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Are you hep to this jive? You can dial into BioShock 2’s Rapture Radio right now and listen to kitschy classics from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s. Tap your toes and waggle your fingers in the air with songs like Fred Astaire’s “We Saw The Sea,” and, according to 2K Games, you should “be sure to tune into the festivities at 12 AM EST tonight for the Rapture Masquerade Ball!” It’s not clear if we’ll hear the sounds of festive celebration or the screams of the torturous murder come the strike of midnight. The radio station teases you to “Come down to the Cashmere Restaurant at midnight, where the rich and beautiful will dance their cares away!” Given the history of Rapture, that doesn’t seem likely. In the meantime, tune in here via iTunes or Winamp, or here for the Windows Media Player flavor.

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Tune in to BioShock 2’s Rapture Radio and prepare for New Year’s Eve, 1959

Listen up, game industry, the Electronic Entertainment Expo — E3 to the kids — is kind of a big deal. If you want your company to be a part of it, it’s time to get on the ball , as the Expo has revealed that 90 percent of its floor space has already been booked. And seriously, like, everyone is going to be there when the show opens June 15 .

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90% of E3 2010 exhibit space already sold, registration open

With a previous appearance in Rock Band as DLC, it’s no surprise that known face melters Lamb of God are apparently creating an original song for the upcoming Iron Man 2 game, now scheduled for release on May 4 (just three days before the film’s release). “The music of Lamb of God definitely evokes the intensity of Iron Man action,” explains Sean Ratcliffe, veep of marketing for Sega. Meanwhile, Lamb of God’s drummer Chris Adler says that some of the band’s members are “real game and comic fans,” making them all the more excited “to play the game and hear our music as Iron Man kicks a**.” Us, on the other hand? We’re going to take full advantage of the soundtrack swap function and rock out to some even edgier P.O.D. jams upon the game’s release.

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Iron Man 2 flying into stores on May 4 to ‘exclusive’ Lamb of God tune

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The latest issue of Famitsu reveals (via IGN ) that two of the series’ classic characters are coming to Mercenaries Reunion in Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition : Barry Burton and Rebecca Chambers. Both characters made their first appearance in the original Resident Evil game, but haven’t exactly been strangers to the series ever since.

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Famitsu: Rebecca Chambers and Barry Burton in RE5: Mercenaries Reunion

If you bought Mass Effect 2 and you like being on the winning “team” when it comes to game trends, high five. According to DFC Intelligence, BioWare’s latest spacefaring adventure sold an estimated 1.1 million copies (of the Xbox 360 version) in January — six times the sales of any other game. Estimating game sales based on GamerDNA activity, DFC also believes that there was a significant uptick in play of Mass Effect as well, “likely supported by the ability to transfer a save file from a completed Mass Effect game into Mass Effect 2 where several key player decisions in the first game could be carried over into the second game.” The other leading Xbox 360 sellers in DFC’s estimate include Darksiders (150,000), Bayonetta (170,000) and Army of Two: The 40th Day (175,000) — with Dark Void somewhat of a surprise bomb (22,000)

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Analyst: Mass Effect 2 outsold everything else 6-to-1

Before the live Joystiq podcast recording, before the Blueberry Muffin Tops Breakfast , and before … you know, all the news, the festivities of PAX East have to be kicked off with proper keynote address.

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Wil Wheaton to deliver inaugural keynote at PAX East

The previously Xbox Live-exclusive Ghost Recon: Future Soldier trailer has found its way onto the YouTubes . As expected, it’s a lot of CG and absolutely no gameplay — with a final title screen promising release in “Fall 2010.” One item in the teaser, however, did manage to excite us: Invisibility. It looks like every future soldier gets one of those special Harry Potter blankets . Neat! Head past the break for the teaser.

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Get a taste of the future: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier teaser

Accessory company Mad Catz released its earnings report for the third quarter of its fiscal year (ending December 31, 2009), with numbers that suggest its wares are selling like mad . Net sales came to $48.8 million, which is “the second-best quarter of sales in the company’s history.” Profits increased 51 percent over the same period in the previous fiscal year, a change Mad Catz attributes to its movement out of low-price controllers and into higher-end specialty accessories. Hello $150 FiightStick ! In its announcement , Mad Catz also listed the controllers and accessories it plans to ship in the near future. In addition to the new Super Street Fighter IV “Tournament Edition S” FightSticks (pictured above), the release also reveals plans to sell a new Super Street Fighter IV edition of the standard FightStick. It’s as of yet unconfirmed if the standard stick will be given a new layout and shell like the superified Tournament Edition stick, or merely new artwork

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Mad Catz reports growing profits, hints at new Super Street Fighter IV joystick

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