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Our good buddies at playSwitch.com are celebrating the PAX East 2010 extravaganza in the best way possible...they're attending!  But even better than the potent mix of thousands of videogame and cosplay fans packed in like sardines (stinky), they're hitting the floor and passing out goodies that let people attending win all sorts of cool prizes and more.  The self-explanatory "Human Bumper Sticker Project" is in full-force, and just sporting a free playSwitch sticker makes you one-step closer to winning a videogame bundle of your own.  What's not to love?

If you want to know more, or just want to check out the excitement, updates pix, and impressions for yourselves head over at the official site right HERE!

Those betting that Nintendo's next-generation of hardware would be an HD-equipped Nintendo Wii have officially lost that wager, as the company surprised not not just the videogame world this week, but the world of technology followers with the announcement their latest addition to the popular DS family of consoles would feature one of the most popular advancements in recent entertainment history, 3D. Only without the glasses and, most likely, cheaper than you might think. Introducing the Nintendo 3DS.

Yes, the 3DS is real, and its coming sooner than you think. Keep reading to see what's got the whole world buzzing, and why this could change everything.

Forgot to pre-order your tickets?  Here's your chance to win tickets to the 2010 PAX East extravaganza in Boston next weekend!  Our friends over at PlaySwitch.com are offering two lucky winners a chance to get inside the biggest videogame gathering in East Coast history, and they're not charging a dime.  Simply email them direct and let them know why you want in the show.  It couldn't be easier, and time is running out!

Also, look for the amazingly cool "Human Bumper Sticker Project" at the show, which aims to turn everyday fans into roving billboards of branding-style fun, with fabulous prizes for 30 'spotted' winners.  Prizes include game bundles (your choice), as well as points to pick up games in the future.  The 2010 PAX East show is happening March 26 - 28th, so better get cracking if you want to get your chance.  Check out all the details at the official PlaySwitch 2010 PAX East page by clicking this link right HERE!

Billed as "Kansas City's largest pop culture and comic book convention" and the most successful annual gathering of the area's biggest fans and distributors, KC's 2010 Planet Comicon is looking to be the long-running get-together's biggest and best yet. To help celebrate the craziness, we're sending our very own Drew Misemer to cover the show, hobnob with guests, and do his best to avoid getting into any more accidents (long story).

Star Wars cameos, comic book celebrities, and even a special appearance from the Hulk himself... what's not to love? Keep reading for more details on the 2010 Kansas City Planet Comicon, and how it's all going down!

With Final Fantasy XIII gearing up for its North American release next week, the expected curiosity of whether the Xbox 360 version is on par with the PlayStation 3 version has reached fever pitch. The match-up has been among - if not the - dividing line between the most hardcore (i.e. hardheaded) fanboy purists searching for whatever scrap of confirmation-bias they could find, hoping to prove, once-and for all, of their console-of-choice's superiority.

The Xbox 360 has typically come out ahead in this regard, most likely due to the console being the lead development platform on most multi-console games, with PlayStation 3 versions not performing as well. But Final Fantasy XIII is that rarest of things; a blockbuster multi-console release that began life as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. Not only that, but one that many felt would prove the console's tech and choice of Blu-ray format superior to that of the Xbox 360. So you can only imagine the collected nerd-rage that followed Square-Enix's announcement the game would also be headed to Microsoft's machine, and thus began the long and often banal war of screenshot analysis and screenshot comparisons.

And it seems we have a winner, according to one of the internet's most notorious and most thorough analystic firms.  Check out who 'won' the battle for compression champ after the jump!