Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Except in LittleBigPlanet, where it’s copyright theft and will be moderated (i.e. deleted), thus sending thousands hours of effort from dedicated fans to the digital scrapyard. It may be necessary, presumably to prevent Sony HQ from being besieged by angry legal threats, but it’s now threatening to seriously damage the phenomenal buzz surrounding LittleBigPlanet. Fortunately, something is being done about it.

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Microsoft has announced sales figures in Japan, Europe and the US showing a surge in sales of its Xbox 360 console. In America, Microsoft has announced that on “Black Friday” (the first shopping day after Thanksgiving, and traditionally a big sales day in the US) its Xbox 360 console outsold the Sony PS3 three-to-one.

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Got a gamer in your family? Then we’ve got the presents guaranteed to get them gushing on Christmas day.

There’s everything from great accessories to breathe new life into their existing kit, to whole new console bundles just destined for a spot under the tree. Looking for something to surprise them? We’ve got that covered too.

Each gift idea’s picked by our team of gadget experts, so there won’t be a duff suggestion in sight, and we’ve broken them down by price too! Read on for a game-laden Christmas, all wrapped up!

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Add another intriguing item to the list of features coming to Sony’s elusive PlayStation Home. Some beta users have let slip that Home developers are considering introducing virtual money into the online world. Home currency will allegedly be earned by scoring Trophies. If you’re a bit of a Trophy obsessive, you’ll be pleased to learn that you’ll get virtual cash from your existing Trophy cabinet too.

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This month has probably been one of the best for gaming in, well, ever, what with Call Of Duty: World At War, Fallout 3 and Gears Of War 2 all wearing out reviewers’ 5-star stamps. But if you haven’t got the cash to splash, or post-apocalyptic shooters aren’t your thing, there’s plenty of extra mileage to be gained from the games already on your shelves. Bonus and downloadable content is the way forward, and these are the games you need to hold on to a little longer before popping them up on eBay.

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Happy Christmas Japanese Xbox 360 owners. But Europeans, Americans and any owners of a PS3 are apparently on Santa’s naughty list – you get nothing, not even a lump of coal. Famitsu Magazine in Japan has announced that a demo of the terrifying (and “dangerous“) African zombie action game Resident Evil 5 will be going onto Xbox Live Marketplace from December 5th.

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Unlike Microsoft’s monumental NXE update, Sony likes to provide far less exciting, incremental firmware upgrades to its console. Most of the time they are only there to rename the odd setting, or add a pause button that only nine members of the PS3 owning public will ever actually notice. This time there’s something worth a mention though: support for full-screen Adobe Flash content.

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Sony is worried about PSP piracy. Justifiably so since the handheld’s games are among the most heavily pirated of all the platforms. There’s good news though: PSP piracy is experiencing a slowdown. The bad news? Well, the sad fact is there really hasn’t been any noteworthy PSP for several months.

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