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New website is the brutally elegant home for all things Vindictus.

#beta Didn't buy Bad Company 2? Still want in on the Medal of Honor beta? No worries, below you'll find two dozen beta keys first-come, first-served. The beta is now available for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC gamers. Enjoy! More »

Maritime MMORPG's birthday celebrated by adding boatload of new content and Oblivion boss weapon set.

Rod Fergusson is the executive producer of Gears of War 3, and he wants Clayton Carmine to die. He wore a "Carmine Must Die" t-shirt at Microsoft's Comic-Con party last night, casting his vote for the fate of the third Carmine brother, but he's willing to leave the decision up to the fans: "They kept saying, 'How can you be so mean,' and 'What about Mrs. Carmine,' and 'What's that like [losing her sons]' -- all this stuff," he told us at the event. "And so we're like, let's just question them and see what they want."

Fergusson also shared a few development updates, relaying the most difficult part about designing the new Beast Mode: getting all of the playable beasts to control as solidly as Gears and Locust characters. "Just making sure the camera works from a Ticker to a Serapede to a Berserker," he explained, "just refining the technical ways of making people feel like they have control and that they're grounded in the character." It's not so much about balancing the beasts, though -- Epic wants these creatures to feel powerful, so "even if it's overbalanced a little towards the monsters, that's cool. We want to make players feel successful."

Thankfully, some development components have gone down smooth. "Ice-T is kicking it as Griffin," Fergusson reconfirmed. "We recorded it this week remote from New York ... Ice is doing a great, great job -- we wanted him to be him somewhat, but he's just bringing that character to life for us. It's really fun working with him on that stuff."

#comiccon2010 Activision has released a pair of new videos for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, showing off the unstoppable Juggernaut and the slightly more stoppable Scorpion 2099 in action. More »

Middle-ages trading and economic simulation game gets an online home.

#psp At a PlayStation event in New York this week, I played the PSP's God of War: Ghost of Sparta and learned some details. More »

Fight strangers, win loot.

A new mode and armor take center stage in combat.

World zombie amnesty day demanded.

The latest batch of screens for Red Dead Redemption's upcoming, multiplayer-centric DLC pack, "Legends and Killers," fills us with straight delight. Why? Because our go-to online avatar (a morbidly obese Bandito) is totally getting replaced by Pig Josh, the dynamite-strapped gentleman above.

Hi everyone – Time for this week’s video store updates.

The end is near for Comic-Con! Be sure to visit the video store by 7/25 for exciting offers like an instant free rental of Godzilla 2000, chances to win PSP prize packages, daily footage of the show, and an exhaustive collection of comic book inspired films and TV shows. Don’t miss out on these amazing Comic-Con bargains!

On the US store, celebrate DC Comics’ 75th anniversary in style with great offers on exciting motion comics like Batman: Gotham Knight, Legion of Super Heroes, Justice League, and Watchmen, and more! You’ll also find out of this world bargains on action-packed Sci-Fi films like Daredevil, Batman (1966), Titan A.E., Elektra and more in our Deal of the Week Sci-Fi sale this week. Also, be the first one to check out Batman Under The Red Hood this weekend. Rent the video on 7/24 on the store, before it’s even available on DVD!

On the Canada store, be sure to check out some new additions of your favorite movie titles such as The Bounty Hunter, The Crazies, Leap Year, and more! You’ll also find amazing new TV show arrivals such as True Blood and Naruto Shippuden Uncut.

New arrivals in store this week…

Just in TV (US only): The Sopranos, Deadliest Catch, Covert Affairs, Naruto Shippuden Uncut, Eureka, Vampire Knight, Rescue Me, Futurama, Deadliest Warriors, Psych, Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory, White Collar, Louie, Blank Panther: Who is The Black Panther?, The Glades, Haven, Dual Survival, Royal Pains, Sanctuary, MTV’s Nitro Circus, Warehouse 13, Fact of Faked, Unnatural History, Top Chef, Pros vs. Joes, Chasing Mummies, Burn Notice, Hawthorn, Memphis Beat, and Friday Night Lights.

New Release Movies (US only): Cop Out, The Losers, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Not The Messiah (He’s A Very Naughty Boy), Puppet Master II, The Awkward Comedy Show, and Westbrick Murders.

Top Ten Movie Downloads (US):

The Bounty Hunter Hot Tub Time Machine (Unrated Version) The Crazies Cop Out Our Family Wedding The Losers Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightening Thief The Book of Eli She’s Out of My League Green Zone

Top Ten TV Episodes (US):

Futurama | Season 7 The Duh-Vinci Code The Boondocks | Season 3 Mr. Medicinal The Boondocks | Season 3 The Lovely Ebony Brown Naruto Shippuden Uncut | Season 1, Vol. 4 The Consequences of Betryal 45 The Boondocks | Season 3 A Date with the Booty Warrior Family Guy | Season 8 Brian & Stewie Futurama | Season 7 Proposition Infinity Through the Wormhole with Morgan |Are We Alone? Freeman | Season 1 Burn Notice | Season 4 Entry Point The Boondocks | Season 3 The Fund-Raiser

NFC North Team Ratings · Minnesota Vikings – 88 (5th overall) · Green Bay Packers – 87 (T-6th overall) · Chicago Bears – 77 (T-20th overall) · [...]

Those animals aren't going to shoot themselves.

#blizzard Last week we reported on a Wall Street Journal article that tagged the development cost of StarCraft II at more than $100 million. According to Blizzard, it was a case of right price, wrong game. More »

"It was literally an exercise of about 20 minutes because it just came up, it happened, we went with it, and there you go," new Danger Close studio head Greg Goodrich told us in an interview last night, explaining how he and two of his colleagues came up with the new name of their studio (formerly EA LA).

Late last evening, EA revealed that its Los Angeles-based development house would be rebranded. The studio is now known as Danger Close, which Goodrich told Joystiq is indicative of the reborn studio's direction. "I think the core of what we're doing right now and the sort of DNA of this team and this studio is the first-person shooter genre. I can't foresee us doing anything other than that in the near future, and specifically Medal of Honor." Goodrich did add, however, that his hands aren't tied creatively in terms of what the studio is allowed to do -- be it first-person shooter or whatever else it might have in store.

That said, Goodrich wasn't speaking about anything other than Medal of Honor, and he remained coy about his studio's involvement with the game post-release. He's proud of the mutliplayer component built by DICE, but he's not ruling out Danger Close getting involved in multiplayer support, say through DLC. "Personally, I think that would be something that the guys here would be very excited about doing in the future," he offered. "But, you know, we're gonna see how this one works out and see how the fans accept it, and make those decisions at a later time."

Goodrich is content to leave his studio's future plans a mystery. "That's also a part of creating your own identity and starting your own future, and throwing up a website that says 'Now hiring,'" he teased. "There's intent there."

Nintendo dominates on its play field.

Nintendo dominates on its play field.

Nintendo dominates on its play field.

Coming from the Rock Band Twitter… Well, I guess we have to wait one more day to find out song is going to be included. Thanks to Kolma for the heads up!

Once again, coming from the Rock Band Twitter… I guess Comic-Con is a good place to learn about Rock Band 3 music! Thanks to Kolma for the heads up!

#summer Growing up in the 70s in Maryland, there was nothing more rewarding than a trip to the beach. But it wasn't the sun, sand or the surf that attracted me, it was the boardwalk. More »

An online home for swashbucklers.

The Dead Space universe just got a bit less lonely. EA announced two more projects for the property, this time an animated feature called Dead Space Aftermath, available January 2011, and a graphic novel called Dead Space Salvage, expected out December 2010. Perfect for those of you who love Dead Space, but somehow hate video games.

The animated Aftermath tells the story of a group sent by the Government to the site of the Aegis VII disaster, specifically to be exposed to Marker shards, in order to create a carrier for a "Marker blueprint." Of course, the people don't know that's why they've been brought there, and since it's horror (and Dead Space) we can expect the expedition to go ... well, not great. The Salvage comic, published by IDW, is about a group called the "Magpies" who come across the abandoned Ishimura, which is full of candy Government agents and necromorphs.

We'll learn more details about these projects during today's Comic-Con panel, "Building a Horror Entertainment Franchise: Dead Space 2."

If you recall our E3 press conference (of course you do), the new Twisted Metal game owned the trademark showstopping reveal. Soon after, I sat down with Eat Sleep Play’s David Jaffe and Scott Campbell for a candid talk about what bringing Sweet Tooth and company to PS3 will mean for you gamers.

There’s actually a lot more from that conversation, so maybe we’ll have to do an unedited director’s cut some time down the line…

If you want to hear more from David and Scott soon, you’re in luck: they’ll be speaking *today* at Comic-Con. They’ll be revealing some of the characters of the new game, share early looks at the game’s twisted end stories, and show concept art of ideas that never saw the light of day.

The “Twisted Metal Returns!” panel starts at 1PM this afternoon in Room 8. It should be awesome in person but, if you’re not going to be able to make it to Comic-Con, we’ll be recording it and sharing highlights with you next week.