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#summer The summer of gaming continues, and we're spending part of the week watching clips of the most summer-styled games. Today we've got surf and turf the hard way, courtesy of horrible NES class T&C Surf Designs Wood & Water Rage. More »

If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's the overwhelming level of cuteness to be found in Okamiden, the upcoming sequel to Okami. From the pint-sized Amaterasu, to the Animal Crossing-like speech of the game's inhabitants, we're kinda feeling like the proprietors of a very different web site right now. We're trying our best not to dawwwwww all over the place.

But we digress. You have yet to experience this feeling for yourself, so go ahead and check out the new media, straight from Comic-Con. If you'll excuse us, we're going to draw some kittens for a while.

#rumor At Comic-Con today, Microsoft revealed a Limited Edition Halo: Reach bundle, packing two controllers and an Xbox 360 slim, all in special silver casings, for $399. A copy of the game is also included. It's available Sept. 14. More »

The $399 Halo: Reach Xbox 360 bundle whose existence was leaked by the Ars mole is now official. A Microsoft press release details the limited-edition silver console, which is available for pre-order starting ... now.

The bundle contains a silver 250 GB Xbox 360 S -- which "not only captures the look and feel of the game, but also features custom sound effects from the Halo universe." What? What? It also comes with two silver wireless controllers featuring Reach artwork, a similarly decorated headset, a Standard Edition copy of the game, a voucher for "Limited Edition Elite" armor and an episode from the Halo Legends anime anthology. It'll be out on the game's September 14 release date.

In addition, standalone Halo: Reach-themed controllers and headsets will go on sale in late August, for $59.99 and $49.99 respectively.

Remember when we freaked out about the new character design...

#comiccon2010 For the serious God of War fan, SideShow Collectibles offers a Kratos that's more detailed, more massive and clearly more seething with Spartan rage. To wit, it's also much more expensive than DC Direct's Kratos action figure. More »

Did BioWare dumb down Dragon Age? Let's find out.

Get ready for limited edition accessories and special pack-ins.

Bungie makes a bold claim.

#comiccon2010 Bungie brought the latest features for their latest shooter, Halo: Reach, to Comic-Con, including all-new multiplayer modes, new maps and a new vehicle. Finally, you will be able to drive a futuristic forklift in a Halo multiplayer. More »

#ea We thought the new Medal of Honor from EA was being developed by EA's L.A. studio and EA's DICE team in Sweden. Not quite. More »

Earlier today, we were told of the "Jordan Challenges" in NBA 2K11, a series of highlight games from the illustrious career of the game's cover athlete, Michael Jordan. There will be a total of 10 different challenge games players will need to compete in and 2K Sports was kind enough to bestow upon us the full list, which you can take a look at after the break.

#comiccon2010 Targeted for a demonstration by the tantrum-throwing hate whores of the Westboro Baptist Church, Comic-Con's cosplayers fought fire with fire - very clever fire - in San Diego this afternoon. More »

#salesget Last week's Japanese software champ, the brand-new Wii Party, had its first place festivities cut short this week after a strong showing from two other games, both on Nintendo's platform. More »

That answer and other fun facts about game customization.

Even more reasons to be excited about Firefight 2.0.

Take a look at Bungie's biggest play space ever.

If you followed our advice and applied to be a part of the Spec Ops: The Line multiplayer beta, you just may be finding an invitation in your inbox sometime soon. Joystiq reader Reece got his earlier this week and sent over some images of the sign-up process. 2K Games confirms, "This is correct, beta invites for Spec Ops: The Line are going out to a small number of applicants. We'll be allowing more people into the private beta in the coming weeks."

Unfortunately, 2K also confirmed with Joystiq that this beta is "Xbox 360 only" - for you PC and PS3 gamers, consider it karmic payback for all that early access on Medal of Honor you've been enjoying while Xbox owners sat idly by. Anyone in on the beta? Sound off in the comments below or, heck, send us an email.

In a recent interview with our PC-centric sister site Big Download, science fiction novelist and experienced game-to-book adapter William C. Dietz revealed he was recently "hired to write a Mass Effect tie-in." When pressed for details about the project, Dietz, who has also written books for the Resistance, Hitman, Halo and StarCraft franchises, could only reveal that it was due to his publisher in early 2011.

So, we've got Mass Effect: Ascension, Mass Effect: Revelation and, out next week, Mass Effect: Retribution -- and now Dietz is going to throw another piece of literature on the pile? Had we known that falling in love with the Mass Effect franchise would require us to do this much reading, we probably would have skipped the whole darn thing.

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We still don't know what it is, but we've got some ideas.

Danger Close formed under EALA umbrella.

#comiccon2010 The creator of Mega Man, Keiji Inafune, and producer on the recently announced Mega Man Universe, Akiko Ito, explained—as best as they could—just what the hell this mysterious game is today at Comic-Con. More »

#preview The first time I played Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep I was in Tokyo, well aware that I couldn't read the Japanese menus of the flashy new PSP installment. The second time was this week. The game was in English. More »

Blizzard Entertainment took the stage here at Comic-Con in San Diego to talk about World of Warcraft-inspired merchandise, and when the topic of the WoW movie came up during the Q&A, Vice President of Creative Development Chris Metzen confirmed that though the process has slowed recently, the movie is still happening. Director Sam Raimi is still "very, very passionate" about getting the movie made, but Metzen said that a treatment is still being hammered out. If that gets approved, he said, then "hopefully it'll start moving very quickly, very soon."

Metzen and the rest of the panelists also talked about the next lore-based novel to be released -- it's called The Shattering, and will set up a lot of the events leading up to the Cataclysm expansion. Metzen cautioned the game's fans that there are "dark times ahead" for Azeroth with the return of Deathwing and quakes destroying large parts of the game world. "It's going to get rough out there for a while," he admitted. "But there's a plan. The great heroes always rise to the top."

Watch the first web doc and get your first look at Boba Fett.