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Take a peek at some of the rare beings found in Red Dead Redemption's downloadable content.

#greenhornet Dare we dream that Michel Gondry's Green Hornet could beat the bad buzz? Today's new trailer and a handful of positive of reviews from a recent test screening might just raise your hopes for this comedic action movie. More »

The rest of IGN weighs in on Kratos' portable return.

New content will almost certainly contain elves.

Uncharted 3? Starhawk? Lair 2?

Yet another Club Nintendo goodie sells out. I’m not quite sure which one is Pin D, but I’m sure all pins are in short supply. I’m thinking I should join Club Nintendo sometime soon… Thanks to Eric for the heads up!

#gt5 It's an optional install - you may still play Gran Turismo 5 with a 256 MB basic installation if you don't have much space. Whole hog, you're going to need upwards of 10 gigabytes - and 50 minutes - free. More »

#dealzmodo Apparently some T.J. Maxx and Marshalls spots are selling 16GB WiFi iPads for just $399 starting this week. Yes, you read that right—that first number's a 3. This is a good deal, people! Updated. More »

Question: When is a car also a tank? Answer: In dumb riddles.

No need to watch aging spies smoke cigarettes or take a sandwich break when it comes to installing Gran Turismo 5 -- Eurogamer has confirmed with Sony that the game will actually have a feature allowing users to install it in chunks while playing. "If users choose not to install the data straight away it will do it in stages as new areas, tracks, etc. are accessed during normal gameplay,"a Sony representative stated. The install weighs in at 6.3 gigglebytes, unsurprising considering there are like eleventy billion cars in the game and takes about 40 minutes when installing straight-up, Eurogamer reports.

Gran Turismo 5 launches in the US on November 24. No, we're serious -- no joking!

The system that would become our SNES launched in Japan now two full decades ago.

During a recent investor call, Marvelous Entertainment, the publisher best known for its Harvest Moon games, revealed its budget range for 3DS game development. According to the transcription of the call's Q&A session (as translated by 1UP), a Marvelous representative said that, "while costs vary based on game content," the company would spend an estimated ¥50 million to ¥150 million ($600K to $1.8M) on the development of a single 3DS game. Currently, Marvelous has two 3DS projects in the works, a Harvest Moon game and a zoo sim called Animal Resort.

Not surprisingly, Marvelous' 3DS spending money is significantly higher than the ¥4.4 million to ¥43.9 million per title (roughly $50K-525K) Japanese companies spent on developing (regular) DS games last year, according to data gathered by TGS sponsor and promotional organization CESA. More interestingly, Marvelous' ¥150-million cap for a 3DS game represents a figure more than double the cost of the last year's most expensive Japanese PSP title, which, while unnamed, cost ¥59.2 million to develop by CESA's account. (The cheapest PSP game cost its maker just ¥3 million.)

If Marvelous' budget is indicative of other companies' 3DS game costs -- and, certainly, some of these guys are likely to splurge -- then developing for the platform could prove more expensive than for Wii, where last year's most expensive Japanese project topped out at ¥116 million. In an era when budget gaming is dominating the handheld market, and following the disastrous combination of costly PSP game development and rampant piracy, the 3DS could be as ill-fated as the 3D technology that requires you to wear glasses.

Well, that, or it'll just "print money" ... in 3D.

Good News! Black Ops is out, and I’m sure many of you are busy scoring TKs and heaping up the bodies of the n00bs. PlayStation and MLG will make your hours of dedication more lucrative with $25,000 in total cash prizes in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Online Ladder, presented by PlayStation. This is a 4v4 competition — grab a few of your best buds and sign up (it’s free to register).

This is an online tournament ladder, so you don’t even need to leave your house to enter and compete for a shot at your share of the $25,000 prize pool. Round up your posse, join the ladder, and start whatever regiment you need to get into shape for ladder play starting on November 22nd. The top 128 teams move on to a double-elimination tournament on January 24th. The best team will claim ultimate Black Ops supremacy and the $10,000 first place prize.

Join the Call of Duty: Black Ops Online Tournament presented by PlayStation Ladder

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#tonyhawk As much as Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops is a success, the company's other recent franchise release, Tony Hawk: Shred, is not. But Activision isn't giving up on Shred, even in the face of pitiful sales. More »

“Activision apparently worried that announcing multiplayer subscriptions before the launch of Black Ops would hurt sales. It’s likely that around 60 - 70% of the people who buy Black Ops do so to play online multiplayer, and a greater number of the first week purchasers. Even if Activision retained fully free online multiplayer, the [...]

Revealing your big new game during the Spike Video Game Awards? Pfft -- that's so last year. Sony is taking the wraps off of something for PS3 big enough to warrant its own event the day after the VGAs in Hollywood. It all goes down at 2PM PT on Sunday, December 12. (We'll definitely be in attendance.)

Let's have some fun with this -- what do you, dear Readers, think it could be? We'll throw a name out there to get you started: Uncharted 3. You can surely do better than that. Let the brainstorming commence in comments!

#videogamegiftguide2010 The holidays are coming, and that means it's time for you to start thinking about what sorts of gifts you want to give and get this year. More »

Why I don't mind sucking so hard.

Ignition has decided against canceling WarDevil, a game that has been in development at the publisher's London studio for five years now, despite earlier reports to the contrary. Instead, the game will live on under the title "Project Kane" -- a title to which we've heard references before. WarDevil and Project Kane are now combined into one project at the London studio, with a projected launch date of Q4 2011.

The London studio was to be shuttered back in September, but Ignition changed its mind the next month. The studio lives on and will continue developing the game under its new title. Ignition was also forced to shutter its Florida office this month, which was knee-deep in development of a sci-fi FPS called Reich.

Grammy Award-Winning Producer/Former Virgin Records CEO and Top Wall Street Bond Trader Give Music Creation Abilities to Anyone.

Grammy Award-Winning Producer/Former Virgin Records CEO and Top Wall Street Bond Trader Give Music Creation Abilities to Anyone.

Grammy Award-Winning Producer/Former Virgin Records CEO and Top Wall Street Bond Trader Give Music Creation Abilities to Anyone.

#roundup Ezio might have a few underlings helping him out in his second outing, but the the video game reviewers in the Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Frankenreview are legion. More »

Grammy Award-Winning Producer/Former Virgin Records CEO and Top Wall Street Bond Trader Give Music Creation Abilities to Anyone.

Jean-Bernard Lévy, chairman and chief exec. of Vivendi, which has a controlling interest in Activision Blizzard, noted that the megapublisher has "reconstructed" Infinity Ward. The Financial Times reports that, at the Morgan Stanley TMT conference, Lévy stated, "We have reconstructed Infinity Ward, we are very happy with the way we have been able to reconstruct it."

Lévy claims Activision "got over" all the Infinity Ward drama from earlier this year, which likely came much easier with the help of the record-breaking success of Call of Duty: Black Ops, which made Treyarch the top cog in the Call of Duty development mill.

Call of Duty currently has (at least) three studios developing titles: Infinity Ward is apparently working on Modern Warfare 3, Sledgehammer Games is delivering the 2011 installment for the franchise and Treyarch's project is currently classified. Meanwhile, Jason West and Vince Zampella, the former studio heads of Infinity Ward, who started Respawn Entertainment after their firing, have started from "absolute zero" on a project for EA Partners.

You know you’ve sang it, heard it, maybe even yelled it – the Happy Birthday song with the added “Cha Cha Cha” in-between the lyrics. Well. there’s been several instances around here where we’ve been singing the tune at the top of our lungs…

LittleBigPodcast turns 2!

We can’t believe our friends over at LittleBigPodcast are turning two! To celebrate, they’re about to release their 95th episode with a very special guest appearance by the team at Media Molecule. Check out the latest podcast and celebrate with us. Daniel and Austin: You guys rock! ..Cha Cha Cha…

LittleBigLand Unveils its Holiday Create Pack 2010

With the holidays around the corner, LittleBigLand is kicking off the celebrations with their release of a bunch of SHAREABLE holiday object goodness. Get online and be sure to play this awesome level by april2011, Dr. Pepper, Killer_Sackman, Poison_Samurai and Argetlam350 (aka The LBL Creators Club).

On the PlayStation Store

Birthday Cake for everyone!

Hurry and head to the PlayStation Store to download the limited edition Birthday Cake costume as we celebrate LittleBigPlanet turning 2. I’ll only be available for one week…Cha Cha Cha!

LBP and LBP2 goodness on the PlayStation Store in December

We’re sure you saw yesterday’s post on the upcoming Sackboy playables on the PlayStation Store. With the demo expanding, Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves and the downloadable LBP2 Story Demo coming soon, we’re glad you’ll have some quality Sackboy time over the holidays.

LittleBigBloggies at PAX Finale!

For all you CREATE fans, we just finalized the last two Bloggies from PAX 2010. Check out these two games made in LittleBigPlanet 2 while on the show floor. Kudos to our Community Creators for coming out and showing us how its done.

And…

…what’s a few celebrations with out cake, cookies and…glass statues?

…Cha Cha Cha…

Happy Birthday LBP!

Now if I could only find the damn game in stores! I want to give you my money, Aksys…but you make it so hard!