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#ps3 For years, PlayStation ads have been beautiful. The proof is in a wonderful gallery, posted by a Spanish-speaking Flickr user, who hosts images of 83 spectacular ads for PlayStation games and systems. Can video game ads be considered art? [PlayStation Ad Gallery] More »

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#music What will you be dancing to when MTV Games and Harmonix releases Dance Central for Microsoft's Kinect? Check out the entire toe-tapping track list right here. More »

This week's XBLA in Brief takes a look at Dead Space Ignition, an interactive motion comic that serves as a prequel to Dead Space 2. It's chock full of motion comic, mini-games and ... that's about it. On the plus side, it unlocks items in Dead Space 2 and it's only five bucks.

If you're wondering where Sonic 4 is, our review is coming soon. And if you're wondering where Pinball FX 2 is, check back in two weeks.

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Kiosk-based service going nationwide with video games.

Kiosk-based service going nationwide with video games.

Kiosk-based service going nationwide with video games.

Hmmm…some pretty extensive remodeling, it seems like. You have to wonder if this is in preparation for the 3DS. I can’t wait to get a peek on November 1st! Thanks to KirbyGCN for the heads up.

“These trends are also notable given that one of our survey’s sample criteria was video game console ownership, which likely results in some bias toward consoles. The trends also suggest a fraying at the edge of core console audience since consumers have a finite amount of time to dedicate to game-play (i.e., time competition). [...]

Okay, I have to admit…if Don Flamenco was on Dancing With the Stars, I would definitely watch. How could he not win?!

Re:Coded sells less than a fifth of Birth by Sleep.

Re:Coded sells less than a fifth of Birth by Sleep.

Re:Coded sells less than a fifth of Birth by Sleep.

Valve's newly announced Dota 2 will bring back all of the WarCraft 3 mod's hundred-plus heroes, and bring some new social features in as well. A writeup over at Game Informer says that Valve is updating its Steamworks system specifically for the game, and in addition to including in-game features like the ability to point out and recommend certain strategies and items for beginning players, veterans will get rewarded for helping outside of the game as well, by writing and editing strategy guides and tips. There will also be an in-game coaching system available with voice chat and screen sharing, all designed to help a wider audience adapt to the hardcore world of "action RTS" gameplay.

As for gameplay, there will be still only one map to play on, though there will be different match types available, some added after launch. "Denying" is in -- DoTA remake League of Legends decided not to include the controversial mechanic in its gameplay, but Valve's version will let you kill your own creeps to prevent the enemy from getting XP. And AI bots will be available, but not for a full singleplayer experience, just to fill in when human players drop out or aren't around.

Graphics will of course be updated -- GI says Valve has "a sizable art team" working on the game, and there are other design tweaks as well, like the environments getting the saturation tuned down so players can focus on the gameplay. Characters will have all new voicework, too, and not just toss out one-liners in certain situations, but sometimes even interact when they have a past with one of their teammates or opponents (we already know who one of those voices will be). And Valve promises the game will get the same community support as its other titles like Team Fortress 2, including possibly more hat-related shenanigans.

It all sounds quite fun. Too bad we have to wait until 2011 to actually sit in Ventrilo Valve's own voice chat, and play Dota.

Re:Coded sells less than a fifth of Birth by Sleep.

If there are a few installments in the ever-lucrative Call of Duty franchise that you, unlike every other human being alive on planet Earth, failed to purchase at launch, today's a good day to play catch up. Amazon's Lightning Deals are currently marking down prices on a bunch of installments on the shooter series, while the Deal of the Day is a discount on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, currently available for $36.99 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

Click past the jump for all the hints for the remaining Lightning Deals, which your considerable brainpower (and prior knowledge that it's a Call of Duty game) should make quick work of.

Doncaster, UK – 13/10/2010 BLAZE have announced that they will soon be launching their new Induction Charger for the Nintendo Wii Mote controllers, which comes supplied with 2 rechargeable battery packs. There is nothing more annoying to a Wii gamer than having their interactive session cut short due to dead batteries! Not only is [...]

#review Rap fans need their own Guitar Hero, their own Rock Band, their own great music game. Def Jam Rapstar steps up. Can it be that? More »

The European PSN update continues its hot streak of delivering intimidatingly large piles of games and demos to nosh on -- like, for instance, the first episode of Sonic 4 and Dead Space Ignition, as well as a trial of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. Handheld aficionados can now pick up the demo for God of War: Ghost of Sparta. There's a ton of DLC too -- check it all out after the jump!

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Monster Hunter strategy guide leads way for new PSN paid content service.

Not many companies can convert a fancy Midtown Manhattan penthouse suite into a jungle, filled with thousands of bananas. Then again, not many companies are Nintendo.

New controller lets gamers get creative.

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As expected, Valve has just announced Dota 2 - that's capital D, lower-cased ota - its "massive sequel for one of the most played games in the world." There aren't many details in the short press release found after the break, save for its platforms - Mac and PC - and its release window of 2011.

The title, which eschews the original's acronymic camel-casing ("DotA"), also avoids any mention of the actual original game's title, which is "Defense of the Ancients." Earlier this year, Valve filed a trademark application for the DotA trademark which led one of the game's original creators, Steve "Pendragon" Mescon - now working on DotA-esque League of Legends at Riot Games - to tell Joystiq that he was "surprised that [Valve have] decided to try to trademark the DotA name, because it goes against what [he] and others believe DotA means to the community."

Riot Games even counter-filed for the DotA trademark, pledging "to protect the work that [original DotA creator] Eul, Guinsoo and dozens of other modders have done to create the game," adding, "if we were to obtain the trademark, we would keep the game and the DotA name freely available to the mod community."

Breaking! More details incoming.