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Blockbuster to offer PSP game rentals

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So Blockbuster is getting in on some PSP action, but it's not movie rentals they're after, it's game rentals. They're going to be offering UMD game rentals at all 4,400 of their nationwide outlets beginning May 17. This expands a strategy that is about getting deeper into the gaming end of things, following on the heels of the March launch of 450 store-in-store retail game outlets: Game Rush@Blockbuster. The standard rental fee of $6.99 covers seven days of rental, and there's an "all you can eat" version for $19.99 per month, although it only covers a single game out at a time. The titles that'll be first up on the rental shelves will be Twisted Metal, Untold Legends, and Need for Speed Underground Rivals.