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Good news! Three great PS3 titles are hitting store shelves today: The Fight: Lights Out, SingStar Dance, and The Sly Collection are now available for $39.99 and make a great buy for anyone on your holiday shopping list.

For the underground bare-knuckle brawling fanatic or family fitness buff, The Fight: Lights Out takes the fighting genre to a new level of realism as the PlayStation Move tracks players’ movements with one-to-one precision as they brawl their way to the top of the underground fighting circuit (under the tutelage of one Danny Trejo). The Fight: Lights Out features a robust single-player career mode, online and offline multiplayer, a calorie counter feature, and is playable in optional stereoscopic 3D to create an immersive interactive experience.

Also available today are eight consumable DLC packs for The Fight, priced at $0.99 each, with each pack containing 10 uses. Each use enables you with enhanced abilities specific to your pack of choice for the duration of one match. You can purchase these consumable DLC packs both in-game and through the PlayStation Store. Choose from Bottle of Win, Energy Drink, Reindeer Horn, Russian Medicine, Chinese Secret, Lubrication, Rigged Betting, Street Surgeon, or get them all! Full details on the consumable packs are available here.

If throwing punches isn’t your style, check out SingStar Dance, a new interactive singing and dancing experience from the popular SingStar franchise that allows aspiring stars to step into the limelight and sing or dance along with their favorite chart-topping hits and music videos. As players follow the on-screen chorography, the PlayStation Move tracks their dance moves with one-to-one precision, scoring them on accuracy and skill. SingStar Dance features 30 energetic songs by popular artists like Lady Gaga, Black Eyed, Peas, Run DMC, and Cyndi Lauper, and supports up to four players to deliver an engaging and entertaining experience for the whole family.

Also launching today is the SingStar Dance Party Pack which includes the SingStar Dance game, two SingStar Microphones and a SingStar USB converter, to give you everything you need to immediately start singing along with the entire SingStar Dance track list for the same great price of $39.99.

The critically acclaimed Sly Cooper series makes its return on the PS3 with The Sly Collection, featuring fully remastered versions of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, and Sly 3: Honor Among Thrives, all on a single Blu-Ray Disc and playable in optional stereoscopic 3D. Originally developed for the PS2, all three action-packed hits follow the mischievous raccoon and his gang of eccentric friends as they pull off daring heists and thrilling missions across the globe. All three games also feature full Trophy support. As an added bonus, The Sly Collection also features PlayStation Move enhanced mini-games to give you a new set of motion-based challenges to explore.

Which games are you most interested in playing? Let us know in the comments!

As rumored over the weekend, Mass Effect 2's PlayStation 3 iteration will come packed with "6+ hours of bonus missions" -- rather than being PS3-exclusive bonus content, however, it'll comprise the game's three big expansions: Kasumi: Stolen Memories, Overlord, and Lair of the Shadow Broker. EA corroborated the news this morning by releasing the game's PS3 box art (found in full below the break), which clearly details its contents just inches above Miranda's flowing locks.

BioWare producer Jesse Houston also took to the company's forums to clear up what exactly will be on the Blu-ray disc (and what will be downloaded). "Of course Mass Effect 2 will be included. On top of that, Lair of the Shadow Broker, Project Overlord, Kasumi: Stolen Memory and the Blood Dragon Armour. Also included is, as on Xbox 360 and PC, an access code to the Cerberus Network. This will give you instant access to the same great lineup of Downloadable Content such as Zaeed and Firewalker."

Furthermore, he confirmed an "interactive comic" will ship with ME2 on PS3, cursorily detailing it by saying, "BioWare Edmonton (the group that made Mass Effect 2) teamed up with the fine folks at Dark Horse Comics to create an interactive backstory. While I can't release all the details about this yet, what I can tell you is that we want to create a stunning visual experience that not only tells the core story elements of Mass Effect 1, but also is fully interactive allowing you to be faced with some of the major choices which will have consequences your Mass Effect universe. This interactive comic's initial release will be exclusive to PS3 owners who would be otherwise unable to realize the full effect of choice in the Mass Effect universe and will be included on the Cerberus Network."

He also -- somewhat ambiguously -- described additional, exclusive DLC for PS3 owners, explaining that, "There will also be some DLC Bundles, such as the Aegis Pack as well as exclusive both Free and Paid DLC for all PlayStation 3 owners such as the Recon Operations Pack." Perhaps in an attempt to calm the seething forum member responses, the post was later edited with the explanation, "While I can't go into details, all of this content is or was available to Xbox/PC owners, but otherwise wouldn't be available to PS3 owners. More details about this will be released later." Though EA/BioWare have yet to give it a price, retailers are currently putting the DLC-packed release at a regular $60.

Sega kicks of promotions for the next entry in the strategy series.

Coordinated rollout offering cards across the U.S., Canada and Europe.

The first details about Zone 18.

#clips Call of Duty: Black Ops hit stores today, so if you haven't had a chance to check out the cornucopia of easter eggs found in the game's menu, you may want to give this video and story a pass. More »

Based on the short stories of Charlaine Harris, the best-selling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Dying for Daylight will be available for PC in early 2011.

#pc Collect, share, and race your own custom Hot Wheels creations in Hot Wheels Racing Circuit, an online multiplayer racing game now available from Mattel. More »

North America's LittleBigPlanet 2 Collector's Edition will include a bunch of extra costumes, a Sackboy plush, and bookends. The European Collector's Edition, announced today, includes the same Sackboy costumes (specifically, the Toy Story 3 Alien, Tron Legacy "Clu," Gonzo, and four from the "Even More Animals" set), but replaces the soft, huggable Sackboy with a piece of metal, and replaces the bookends with nothing.

The packaging for the Euro special edition is a Steelbook designed to resemble Sackboy's torso, with a transparent outer sleeve for all the logos and other box art imagery. That means if you display it without the overwrap, it looks like you're displaying a rectangular, disembodied Sackboy torso. That's ... that's cool.

Fight for survival in ijji.com's sci-fi multiplayer online FPS.

#nsfw If you thought that Fallout: New Vegas unboxing was sexy, then you've not seen anything yet. A triumph of Call of Duty-themed manscaping awaits! More »

In a remarkably quick 180 (for the 360), Microsoft has moved its Xbox Live Indie Games channel back into the "Games & Demos" section of Xbox Live Marketplace. When the fall Dashboard update hit Xbox 360 last week, the Indie Games channel was swept into the "Specialty Shops" section, alongside Avatar clothing items rather than other video games.

The folks most affected by the change -- Xbox Live Indie Game developers -- have taken to the Microsoft forums to celebrate the change, saying, "Microsoft ARE LISTENING! Indie Games are back in the games section! We ARE having an effect. The new placement isnt PERFECT - but its a huge step in the right direction. The icon feels very out of place being such a different style -- and in searches etc. it doesnt look like indie games are included - but we ARE in the games section." The original complaint forum thread has even been changed from "xbligs are not 'games' any longer" to "mourning is over!", giving an indication of just how important the re-categorization was to the XBLIG development community.Xbox Live Indie Games store now falls under Games & Demos section

Sony aims for the whole family with Holiday lineup.

#ps3 Nope. More »

Hello readers! This is Ana (the producer) from FluffyLogic, in Bristol, UK. We’re the developer of the Savage Moon series of games for PlayStation 3 and PSP. We’re here to blog about our new title every two weeks, with a developer diary charting progress of the game from now until you’re sick of hearing from us :)

You may, or may not, know that we demo-ed our new exclusive PlayStation 3 game for the PlayStation Network, ‘Eat Them!’ at E3 in June. In Eat Them! the player gets to create their own giant monster which they then use to smash, crash and munch their way though the city. The monster is people-powered, so eating folk is a prerequisite of keeping your monster in full-on destruction mode. The game features eye-catching ‘comic-style’ graphics, fully customisable monster creation and lots and lots of smashing things. The player has the option of single-player and split-screen multiplayer, head-to-head and co-operative missions. Eat Them! promises action, mayhem, destruction, humour and, did i mention?…eating people! The game is scheduled for release this winter. Here’s what it looks like:

So where do the ideas behind Eat Them! come from? I am a big fan of monster movies – the old-school films where a guy in a giant rubber suit goes mad in a model city while the cameras roll…I wanted to be able to do just that… I also love comics; from the 50s horror and sci-fi classics to 70s Hammer Horror Fanzines. And finally, I love games that have a strong destructive vibe – the truth is – smashing stuff is fun! I also really, really wanted to be able to eat people….in a friendly, “I’m just a monster, I can’t help it” kind of a way. So we put all that into a digital blender and the result (so far) is Eat Them!

So I hope you’ll join us over the next few months as we share with you the process of game development from here to release.

Thanks & see you in two weeks…

Hey, buddy -- how're you feeling? Perhaps a little fatigued, due to your late-night odyssey to your local games retailer to grab a hot and fresh copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops? According to GameStop merchandising senior VP Bob McKenzie, you probably did just that. In a recent interview with Gamasutra, McKenzie explained that he's "convinced it'll be the biggest launch that we've ever had, that the industry has ever seen."

McKenzie attributes his claim to the unprecedented number of pre-orders the game has pulled in, as well as a general consumer interest shown by GameStop shoppers. He added, "I think it's a loyal fanbase for the franchise and [Activision has] done a great job of really getting out in front of it and really making this an event." Yeah, like a gamer holiday! Thanksgunving! Gunnoween! Gunchristmas?

Rock Band DLC released after October 26, 2010, is Rock Band 3 specific and will not be compatible with previous versions of the platform. This rule applies to all future Rock Band DLC, whether it's labeled "RB3 version" or not. Songs released before that cutoff date will remain available and compatible with the first two Rock Band titles. Also, new RBN tracks will be compatible with all versions.

A Harmonix representative explained to Joystiq that new tracks won't be backwards compatible "due to the new authoring standards, inclusion of new instruments, new lighting / venue cues, etc."

Although it's a bummer that owners of earlier Rock Band games won't be able to play new tracks, they won't easily be able to purchase the tracks by accident. Any songs released after 10/26 will not show up in the Rock Band and Rock Band 2 in-game store, nor will they show up in the standalone music store app or under RB1 or RB2 on the console's marketplace.

#xbox360 The Alabama Power Company created this nifty television ad to talk about how some electronic gadgets still use power when they're turned off. More »

Konami has agreed to undertake the arduous task of translating Scribblenauts into Japanese. On January 27, Konami will release 5TH Cell's DS adventure game as "Flash Puzzle: Maxwell's Peculiar Notebook." ("Fushigi" means anything from "strange" to "mysterious" -- we've gone with Andriasang's translation here.)

Ironically, it seems to be a localization of the first Scribblenauts, which means it'll lack the sequel's adjective function, making it impossible to create a "mysterious" notebook in-game. But Konami already has to translate the 22,000 word dictionary for this (budget!) release, so it's understandable. It's probably been working quietly on the game since before Super Scribblenauts even came out.

No screens were released, so we don't yet know if any cosmetic changes were made to the game, nor how text entry is handled.

Today Amazon.com has Enslaved on sale for $25 all day long, with timed lightning deals for Super Street Fighter IV, Sid Meier's Pirates, and more. More »

Time for another edition of PULSE, presented by the PlayStation Network. In the 11.09 edition, Christina Lee checks out the latest titles for the PlayStation Move including SingStar Dance and The Fight: Lights Out, the return of Kratos in God of War: Ghost of Sparta, plus Top 10 downloads of the 10th month of the 2010. What do you think is #1 for October? Plus, Knives Chau is now available as a butt-kickin’ add-on for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game. And, if you missed the movie in theaters, it’s now available on the Video Side of PlayStation Store.

Watch Pulse here now, or download to your PS3 in full HD after today’s PlayStation Store publish.

#ps3 At a presentation in Kyoto, Japanese developer Tose, best known for its Nintendo games, claimed the PS3 is outselling the Xbox 360 worldwide. The company is now apologizing for that. Oh, the shame! More »

For those who haven't bought Enslaved: This morning, you have a great opportunity to get on at the bottom floor of this exciting new IP, thanks to a killer deal on Amazon that'll net you the first game in the series for just $25. Hurry, and make sure you're prepared for the next step in this exciting franchise!

For those who own Enslaved: OK, we're not going to lie to you. This isn't a good sign. We know what we told those other guys, but we have no idea if there's going to be another Enslaved. It certainly doesn't look good, does it? But if we're going to get the sequel we so richly deserve, we'll have to convince others that there's still hope, and that might require us saying some things we're not strictly proud of. If you don't have the stomach for it, we assume you can find the door.

#galgun Gal☆Gun is one crazy game. It's wall-to-wall underpants. And when there aren't underpants, there are tentacles. The game — certainly "suitable" for players under 18 — even has a panic screen. No wonder Microsoft wants some changes. More »

#callofduty As the night rolls on, retailers across the world have opened their doors at midnight to sell large groups of grown men a video game they simply couldn't wait another nine hours to get their hands on. Here's some pics! More »

#xbox360 When Microsoft redesigned the Xbox 360's dashboard, it tucked the console's indie games marketplace away in a spot most casual observers would never find it. After indie devs lit torches and grabbed pitchforks, Microsoft has now moved them back. More »

#lanoire As seen on Rockstar Games. More »

#screengrab By Masanori Sakamoto, as seen on Gamefreaks. More »

Mediatonic's quirky PlayStation Minis shmup, Who's That Flying?!, was originally supposed to hit PSN in October. In response to a freezing glitch, the developer scrapped the October release plans, putting a question mark (and an exclamation point, why not) on the expected date.

Now, having resolved the issue, Mediatonic has announced new dates for the shooter's PSN release: November 16 in North America and November 17 in Europe. So, just a week until we get to definitively answer the question in the game's title -- oh, wait, it's the "Guardian of Earth" (we knew that who that!). Well, we still have playing the game to look forward to.

Streaming service goes live this week.