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  • Hard times in the video game industry are catching up with Sega.

    The publisher has slashed its financial forecast for the current fiscal year, announced plans to cut its staff in the U.S. and Europe and canceled an unknown number of games.

    Sega said it expects to report a 7.1 billion yen (approximately $85 million) loss for the fiscal year, which ends on March 31. Calling the current economic climate "challenging" and noting its expected loss was "extraordinary," the company said it plans to move more into the digital content development space.

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  • The Week in Webgames: Do The Monster Match

    Got a few minutes to kill?  Why not unwind with a free webgame?  For your gaming convenience, we've assembled the week's top new releases on Yahoo! Games in this handy roundup.

    Monster match

    It's fast-paced puzzle action with a humorous creature-feature theme.  Think you can destroy groups of three or more like-colored monsters before they reach the ceiling?  We have faith in you!

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  • Journey (Sony)Journey, the soothing, meditative downloadable title that has critics swooning, is proving just as popular with players.

    Sony announced Thursday the game has become the fastest-selling title in the history of the PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store.

    That feat includes both first- and third-party games. And while Sony and developer thatgamecompany declined to provide specific sales figures, it's still a tremendous achievement for a game that defies most traditional definitions of what a video game is.

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  • Eight Incredible Cosplayers

    Eight Incredible CosplayersSwing by your local comic/games convention and you're bound to run into a billion fans dressed up in all sorts of costumes paying homage to their latest obsessions.

    But rarely will you see any this cool.

    CLICK TO SEE MORE >>>

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  • There won't be any Tebowing on the cover of this year's Madden.

    Tim Tebow (Getty Images)The New York Jets quarterback, who was the odds-on favorite to front the next version of EA's football game, was eliminated in the first round of fan voting in this year's seeded bracket tournament. Houston running back Arian Foster defeated the media darling in a close matchup.

    Technically, Foster was seeded higher than Tebow in the EA rankings, but Las Vegas oddsmakers had given Tebow a 5 to 1 shot of making it. Foster, as of mid-March, was further back in the pack with 18 to 1 odds.

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  • (Photo credit: AP)There have been plenty of leaks, whispers and rumors about the next Xbox for a few months now, but there hasn't been a lot of talk about Sony's plans for the next generation.

    Kotaku, though, claims to have uncovered some inside information about the system that, on the surface, makes it sound like the next generation console race is going to be a tight one -- and begin next year.

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  • High school expels student for tweeting f-word

    (Credit: Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

    An Indiana high school expels a student for a silly, profane tweet, even though it seems to have been sent at 2:30 a.m. The school suggests that it may track all of its students' tweets, regardless of what time or where they were sent.

    By Chris Matyszczyk, CNET

    I am sure that the people who run Garrett High School in Indiana radiate intelligence.

    Perhaps, though, they have tossed a little inkblot onto their pristine record with the expulsion of senior Austin Carroll. He didn't assault anyone. He didn't toss a projectile, nor brandish a knife. No, it seems that he merely tweeted.

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  • Microsoft's invasion of the living room is going into overdrive.

    Comcast's Xfinity on-demand service, HBO Go and MLB.tv are now available through Xbox Live -- and they're arriving right as the console undergoes a major transition in how people use it.

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  • World of Warcraft (Activision Blizzard)Looking to meet the love of your life online? Try to be open-minded, because they might be an orc.

    The tongue-in-cheek curiosity seekers at Online University compiled a ton of online dating stats, and as it turns out, those looking to hook up over the web may actually fare better questing in World of Warcraft than sifting through eHarmony profiles.

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  • Tacocopter interest takes off

    By Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo! Buzz Log

    You're out in a forest looking for buried treasure. You get hungry. Sure, you could eat berries, but they may be poisonous. Solution: Tacocopter.

    With a few clicks on your smart phone, you place your order, knowing that the automated Tacocopter (that's a mini-helicopter with tacos attached) will track you down via GPS and deliver you some (hopefully) still warm food. Huzzah!

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