This is a true-to-life "Grand Theft Auto". A truck containing thousands of PS3 games was stolen in Northampton, recovered by the cops, only to be stolen again right from the police compound.

Namco Bandai has announced that they'll be releasing a Limited Edition copy for Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm. I'm not much of a Naruto fan myself, but that Cell artwork included in the bundle looks tempting - they can fetch you some quick dough if you're willing to part away with it on eBay, yes?

LittleBigPlanet 's being auctioned off at eBay. Actually, not the game. Just a cutesy, tiny, mini billboard. See the specs and details after the jump.

SCEE and Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet caused quite a stir when David Reeves hinted at user content one day being made available via online purchase. A big debate among those anticipating the game ensued, and all of it comes to a head in a follow-up statement by Sony to clear it all up. Details in the full article.

Earlier this month, comScore found that the Nintendo Wii was the most popular item in UK search engines, which is why it doesn't really come as all that surprising that the console has turned out to be the most popular item on UK's eBay. Read how the handhelds and other consoles fared in the full article.

November is the "spawning season" of big game-related items, so to speak with top-caliber games, game consoles and big services making their debuts in and around this month every year to cash in on the season of giving. Just the other day, the gaming industry celebrated the second birthday of Microsoft's Xbox Live with "Live is 5ive." Today, we're having another bash with the Sony PlayStation 3's first birthday! More at the full article!

It looks like another high profile game has slipped the noose and found its way to Wal-Mart once again. This time it's Harmonix's Rock Band that saw its scheduled November 20 release date broken.

Darklor, a member of the official Rock Band forums, reported buying a copy of Rock Band from a Wal-Mart branch in New York.

Read the entire article right after the jump!

It's a sure fact that all of us love Halloween, and that almost all of us took advantage of the holiday as an excuse to dress up and act like our favorite monsters. Why not pass on a little Halloween love to your PS3? Introducing the Screaming Demon PS3 protective mask, a black, glossy material that you can slip onto your Sony PlayStation 3 console.

Sporting a freaky screaming demon design protruding at the top, the PS3 Screaming Demon protective mask scares any and all elements that may mar your PS3's pristine glossy shine. What's even better is that this mask can be taken off and reused anytime, and not leave any residue whatsoever.

Halloween is only less than a couple of months away. If you have a PS3 and hold an appreciation for all things macabre, check out its eBay page, where you can get it for only US$ 15. You may find it a steal.

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It's common knowledge that the Christmas holidays are very important for boosting market sales. This also applies to the gaming industry, as Paul Hochman of Today notes. He writes that the big three console makers will be having some problems this holiday season, facing their "biggest shakeup in years," due to some deficiencies on each console maker's part.

For the Xbox 360, Hochman cites its persistent problem of product malfunctions - the now-infamous Red Ring of Death - something that Microsoft is scrambling to fix with an allocated US$ 1 billion budget and an extended 3-year-warranty. Microsoft also advised customers to wait at least one week while their console is being repaired.

In Nintendo Wii's case, all seems peachy for the console. However, there's one spot that Nintendo hasn't managed to fully fix, and that's undersupply.

With an almost chronic case of undersupply, the quest for a Nintendo Wii usually involves the following inconveniences: queuing up in long lines in Best Buy once a fresh stock becomes available, getting overpriced Wiis on eBay, and limiting the allowance of sales to one console per buying group. This problem has prompted an apology from Nintendo's CEO Satoru Iwata, who promised to use Nintendo's Mario video game factory for Wii production.

Finally, Hochman cited the PS3's current underperformance, saying that Sony's PS3 trailed behind and sold only about 90,000 units in June, compared to Xbox 360's 198,000 and the Wii's strong 435,000. He also mentioned that Sony loses about US$ 300 every time a PS3 console is sold, with the total estimated loss of US$ 2 billion for the fiscal year that ended in March.

For those wondering why Sony is willing to take such losses, there is a reason behind that: According to Hochman, when Sony's Blu-ray wins the format wars and becomes the sought-after format for home viewing - partly with the help of the PS3 - then the PS3 losses will be more than worth it.

Check out Hochman's take on each of the console's good points in the Full Article!

  

It has been said that there are certain video games that are best played on the PC platform that on any other consoles. This is especially true to real-time strategy-based titles. Anyway, peripheral maker SplitFish GameWare is trying to solve this "deficiency" with its innovative PlayStation 3 controller FragFX.
 
"We created the FragFX to enhance PlayStation 3 owners overall gaming experience. We believe that when consumers compare the cost to upgrade to a Vista Game System relative to the PS3 and FragFX combination, gamers will see the benefit," commented SplitFish CEO Cisco Schipperheijn.

In addition to that, SplitFish announced that the first batch of FragFX controllers has already shipped to select markets including Amazon, Gamestop, eBay, and their official site for Europe. Quite unfortunately for some, the ones who will get it for now are those who had their units reserved.

Splitfish added that it was in fact overwhelmed of the many pre-orders on the above mentioned sites despite the lack of a formal announcement. Rest assured the peripheral maker promised to come up with more supplies of FragFX. In case you missed our last report, here are some of the worth mentioning features of the controller:

• Just plug it in and play
• Faster and more accurate
• All games supported
• An optical mouse for higher control
• Full SIXAXIS motion control
• Frag button for pinpoint movements
• Dynamic mouse sensitivity adjustments
• Adjustable motion sensitivity
• Motion level calibration
• Programmable motion over-ride
• Analog Stick Swap Ability
• Firmware upgradeable
• PS2 games support on PS3
• Doubles as navigation mouse