Today in Gaming - 3/31/11: GameStop Buys Impulse, Magicka Vietnam Dated

Some fans of Impulse may be wary of the GameStop acquisition, but I'm personally intrigued to see what happens. As I suggested in today's news story, GameStop could offer up a unique option for PC games: Buy a game in-stores and you get a code to both download it from Impulse and to play it on their new streaming service that Spawn Labs will be helping to develop. Maybe you have to pay a premium ($10?), but having a physical copy of a high-end game that you could also play on a laptop sounds pretty compelling. And competition for Steam can only be a good thing -- unless, of course, one side ends up landing exclusive goodies that make the decision of where to buy a game unnecessarily difficult.

Today's highlights:

• EA Sports defends Michael Vick as a possible Madden 12 cover athlete.
• Dragon Quest X's development is quite far along.
• The Agency is canceled.
• Mega Man Universe is canceled, too.
• The Troubled Past and Challenging Future of Nintendo 3DS

And here's what else happened today:

Magicka Vietnam Coming Early Next Month

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