Today in Joystiq: August 9, 2006

World of Warcraft causes addiction, Nintendo shirts get luxurious, and Neill Blomkamp has been given the right to helm the Halo film. While we dream of how Spore will invade our consoles, check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Dead Rising creator fends off fans at mall
Joystiq poll: The way you play your games
Scrutinize Halo director's CV (with videos)

News
No official Oblivion expansions planned
Pac-Man wakka wakka wakkas XBLA
Bully will stuff you in locker in October
Halo director chosen, movie out summer '08
PSP to get some Cash Money y'all
Dark Messiah demo now available
Current top 10 selling PC games
Dead Rising will hit Europe unedited
NBA Street heads to PS3, Xbox 360
Activision paid nearly $100 million for RedOctane
Xbox ad decreases brand trust, but Xbox images evoke self-confidence, study finds
Will Wright spills some Spore beans to GameSpot
Captain Obvious: Camp Hyrule says Wii won't exceed $250
Lucasfilm combines animation, movie and game assets
Famitsu: Two more titles dropped for PS3
XBLA Portable: Worst fake product mock-up ever?
Jack Thompson to unfortunately appear on AOTS

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Vivendi ain't scurred of PS3 -- F.E.A.R. coming

Culture
Doctor: 40% of World of Warcraft players addicted
Note to Wii: Don't screw these five things up
Xbox 360 gamepad not cutting it, XBLA in need of joystick
Luxury Nintendo shirts at luxury prices

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