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TweetCraft is an in-game Twitter client that works in World of Warcraft for your tweeting pleasure. Word is there are also plans for a version to work within Champions Online

Though Left 4 Dead 2 is slated to arrive on PC and Xbox 360 come November 17, developer Valve has reaffirmed that it will continue to support the original editions of the cooperative zombie shooter with as-yet-unspecified downloadable content.

"More info will be coming shortly on the [Left 4 Dead 1] DLC," Valve’s Chet Faliszek told Shacknews, adding that the ongoing support will also include new functionality, such as the promised addition of team-based matchmaking to the first Left 4 Dead.

"We plan to keep supporting Left 4 Dead 1," Valve marketing VP Doug Lombardi recently told CVG. "I think folks took our [E3] announcement [of Left 4 Dead 2] as a sign that we were dropping Left 4 Dead 1 and that’s just not the case."

Lombardi noted that "there will be some announcements coming before summer’s out about what’s coming there," explaining that the internet’s vocal opposition to Left 4 Dead 2 and the subsequent boycott "really didn’t change our plans at all."

Despite that backlash and 37,335-member strong boycott against Left 4 Dead 2, Lombardi informed Eurogamer that "pre-orders are currently double what they were for Left 4 Dead 1 at this point in time away from launch."

"Once everything’s been out for a while and everyone’s had time to see the complete product of Left 4 Dead 2 and see continued support for Left 4 Dead 1, they may sort of see what we were up to and what the method of our madness was there," he told CVG.

Valve is "still looking at other ways to make the [Left 4 Dead] community cohesive in an elegant fashion," with the recent L4D mod tools allowing user-created content to be played in both PC releases, but hasn’t "nailed down all the final details on that just yet."

The studio further confirmed plans to provide a pre-release multiplayer demo of Left 4 Dead 2, much like it did with the PC and Xbox 360 original. "With Left 4 Dead in particular we’ve found that word of mouth really is the strongest thing," Lombardi told OXM. "With Left 4 Dead 2 we plan to do a demo before the game comes out that’ll have multiplayer in it. And hopefully we can continue the free weekends with the full game post-launch."

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Predators, the fifth film of the franchise, will premiere on July 7th 2010, with Nimron Antal directing. Antal directed the horror film Vacancy. Robert Rodriguez is producing; he also produced one draft of the script.

Alex Litvak and Michael Finch produced the script. Both have worked on comic-based movies.

ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Sony’s Screen Gems is eyeing a September 17, 2010 release for the fourth "Resident Evil" installment, to be titled Resident Evil: Afterlife . The ending of the third film, Resident Evil: Extinction , left the door wide open for another sequel.

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Immediately upon release John Layman and Rob Guillory’s CHEW has experienced an immediate sell out for both issue #2 and the second printing of issue #1.

"I’m shocked, pleased and flabbergasted by the enormous positive response we’ve gotten from CHEW," Layman said. "I can’t put into words how gratified I am for the readers and retailers who have helped spread the word about this strange and unique little book. I’m also grateful to Image for taking speedy action to help get this book into as many readers’ hands as possible. Thanks, everybody! The best is yet to come!"

So you are going about your business, playing a rousing game of whatever on your gaming rig running Windows 7 and wham! Your PC turns off, what gives? Well, chances are you are running the beta version of Windows 7, which begins automatically shutting down every couple of hours today. Your beta license has expired and it is suggested that you install Windows 7 RC1 instead. However, be warned that that version will begin doing the same thing on March 1st of next year.

It’s the Marvel Comics story that has everyone from the New York Times to MTV buzzing and the verdict is in: Captain America Reborn #1 is a hit! The superstar dream team of Eisner-winning scribe Ed Brubaker (Captain America, The Marvels Project, Incognito) and red-hot artist Bryan Hitch present the return of Steve Rogers to the Marvel Universe! Plus, be sure to catch the dynamic covers by acclaimed artists Bryan Hitch, John Cassaday and Alex Ross!

EA and Dice have announced that Battlefield 1943 will be available on July 8, 2009 on the XBox Live Marketplace, and on July 9, 2009 on the PSN Store. The cost will be $9.99 for the FPS which is the semi-sequel to Battlefield 1942. Click read more for the full info.

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Guildford, UK – July 2, 2009 – DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced that Battlefield 1943™ will be available on July 8th on Xbox LIVE™ Marketplace and July 9th on the PlayStation®Network. Battlefield 1943 is an all-new download-only action game that brings DICE’s first-class vehicular warfare to gamers for just £9.99, or 1200 MS Points.

Microsoft has responded to concerns over its recent announcement that the addition of the MS Silverlight software (the Microsoft equivalent of Shockwave) will allow ads to interfere with Xbox Live functionality. Major Nelson reassured gamers on his website that MS only intends to enhance the ad service with Silverlight, not interfere with or revamp it totally. He claims we do not have to worry about a huge influx of advertising on XBL. We really hope not, Larry, because it would be a shame to pay for XBL Gold and get swamped with ads, too. Especially when PSN is free and relatively ad-free.

With the movie rights for Pac-Man and Joust already snapped up, the bidding war for the privilege to adapt Atari’s old-school rock-buster Asteriods into a film has come to an end.

Universal won the four-studio competition, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with Lorenzo di Bonaventura (G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra) attached as a producer and Jeff Kirschenbaum (Wanted, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) overseeing. The script is to be written by Race to Witch Mountain (2009) scribe Matthew Lopez.

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