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Codemasters brings the top tier of racing to gaming's top table.

#salescharts While the NPD Group has ceased providing weekly sales charts for the boxed-copy PC market in the US, it still hands out its monthly - and often hilarious - lists. Let's look at February's. More »

#starwars Ever wonder want was insane Darth Vader's helmet? Well, besides actors Sebastian Shaw and David Prowse. More »

#guns Firearms enthusiasts. Video gamers. They sound like two completely different groups of people, but both have one thing in common: everyone else thinks they're crazy. More »

#tigerwoods Scandalized golfer and serial cheater Tiger Woods is returning to golf. Game company EA Sports is thrilled. More »

#pc The world can be a tough place for left-handers. Which is why there are things you can buy to make things easier for everyday actions, like opening cans, playing golf, playing video games on your PC... More »

#japan Love simulator Love Plus is quite popular in Japan. There's an upcoming manga, a Love Plus inspired massage parlor and t-shirts for brave souls. Heck, it's even in Nintendo DSi XL TV ads. What's next? More »

NPD has released its monthly list of the top 20 PC games, and while Star Trek Online made a valiant showing in the month of its debut, landing at number two for the main game and number four for the collector's edition, it was beaten in the end by the Sims 3: High End Loft Stuff (yes, "Stuff") content pack. The Sims juggernaut of a brand continued to rock the top 20, claiming six spots total, and perennial favorite World of Warcraft continued to place almost all of its current editions on the list in three different spots.

Other big titles in February were Bioshock 2, the Everquest II: Sentinel's Fate expansion, and Mass Effect 2. Aliens vs. Predator appeared at a miserable number 19, below something called the Mumbo Jumbo Assortment. Full list after the break. We'll say this about PC game players: They know what they like, and they stick with it.

[via Big Download]

#mistwalker Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi is known for two things: Final Fantasy, and his moustache. So imagine the horror when he posted this on his Twitter account. More »

#art To depict the true meaning of game over, artist Kordiana Lewandowskeigo called on Mario, Princess Peach and, well, Jesus. More »

#review Running a corporation is hard. It's even harder when your business is mining, and there's less and less land to mine. Competition heats up. Time to bust out the cannons. Time to play Greed Corp. More »

#survivalguide With gaming's favorite shirtless Greek, Kratos, now beating up and killing baddies in God of War III, it is time to look at some of the best shirtless guy films. More »

Metal Gear Solid's Hideo Kojima was the weirdest gaming-related Twitter account we'd seen -- until we saw Sam Fisher's account. Yes, the green-eyed spy guy is now on Twitter, which we know thanks to a picture we were sent from a Ubisoft email address that implored us to "Don't Believe What You Hear; My Mission Is One of Justice," combined with the plug above.

So far, he's only been whining about using "rogue resources" and posting 140 characters at a time of mysterious nonsense like "when you believe, it's easy to sacrifice." Because of course when you're a rogue operative and you need to get secret messages out into the world, a fully public Twitter account is the best way to do so. To be honest, we're a little disappointed -- Sam Fisher's got an interesting life, and we'd like to follow him and get a look at the man behind the Cell. What's he doing with his time off? What bars is he checking in from? And what does Sam Fisher eat for lunch every day? You know, important Twitter stuff.

#rumor These pictures apparently show the guts of a new model of the Xbox 360. The important bits? The fact that for the first time the console combines the CPU and the GPU in a single chip. Oh, and it's small. More »

As you can see, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — Reflex Edition’s playtime is nearing that of The Conduit. That speaks pretty well for CoD, but it’s a different story for The Conduit. Wii FPS fans are clearly more interested in realistic games than sci-fi themed experiences. Well…at least in the case [...]

#research Today's census questions are all about pirates. Yaaarrrrrrrr! More »

[Image source: Shoryuken]
Based on some leaked shots of a supposed Super Street Fighter IV theme coming to the Xbox 360 (spotted by Shoryuken), Capcom's cast of brawlers are getting some fresh threads. In the case of Dee Jay above, it looks like he's getting a time machine back to the early '90s when those pants were still cool. But, we digress.

These costumes look all well and good, but what about newcomer Hakan? How do you clothe a man perpetually covered in baby oil?

[Via Kotaku]

#legal What do you think happened after some of Japan's most famous manga creators showed opposition to a Tokyo proposal that sets out to ban provocative "visual depictions" of characters who appear to be 18 years-old and younger? More »

#clips Few trailers in recent memory have polarised gamers as much as EA's Dante's Inferno clip for the Super Bowl. Would you have liked it more if, say, Dante was not Dante, but Mario? More »

#battlefield The Steam version of EA's Battlefield Bad Company 2 is about to get a new patch, and amidst the little tweaks and fixes is some welcome news: the game's SecuROM DRM software will also be uninstalled. More »

Sure, Heavy Rain was great, but what was with all the story? Don't you just wish someone would come along, strip out that cinematic nonsense and leave only the visceral thrill of repeatedly calling for your missing son while tearing through a shopping mall?

For you, there's Press X to Jason, a low-rez action/puzzle/platformer/adventure from Heavy.com that nails just one mechanic: Yelling for Jason. [Fair warning: If you don't know how this particular Heavy Rain scene plays out, like, in the real game, you may not want to play Press X to Jason just yet.]

If afterwards you still aren't sure about little Jason's fate, you'll be happy to know that we've located him, and he's on Twitter.

[Thanks, Wez]

Oh, Sonic fans. Every time a new Sonic is announced, you joke about not getting fooled again and you promise that, this time, you won't be taken in. And we believe you -- why would you go back to Sonic after everything he's done to you? But then a few weeks go by, and suddenly we click a link and find you remixing the 10 seconds of intro screen music that's been revealed from Sonic 4.

Seriously? Did you have to create a rock version, an 8-bit version and even a Dreamcast-style version? Sure, they're cool, and sure, we've embedded them after the break, but isn't this exactly the kind of excitement we all agreed we wouldn't have for the new game? Yes, we're glad to see that longtime Sonic musician Jun Senoue has been announced as the composer for new game, and we're looking forward to hearing more music when the Sega blog releases it. But as your history teacher said, those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Let's wait until we play the game before we start remixing it 10 seconds at a time.

UFC Undisputed 2010 already has a shaved kodiak bear on its cover, so what else do you want? OK, how about a video of B.J. Penn just being sweaty and angry? Maybe some new pictures of the game in a gallery? Still not enough!? Then there are exclusive Ultimate Fights for the PS3 version, like:

• Ultimate 2009 Category -- UFN 18 - Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann
• Ultimate Knockouts Category -- UFC 102 - Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia
• Ultimate Classics Category -- UFC 60 - Matt Hughes vs. Royce Gracie, UFC 66 - Keith Jardine vs. Forrest Griffin
• Ultimate Submissions Category -- UFC 68 - Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFredries

We're sure more assets are coming. Just please, please don't punch us.

We like to keep it light and fun around here, but this latest series of Dead to Rights: Retribution media is serious business -- when there are terrorists involved, the joking stops. That's the gist of the above trailer, which features Temple Tower, the latest target of terrorism in Grant City.

Thankfully, Jack and Shadow are on the scene to deal with these "hostage takers." All it takes is a good cop and his murderous, almost impossibly skillful canine companion, after all!

#clips The newest trailer for Majin & The Fallen Kingdom, the charming co-op adventure from the folks who made Genji and Folklore, might be the boost you need to start caring about this game. More »