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Why is Dave Grohl smiling? Well it might be because his band, the Foo Fighters, has just gotten a track pack on Guitar Hero for iPhone alongside Spoon. Realistically though, it's probably because he's very rich. And also a rock star.

#awards The 2010 Golden Joystick Awards will take place on October 29 at a lavish ceremony held at the London's Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel and hosted by the man who brought us sniglets. More »

#podcast Dante goes punk. Wesker slaps down Spidey. Doc Brown is back. Pokemon for grown-ups? What's going on! More »

Movie service Netflix is ready to serve the Great White North. Shacknews reporter Xav de Matos (former Joystiqer, still Canadian) notes the service is currently available on PS3 and Wii, with the Xbox 360 version rolling out later.

• PS3: Available now. It's an application, so no disc is required (unlike the States). However, users have no ability to create an instant watch queue.
• Wii: Available now. Disc from Netflix.ca required. Also, no ability to build an instant watch queue.
• Xbox 360: Coming "soon."

The streaming-only option for Canada costs $7.99 a month and also includes access through PCs and Apple devices.

U.S. members will have to wait until next month for disc-less service.

An aptly titled game.

Things may have slowed down a tad since last week's Omega Update, but this week's batch of new content on the European PlayStation Store certainly holds its own. We've got Sonic Adventure, Deathspank 2: Electric Boogaloo and Blade Kitten, the "Liars and Cheats" pack for Red Dead Redemption, and a full Bob Marley album for Rock Band. There's a little something for just about everyone -- especially for PlayStation Plus subscribers, who get early access to the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow demo. Luckyyyyyyy.

Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:
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We get a fresh look at new levels in Retro Studio's update to the Super NES series.

So Good Old Games finally put an end to its wretched "we're pretending to close" stunt today. In a bizarre announcement, for which the company's leaders appeared in monk's robes, it was announced that the service will relaunch with a revamped website.

There were also plenty of (much-needed) apologies from the company for its hoax, which turned mourning for the site's demise into waves of vitriol from a jilted fan base.

#canada Canadians are getting a sneak preview today of the disc-less Netflix hitting North America next month as the streaming video service goes live up north. More »

Last year, the shop portion of the TGS show floor took up an entire hall by itself. This year, it was squeezed into the corner of one of the two halls housing game demos. That isn't to say that the downsized area didn't find ways to take money from obsessed fans, as there was certainly a lot to see and buy.

We hope our gallery helps you experience the thrill of buying a Solid Snake cell phone strap, without the cost or the crowds.

FIFA Soccer 11 launches with 13 city, five-week tour featuring custom-wrapped vehicles equipped with PlayStation 3.

#clips Music gaming seems to be heading in two distinctly different directions. Guitar Hero looks like it's shooting to capture a blend of fantasy gaming and rock, while games like Rock Band 3 and Power Gig are taking the ultra realistic path. More »

Faaaaaantastic! Dead Rising 2: Case West will feature everyone's favorite zombie-bashing photojournalist, practicing his craft by immortalizing the undead in still pictures. Developer Blue Castle Games' president, Rob Barrett, recently told Eurogamer that Frank West's return in the sequel's DLC epilogue would be accompanied by photography gameplay. Of course, West isn't there just to snap photos -- he'll join in the survival adventure co-op style.

Dead Rising 2's $5 prologue Case Zero has been successful for Capcom, selling over half a million downloads in two weeks. The core Dead Rising 2 game shambles to North American retail next week, on September 28th. It'll be interesting to see if the demo-consuming hoard is still ravenous for the full experience.

Developer and publisher Playrix Entertainment announced the release of the online version of its hit match-3 title Fishdom 2: players get to access quality graphics and bonuses for free.

#piracy In an interview with Japanese website 4gamer, Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono says that a strong potential for piracy is keeping PC gamers from getting their own version of Super Street Fighter IV. More »

The next batch of offers lined up for PlayStation Plus subscribers looks to be incredibly enticing -- that is, of course, if you're one of the lucky lot chosen to participate in the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood beta. Otherwise ... um, 25 percent off Alien Breed: Impact! Yay?

If you thought Trip and Monkey's journey to the west would be a tireless survival mission ... you're probably right. Thankfully, the stars of Enslaved can enjoy Pigsy's comic relief along the way. Namco Bandai describes Pigsy (pictured) as a "comical porcine character" -- the big dude with the rad belt buckle -- and has revealed that he will star in a post-launch DLC episode for the game.

The publisher offers few additional tidbits about the premium add-on, noting simply that it will be a side story requiring the retail game to play. More details are expected in "the coming months."

#clips It's time to take sides in Dead Space 2! Will you be a fully armored, armed to the teeth member of the Sprawl Security Team, or a creepy baby-headed monster that hungers for human flesh? More »

Learn something new about the MMORPG.

#ski Starting this November five popular ski slopes in Colorado, Utah and California will start tracking powder time to award skiers achievements pins and the ability to level up. More »

IGN claims to have received the technical specs for Nintendo's 3DS. According to the site, the handheld will use the DMP PICA200 GPU, but running at a slowed-down 166MHz, along with two ARM11 CPUs, each running at 266MHz. That's quite a bit less powerful than the Nvidia Tegra chips once rumored to be in the device. According to IGN, it will also have 1.5GB of flash memory for storage.

Okay, so IGN listed a bunch of names and some numbers -- along with the claim that "Numerous developers working on software for the platform have likened its graphical capabilities to current-generation consoles like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, albeit on smaller, lower-resolution screens." But to find out what all those numbers mean, we turn to Digital Foundry. The parts "represent a massive step-up from the existing DSi," DF said, "while measuring up badly against the latest in smartphone technology." For example, the 64MB of RAM does not compare favorably to the iPhone 4's 512. However, DF notes that there's no iOS to hog resources, and in terms of the graphical capabilities, the relatively low resolution (compared to consoles) uses far less overhead.

DF notes that the motherboard originally sent to the FCC appeared to use a Tegra chip, suggesting that Nintendo has changed the design since then. "Quite why Nintendo decided to switch suppliers and go with DMP remains something of a mystery," the site says, "especially bearing in mind just how much more modern and capable the Tegra IP is compared to the much older PICA-200."

Seems that now that I’ve started blogging, I can’t stop! I’m happy to announce that Netflix is launching in Canada today.

For those of you who don’t know what Netflix is, it’s the leading internet movie subscription service, which basically means that all of us Canadians can now watch an unlimited amount of movies and TV episodes for $7.99 a month.

Now your PlayStation 3 is able to stream from Netflix right to your TV, letting you chose from thousands of movie and TV episodes; watch as much as you want, whenever you want.

To get started simply look for the Netflix icon under the video icon in your XMB (cross media bar).

For all our friends in the US and current Netflix members, you’ll have to continue using the instant streaming disc for your PS3 system until the Netflix application icon becomes available for you in October.

For all our French speaking friends, Netflix intends to add French language capability over time.

Still not sure if Netflix is right for you and your PS3? Visit www.netflix.ca for your free one-month trial and see for yourself! With no late delivery fees, can your Wednesday get any better?

Take your favorite pet with you everywhere you go.

#school A New York University professor teaches a course in the history of hackers and hacking. Oh, to be back at NYU and be able to take interesting courses like this. More »

#pinballwizards Here's the deal about pinball: It's not such an innocent game. More »

Apparently, not everyone's getting in.

New ancient historical strategy title on the horizon.

Nut shots improve decision making.