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#twig Square Enix owns the week as Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days releases on Tuesday, with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light coming to Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday. More »

The internet is so cool, you guys. Check this out: Gamasutra recently did a feature on the XCOM first-person shooter reboot that's currently in development at 2K Marin. Julian Gollop, creator of the original X-Com: UFO Defense just happened to pop into the comments of said article to give his opinion on the current sorry state of the turn-based strategy genre, and revealing he's "now working on a turn-based tactical RPG which will be a 3DS launch title." Thanks, the internet! You're just full of surprises.

According to some investigation from TinyCartridge, Gollop's LinkedIn profile states he's been at Ubisoft Bulgaria/Sofia the past three years -- and Ubisoft has a turn-based strategy game titled Ghost Recon: Lead The Ghosts in the works for Nintendo's three-dimensional handheld. We've contacted Ubisoft to see if this cyclically-titled Clancy jam is indeed Gollop's next opus.

#clips Perhaps I spoke too soon about Medal of Honor's singleplayer. In this look at the campaign, executive producer Greg Goodrich says the story will be told "from two different sides," hinting that you may be fighting with the bad guys. More »

How incredibly appropriate! The final day of Steam's QuakeCon 2010 sale has resulted in a 75 percent discount on every Quake game on the platform. Click past the jump to see how little you'll have to pay to grab id Software's classic shooters today. (A pittance, we tell you! A pittance!)

#screengrab Graffiti in London promoting Meeting Of Styles 2010, an annual graffiti artists' get-together happening Aug. 21. As seen on World Graffiti Urban Art via Hot Blooded Gaming. More »

#clips I must be inside the bubble, because the idea of playing as the Taliban in Medal of Honor multiplayer didn't hit me as particularly controversial. Fox News noticed. Though it did treat the subject reasonably, the woman they interviewed doesn't. More »

Thanks to NGamer for the pic, and a very happy birthday as well!

If you missed the latest episode of GTTV, fret not: just past the break, we've embedded the episode, which pulls back the curtain on Medal of Honor's campaign mode. Initially, all we knew was that the game would take place in Afghanistan and you'd be among one of the beard-sporting elite known as Tier One Operators.

However, thanks to executive producer Greg Goodrich, we now know a bit more -- specifically, that the campaign will be divided up into three parts and follows a team on the hunt for Al Quaeda. Goodrich also mentions the story will be told "from two different sides," implying that players will eventually be able to take up the mantle of the terrorists themselves.

But, hey, why are we still gabbing on? Head on past the break and absorb this intel first-hand for yourself, including a look at two never-before-seen single-player levels. Consider it an order, soldier!

A portion of a Tomopop review… Simply put, you’d be crazy not to add these pieces to your collection. If you somehow missed the Chrono Trigger madness because it came out before your time or you never got around to it, fine, but if you’re a fan these are just a great deal for the price [...]

Reader Matt sent this over because he thought the pictures were dying to be captioned, and I agree! Let’s see what you guys can come up with!

#clips Three maps, not part of the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta, were recently confirmed. We saw Reflection on Friday. Here's Zealot, which has low-gravity features that seem very useful for ... jumping right into a melee to the face. More »

#kotakuweekends This piece of original art, which appeared in Gizmodo this past week, is our exploitable inspiration for the latest Kotaku 'Shop Contest. More »

Brink developer Splash Damage's Quakecon 2010 panel played host to a few neat announcements about its FPSRPG, the highlight of which being the reveal of the game's cameo-tastic pre-order bonuses. Folks who reserve the game through GameStop will unlock the Doom pack, giving their Brink characters access to armor, guns, hats and a tattoo based on id's seminal FPS franchise. Those who pre-order the game from Best Buy will receive a similar pack based on Fallout 3.

Of course, if you're looking for more unique duds for your Brink avatar, several online retailers will offer "Psycho" and "Spec Ops" equipment, which will make your character resemble a psycho and special operative, respectively. Neither of those sound quite as enticing as "Space Demon Fighter" or "Nuclear Wasteland Savior," but we suppose they'll do.

As you may know, this week brings us one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world: Europe’s gamescom. Last year at this event, we announced our redesigned, lower-priced PS3. What will we be talking about this year?

Head on back to this Blog on Tuesday morning to find out; PlayStation.Blog EU’s James Gallagher will be reporting live from Cologne, Germany – a city filled with people that I’d imagine smell very good (or very bad). Then, throughout the week, James and others on-site will be transmitting new trailers, interviews, and other news from gamescom to our shores.

It should be a very fun and exciting week, so we hope to see you back here! Figuratively, of course… it’s not like we can see you. That’d be creepy.

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of August 9, 2010)

• PS3 250GB on sale for $300 at Kmart – Joystiq
• DDR coming to PS3 this fall with YouTube and Move support – Joystiq
• PSN version of Castle Crashers to be ‘around’ $15 – Destructoid
• John Daly’s ProStroke Golf Dated: October 8 – G4tv.com
• 15 Excellent Corporate Blogs to Learn From – Mashable
• Let’s Look At The 46 Games Confirmed To Support PlayStation Move In Some Way – PushSquare.com
• Hands On: PlayStation Move – TheSixthAxis
• Video: Battlestar Composer Kicks Up SOCOM 4 With Taiko, Gamelan – GameLife | Wired.com
• David Jaffe Talks Twisted Metal with Loot Ninja – Loot Ninja
• A beat ‘em up with poutine: Ars reviews Scott Pilgrim – ars technica
• Time Crisis in real life is pretty amazing – Destructoid
• Yakuza 3 reviewed by Yakuza – Boing Boing
• Bungie Looking For PlayStation 3 Engineer – G4tv.com
• Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep for PlayStation Portable – Preview – G4tv.com
• Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Joystiq
• PSP Offers Great Content for Every Member of the Family – Tech Savvy Mama
• Review: Widgets Odyssey II – VG Blogger
• Patapon 3 Comic-Con 2010 Interview – G4tv.com

It's been a pretty radical past few weeks for comics both online and off. There's the metric ton of news that came pouring out of Comic-Con 2010, there's the recently released film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim, and then, of course, there's the game adaptation of the film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim. Sadly, ev'ry rose must have its thorn, and earlier this week, said thorn was identified: The beloved Sunday funnies staple known as "Cathy" will come to a close in October. Should you find yourself in a beverage today, we humbly request that you pour one out.

If you're not too torn up about the news we just delivered, you should check out our seven favorite gaming-centric webcomics from this past week, posted below. Make sure you vote for your favorite in the poll after the jump!

Slippy (Brawl in the Family)
Intelligent Design (Virtual Shackles)
The Sixth Slave (Penny Arcade)
Shepard's Flock (Digital Unrest)
My Only Hope (No Cash Value)
Bat out of Hell (Awkward Zombie)
A Certain Type of Rush (ActionTrip)

Yes, for some odd reason, the Super Mario Bros. movie has seen a quiet re-release on DVD. The first DVD release was a bare-bones effort, and the second is exactly the same. As a matter of fact, the first pressing of the DVD had issues that this re-release doesn’t address. I don’t [...]

Talk about hours and hours of endless multiplayer fun. Just seeing the boxart makes me want to fire up the game right now! I don’t think any other Mario Kart game had a battle mode as addictive as this one.

In our experience, there are two types of people in this world: Folks who think Harvest Moon 64 is the best game in the series, and total weirdos. The first group will likely be dismayed to read NerdMentality's recent interview with Natsume exec Graham Markay, who, when asked whether the title would ever make it onto the Virtual Console storefront, responded, "It will not. It will not. And it's not from lack of trying."

Markay explained that the code of the original title is "not an easy transfer," later adding "I shouldn't say it's never going to come out, but there's just a really, really, very small chance that it would ever come out." Great, Markay. Just leave that door open. Just keep us hanging onto that one sliver of hope as we attempt to get our fix by pulling 48-hour FarmVille binges. You're killing us, dude.

Studio says platform is going through a transition.

We feel like Orcs caught a bad rap in Tolkien's flagship fantasy franchise. Sure, they're not the nicest of dudes -- but do they deserve to be senselessly butchered, like in the trailer for Snowblind Studios' action-RPG Lord of the Rings: War in the North, posted below? We certainly don't think so.