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On August 25, 2009, Sony released the newest member of the PS3 family. Slimmer, lighter, and only $299, the PlayStation 3 120 GB has Wi-Fi and a Blu-ray player built in.

Amazon.com has released a notice this week to announce that they anticipate that all pre-orders of Wii Fit will be shipped no later than today to ship to customers who pre-ordered the new in-demand fitness title.

Nintendo has changed the nationwide Wii Fit release date few weeks ago from May 19 to May 21 but it was still released on May 19 exclusively at the Nintendo World Store in New York City.

This situation led consumers to confusion and prompted the Best Buy to display in-store notices to explain that the Wii Fit release date changed from May 19 to May 21.

Amazon.com sold out pre-orders supplies in early may and says that it is actively seeking more of this product from suppliers for those who have not been able to order Wii Fit.

The $89.99 package includes a disk filled with mini games and the Wii Balance Board peripheral designed to sense both weight and shifts in movement and balance.

The Balance Board connects wirelessly to Wii to facilitate more than 40 exercise activities, including yoga, aerobics, strength training and balance.

Wii Fit has sold more than two million units in Japan since its release in December last year.

Amazon on Tuesday began offering a new retail discount for customers who purchase Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV. In the promotion, customers who purchase an Xbox 360 Premium SKU or an Xbox 360 Elite SKU and GTA IV standard or premium edition for the Xbox 360 will receive a $30 discount off their order.

GTA IV rolled into U.S. retail stores on Tues. and is expected to sell nine million copies at launch. Analysts are expecting Grand Theft Auto IV to generate US$400 million in sales in its first week and to outsell last year's heavily hyped Halo 3 from Microsoft Corp., which took in US$300 million in its first week.

The Xbox 360 version will include two downloadable episodes available exclusively on Xbox Live. In a first, players can use the in-game phone to buy and download from Amazon MP3 tracks of songs they hear on the game's radio stations.

The premise could come from a novel or a movie: An Eastern European immigrant named Niko comes to the big city lured by his cousin's tales of easy wealth. Niko quickly discovers the truth and is left to make his own way in America, doing whatever it takes.

Take-Two Interactive in August 2007 delayed Grand Theft Auto IV to 2008 from an original October 2007 release. The publisher cited additional development time required to complete the title.

In March, Take-Two Interactive rejected a $2B buyout offer from EA, saying that the bid undervalued the software maker. Take-Two explained that it is still willing to open discussions with EA, but not until April 30, when Grand Theft Auto IV (for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) finally hits store shelves.

Grand Theft Auto IV is also available for the PS3.

When Sony issued a press release announcing the new Dual Shock 3 controller, they included a list of games compatibles with the new controller.

I have just discovered that Stuntman : Ignition from THQ (which is not in the list) is also supporting the new Sony controller.

I did small search on the net and it does not seems to be a widely known fact, so here it is.

I have finally received my Guitar hero 3 replacement disk for the Wii. They are identical to the original disks except that there is a small star on the bottom of the fixed disk. I have taken a picture of the 2 disks side by side. The new disk is on the right. You should notice the small star on the disk to the right.

I did not tried it yet to hear the sound improvement.