Kotaku's Brian Crecente writes:

"Our first-ever Game of the Year awards was a pretty straight forward deal. I asked all of the writers to submit a list of three games for each category and the three that showed up most in each category made it as a finalist. Once we had the list of finalists I asked each writer to go through and order the finalists and then tallied the vote. The one with the most points was named Game of the Year, the runner-up was named Not Quite Game of the Year. The game with the most votes for Worst Game of the Year received that dubious honor."

Super Mario Galaxy won Kotaku's Overall Game of the Year award. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune came as second, it won the Not Quite Game of the Year award. (Kotaku posted the overall results as a separate post, see the link at the Alternative Sources below for more details.)
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In affiliation with Amazon.com, TripleChat is happy to bring you the new releases each week for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable.

Along with new game releases they will also highlight the top five bluray releases each week that they feel will best suite movie and TV show fans alike. This is region specific to North America.

This week TripleChat notices there is a slight drought this week in quality titles, perhaps from the release of a particular game...rhymes with J-Lo. Nonetheless the selection is decent depending on what you want to buy. Namco is releasing (they hope) the new Katamari game this week, after pushing it up a week last week and now setting it back to its original release date. Rock Band has a new track pack and Persona comes to the PSP!

On the bluray side of things, it's a good week to be a Trekkie as the second season and "The Next Generation" make their blu debut at some excellent pricepoints. Other releases include a couple of Simon Pegg hits, as well as the latest (and final) season of Terminator.
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PlayStation LifeStyle writes, "In just over a week, PlayStation LifeStyle will be reporting live from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). We've been trying to get a handle on the plethora of PlayStation games that will be on display from June 2 through June 4, and it's quite astounding. If you weren't excited about the prospect of new announcements for the PlayStation brand, what if we told you there will be over 75 unique PlayStation games on display - that we know about?! While many are multiplatform titles (though the best still appear to be Sony-exclusive), it is a large increase from last year's showing."
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The release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - on the PSP, at least - is less than two weeks away. Following the events of the movie, this piratical brawler will let players step into Captain Jack Sparrow's soggy boots and cross swords with cannibals and zombies as he fights for his soul. To whet your appetite for the June 27 release, we've got new screens of the multiplayer mode (which we previewed here), which lets players set sail and tear each other's ships apart with cannon ...
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• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (WMV, 5.9MB) - right-click to download Thursday 13 April 2006 Ahoy mateys! After plundering the good ship Buena Vista Games we can treat you to a movie of its upcoming PSP title Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which will be walking the plank to Sony's handheld this June. So, hoist up your Jolly Roger and click the link above to see the cutlass-clashing action. Based on this summer's movie sequel of the same name, Dead Man's Chest ...
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El33tonline writes:

"Developer Q-Games will be releasing a free PSP demo of PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe on the 26th of November."
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Developer Q-Games would like to make a sequel to one of the most popular games on the Playstation Network, PixelJunk Monsters.
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Examiner: PixelJunk Monsters is one of the best selling Playstation Network games on the Playstation 3. Unfortunately, the PSP version, PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe, isn't finding the same success due to the high piracy rates.
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Sony only released PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe as a PlayStation Network download in North America. In Asia it's a retail game too.

PixelJunk Monsters UMD Limited Edition went on sale in South Korea for 20,000 won ($17). It's the same game, just on a disc with a cell phone strap as a goodie.
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PlayStation LifeStyle writes:

"This week might just be the largest update the PS Store has ever had. Most of the content will be geared toward the PSP, to ready for the launch of the PSPgo. However the PS3 is still getting plenty of content, namely a few demos and a few downloadable games. Also don't forget to to download the Uncharted 2 demo, which is available in the PS Store now."
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