Lucasfilm Ltd announced today that it renewed its Star Wars deal with the Lego group, ensuring more toys and video games to come in the popular line. The deal extends for the next ten years, so we should have plenty of time to see more Lego games hitting store shelves.

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Is the 4GB drive on your slim Xbox 360 S model driving you mad? Don't worry. Microsoft is releasing a 320GB hard drive, which should sate all your data needs, later this month.

The hard drive will retail for $129.99 and will include an Xbox Live download code for LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.

Read more: Is it really a deal? »

The NPD Group released its retail-only sales data for April 2011 last night, and it shows some positives signs for the industry. Physical software sales grew in both units and dollars for the first time since November.

Mortal Kombat took the top spot with 900,000 units, edging out Portal 2. It's worth noting, of course, that Portal 2 probably saw more than a few purchases through Steam, which isn't tracked by NPD and may never be. Read more »

Market research firm has issued its latest monthly retail-only sales report, covering February 27 through April 2--the first since the Nintendo 3DS handheld launched in March. As ever, console manufacturers have come out of the woodwork to support the report with figures and marketing spin.

Nintendo relays that the 3DS sold "just shy of 400,000 units" in the US within its first seven days of sale after launching on March 27. This falls slightly short of the regular Nintendo DS models, which combined sold 460,000 units. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for Dragon Age 2, Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy, E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy, The Next Big Thing, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2, Naruto Shippuden: Shinobi Rumble, Rift, Hyperdimension Neptunia, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Samurai Warriors: Chronicles, Overgrowth, and City of Heroes. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter features media for Bulletstorm, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Killzone 3, Trials HD, Dead or Alive Dimensions, Dive to the Titanic, Breach, Guild Wars 2, Crusader Kings II, Swarm, Shift 2 Unleashed, and Rift. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

Today's Filter is packed with images and footage of almost every Nintendo 3DS game we know about. We've also got media for a handful of other titles. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

The last Filter for the week features new media for Star Wars: The Old Republic, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Dynasty Warriors 7, and Total War: Shogun 2. Read more »

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.

The last Filter of the week features media for Dead Space 2, World of Tanks, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, MindJack, EA Sports Active 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2, Alien Breed 3: Descent, Mafia 2, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. Read more »

Traveller's Tales and LucasArts today announced the latest fruit of their long-running plastic platonic relationship, the cartoon-inspired LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.

Clone Wars features "fan-favourite characters" from Star Wars movies as well as the animated series, plus "brand new battle modes, giving players unique, head-to-head combat and an upgraded level builder" as well as abilities such as "Squad command, Lightsaber slicing, Lightsaber jumps, long distance Jedi attacks and Grapple Tie-Ups." Read more »