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Those that remember Kane and Lynch: Dead Men back in 2007 will remember that it was bug-filled, but ultimately an entertaining  and unique co-op title. Today, Square Enix Europe (previously IO Interactive) announced their plans for the game’s sequel. Unfortunately, details are still pretty bare, but we know that Kane and Lynch: Dog Days is set for a 2010 release and is coming to the PC with no other platforms announced yet. If you’re dying for details, you can check out the game’s official site for some interesting short clips with more promised later.

via [Big Download]

It seems that Twitter is introducing yet another feature to a select few. This time, it’s a retweet feature that changes the way retweets are shown. Instead of the “RT” you’ll see a small, gray image with rotating arrows. Then, below the retweet you’ll be able to see who retweeted that tweet.

Already I’m not a huge fan of the change, but maybe I’ll come to love it. Let us know what you think.

Activision has issued a press release detailing the level of success in MW2‘s retail launch, in both 1st-day and 5th-day sales totals. The numbers are, as expected, quite impressive and record-breaking. Follow the break for snippets from Activision’s press release.

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Forza 3 has just received its first piece of DLC in the form of a new vehicle pack. The 33MB update adds the 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe in several variations of race-readyness. Turn-10 has also detailed future DLC plans with the upcoming “Hot Holidays Car Pack” planned for release December 8 at an undecided price and will contain “some of the world’s most anticipated super cars and purpose-built race cars of 2010.”

via [Shack News]

ATI has just announced the fastest video card on the planet: the Radeon HD 5970, which is the first to support DirectX 11 and can hold up three displays at once for a 7680×1600 maximum resolution. The 5970 sports two GPUs that pump out nearly 5 TeraFLOPS of computing power (10 TeraFLOPS if setup in CrossFireX). Just like any other high-class video card, prepare to pay a hefty amount. More specifically, $600.

[Press Release]

Bioware has finally settled on the box art for the standard edition of Mass Effect 2. The collector’s edition box art has been done for some time. One would think it would be the other way around. Catch us after the break for the thumb links to the full-size standard and collector’s editions box art for your perusal.

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Dell’s new Adamo XPS, their slimmest laptop, is now on sale on their website starting at $1,799. The base configuration sports a 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo, a 128GB solid state drive, 13.4-inch WLED display, a 2MP camera, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, GS45 integrated graphics, WiFi and a Ethernet via a USB adapter. While the laptop is accepting orders, it’s not shipping until December 22nd.

[Dell]

Valve has just announced a new deal through Steam that offers the original DiRT title for 80% off when you pre-order DiRT 2. Steams seems to be with no shortage of special deals recently and this is no exception. This is another great chance to get multiple games for a great price. Plus, your new copy of DiRT will keep you busy until DiRT 2 releases on December 1st.

Thanks to the graphic and potentially disturbing nature of the “No Russian” mission in Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward was forced to add a message warning gamers of the mission and offering the option to skip it. Apparently, that wasn’t enough. In Russia, Infinity Ward has removed the mission entirely from the Russian copies of MW2 after warning of the game being banned.

via [Destructoid]

Because the previous petitions were so successful (note the sarcasm), PC gamers have decided to take another swing at getting Infinity Ward to make Modern Warfare 2 a little more playable to gamers that rely on competitive or professional gaming leagues. Due to the lack of dedicated servers and removal of the in-game developer console, gamers cannot finely tune their gaming servers, nor can they use the standard console commands that are needed for seamless competitive play. Join us after the break for the proposed list of changes that the new petition ask (demands?) of Infinity Ward.

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