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A rather significant -- at least, in size -- 900MB patch is available now for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on PC. Although there are several changes that any Battlefield: BC2 veteran will welcome, our favorite is: "Reduced all weapon damage to the MCOM by 50%." It's not as progressive as "made head of anyone who drops C4 on MCOM explode," but we'll take it as a start.

We're currently following up with EA on whether it plans to make these updates to the console versions of the game before Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam launches this winter. Check out the patch details after the break.

Nintendo posted this screen to their Twitter account as another exclusive reveal. I’m pretty sure we’ve seen this one already!

Welcome Sackboys and Sackgirls!

Hopefully you’ve seen our first two “Featurettes” that highlight the new Grappling Hook and Bounce Pads available to play in LittleBigPlanet 2. And if you loved those, you’ll love our latest Featurette focused on Sackbots. Watch it now!

And if you’re looking for more Sackbots info, check out this special CREATOR insight into what you can do with your Sackbots!

Sackbot walkthru by David Dino

We’d love to hear what you have planned for your Sackbots! Let us know in the comments below :)

In response to yesterday's news about early copies of Kinect games locking users out of Xbox Live, GameStop has begun calling up customers to warn them of the issue. Amazon.com forum user Sam Beckett and a Joystiq tipster both reported calls warning them not to play the games before their intended release date; all reports indicate Kinectimals is the only game that's been shipped out early thus far.

Additionally, GameStop customer support is said to not have offered any compensation for the mistake, resulting in at least a week of Xbox Live downtime until the public release of the Xbox 360 fall Dashboard update (read: by November 4) for those affected. We can only hope the potentially affected folks now receiving warning calls from GameStop are also avid Joystiq readers -- for their own safety, of course.

[Thanks Justin!]

The spooks come out online.

Capcom has announced the results of the first effort in its design-by-large-committee process for Mega Man Legends 3 Project. Fans voted to choose the character design for a new heroine, with Shinsuke Komaki's design (above) winning by 2,400 votes. "Being able to hear opinions directly from you the fans was a unique experience for me," Komaki said, "and I am so thrilled to be a part of Legends 3 in this capacity."

Meanwhile, the real best design, Hayato Kaji's girl in a Metool helmet, landed in 8th place. Great job, community.

#dlc Def Jam Rapstar, like most modern music games, has downloadable songs. Def Jam Rapstar, unlike any other modern music game, lets you download Paid in Full or Passin' Me By. Rap classic, $2 a pop. Here's the official list: More »

Experience classic and remixed Namco arcade games in your own home.

Satoru Iwata rules out lower price for this holiday.

Limited edition version to include exclusive content from the Beyblade animated series.

Is the PSP Phone real? Sony isn't directly commenting on it right now, but a recent earnings call reveals one of the strangest non-denials we've ever seen. "As for the new PSP product, as mentioned, I know that you are not asking me to tell you when we will be coming out with a new product, but there is a gaming market based on [the] cellphones," a Sony VP (presumably CFO Masaru Kato) stated during the call. "It's not that we are not looking into those markets as well. We will look into those markets in trying to develop strategy for the future." Essentially, Sony isn't not making a gaming phone.

Although the Sony representative repeats that he cannot talk about specific products in development, he does note that the planning and development of the "new product ... we are making right now" would come from under a single Sony "umbrella" that combines various branches of the company -- like Ericsson and SCE. But when will we find out more about this mysterious device? "When the timing is right we can probably announce [to] you about the new product that we have."

For Sony's sake, we hope the "timing" is before Engadget gets another scoop on this not not in development phone.

#gallery The X-1 Prototype looks great in motion. It looks great in magazine scans. And the Adrian Newey-designed dream car looks great in this batch of new Gran Turismo 5 screens. More »

Well, that’s one hell of a press event for a game! What better way to preview Epic Mickey than with a guided tour of Disneyland with Warren Spector? Might make it just a tad hard to enjoy the game, though… Thanks to Pellican for the heads up!

Justin and Chris are split on Fable 3, which, while bad for their relationship, is good for you, the listener who gets to hear them hash it out. Want something a bit more one-sided? There's a Super Meat Boy love fest and some PlayStation Phone speculation.

Thanks to Alan Black for the genuinely upsetting photoshop.

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