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#twig FIFA 11, Dead Rising 2 and Guitar Heroes: Warriors of Rock headline the final week of the fall quarter, with Borderlands' latest DLC and Lara Croft's arrival for PC and PS3 highlighting the downloadable titles. More »

PlayStation.Blog recently went straight to the team behind the upcoming Devil May Cry reboot in search of answers to some of the most burning questions in the history of games. You know, questions like "Dante, what have you done with your hair?" Check out Ninja Theory's responses in the video below.

#clips Jaime "Kalapusa" Margary, who's given us realistic Piranha Plants, and Super Mario fungi in the past, now turns his attention to Pac-Man, presently soaking in jar of formaldehyde. More »

As seen in the image above, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath's main character is getting a truckload or two of new polygons in Just Add Water's forthcoming remastered version of the game. How many more, specifically, you ask? Is 17,000 enough, roughly seven times more than the original Xbox version? Certainly is for us!

The difference is far more stunning when viewed on a larger scale than our header image will allow, so we'd suggest heading to JAW's dev blog and seeing for yourself. Interestingly, also on the dev blog is a handful of details regarding what specifically is being changed about Stranger's Wrath -- the inclusion of "Add in Trophies/Achievements" gives us the impression that the Stranger may be finding his up-ressed assets on an Xbox 360 at some point as well.

#religion Left Behind Games, maker of Christian-themed video games of ... well, dubious quality, reports that it sold $210,000 worth of product over the past six months. More »

Perhaps you haven't already checked out the free demo for Mega Man 8-Bit Deathmatch, the Doom 2 mod full of Wiley's dastardly robots and the Blue Bomber? The latest trailer for the game should inspire you to rethink that decision.

Super Meat Boy is a satire, it’s the ultimate amalgamation of every single video game cliche of the past 20 years wrapped up in a platformer formula that re-vitalizes, re-envisions and re-lives the retro classics we all hold so dear to our hearts. When we started development on Super Meat Boy we had one very [...]

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#sports Gamasutra this week reported that NASCAR - whose 12-year run with EA Sports ended in 2008 - will return next year under Activision and the developer Eutechnyx, known for its focus on racing games. More »

I didn’t realize how many great games came out in-between 1986 and 1987. There were franchises started in those years that are continuing on to this very day! That’s quite an achievement to hang in there for so long. Looking back on a great year like this makes me realize how gaming [...]

A portion of an ONM review… Lots to recommend about this update of the ‘08 game. Shame there’s not more of it though.

Now we have the blurb from the most recent Nintendo Power that confirms a $15 price point for Sonic the Hedgehog: Ep. 1. Now that we know the price rumor was true, what do you have to say about it? Thanks to Shadzter for the heads up!

- Nov. 11th in Japan - Q1 2011 for Europe - Mario Kart, Zelda OoT, Professor Layton at Euro launch - 200€ price point Just another rumor for the pile at the moment. I’m not sure where ‘BILD’ is getting its information, but we aren’t that far off from finding out the real deal. Just a few [...]

While Crytek is known for their games, the company actually makes a good deal of money on non-game businesses. Gamasutra quizzed Crytek studio head Cevat Yerli about the company's rapid expansion from "developer of Far Cry" to becoming a massive, international organization that currently employs six game studios -- in locations as varied as the UK, Budapest, Frankfurt Kiev, Sofia, and Korea. CryEngine 3 licensing brings in some dough, but how else does Crytek maintain its operations?

"We have some other contracts going on as well for some other non-game industries," Yerli explained. "We have a lot of contracts going on from gas and oil companies, General Electric, all the way to SOCOM. We have a lot of military companies working with our technology, in fact." According to Yerli, Crytek works on "whatever" these partners want, utilizing their tech know-how to create simulations. Considering how impressive CryEngine looks on a home PC, we're curious to know what Crytek can pull off on a military-grade super-computer. The experience would probably shatter our perception of reality.

A portion of a Nintendo Life review… From the shrunken playing field to the turn-on-a-dime physics, it’s clear that EveryDay Soccer is trying to channel the success of Super Mario Strikers, but its inconsistent controls, lack of options and so-so gameplay hinder it from replicating the fast-paced and accessible gameplay that made Mario’s outing so successful. [...]

#ratings Last week we learned the NBA 2K11 ratings for all projected starters in the league. Today we find out where the teams rank in the game, due out Oct. 5. More »

#kotakuweekends Michael Jackson starring in a video game is not ridiculous. Michael Jackson starring in an MMO is. More »

There are a crazy amount of games coming out over the next few weeks (and, well, months), so I’m feverishly trying to finish up my unbeaten campaigns. With any luck, I’ll finish up Mafia II today (loving the story and voice acting in that one) in between football watching and PSP sessions of Valkyria Chronicles II.

Rey will be by with the full list of upcoming PS3, PSP, and PSN games later this afternoon. What have you been playing this weekend?

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of September 20, 2010)

• Dead Space Extraction for PlayStation 3 – Preview – G4tv.com
• Netflix on PS3 Impressions – PS3 Preview at IGN
• PS3 Games of Fall 2010 – PS3 Feature at IGN
• Latest Explodemon trailer looks, er… explosive? – Destructoid
• Q-Games’ Dylan Cuthbert considering PixelJunk Monsters 2 – Joystiq
• PSP Games of Fall 2010 – PSP Feature at IGN
• Sony: Perfect Accuracy Can Make Motion Games ‘Unplayable’ – GameLife
• Time Crisis: Razing Storm goes gold – GameSpot
• Zero Punctuation on Zero Regulation – Video Game Voters Network
• Dead Space 2 multiplayer beta invites going out to PS3 fans – Joystiq
• Space Invaders Infinity Gene Review for PlayStation 3 – GameSpot
• The Playstation and Me: Scott Rohde, Part 1 – Techland – TIME.com
• Trinity: Souls of Zill ‘Oll Coming In First Quarter Of 2011 – Siliconera
• Tumble Review for PlayStation 3 – GameSpot
• The Fashion Imperative – Penny Arcade!
• Deal North: Cheap PS3 RPGs – Destructoid
• No poop to scoop when your kid’s first pet is digital – Technolog
• The Playstation and Me: Evan Wells, Part 1 – Techland – TIME.com
• Getting a Move On – NBC Bay Area
• ‘Gran Turismo 5′ Is Only Six Weeks Away – NYTimes.com
• Hands-On: Deft Visuals, Deep Gameplay Make Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll an RPG to Watch – GameLife
• Designing PlayStation Move – Edge Magazine
• Virtua Tennis 4 TGS 2010 Preview – G4tv.com
• This Week in Game Deals: PlayStation Move Edition (September 19th-September 25th) – G4tv.com
• Interview for John Daly’s Prostroke Golf – UGDB
• Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida – gamesindustry.biz

You wouldn't expect to walk into an arcade and find a cabinet dedicated to Every Day the Same Dream, Molleindustria's browser game about white-collar malaise. If you happen to be in Austin, TX this weekend, you can experience this particular anomaly for yourself, along with refurbished arcade machines housing Monaco, Nidhogg, Norrland, Enviro-Bear 2000 and more.

These unique machines are just part of the Fantastic Arcade event within the Fantastic Fest film festival -- an event that also includes panel discussions, tournaments, and demos of Microsoft's upcoming XBLA Game Feast titles. We snapped some pictures of the handcrafted indie arcade for those of you who couldn't be there. Find them in our Fantastic gallery.

In a recent interview with the DS aficionados of Tiny Cartridge, Nicalis' Tyrone Rodriguez dropped a few details about the upcoming DSiWare port of Studio Pixel's delightful action-platformer, Cave Story. He explained that while the portable version will have some of the new features added in the WiiWare version launched earlier this year, Nicalis "kept it relatively lean in comparison mainly because this is more a perfect port of the original game." To that effect, there won't be any touch-screen controls -- instead, the bottom screen will simply display dialogue, player inventory and the world map.

Rodriguez couldn't confirm any specifics on pricing or a release date, but said "I would love to have this out before Halloween," later adding "I'd be surprised if it isn't released before the end of the year." He also references an upcoming update for the WiiWare version of the game, which will "address a game-breaking bug and a ton of other fan-requested fixes." For more details on the future of the cavernous indie hit, check out the full interview on Tiny Cartridge.