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The Joystiq Weekend: April 26 - 27, 2008

Though it's already back to its original state, torrent site The Pirate Bay (note: we don't advocate piracy, yar) over the weekend showed its fondness for a certain Rockstar game by changing its logo what is seen above. (Thanks, Mike) Check out the highlights for the weekend:

Joystiquery
A walkthrough of Mario Kart Wii's online multiplayer
Chat with Call of Duty card game creator Ben Cichoski
Got a question for Cliffy B? Drop it here
Japanese hardware sales, April 14 - April 20: Endangered edition
Joystiq's official Mario Kart Wii friend codes über-list
Metareview -- Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360, PS3)
Metareview (US Edition) -- Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
PS Fanboy Week in Review: 4/21 - 4/27

News
Metal Gear Online beta gameplay footage for the uncoded masses
IGN: First web GTA IV review, another perfect 10
SingStar series sells 12 million units in PAL territories
Valve's Lombardi: No Portal 2 in 2008
Get a physics lesson with this Euphoria tech demo
Madden NFL 09 to add 'Real Football Intelligence', online leagues, holodeck
Europa Universalis dev offers up game engine for free
GTA IV achievements revealed ... can you kill a Rockstar dev?
Uwe Boll thinks Michael Bay 'sucks big time', wants to fight
New Silent Hill: Homecoming screenshots be freaky, foggy
The Grand Theft Auto IV video dump
Sony hires 13 PS2 game developers to increase sales in India
Stalin to save Mother Russia from aliens in new RTS
New Zealand receiving Australian censored version of GTA IV despite R18 classification

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Eidos lays off marketing, PR, and sales departments following Warner Bros. investment

Culture & Community
Reminder: Mario Kart Wii has voice chat, it's called XBL, PSN, Skype, etc.