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With fingers crossed, we turned to the latest Kojima Productions podcast, hoping beyond hope that the studio had taken our recommendation to refresh the voice of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker's bearded protagonist. Our nominee for Solid Snake's new pipes? Bobcat Goldthwait. Sure, Mr. Goldthwait would likely take the series in an unexpected direction -- but what unsuspecting player wouldn't be swept up in an exploration of Snake's rarely discussed history as a rabid, nigh-incomprehensible stand-up comic? Now there's a 90-minute cutscene we can get behind. Alas, Konami's recently announced voice cast for Peace Walker is actually (gasp!) sans-Goldthwait. Of course David Hayter will reprise the role for, like, the hundredth time. The rest of the totally unsurprising list can be found after the jump -- but why not watch this beautiful excerpt of the Peace Walker that could have been instead? [Via Kotaku]

Here’s a reason why your GameFly rentals never make it to your front door. A USPS worker was stealing them! Reginald Johnson (no, not Reginald Veljohnson) was caught with over 2,000 stolen GameFly games, as well as a ton of GameStop receipts. Looks like Mr. Johnson was stealing games, and then taking them down [...]

Nintendo software tops the charts once again.

Also, tracks from Blink-182 and The Offspring for Rock Band Unplugged.

With every day that passes in Japan, Nintendo and other game developers crack down on the sales of R4 devices. Retailers are not displaying their R4 wares as openly as they used to, but as you can see from the images above, the devices are still being sold. Signs are just a tad [...]

Don’t go out to your local GameStop looking for this bad-boy. It’s only being sold in China at the moment, and I have the feeling that it’s never going to officially release outside of that country. Even with the orange tip, it’s just a tad too realistic! Thanks to Scarpine for the [...]

BLAZE have today revealed their all new luxury sports packs for Nintendo Wii sporting titles which incorporate Wii motion plus functionality. As motion sensing technology evolves, so must the accessories that we use to enhance our games. Many of the older style sports packs in the market today will now be rendered useless due to the gain [...]

Also, tracks from Blink-182 and The Offspring for Rock Band Unplugged.

Direct link here Friday 16th October/… Experience the thrill of wheel-to-wheel multiplayer racing in F1 2009 as Codemasters today released the latest gameplay video, available to view at www.formula1-game.com. Featuring game footage taken from the FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL, the new video previews the two-player split screen fun that can be had on the [...]

Namedropping "exclusives" from Halo 3: ODST to Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City to Shadow Complex, as well as reaffirming Microsoft's "year-to-date growth in console sales compared to last year," Microsoft's director of product management Aaron Greenberg sounds extremely confident in the Xbox 360 (that's his job, right?). Thankfully, he's not always above admitting when his competitors are going to win. "When NPD releases September sales later today, we fully expect PlayStation 3 will come in as the console with the most units sold for the month," he tells Game Informer in a recent interview. Unsurprisingly, though, he's sanguine on the prospect of Microsoft's console beating out Sony's. "We remain confident that Xbox 360 will not only outsell PS3 for the full calendar year, but for this entire generation." His confidence wanes though when asked about beating Apple with the Zune HD, offering only, "Our strategy has always been to completely focus on delivering the best games and entertainment experience in the living room and not get distracted by anything else." Gotta know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, right?

Curious how many ways there are to kill? Here's a crash course on what to expect.

Browser based adventures provides taste of upcoming RPG.

Direct link here MINNEAPOLIS, MN – October 16, 2009 – Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Jurassic: The Hunted will be released November 3 on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®2 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems, and Wii™. This is a relentless first person action game where you must fight [...]

Microsoft details the new limited edition gear.

New game combines best elements of "tower defense" genre and fantasy card games.

A portion of a Nintendo Life review… The game has a solid play mechanic with a great arcade feel to it backed by bouncy music - for 500 points that’s not half bad, and if you like puzzlers it’s definitely worth a look.

Electronic Arts has announced that BioWare's space opera epic Mass Effect 2 will jump to North American and European retail on January 26 and 29, 2010, respectively. The North American GameStop pre-order bonus will include: Terminus Armor -- "Increasing run speed and personal shields, and augmenting weapons with an additional magazine of reserve ammo." The M-90 Blackstorm Heavy Weapon -- "Generates a high-powered localized gravity well, accelerating particles to near-infinite mass." And thus starts the first half of 2010 release bonanza ...

Alisa has chainsaws, but Lars punches missiles. Who will win?

More badass moments than you can shake a stick at.

Direct link here 16th October 2009, Cambridge, UK. Frontier Developments Ltd. (‘Frontier’) today announced that LostWinds®: Winter of the Melodias will be released on Monday 19th October 2009 by Nintendo of America on the innovative WiiWareä service. David Braben, Frontier’s Chairman and Founder, said: “The original LostWinds was embraced by the US, and the sequel has [...]

Anticipated sequel from BioWare coming sooner than we thought.

Metal Gear creator has ideas in mind, but won't say when.