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The official launch trailer for Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is now live and you can all check it out above. The gorgeous game looks to be pretty fantastic and has garnered a bit of a cult following. Be sure to watch the 2 minutes video and let me know what you all think.

Here are the latest Japanese hardware sales for last week. As we can see from the list, the Nintendo 3DS continues its domination while the original PSP still outsells its newly released counterpart, PS Vita.

Check out the list below:

3DS – 67,558
PS3 – 22,002
PSP – 15,860
Vita – 13,939
Wii – 8,206
PS2 – 1,239
Xbox 360 – 1,139
DSi LL – 957
DSi – 651

Xbox World has published brand new rumors about Microsoft’s next home console in its March 2012 issue, codenamed XBOX 720. Here is what they had to say in the article:

“The next Xbox will be a matt-black media hub with a mission to bring games to life in your living room with augmented reality, directional sound, and a four-player finger-tracking Kinect. We told you all that last month. This month, our sources tell us it will have a touchscreen, too.

“Microsoft are experimenting with a tablet-like controller with a shape closer to Sony’s sleek Vita handheld / Apple’s iPad than Wii U’s bulky unit – it’s an HD screen surrounded by the traditional 360 buttons and sticks.

“On 360 that touchscreen will be second only to Kinect in how you operate your console. It could be a remote control when you’re watching TV, a browser when you’re on the internet, extra buttons and information when playing a game or a portable display when you want to take your game with you.

“If the next Xbox is starting to sound awfully expensive, you’d be right. 360 launched at £279 while PS3 launched at £425, so – we’re speculating here – £399 wouldn’t be an unprecedented figure to put on a machine with Kinect and a touch controller in the box. Microsoft are playing safe with the CPU and GPU but running wild with the functions that will change how you play, but it won’t be cheap. Expect to see the next Xbox at E3 this June.”

Very interesting to say the least. It seems like Nintendo and Microsoft really want to capitalize on Apple’s tremendous success with the iPad and are integrating tablet-like controllers in their forthcoming home consoles. I will be very interested to see if this rumor pans out to be true and see how Nintendo and Sony respond.

More as it develops so stay tuned.

Following the immensely popular Skylanders title of last year (your’s truly thought it would be a hit), Activision has officially announced that Skylanders Giants will be headed to every major console in the near future. The new game will have forward compatibility meaning every beloved character from Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure is 100% compatible with Skylanders Giants, leveled-up stats and customizations intact.

Awesome news and I can’t wait to see more. Check out the first trailer above.

Take Two has recently told investors that the ubber-anticipated Grand Theft Auto V is currently making good progress and should suffice any gamers who are fans of the series. Check out the quote below:

“Grand Theft Auto V is making great process”.

” [Rockstar] promises to continue [their] incredible track record of delighting fans by raising the bar in interactive entertainment”.

- Strauss Zelnick, chairman of Take Two

No platforms have been announced for GTA V.

Stay tuned.

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