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Plus survive Dead Rising 2's zombie apocalypse and stay safe in The Hole.

Plus survive Dead Rising 2's zombie apocalypse and stay safe in The Hole.

These screens are right on target.

#barackobama Best known for Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, Activision Blizzard has joined a corporate initiative to help improve literacy in science, technology, engineering and math (the STEAM fileds). More »

Lend me your ears, PlayStation Readers; I have a story to tell thee.

It begins, as many such unnecessarily, inappropriately flowery ones do, on a cold winter’s eve. Okay, that’s probably not accurate. It was a casual conversation actually, one with your very own, very awesome Jeff Rubenstein. He thought, rightly so, that the awesomeness that is 3D Dot Game Heroes would be even greater if other awesomeness — say, the mighty Sackboy — were to be added to its already more-than-sufficient awesomeness.

It was a recipe for potentially cataclysmic awesomeness. And thanks to the little seed Mr. Rubenstein lovingly planted, a tree was born. A tree of awesome. Sackboy awesome. Well, and other stuff.

For you see, PlayStation Readers, today we launched a patch for our retro action-adventure 3D Dot Game Heroes, the ultimate throwback to the 8- and 16-bit eras of gaming. The patch adds 50 fan- and staff-created heroes, the ability to carry over certain swords to New Game+, and adjustments to the completion times for the Dash Circuit mini game. In addition, a bug fix restores previously absent loading art images so they will randomly appear and be viewable in the Loading Art Gallery.

And of course, the aforementioned inclusion of the lovable Sackboy from Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet for PS3, courtesy of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Few games convey the notion of “creation” and “customization” better than LittleBigPlanet, so what better way to bring more attention to 3D Dot Game Heroes and its powerful character creation tool than to throw one of the gaming’s most popular mascots into the Kingdom of Dotnia?

Fired up your copy of 3DDGH recently, Readers? Or maybe you’ve been on the fence for the past few months (how painful)? Well, hopefully you have fewer/no excuses left!

3D Dot Game Heroes is on sale now for PS3 system wherever fine video games are sold. For more info, visit the official game website.

Plus survive Dead Rising 2's zombie apocalypse and stay safe in The Hole.

The iPhone game comes to PSP.

#sony Fake PlayStation 3 controllers might be cheap, but that doesn't change them from being totally phony. Sony is doing what it can to render counterfeit PS3 controllers utterly useless. More »

Enter a world of fantasy and magic.

Check out these twisted screens.

#breaking And it is apparently called "Wii Remote Plus". More »

Hi everyone! It’s time for this week’s video store update.

Find your favorite new and returning primetime TV shows this week. Now through October, we’ve pulled together an amazing collection of new and returning TV shows under Fall TV Premieres. Check out returning hit comedies and dramas like 30 Rock, Glee, Smallville, and The Vampire Diaries or browse new episodes of hit animated series like Family Guy, The Simpsons, and American Dad! Looking for something new? Refresh your TV appetite with newcomers including Lone Star, The Event and Outsourced! Learn more here.

Next, check out kitschy horror films in our Fantastic Fest collection, available for both US and Canada users! Now through 9/30, enjoy campy horror films previously screened at past Fantastic Fest events! Find all time favorites like Zombieland, Daybreakers, Pulse, and many more! Continue the Fantastic Fest fun in our Deal of the Week collection where you’ll find great savings on even more campy horror films like Jeepers Creepers, The Amityville Horror, Murder Party, Hit & Run, and many others.

Many new releases arrive in store this week! Witness Russell Crowe in all of his glory in Robin Hood 2010 (Unrated). Also, check out the pre-theatrical release of Monsters, a great sci-fi film about alien invasion and I’m Still Here, a documentary currently in theaters about Joaquin Phoenix’s transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper. Next, enjoy the full first season of Spartacus: Blood and Sand and find incredible savings in the Spartacus Motion Comics Sale! Last but not least, The Event is here. Unravel a massive global conspiracy with NBC’s new high-octane thriller. Download the pilot for FREE for a limited time.

Before you head to the video store, check out the glorious trailer for Robin Hood 2010 (Unrated), now available on both the US and Canada store!

New TV shows and movies arrive every week! Here’s a taste of what’s in store…

Just in TV

US Store: 1,000 Ways to Die: Season 3, Bored To Death: Season 1, Chuck: Season 4, Gossip Girl: Season 4, House: Season 7, How I Met Your Mother: Season 6, Initial D: First Stage: Season Stage 1, Lone Star: Season 1, MAD: Season 1, Money Hungry: Season 1, Regular Show: Season 1, Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Season 1, Rules of Engagement: Season 5, Rob Drydek’s Fantasy Factory: Season 3, Thintervention: Season 1, Bad Girls Club: Season 5, Parenthood: Season 2, Raising Hope: Season 1, Glee: Season 2, Terriers: Season 1, The Colony: Season 2, 30 Rock: Season 1, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Season 1, Gangland: Season 4, Modern Family: Season 2, and more!

Canada Store: Bored To Death: Season 1, Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Season 1, Everest Beyond the Limit: Season 3, Law & Order: Season 16, Take & The Power of Juju: Season 1, The Real World: Season 21, E’s Otherwise: Season 1, Deadwood: Season 3, Summer Heights High: Season 1, Little Britain, USA: Season 1, Home Movies: Season 3, and many more.

New Release Movies

US Store: Robin Hood (2010) (Unrated), Stomp The Yard 2: Homecoming, Ondine, The Black Cauldron, The Experiment, The Projects, The Secret In Their Eyes, Triple Dog, Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins, 30 Days of Night:
Dark Days, Art of the Devil 3, Finale, The Seamstress, I’m Still Here, Monsters

Canada Store: Robin Hood (2010) (Unrated), Solitary Man, Stomp the Yard 2:
Homecoming, The Secret In Their Eyes, Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach, Rob Zombie Presents The Haunted World of El Superbeasto and more!

Top TV Downloads

US:

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Season 6 – Mac Fights Gay Marriage Sons of Anarchy | Season 3 – Oiled The Vampire Diaries | Season 2 – Brave New World Sons of Anarchy | Season 3 – SO Jersey Shore | Season Miami – All in the Family STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – ARC Troopers STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – Clone Cadets Tosh.0 | Season 2 – Tosh.0 223 The Ultimate Fighter | Season Team GSP vs Team Koscheck – Go For It Mad Men | Season 4 – The Beautiful Girls

Canada:

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – Clone Cadets WWII in HD | Season 1 – Darkness Falls Comedy Central Presents: Stand-Up | Season 1 – Dane Cook Family Guy | Season 8 – The Splendid Source STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – ARC Troopers South Park: Uncensored| Season 13 – Pee Comedy Central Presents: Stand-Up | Season 1 – Mitch Hedberg UFC Fights | Anderson Silva vs UFC Fights | Forrest Griffin UFC 101 Weaponology | Season 2 – Spetsnaz Ancient Aliens | Season 1 – The Evidence

Top Movie Downloads

US:

Killers Prince Of Persia – The Sands Of Time Just Wright MacGruber (Unrated) Letters to Juliet Kick-Ass Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny Hot Tub Time Machine (Unrated Version) Clash of the Titans (2010) Marmaduke

Canada:

Killers Just Wright Death at a Funeral Hot Tub Time Machine (Unrated Version) The Back-up Plan American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (Unrated) City Island Marmaduke The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Abandoned

#mario Takashi Okamura starred in one of the greatest Japanese ads Nintendo Co., Ltd. has ever created. More »

#oddities Welcome to Japanese morning television! More »

Anxious to beef up your iOS device's game library? Capcom's slashed the price on eight of its games, offering each for $.99 this weekend only. Here's the list:

• Resident Evil 4 (previously $4.99)
• 1942: First Strike (previously $1.99)
• Mega Man II (previously $2.99)
• Dark Void Zero (previously $2.99)
• Cash Cab (previously $4.99)
• Cash Cab: Las Vegas (previously $1.99)
• Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? 2010 (previously $1.99)
• Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 2010 (previously $1.99)

If we had to suggest one, we'd have to go with Dark Void Zero, but if you're looking to maximize the savings, you can't go wrong with Resident Evil 4. Happy bargain hunting!

#metalgearsolid If you have played any of Hideo Kojima games, you have probably noticed the "A Hideo Kojima Game" title card. Other game designers have started doing that as well. The creator of Metal Gear Solid contests he actually means it. More »

Imagine it: You're at a Hard Rock Cafe, maybe the one in Pittsburgh (since you don't have the t-shirt yet). You sit there, casually eating your Tupelo Chicken Tenders, when suddenly, you glance up at the wall and see ... those familiar five colored buttons. Yes, Hard Rock has gone plastic, as the UK's biggest Kiss fan, Kevin Curtis (pictured with tongue above), ushered a Gene Simmons-signed Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock guitar controller into the Hard Rock Cafe's "Hall of Fame." That's what they call their collection of "over 79,000 pieces of authentic music memorabilia" displayed around the walls in the ubiquitous chain restaurants.

We're torn -- Guitar Hero is great and all, but guitars should have strings and frets, not buttons and flippers. This is like Dylan going electric! Then again, this is the Hard Rock Cafe we're talking about. Maybe a plastic guitar signed by Gene Simmons in a box on the walls of a tourist trap is exactly where it belongs. Check out the full press release after the break.

#gameface But you can't take the Katamari Damacy out of him. Keita Takahashi, who recently left Namco Bandai, checks out the Katamari Floating World exhibit on Wednesday. Thanks, SoylentCHUD! More »

We will only be posting information we haven’t already discussed… Billy’s Bootcamp: Enjoy Diet on Wii - fully voiced by Billy - use one or two Wiimotes - track and save your exercise time, burnt calories, weight change and other areas “Shape Boxing 2: Enjoy Diet on Wii” - sequel to Shape Boxing: Enjoy Diet on Wii - powerful diet support tool [...]

#bing Yeah, you can get 200 free Microsoft Points right now just for using Bing, the company's search engine. Sounds fast and easy, right? Wrong. Well, you must download the "Bing Bar," which only works - surprise! - on Internet Explorer. More »

#farmville FarmVille, the casual game sensation, has players manage a virtual farm. By "virtual", I mean "not real". A real farmer gives Beef Magazine this insight: More »

Klavier Gavin tote bag, hand-painted by Etsy seller Quatrina (grab yours here)

PRESS RELEASE: Nnooo release video footage of Spirit Hunters Inc and launch website. Australian based games developer Nnooo have released the first in a series of developer video diaries showcasing their next game, Spirit Hunters Inc™, for Nintendo DSiWare™ (click here to access the video). Spirit Hunters Inc is a role playing game in [...]

Sure, you could play Final Fantasy XIV on PS3, if you like waiting. Or you could play it on PC with a (third-party PC controller based on a) PlayStation controller as soon as September 30. Sunflex, a third-party peripherals company, is releasing an officially licensed Final Fantasy XIV controller on that date, in Europe and the US, under its Snakebyte brand.

It bears a striking resemblance to the company's PS3 accessories, but in white -- and, more importantly, with the Final Fantasy XIV logo on it, so you know you're officially playing Final Fantasy XIV. Whether or not that officialness is an attractive enough quality to justify one of these is your call.

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That’s certainly what it looks like according to this GameStop boxart! I guess Nintendo learned a lesson from Nyko, and now they’re including MotionPlus inside a Wiimote, instead of offering an attachment. The Wiimote only looks slightly different to me. Hopefully Nintendo will confirm this information soon! Thanks to Ryan for [...]

#ea Take a good look at the new Medal of Honor's multiplayer in action, with this trailer just released by Electronic Arts. More »

- end of the video is Radiant Historia’s theme song, written by Yoko Shimomura and sung by Haruka Shimotsuki - editing for the video took a full day and night - pictures of the design document for the first promo video were shared More pics here - once again, here is the promo video that came from the design [...]