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Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two will be heading to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in addition to the Wii, but Warren Spector still "desperately" wants the original Epic Mickey to land on the Microsoft and Sony consoles.

According to the famed developer, “I will tell you I desperately want to (make a port), and other than that I have no comment at this time. I just think it would be cool for people to see where the story started, so we’ll see."

Warren Spector has confirmed one of the worst kept secrets in the videogame industry in an interview with the Associated Press: Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is currently in development for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii.

VBlank Entertainment has announced that its homage to the old Nintendo action titles, Retro City Rampage, will be coming in May 2012, and will not only on Xbox Live Arcade, but PC, PlayStation Network and other platforms like WiiWare and the new Vita handheld device.

It seems that Netflix won't be adding videogames to its popular North American movie rental and live streaming service anytime soon. The company had plans to augment its massive distribution network to rent out videogames as a direct rival to GameFly, through a new Qwikster brand.

The controversial SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) seems to have been losing support, thanks to a severe backlash from the internet community - as well as one angry hacker group. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have seemingly pulled their support of the bill, but that seems to be illusory.

The draconian bill looks to give content-producing companies the right to order a website that they believe is infringing on a copyright to take content off the site. Even if the site only hosts links to content that infringes on a copyright, the owner will have to take it down. Sites that don't comply could have their advertising and transaction revenue cut off or request that the domain name be blacklisted and rendered inaccessible.

While selling 179K units of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for the PlayStation 3 may seem a small drop in the bucket when compared to the nearly 7M units sold worldwide, in Japan it's a monsoon. Call of Duty managed to outsell the highly anticipated Studio Ghibli roleplaying game Ni No Kuni.

It didn't take long for some players to try to cheat or exploit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and out of the millions of people who purchased the game, 1600 of them have already been banned for cheating.

Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 continues to shatter records, as it has sold a tremendous $775M in 5 short days, which eclipses the records set by the previous two Call of Duty titles, Modern Warfare 2 ($550M) and Black Ops ($650).

If preliminary reports are to be believed, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is shaping up to be another Call of Duty mega-blockbuster, as it seems the title has sold an astounding 9.3M units on the very first day. This would be the largest videogame launch in history. The Xbox 360 version alone reportedly sold 5M day one units.

UPDATE: Activision has announced 6.5M day one sales, which is still a record breaker.

The Nielsen Report has released its "Top 20 Games to Watch" list, which analyzes what games are the most highly anticipated for the holiday season, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 tops the charts.