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It's a wild week in the world of Nintendo's upper management in marketing ... we think. Recently, Nintendo's marketing department was told they'd need to ship off to either New York or San Francisco from their current homes in Redmond. According to Game Informer, as astounding 90% decided to remain in the area and take severance pay. What's even more shocking are that Beth Llewelyn (senior director of public relations), Perrin Kaplan (vice president of marketing and corporate affairs) and George Harrison (senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications) are among the dearly departed. From Nintendo, we mean.

Those are some big names dropping from Nintendo's ivory towers, and we've got to sad we're sad to see them go. George was always a nice, candid fellow, and who can forget drunk Perrin (pictured above)? Now that was a classic. We would like to reiterate that Game Informer's claim has not yet been corroborated, so we'll post an update with confirmation or denial when we get it.

[Thanks, Jensonb!]

Prepare to wave your tiny reptilian arms and munch a few hapless civilians, party people -- the unofficial word is that Midway is going to inject new life into the long-lived Rampage franchise. GameSpot's rumor crew reports that Rampage: Total Destruction is showing up on pre-order lists at CD Universe and GameFly for both the Wii and the DS, and while Midway reps wouldn't officially talk about the game, GameSpot's source "close to the publisher" indicated that an announcement was imminent.

Of course, there is one tiny problem. Rampage was fabulous in the arcade. Since hitting the consoles, however, it's been about as exciting as Friday nights at grandma's house. But maybe a little Wiimote action is just what this franchise needs. Get a few friends together, make some popcorn, thrust your grasping fist through the front of the MGM Grand... and here's hoping for throaty, animalistic roars churning through the speaker!