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Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for the American-Statesman since 1997 and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's currently a contributor to NPR's "All Tech Considered" segment, which airs Mondays on "All Things Considered." He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project, and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.

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Thin week of game releases includes ‘Super Mario All-Stars’

By Omar L. Gallaga | Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 09:37 AM

The game releases are a bit light this week and will be next week, too, but expect them to come back in full force by around Dec. 28. New video game releases this week.

“Super Mario All-Stars: Limited Edition.” — (Released Sunday) Nintendo is a master at repackaging old characters and games with a new layer of polish, but “All-Stars” may be stretching things a bit. It’s a reissue of a 1993 NES collection that includes “Super Mario Bros.,” “Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels,” “Super Mario Bros. 2” and “Super Mario Bros. 3,” games that can readily be downloaded online via Nintendo”s WiiWare store. The deal for this package, however, is sweetened by a CD soundtrack that includes sound effects and music all the way up to “Super Mario Galaxy 2,” a 32-page booklet of interviews and artwork, and support for all Wii controllers. Rated E for Everyone. $30, for Nintendo Wii.

“LittleBigPlanet: Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves.” — (Available Wednesday) Both a tech demo of Sony’s PlayStation Move controller and a concession to those eagerly awaiting “LittleBigPlanet 2,” this downloadable collection of 10 levels of action for everybody’s favorite little ball of fabric, Sackboy. It doesn’t require “LittleBigPlanet” to play but does require a Playstation Move controller and PlayStation Eye camera. Rated E for Everyone. $6, downloadable for PlayStation 3.

Also out this week: “Treasures of Montezuma” (Nintendo DS), “Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam” (downloadable for PC), “Under Siege” (PS3), “Lilt Line” (Wii), “Farm Frenzy 3” (PC), “LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4” (Mac), “Nanda’s Island” (DS), “Once Upon a Time” (Wii), “Dancing Craze” (PC), “Quake Arena Arcade” (downloadable for Xbox 360).

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By Omar Gallaga

December 15, 2010 1:45 PM | Link to this

It's scheduled to be in the PSN store by now, but sometimes those games get delayed.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/114/1140169p1.html

I'd wait a few hours and try again. You're searching in the PlayStation Network store under game demos or games?

By amber

December 15, 2010 1:30 PM | Link to this

uhm how do you download this on the ps3? because ive typed in everything and it cant seem to find it, i think im doing sumthin wrong could someone helpp! :)