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Yesterday, Zipper Interactive announced its return to the SOCOM franchise with the sequel to the sequel's sequel, SOCOM 4. This first trailer reveals a bit more about the project, including -- spoiler! -- confirmation that there will be at least one Irish lady and a burning boat at some point in the campaign. Thankfully, the trailer seems to indicate that the game will still focus on shooting dudes with guns and telling other dudes to do the same.

Just tell us one thing, Sony: is it just "SOCOM" or is it SOCOM 4?

San Mateo, Calif. – March 5, 2010 – The tables are being set for the launch of Diner Dash® on WiiWare™, coming to the Wii™ on March 29, 2010. Hudson Entertainment, the North and South American subsidiary of HUDSON SOFT, partners with PlayFirst, creators of Diner Dash, to bring this best-selling brand to [...]

#bioshock2 The Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, the first in a series of single and multiplayer downloadable content for Bioshock 2, hits Games for Windows Live, the Playstation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace March 11 for about $5. More »

The fifth iteration of the award-winning submarine simulator is now available for purchase.

New fantasy role-playing game on the way.

Grill the development team at Direct2Drive.

Quest Online announces the Alganon has gone subscription free with its persistent fantasy-based MMOG title Alganon.

The times, they are a-changin'. In an open letter to Xbox Live members, Microsoft's Marc Whitten has announced that the Xbox Live Code of Conduct has been altered to allow members to "more freely express their race, nationality, religion and sexual orientation in Gamertags and profiles." Looking over the updated code, it appears that the major change directly affects references to sexual orientation. Specifically, the terms "lesbian," "gay," "bi," "transgender" and "straight" are now allowed in both Gamertags and user profiles. According to Whitten, the change has been made as the result of customer feedback.

Early last year, something of a controversy erupted when an Xbox Live user was allegedly banned from Xbox Live for identifying herself as a lesbian in her Xbox Live profile. The report brought to light an ongoing conversation on the matter between the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Microsoft. At the time, Microsoft claimed that it didn't allow users to express any form of sexual orientation -- including heterosexuality -- in an effort to prevent player harassment.

Obviously, Microsoft's stance on the matter has changed, though it is still wary of possible harassment. Whitten states as much in his letter, noting that the new code of conduct also includes "increased stringency and enforcement to prevent misuse" of the newly allowed terms. Whitten concludes his letter by stating, "I truly believe that our diversity is what makes us strong: diversity in gaming and entertainment options, and diversity in the people that make up this amazing community."

We can only hope that the Live community is responsible enough to handle its new privileges.

The makers of Deus Ex 3 wants to get the word out on their upcoming game. That's where you come in. Rather than simply letting IGN ask all of the questions, they've asked us to get a few from the fans and send them their way.

#japan Nintendo DS title Love Plus is a popular game. It a dating sim with young girls and has sold something like 180,000 copies in Japan. But nobody walks around advertising their adoration for the game. That is gonna change. More »

The Red Star never had its chance to reach an audience. Originally in development by Acclaim for Xbox, the game was delayed when Acclaim ceased to exist, and didn't make it into stores until 2007 (well after the PS3 launch), when XS Games published the PS2 version to generally positive (and occasionally effusive) reviews.

XS just announced that it's giving the alternate-universe Soviet shooter-brawler game another shot at success, by releasing downloadable versions of The Red Star on PSP and iPhone. We have no idea how the game will play on an iPhone, but the PSP has buttons very much like a PS2 controller! The publisher offered an "early spring 2010" release date for both versions, which sounds like soon.

Simple question, yet a tough answer. I’m sure there are many of you that aren’t sure what you’ll be doing just yet. If you don’t have a DSi, the answer is quite easy. If you do own a DSi, is the upgrade worth your money? Should you trade in towards the [...]

Even if you caught last night’s world premiere of the SOCOM 4 teaser video on Game Trailers TV, we still have a nice little treat for you. Zipper’s resident uber-scribe and Creative Director, Ed Byrne, sat down in front of a microphone yesterday to record a few tidbits of info to provide a little more background on what the first SOCOM video is showing off.

Though it’s just a smidge past the 60-second mark, the “Director’s Commentary” version of the SOCOM 4 teaser still has a few morsels of key information that make it worth watching – so be sure to invest a good minute of your time to check it out. Of course, if you’d rather just see the teaser video in its original form, or just want to watch both versions for the heck of it, we have the standard edition of the video ready to watch as well.

Either way, do yourself a favor and click the play button of your choice for the maximum amount of tactical video game candy. Enjoy!

Even if you caught last night’s world premiere of the SOCOM 4 teaser video on Game Trailers TV, we still have a nice little treat for you. Zipper’s resident uber-scribe and Creative Director, Ed Byrne, sat down in front of a microphone yesterday to record a few tidbits of info to provide a little more background on what the first SOCOM video is showing off.

Though it’s just a smidge past the 60-second mark, the “Director’s Commentary” version of the SOCOM 4 teaser still has a few morsels of key information that make it worth watching – so be sure to invest a good minute of your time to check it out. Of course, if you’d rather just see the teaser video in its original form, or just want to watch both versions for the heck of it, we have the standard edition of the video ready to watch as well.

Either way, do yourself a favor and click the play button of your choice for the maximum amount of tactical video game candy. Enjoy!

#australia As the most public - and pivotal - opponent of an adults-only video game rating in Australia, Michael Atkinson is a rather public figure. Just don't call him a crook. You may end up being sued by him. More »

Ah…Mario Kart: Double Dash, one of the most disputed entries in the entire series. Remember all the craziness when this game came out? A low review score from IGN set everyone into a tizzy, and now millions of Mario Kart fans continue to debate whether or not this installment in the long-running franchise [...]

G4TV.com is currently dead…no activity or site availability to speak of. Normally I would chalk this up to nothing but a server-side issue, but today there might be something more going on. Our friend Patrick Klepek is the man who broke the news on the Activision/Infinity Ward issue, covering all the details late into the [...]

Gaijin Games has released the first trailer for Bit.Trip Runner, the fourth game in the WiiWare Bit.Trip series. Now we can see what the developer means by calling it a "rhythm platformer." The layout of the stage, from enemies to terrain, is all designed in accord with the chiptune soundtrack, and Commander Video, the franchise hero, jumps, slides, and collects gold at super-high speed -- all to the beat of 8-bit-inspired music.

We wanted to point to one specific moment in the video (posted after the break), but, as trailers tend to be, this one's full of moments. So, see if you can spot Super Meat Boy! Check out that Pitfall level! Watch out for the ... giant miner? ... Who shoots fireballs at you from a lantern? While you're on a treadmill?

Check out more screens in our Flickr set Burlingame, Calif., March 5, 2010 - Natsume, a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that Cheer We Go for the Nintendo DS has gone gold. The game is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will be released on March 23rd [...]

#xbox360 A change to the Xbox Live code of conduct this morning now allows gamers to express their sexual orientation in Xbox Live profiles or Gamertags. More »

Simon Belmont by Lucas Soriano Thanks to Moog for the heads up!

[Update: And that's it, folks. That batch lasted longer than thirty minutes ... but not much longer. Thanks for trying out our new Enhanced Code Giveaway Delivery Engine 3000[TM]!]

Weren't quite fast enough to snag a Blur multiplayer beta code this morning? We only had 1,000 and they were gone in less than 30 minutes - we can hardly remember it, it was all a ... what's the word?

Nevertheless, we managed to squeeze another 6,500 codes (!) out of Activision and our giveaway page is back up! Hop to it!

*Key codes are not redeemable through Xbox Live. Use your key to register for the beta at Blurgame.com. The online beta begins Monday, March 8. Xbox Live Gold membership required.

Nintendo has quite a varied history with their commercials. They have put out so many different promos for upcoming games and platforms that it can be nearly impossible to keep track of all of them. Actually, I don’t think I can even remember all the ones I’ve seen in my time! That’s [...]

#ipad Apple's over-sized iPad will be hitting stores in the U.S. on Saturday, April 3 for WiFi models and later that month for WiFi plus 3G models. All models of the iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. More »

Another God of War fan contest has quickly come and gone, and our Ultimate Fans have definitely went above and beyond to prove they are worthy of having their name and video be forever immortalized within God of War III Ultimate Edition .

With less than two weeks before God of War Unearthing the Legend is released, we thought it would be only fair that our PlayStation bloggers be given a first glimpse of the great lengths the God of War fans went through to be part of this epic documentary and receive a copy of God of War III Ultimate Edition signed by the development team.

Congrats to our Ultimate God of War Fan winners:

• Christopher Adams
• Riley Anderson
• Rey Barrera
• JW Cornelius
• Juan Cruz
• Aaron Crow
• Seth Isaac Everett
• Angelica Gatchell
• David Girard
• William Jones
• Adrej Miling
• Samer Mohamad
• Antonio Padilla
• Ben Ponce
• Steven Rickman
• Jeff Rogers
• Turk Stancavage
• Jacob Williams

Another God of War fan contest has quickly come and gone, and our Ultimate Fans have definitely went above and beyond to prove they are worthy of having their name and video be forever immortalized within God of War III Ultimate Edition .

With less than two weeks before God of War Unearthing the Legend is released, we thought it would be only fair that our PlayStation bloggers be given a first glimpse of the great lengths the God of War fans went through to be part of this epic documentary and receive a copy of God of War III Ultimate Edition signed by the development team.

Congrats to our Ultimate God of War Fan winners:

• Christopher Adams
• Riley Anderson
• Rey Barrera
• JW Cornelius
• Juan Cruz
• Aaron Crow
• Seth Isaac Everett
• Angelica Gatchell
• David Girard
• William Jones
• Adrej Miling
• Samer Mohamad
• Antonio Padilla
• Ben Ponce
• Steven Rickman
• Jeff Rogers
• Turk Stancavage
• Jacob Williams