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NanoBITES captures those small but important morsels of gaming information that otherwise might slip between the cracks.

ITEM! Two months after delivering its second Epic Mickey title, Warren Spector’s latest venture has gone the way of the dinosaur. As reported by Kotaku, Disney Interactive this week confirmed that it is winding up its Junction Point subsidiary.

ITEM! European publishing giant Wargaming has gobbled up Day 1 Studios. The new developer will be known as WargamingWest and the fate of its existing Reign of Thunder project is not yet clear.

ITEM! Nintendo 3DS owners starved for new software will welcome the news that Project X Zone will be coming to Australia in winter. This colourful RPG features characters from Capcom, SEGA and Namco Bandai franchises.

ITEM! The current owner of the Atari brand in the United States has filed for bankruptcy. As a result, a number of classics may soon be up for grabs, including Pong, Asteroids and Missile Command, as well the company’s famous logo.

ITEM! If you’re looking for an excuse to revisit Assassin’s Creed III, you’ll want to check out The Tyranny of King Washington, a three part DLC storyline in which America’s first leader refuses to relinquish the reins of power. The hijinks begin on 19th February.

Presented in glorious alphabetical order, New Media: Retail Roundup is your indispensible checklist of the home console and handheld titles arriving in stores this week. What will you be playing?

MICROSOFT Xbox 360 Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two * Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse * Hitman: Absolution

NINTENDO Wii Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two 3DS Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion

SONY PS3 Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two * Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse * Hitman: Absolution * PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale PSV PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale

VARIOUS PC Assassin’s Creed III * Hitman: Absolution

New Media: Downloadable Digest is your handy reminder of the downloadable titles released during the past week.

MICROSOFT Xbox 360 Ben 10: Galactic Racing * Darksiders II * Planets Under Attack * X-Men: Destiny

NINTENDO Wii Nothing 3DS Fallblox * New Style Boutique * Ninja Gaiden (NES)

SONY PS3 Agarest: Generations of War 2 * Of Orcs and Men * Saints Row the Third: The Full Package * Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed PSV Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified

VALVE Steam Call of Duty: Black Ops II * Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock * Emergency 2013 * F1 Race Stars * Fly’N * Football Superstars * Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire * Magical Drop V * Memento Mori * Sine Mora * Puddle * Thomas Was Alone

Presented in glorious alphabetical order, New Media: Retail Roundup is your indispensible checklist of the home console and handheld titles arriving in stores this week. What will you be playing?

MICROSOFT Xbox 360 Halo 4 * Marvel Avengers: The Battle for Earth * Saints Row the Third: The Full Package * Zumba Fitness Core

NINTENDO Wii Zumba Fitness Core 3DS Spy Hunter

SONY PS3 LittleBigPlanet Karting * Saints Row the Third: The Full Package PSV Silent Hill: Book of Memories

VARIOUS PC Saints Row the Third: The Full Package

New Media: Downloadable Digest is your handy reminder of the downloadable titles released during the past week.

MICROSOFT Xbox 360 Asura’s Wrath * Homerun Starts * Pid * Pool Nation * Silent Hill: Downpour

NINTENDO Wii Nothing 3DS Gradius (NES)

SONY PS3 Assassin’s Creed III * Need For Speed: Most Wanted * Okami HD * Sports Champions 2 * Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition PSV Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation * Need For Speed: Most Wanted * Silent Hill: Book of Memories * Smart As PSP Geronimo Stilton 2 * Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension * Ratatouille

VALVE Steam 007 Legends * Beyond Divinity * Cargo Commander * Clan of Champions * Condemned: Criminal Origins * Defender’s Quest: Valley of the Forgotten * Divinity Anthology * Divinity II: Developer’s Cut * Football Manager 2013 * Frontline Tactics * Gemini Wars * Guns of Icarus Online * iBomber Attack * Lucius * Natural Selection 2 * NBA 2K13 * Painkiller: Hell & Damnation * Pid * Postal 2 Complete * Primal Carnage

The dance-off that determined the fate of the world.

NanoBITES captures those small but important morsels of gaming information that otherwise might slip between the cracks.

ITEM! If you’ve already liberated Earth from alien invaders, you should know that the threat hasn’t entirely abated. Coming “soon” to all editions of XCOM: Enemy Unknown is the Slingshot pack, a downloadable expansion containing new missions and maps.

ITEM! Forthcoming sci-fi sequel Halo 4 will be supported with at least three post release multiplayer map packs. As reported by Joystiq, the first batch (dubbed ‘Crimson’) will arrive in December.

ITEM! A Californian court has thrown out several of the class action claims lodged in the wake of the 2011 security breach of the PlayStation Network, according to a report by Courthouse News (via  CVG).

ITEM! K-Pop phenomenon Gangnam Style is to make its mark in the world of video games. Psy’s delirious worldwide hit will soon appear as DLC for the Kinect powered Dance Central 3 and multiplatform Just Dance 4.

ITEM! Publisher Bethesda Softworks has unveiled the first wave of DLC for its surprise hit Dishonored. Offering 10 challenge maps, Dunwall City Trials will “track your combat, stealth and mobility skills”. Look for it in December.