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  • According to individuals over at the Cheap Ass Gamer forums the GameStop codes for Marble Blast Ultra still work in regards to purchasing the game. This is likely due to the fact that GameStop already purchased these codes from Microsoft and are reselling them to consumers. Take it with a grain of salt. We’re still not guaranteeing that the code will work.
  • Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment, joins Alex Navarro of Screened as one of multiple critics who critique the different acts of Twisted Pixel’s The Gunstringer. Critics will judge the player’s performance similar to how they would critique a live action play, which The Gunstringer is set around.
  • Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester recently teased to Kotaku that Magicka may be coming to Xbox Live Arcade. “I would imagine if I could look into a crystal ball early 2012, but I wouldn’t put it in stone.”