Verizon will bring the Xperia Play smartphone to the U.S. next week, May 26th.

Sony's "PlayStation Phone" is an Android device that has slide-out gaming controls.

The device has been available in Europe for two months now but the American launch kept getting delayed.

Sony's smartphone will come pre-loaded with Madden NFL 11, Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, The Sims 3, Star Battalion, Crash Bandicoot, and Tetris.

The smartphone will cost $200 with 2-year contract.

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Developer Team Bondi has confirmed that at one point, the blockbuster title LA Noire filled six DVDs for the Xbox 360.

Says the Team:

We've always been called stupidly ambitious ... we make very big games.

It's the biggest map that we've done and that Rockstar have done, so there's a lot of detail in there, and also a lot of actor's performances - 21 hours worth.

As new buyers will see, the team was able to use enhanced compression tech, bringing the game to a robust three DVDs.

It was a struggle, however: "It took a lot of effort to get down to three discs."

On the other hand, Sony's version fits easily on one 50GB Blu-ray disc, with zero compression issues.

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BGR made headlines yesterday claiming that a "solid Apple source" had told them that the company is planning a major product launch this week, in celebration of their 10th retail anniversary.

The site explains:

-There's an overnight shift planned for around 10-15 individuals at each Apple Store to work from late Saturday all the way through mid-Sunday.

-During the overnight shift, it's going to be required that employees lock cell phones in the main office. They will also have to sign an NDA with Apple.

-There are a wide variety of roles, we're told, for the overnight shift. This includes all visuals staff, a manager, a business team member, a few Genius team members, one back-of-house employee, and a few generic Apple specialists.

-Apple stores have apparently already received hardware to install, and are expecting more hardware to come on Friday or Saturday. All materials that Apple stores have received have been instructed to be under lock and key until after close on Saturday night.

-Apple employees will be putting up black curtains at all stores so that people walking outside cannot see inside.

-Employees have had to download gigabytes of data from Apple corporate labeled, "training" in a password-protected zipped folder that won't accessible to managers or anyone else until Saturday afternoon.

-Lastly, all Apple retail stores have mandatory meetings on Sunday, May 22nd. Most meeting are scheduled for the morning, but there are evening meetings as well.

There is tons of speculation about what the product launch could be, with some saying it will be the rumored iPhone "4S," and others believing it will be Apple's rumored HDTV.

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