News Blips: Game Crazy Closing, Peace Walker Port?, Sony Protection Plan, and More

GameStop's outlasting of competitors like Game Crazy reminds me of the Game Boy and its 15-year stranglehold on the handheld market.

News Blips:

Game Crazy

Hollywood Video and Game Crazy chains to close their remaining U.S. stores. Movie Gallery Inc., the owner of the stores, plans to begin liquidating its assets in two weeks. Frugal gamers looking for a deal should go early, since store director Glenn J. from Bend, Oregon, warned Kotaku that people should "expect much of the 'better stuff' to go fairly quickly." Great, with Game Crazy closing, where else can I go to buy video games from the confines of a chain-link fence?

Sony now offers extended protection plans for PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 owners. Worried PSP and PS3 gamers can cough up $29.99 or $49.99, respectively, for a one-year extension of their initial official warranties, while two-year plans cost 10 bucks more than that. For yet another added $10, Sony will even throw in "accidental damage." Sounds to me like the perfect time to test out just how flushable the PSP is. [PlayStation]

Konami asks journalists what they think of a theoretical PS3 release of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker via the PlayStation Network. GamePro contributor Ben PerLee recently had a chance to preview the epic new PSP title at Konami. During a Q&A session afterward, a company representative asked the journalists what they thought of a PSN release with online multiplayer and then proceeded to take notes of their answers. I certainly hope they all said it was a good idea.

If you're reading this, that means you're not currently completely absorbed in the Halo: Reach beta, which dropped today. Developer Bungie warns that you should be patient if you try to download the game within the first couple of days since they expect the high demand to put some stress on their servers. And don't forget, you still need a copy of Halo 3: ODST to access Reach. Remember? This is why you held onto that game for so long.

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