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PixlTalk Episode 33: Mulligan

After a failed attempt at podcasting last night, Nick and Chessa take a mulligan and create a new version of the latest issue of PixlTalk.

Last night's podcast recording was doomed before it even began. After an hour and a half of complete and utter chaos, we were left with an unsalvageable mess that had to be scrapped as the official 33rd episode of PixlTalk. Instead, Nick and Chessa take a calm, rested, and sober approach for a much more organized and discussion-oriented recording.

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Atlus to Release Second Half of Persona 2 in America

After twelve years, Atlus is finally bringing Persona 2 - Innocent Sin to America via the PSP.

Late last night, Atlus officially announced plans to bring Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2 - Innocent Sin to America. The game, recently remade for the PSP in Japan, will be translated and brought to America this fall. The original PlayStation game was planned as a two part release, but only the Eternal Punishment half was released in America, though both parts did see release in Japan.

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Why Sony's Not 'Welcoming You Back' With Wallet Funds

... and why the games and services they are offering are tailored to their benefit.

The answer is pretty simple, actually. See if you can spot the trend in the listing of titles below:

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Are You Committed? Catherine Trailer

The upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 action-adventure game from Atlus wants to know.

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PSN Outage To Continue

A recent update on the PlayStation Blog offers up more bad news to Sony console owners.

Today, Patrick Seybold, Senior Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media confirmed that the PSN outage will continue indefinitely. While the team has been working feverishly to bring things back online, according to Seybold, the process is "time insensitive." The outage disables players from going online in any capacity and has disabled some online-heavy games in the process. Sony is also currently investigating possible credit card theft after their system was recently compromised.

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PixlTalk Episode 29: Miyamoto's on Speed Dial

Stay tuned for a special announcement about PixlBit, as well as your regularly scheduled content from the PixlTalk crew.

This week starts with a special site announcement delivered by Nick and Chessa, but is promptly followed by regular weekly discussion. Given the swirling rumors of the Wii successor, discussion of the upcoming system continued this week. What's now confirmed as Project Cafe is discussed in detail, as is the credibility of the various rumors that are floating around.

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Konami, Hudson Join Forces

Will this lead to Bomberman-Metal Gear crossovers in the future?

Andriasang has translated a Japanese press release announcing that Konami will be completely buying up Hudsonsoft. Previously, Konami owned over 50% of Hudson. This transaction means that Konami will own Hudsonsoft in its entirety. While matters like company name changes and merging business operations are still being worked out, Konami has decided to replace Hudson CEO Michihiro Ishizuka with Konami Digital Entertainment's Kazuhiko Uehara.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Outsells Modern Warfare 2

Black Ops beat out Modern Warfare 2 day one sales. Set to surpass Modern Warfare 2's five day sales record.

Many claimed it couldn't be done by a non-Modern Warfare title, but the new Call of Duty: Black Ops has outperformed last years Modern Warfare 2 in day one sales by nearly a million copies. Last year Modern Warfare sold 4.7 million, while yesterday, Black Ops managed to sell an impressive 5.6 million copies. This was an estimated sell through rate of $360 million - a $50 million difference above what Modern Warfare 2 pulled in before.

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