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#dayum The artist who drew the perk images for Fallout 2 recently revealed his deleted concept for the game's "Childkiller" status. "Even the designer who requested it realized it was a bad idea," he writes. More »

Consumers in the UK poured out the pounds for PS3's Heavy Rain last week, according to Chart-Track's all-formats chart. The adventure game took the hill from Aliens vs. Predator, which slipped down one spot. Meanwhile, Just Dance kept doing its cha-cha of endurance and took third.

Nintendo's Wii Fit Plus got a second wind (or a big shipment to the region) and overtook Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 after moving up five spots and into fourth. Finally, Napoleon: Total War marched in at #12 while White Knight Chronicles began its quest at #35.

Source - Heavy Rain storms the charts [GFK Chart-Track]
Source - Latest UK Software Charts [GFK Chart-Track]

#xbox360 They start out as normal looking dudes. Dudes you'd want to drink beer with, have a pizza with. Several pizzas. Then, they change. Whoosh! More »

#deadoraliveparadise Besides action and fighting games, Japanese developer Tecmo is known for its saucy bikini characters. It's latest title, Dead or Alive: Paradise, has even been described as "creepy" by the ESRB and once features females with ridiculous proportions jiggling about. More »

#nba2k10 You, me, we play console games in our living rooms. NBA players, however, are on the road most of the year. So they have to play on these amazing portable rigs instead. More »

#japan The pay? According to some, it sucks. More »

#clips With the PS3 having some, ahem, problems today, you may not be able to play Heavy Rain. Ah well! You may as well kill some time by playing it on...YouTube. More »

#japan The home team sure loves the Nintendo Wii. As February 28, Japan has purchased ten million Nintendo Wii consoles. But that's not all. More »

#toys Let's say you're about to go out on a mission, and you're a little unsure. Is this a straight-up fight, or just another bug hunt? Best way to be prepared is to take a full-size pulse rifle with you. More »

#gearboxstudios Borderlands, Gearbox Studios' surprise hit shooter of 2009, will soon be bundling its downloadable content into a single package, which will be released in a box for retail shelves. More »

#squareenix Over the weekend, Square Enix held an event that not only celebrated 8 years of Final Fantasy XI, but held a "mysterious" Final Fantasy XIV event. How...mysterious. More »

#clips A recent Fox News report has shown that while video game controllers can sometimes be used by US and British forces in combat, they can sometimes be used against them as well. More »

#ffxiii Avatar, the biggest grossing film ever, looks familiar, says Square Enix's Motomu Toriyama, director of Final Fantasy XIII. A little too familiar. More »

#sega It's been a long, long time since we saw (or heard) anything meaningful from Gearbox about their promising shooter Aliens: Colonial Marine. So you'll be happy to know that, with Borderlands out of the way, it's good to go. More »

#sony A large number of console hardware devices failing all at once. This sounds familiar. More »

#clips Had a rough weekend? PS3 gettin' you down? It's OK. Prepare for the week ahead and unwind with this, a very girly snowball fight between Tomb Raider's Lara Croft and Princess Leia in her slave bikini outfit. More »

#twitterati Burgers, burgers, boy oh boy, I love burgers. One burger, sure! Two burgers, definitely! But three burgers? More »

Senior Producer Steve Caterson gives us a fresh perspective on the God of War trilogy along with new details about the game.

Senior Producer Steve Caterson explains how the God of War storyline evolves with design and varying developers' input.

New combat details revealed in this interview with God of War III Senior Producer Steve Caterson.

We’re aware that many of you are having difficulty connecting to the PlayStation Network this evening. Those of you with “slim” PS3s (the 120/250 GB models) appear to be unaffected.

Know that we have narrowed down the issue and have engineers working to restore service even as you read this. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, and genuinely appreciate your patience while we work to resolve this.

In the meantime, you may want to follow our Twitter account for the latest updates.

New screens from the upcoming Ignition Entertainment published RPG Arc Rise Fantasia have emerged, featuring the game's strategic turn-based battle action. Originally announced as an XSEED published title, Arc Rise Fantasia was snatched out of XSEED's announced lineup by Ignition in late 2009. The upcoming RPG is developed by Sands of Destruction's imageepoch and is set for a summer 2010 release.

I have quite a big video game collection…one that I’m very proud of. It contains games from all systems that I’ve owned. Starting with the NES, and following down the line with every major release after that. Of course, back in the day I used to trade in games for new ones. [...]

Many owners left unable to play certain titles tonight due to login error.

Reader ibbsters noticed a striking similarity between Art Style: light trax and a bit of programming from welsh channel s4/c. The footage below is something that the network airs when they don’t have any programming in a time slot…so, early morning stuff. Definitely looks just like light trax!

After successfully fighting a cease and desist order by Vivendi Universal five years ago, the unofficial continuation to the King's Quest series has been shut down for good. In 2005, fans successfully convinced Vivendi to allow development of the game to continue development of The Silver Lining, thanks in part to a letter writing campaign. The original deal would see the game's authorized release as part of a non-commercial fan license; however, current King's Quest IP holder Activision has decided (after "talks and negotiations") it is not interested in entering a similar agreement with the indie team. In 2008, Activision said it didn't have any immediate plans to utilize the classic licenses (including King's Quest) it received in the infamous $18 billion merger with Vivendi.

What concludes is eight long years of development by a dedicated fan base. On the fan project's official site, a letter from the development team thanks fans for their continued support and shares its disappointment in the decision. It's always difficult when hard work goes unnoticed and we wish everyone involved the best of luck.

There's a few valuable life lessons in the following story, so pay attention: A Pittsburgh news station recently reported on a 17-year-old boy who was disqualified from a SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals tournament after it was discovered he was cheating. In retaliation, the young man hacked into the official PlayStation site, and crashed it for 11 days back in 2008. Sony re-retaliated by opening up a federal grand jury investigation into the "cyber attack," which led back to the aforementioned boy, who is now in a whole heap of trouble.

The teen pleaded guilty, and was convicted on four felony charges: Unlawful use of a computer, criminal use of a computer, computer trespassing and the distribution of a computer virus. He'll be sentenced later this year. The moral of the story? Don't cheat while playing online games, and don't crash the web sites of gigantic corporate entities. If caught, you could end up being branded a cheater. Or, you know, a felon.

[Via Kotaku]

A wide rash of game-crashing errors is spreading among the PS3-owning community at the moment, most of which can be chalked up to a 8001050F error code. This has led to a variety of unfortunate side-effects for those affected, including corrupted trophy information and an inability to access the PSN. When combined, those two issues prevent players from launching certain games, such as Heavy Rain, without being kicked back to the XMB.

We've contacted Sony to find out what's causing the issue, and when we can expect to get back to chasing down the Origami Killer. He might just be able to make a clean getaway while we suffer through this downtime.