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#clips The people who make Rolando are now making a PlayStation 3 exclusive, Okabu, a game that's described by its creators as a "hyper-tactile toybox world filled with a huge number of puzzles, playthings, adorable creatures and devious machines." And clouds. More »

We thought that nothing related to Super Meat Boy could possibly be more upsetting than that I Want to Be the Guy level, but there's no way we could have foreseen ... this. Graphic artist Dave Rapoza, who caught the eye of Team Meat with an equally disturbing piece of fan art earlier this year, has drawn up a new hyper-realistic design that will make its way onto the box of the Super Meat Boy PC special edition. Check out the full illustration after the jump.

We can't place our finger on what makes our initial reaction to the painting one of immeasurable horror; it really is an incredibly creative and beautifully drawn interpretation of the game's tiny, pixelated lead characters. Maybe that's what's so upsetting -- we never imagined that hidden within that blocky frame was a totally ripped physique.

System has biggest week ever nearly six years after release.

Developer HandCircus is best known for its work on Rolando, the heavily LocoRoco-inspired iOS platforming series. Whereas Rolando was criticized for borrowing a bit too much from Sony's PSP franchise, the studio's first console effort is an entirely original affair -- and will arrive exclusively on Sony's system via the PlayStation Network.

Okabu is described as a "hyper-tactile toybox world filled with a huge number of puzzles, playthings, adorable creatures and devious machines." You and a friend can team up in the co-op campaign, utilizing all sorts of animals as tools. Not making much sense? Perhaps the debut trailer will clear things up.

#piracy Just how big a deal is software piracy? When security company Avast noticed that one of its paid-for licenses was being distributed illicitly online, they decided to track it. A year and a half later, the downloads approached one million. More »

Rumors started circulating yesterday about the rebirth of a Raven-developed James Bond game. Today, a poster on NeoGAF has unearthed footage that could very well be from that project in the demo reel of Hanjin Song, an animator on Raven's recent sci-fi FPS, Singularity.

While the gameplay bears a surface resemblance to Bizarre Creations' just-released James Bond 007: Blood Stone, the screencap above show's a different UI, a new environment and what appears to be a more detailed model of Bond star Daniel Craig. In Song's clip, we see the super spy engaging in some death-defying parkour, sneaking around behind cover and, of course, shooting incompetent minions.

We haven't heard back from Activision nor Song -- so don't start pre-ordering just yet -- but if we're not looking at the rumored Raven project, we're having a tough time imagining what else it could be.

With the holiday season upon us, this edition of PULSE highlights the latest in games, add-ons and new video releases to enjoy right now. Step inside a comic book world of martial arts foes in Kung-Fu LIVE, check out a Tier 1 arsenal with the Medal of Honor Multiplayer Shortcut Pack, and fly through the grid of lightcycle action in TRON: Evolution.

We’ve also got the top PlayStation Move titles for your holiday wish list, and Veronica Belmont previews Episode 31 of Qore. In new video releases, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christopher Nolan tweak perception in Inception as Nicholas Cage whips up another blazing performance in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

So watch now, or download to your PS3 in full HD after today’s PlayStation Store publish.

#retro People say Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and more, is the Father of Video Games. If he's the father, then who's the mother? More »

Matching madness.

#pressplay There is a new Tomb Raider game. It's an origin game, a chance to reboot not only the series, but the way it's promoted. More »

Defend The House, a troupe of game sleuths, just debuted its fourth episode of Halo: Reach "Mythbusters," dispelling the hearsay of the land's people and offering us the cold hard facts we desire. Be sure to thank them the next time you almost try to trick a sniper with a hologram.

#art As part of the marketing campaign for the new Deus Ex title, publishers Square Enix have set up a "viral site" for some of the technology found in the game. And it's gorgeous. More »

#koeitecmo The upcoming Samurai Warriors 3Z won't make its intended Japan January release. According to Koei Tecmo, the game was pushed back for added improvements. The delay is one month. More »

#gt5 Car damage, a feature that has confused many of the game's owners since Gran Turismo 5's release a couple of weeks ago, has just gotten a lot less confusing, courtesy of a 149mb update released overnight. More »

Raven Software rumoured to be taking on 007.

Raven Software rumoured to be taking on 007.

It's all about survival.

#loveplus Japanese magazines are big on the "street snap" — pictures of fashion plates. Many of the street snaps are of regular people with "regular" being a relative term. More »

Raven Software rumoured to be taking on 007.

Mechanical damage now features – though it's online only.

#pullquote That's what a lawyer representing Universal Music Publishing Group told the creator of 8-Bit DJ Hero, which resulted in one of the year's best parody games being yanked off the internet. More »

#sony Sony's PSP handheld has recorded its biggest weekly hardware sales in Japan since its 2005 launch, thanks to a monster title from Capcom. More »

Ngmoco's freemium Star Wars: Imperial Academy is available now on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The four-player deathmatch arena shooter has players leveling up to outfit their clones with the latest (addendum: a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away) in Stormtrooper weapons and armor. Of course, this being a freemium title, one can also just pay their way to fame. We hear Jabba the Hutt has reasonable interest rates on loans.

The controls for the game are certainly an acquired taste, but at an initial cost of "free," it won't cost anything to see if they work for you. For us, that thing went on and off the iPhone faster than an ice cube's lifespan at midday on Tatooine -- with both suns out.

#clips How would video game cheats work in a real gunfight? Let's see! More »

#snk Osaka-based game company SNK Playmore, best known for its fighting games, is unleashing a whole slew of titles on the PlayStation Network. More »

#blizzard It's after midnight Pacific time, and the Goblins and Worgen have begun flooding into Azeroth as World of Warcraft's Cataclysm expansion goes live. I've made my new characters, have you? More »

#sega Creative Assembly's Total War series is one of the few remaining blockbuster franchises on the PC that is, at heart, a truly PC game. That hasn't stopped the developers from exploring how the game would work on a console. More »

Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ never made it to retail in Europe, instead being released as a DSiWare download. Even though it did come out on a cartridge in North America, EnjoyUp is releasing the DSiWare version anyway, giving Zombie BBQ the unique honor of being available both digitally and in a box.

Said DSiWare release will occur next Monday, December 13. Look forward to having two convenient options for fulfilling your Red Riding Hood-blasting-the-undead needs. Check out an oddly windowed trailer after the break.

#culturesmash Shintaro Ishihara is one of Japan's great writers. He's also the Governor of Tokyo, and according to some, a racist. More »

#art Yeah, we've seen amazing gaming tattoos before, but this guy's full-sleeve piece - covering a wide array of platforms, genres and characters - must surely rank up there as one of the best. More »