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Thumbing in a softie.

Thumbing in a softie.

#wii Creators of games for the Nintendo Wii have often demanded of their players a controller-waggling vigor that has them jostling the Wii Remote like a man in rush to shake ketchup from a glass bottle. Enough of that. More »

Thumbing in a softie.

Thumbing in a softie.

Following its various stages of development, the Team Fortress 2 Engineer update is complete and its final addition has been revealed: The Gunslinger. It's a glove that gives the Engineer +25 extra health, a new combo attack and the ability to drop a mini-sentry, which Engies can build much faster than normal sentries, and for less metal. The update will automatically be applied the next time you boot up the game.

Aside from all of the Engineer upgrades, there are also three new maps to wage war on: Thunder Mountain, Hightower and Upward. Now go, go kill all of those evil [insert enemy team color here]s!

Manveer Heir isn't just our winner of the coolest name for a game designer ever award, he's also just been hired by BioWare Montreal as a senior level designer for the Mass Effect franchise. Heir stepped down from his lead designer role at Activision-owned Raven Software in mid-June and has been on a mini-hiatus since then, only to announce yesterday -- alongside another big BioWare reveal -- that he would be heading up to Montreal.

Heir ... aired his feelings about the change, tweeting, "I'm a big fan of the Mass Effect series, so to get a chance to join the team and help build an amazing game is such a tremendous privilege." When Twitter followers pestered him for specifics, he declined to offer more details, responding, "I cannot elaborate beyond Mass Effect franchise."

Next up for the franchise is supposedly that "far reaching" Mass Effect ... thing, which has been teased to arrive early next year.

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#reddeadredemption I CAN outrun a bear. I can just about outmanoeuvre a wild boar. Although I'll get taken down by a pack of wolves fairly fast. A wild cougar will tear my fleshy neck asunder. More »

DESTROY YOUR SENTRIES, GO ON CRIT RAMPAGE

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#ps4 The Xbox 360 launched in 2005. The Wii and the PS3 hit in 2006. It's the middle of 2010. Shouldn't we be getting ready for new consoles? More »

Hi Everyone – Time for this week’s video store update.

Deals: We have a free episode of Queen’s Blade, the anime adaptation of the Queen’s Blade visual combat books and PSP game. The episode will be free until 7/13, so get it while you can. There are also discounted episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants and Avatar: The Last Airbender in our Deal of the Week section. Spotlight on 80’s continues this week with prices starting at $1.99. It’s under featured collections on the video store, and filled with titles that should make you feel like you took a Hot Tub Time Machine back in time. There’s Weekend at Bernie’s, RoboCop, Rocky III & IV, Spaceballs, Wargames, The Terminator, Troll 2 and more. Last but not least, a special gift with purchase offer continues this week – buy the new Percy Jackson release and receive the Percy Jackson theme for your PS3!

TV New Arrivals: Dual Survivor – an exciting new series following two men’s survival in the wild, and the latest episodes of House, Naruto Shippuden Uncut, Friday Night Lights, Lie To Me, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Battlestar Galactica, The Crazies Motion Comics, and The Hills.

New Releases: Rec 2, Nightmares in Red, White and Blue, and New York, I Love You starring The Hangover’s Bradley Cooper. Also check out The Horseman, Jack and the Beanstalk, Crazy, Home of the Giants, Evil Bong II: King Bong, and Tell Tale.

#finalfantasyxiv Something Is Different. No, *somethings*. More »

#hotflashes The gang at Boing-Boing recently ran a competition, asking for devs to submit quick little games based on, in or around music. And not just any music. Chiptune music. More »

Finally, a reason to do the everyday crap you don't want to do. You know, things like washing the dog, cleaning your apartment and pulling over when the cop behind you hits the siren.

Well, at least some of those work perfectly with Epic Win, an upcoming iPhone app that turns your to-do list into a role-playing game. By completing tasks in the real world, you gain experience points in the game that you can then use to level up your character. If that isn't incentive enough to drive little Timmy to soccer practice, we don't know what is.

In the spirit of the game, here's your first to-do item: jump past the break and watch the introductory video for Epic Win. It's about the easiest boss fight you'll undertake today -- that is, unless you actually fight your boss. We hear he's a bit of a weakling.

#capcom Capcom isn't stopping at Sengoku Basara 3 food. How do you like them apples? No, literally. More »

#screengrab As seen on DeviantArt, via 4 Color Rebellion. More »

You might find College Humor's latest video game parody clip, posted just past the jump, a hilarious look at what might have been had classic games been laughably more accessible. We see it as a haunting vision of things to come. That easy mode included in Mega Man 10? That's how it all starts.

#psp Two stories on promising PSP games in one night? What a strange, wonderful evening this is turning out to be... More »

#hideokojima A popular theme of late is how Japan has lost its edge. The country isn't where it should be. But, says one game developer, it isn't technology that is holding back Japan. It's ambition. More »

You won't have to search the ocean or a subterranean dungeon for this treasure! Atlus announced that copies of Etrian Odyssey 3: The Drowned City pre-ordered from certain retailers will include "Forests of Eternity," a 60-page artbook. The full-color book includes character and background artwork not only from The Drowned City, but from the previous Etrian Odysseys as well!

But why tell you about it when we can show you? Atlus posted an excerpt of the book for you to page through. "Beware!" it notes. "The artwork and designs contained in this book may reveal more than you wish to know of Etrian Odyssey III!" You'd be better off avoiding the preview, then, if you've got a spoiler allergy.

Study shows iPad owners see no need for DS and PSP.

Study shows iPad owners see no need for DS and PSP.

#mmorpg Sex sells. But in China, that doesn't make it okay. More »

#republished Things are moving towards 3D nowadays. Sure, it's cool. But it's hard to shake the feeling that this isn't a technology we're choosing, rather than one that's been chosen for us. More »

Don't worry about how Vimeo user Surfap filmed a Super Mario Bros. speedrun done entirely in graffiti. The description says it was "black magic" and that's good enough for us. As Tiny Cartridge points out, a computer was probably involved, but where's the fun in that? Just enjoy the show.

Gearbox's loot 'em-up could be coming in a retail bundle.

#toys This statue is 19 inches of M. Bison, complete with billowing cape and enormous feet. And gums. More »

#clips Internet person haiksterbnh spent nearly five years of his life playing World of Warcraft, clocking over 24,000 hours. He created a Level 73 Shaman and a Level 80 Priest. But after "having no friends...at all", he made an important decision. More »

Clear your holiday schedules, folks. We know there are a bunch of high-profile releases you're planning on tucking into as the year concludes, but Ubisoft's recently revealed "Games for Everyone" collection probably won't leave you much time to play all that junk. Pretending to own a resort or work as a veterinarian or design clothes is taxing stuff, you know.

Click past the jump to see the full list of Imagine and Petz titles set to drop later this year, then spend the rest of the day thinking about what order you'll be playing them in. We're thinking about doing Style Lab Fashion Design first, then making the jump to Imagine Fashion Stylist. You know, so we can learn the basics before going totally commercial.

#dragonquestix Dragon Quest IX was released in Japan on July 11, 2009. A year later, the game is getting released in North America. Finally. More »