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Want to experience the excitement of sitting around all day? You're in luck! PlayStation Home is getting a brand new fishing mini-game in an upcoming premium personal space. The Waterfall Terrace, available this Thursday in the Estates store of the Home Mall, boasts a waterfall and an eternal sunset, as envisioned by Phil Harrison. Using various lures, you'll be able to reel in a variety of fish, all of which will appear on the walls of your virtual apartment. Check out a video after the break.

Build your ultimate team with ease after this Madden NFL 10 update.

We can only imagine the planning meeting at Dr Pepper HQ, during which someone shouts "We must garner that critical gaming demographic! How will we ever best something as inimitable as Game Fuel?! It's got 'game' right there in the title!" Instead of copycatting the naming idea, though, Dr Pepper recently detailed an already announced partnership with EA to give away codes for downloadable content. The promotion details lists a handful of games -- Mass Effect 2, Battlefield Heroes, The Sims 3, Spore, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 -- which have "unique DLC" tied to them. Rather than forcing an unknown amount of soda purchases out of its customers, we were told this afternoon by a customer service rep that "Every bottle wins." More specifically, each bottle contains a code that can then be redeemed on the Dr Pepper website, thus allowing participants to choose their system and DLC from an available list. We flatfooted to the local AM/PM and didn't spot the prize-bearing bottles, but we'll update this post with more information as we get it.

A portion of a C3 review… As a game that most would assume to be a money-spinning cash-in at first glance, Battle Brawlers delivers quite the surprise when given a chance. Clear improvements are needed for future editions, but for what it is, this is a very good start for both Activision and a relatively young [...]

The official Divinity II: Ego Draconis launch trailer.

Gather your allies to defeat overwhelming odds in Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce.

Just a few weeks before the game is due for release in North America, Capcom revealed one final new character for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Yatterman-2. For those of you unfamiliar with the Yatterman series, Yatterman-2 is the girlfriend of "Yatterman-1" Gan, who accompanies him on his superhero-ing work, and uses an electrified baton in fights. For the more pragmatic among you, Yatterman-2 is another character you'll get to try in the game, which should be exciting on its own merits. This is the last of the rumored new characters to be revealed. You can see Yatterman-2 in action at GameSpot -- the character premiered exclusively on that site's "On the Spot" video feature.

The storm is approaching and our heroes must father all their might in Zangeki no Reginleiv.

The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG makes its upcoming presence in Gran Turismo 5 known in a true art-in-performance fashion.

LAS VEGAS - (Business Wire) DIGITAL EXPERIENCE AT CES - In its first foray into gaming accessories, Memorex—one of the most widely recognized names in the consumer electronics industry and a portfolio brand of Imation Corp (NYSE: IMN)—today announced a new line of durable and playful accessories for Nintendo Wii™, Wii Fit™ and DSi™. Inspired [...]

You might not be able to play as Banjo and Kazooie in the Wii version of Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing, but you will be able to play as ... The Notorious B.I.G.! No, Sega hasn't added a selection of deceased rappers to the game's playable cast (no matter how many times we ask) -- the publisher has merely announced Mii support. Much like the racing Avatars in the Xbox 360 version, the Wii version of Sega All-Stars Racing allows your Miis to compete against Sonic, Knuckles, Ryo Hazuki, and the rest of the assembled Sega crew. Hey, this is one way to get Segata Sanshiro back in the game -- where he belongs.

Combat designer Christina Norman drops some serious knowlege about the Vanguard class and why you'll want to play it in the upcoming Mass Effect 2.

One of our favorite PSN games of 2009 has to be Magic Ball, the simple (yet charming) brick-breaking game from Creat Studios. Starting tomorrow, the game will be renamed Magic Orbz, in preparation of a second DLC pack. For $2.99, the "Winter Theme" pack will add 24 new levels and four new Trophies to the title. It will appear on the PlayStation Store tomorrow in Europe, and on January 14th in North America.

Awww…how can you possibly stay made at Octoroks when they look this cute! Good thing they’re a bit more menacing in the video game world, otherwise I might find myself hesitating when going in for the kill!

No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle I’m glad to see this one popping up on so many lists. The best news is, it’ll be out in the states before the month closes out! I can barely contain my excitement. It just makes me want to scream ‘Strawberry on the shortcake’!

Harmonix continues to show that it cares about Rock Band 2 fans with more than just weekly DLC. The developer has announced a patch for the PS3 version of the game that adds support for the upcoming Rock Band Network Store -- the interface for selling songs added to Rock Band by fans, musicians and record labels through the new Rock Band Network. If you were lamenting your current inability to purchase songs made by some dude, now you can take heart! The update also adds the "much more robust handling of chord hammer-ons and pull-offs" found in The Beatles: Rock Band, support for SingStar wireless microphones, support for velocity sensitivity with Ion Drum Rocker drums, and the ability to sort songs in Quickplay by the number of stars you've earned on each song. The update will be available this Thursday.

Not quite the grandiose show we’re used to at E3, is it?!

Direct link here Spanish game developer Freedom Factory Studios and French publisher Nobilis are pleased to announce the trailer of BRICO PARTY/ FIX IT! Through this amazing trailer, discover the challenging adventure of this small DIY company and meet some wacky characters on the way in the cartoony universe of BRICO PARTY ! [...]

Format: Nintendo DS™ Launch Date: 01/18/10 ESRB: E10+ : Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes Game Type: Role-Playing Game Players: 1 Publisher: Nintendo Developer: PAON Game Information Take Command of the Greek Squad Glory of Heracles features many familiar references to Ancient Greek characters and locations with a rich storyline inspired by Greek Mythology without explicitly recreating events. The story begins when a boy washes up [...]

Looks like Nintendo has another cooking game in the pipeline. I guess their other cooking projects faired well enough to continue down this path?

Click for high-resolution box art. 2010 is totally the future. How can we tell? Gran Turismo 5 will actually come out. Half a decade after Gran Turismo 4, Polyphony Digital is finishing up a true successor to the self-described "real driving simulator." The evidence? Box art! Mercedes-Benz's gull-winged SLS AMG has the honor of gracing the GT5 cover. It's a terrific marketing decision, if only to trick Back to the Future fans into thinking this is a game all about time travel. (It's not, we're afraid.) Check out a brand new video of Sony's long-awaited PS3 racer after the break.

Mario Paint was the game I got for my birthday instead of Night Trap. My mother actually let the GameStop with me and a copy of Night Trap, and then she realized that Night Trap was the game that the government was going on and on about. She took it right back to [...]

Hit the field with this exclusive trailer for the upcoming football video game BackBreaker.

Female gamers account for 45 percent of active gamers.

A portion of a Gaming Nexus review… The game feels rushed and quickly thrown together and a waste of the MLB license. There didn’t seem to be a lot of time put into the game and is shows in the final product.