming to 3DS http://ht.ly/3yl1c
• PC: Battlefield 3 will not support Windows XP or DX 9. http://ht.ly/3yldx
• 360: Microsoft looks set to reveal Avatar Kinect at CES, rumoured to be software update allowing Avatar interaction http://ht.ly/3ylSG
• PS3: its rumoured that Pikes Peak Rally, from Gran Turismo 2, is coming to Gran Turismo 5 http://ht.ly/3ymuI