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• Microsoft Japan ready for Xbox 360 defects

  Japanese Xbox chief promises quality support to initial hardware faults; believes company can penetrate Japanese game market.

  4:57 pm PST 9 Dec 2005

• Del Toro torn over Halo movie

  Director confirms he's in talks to direct, but said he'd prefer making Hellboy 2.

  4:19 pm PST 9 Dec 2005

• Teen charged with harassing antigame activist

  Jack Thompson claims 16-year-old boy who made death threats against him arrested at high school.

  3:28 pm PST 9 Dec 2005

• Japan begins Xbox 360 countdown

  Microsoft holds prelaunch bash thanking Xbox Live community members with speeches, tchotchkes, and cocktails.

  3:18 pm PST 9 Dec 2005

• Batter vacates top slot at EA Mobile

  EA Mobile boss John Batter will return to earlier stomping grounds at DreamWorks.

  3:14 pm PST 9 Dec 2005

• Castlevania combo headed to GBA

  2D gamers get a two-pack of out-of-print action adventure games to sink their teeth into.

  2:17 pm PST 9 Dec 2005

• 360 backward-compatibility update released, recalled

  Update withdrawn due to Halo 2 problems, supports Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six.

  1:17 pm PST 9 Dec 2005

• Ubisoft releases results, reveals new games for PSP and 360

  Brothers in Arms and Splinter Cell Essentials headed for Sony's portable as publisher posts improved numbers over last year.

  11:54 am PST 9 Dec 2005

• DOA4 delayed again?

  GameStop is now listing the first Xbox 360 fighting game as having a December 22 ship date.

  5:47 pm PST 8 Dec 2005

• NPD retracts November numbers

  Industry research group yanks monthly report, citing "overstated information."

  5:19 pm PST 8 Dec 2005