The new trailer for the upcoming action adventure Darksiders: Wrath of War (PS3/360) explains more about the game's story:

Obsidian Entertainment's espionage-flavored action-RPG Alpha Protocol has been slated to arrive to North American retailers during October. Now, the game gets an exact launch date. Sega announced the game is going to hit the market on October 6. Alpha Protocol will be released simultaneously on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Well, it does. After looking at some of the latest screenshots for DIRT 2, Codemasters' upcoming title, I can honestly say it's developing into a promising racer.

"We made key improvements to the EGO engine during the GRID project which lifted the quality of the game to a level we were very happy with. The development team have learnt a lot from the development of GRID, and have strengthened massively in their ability to get the most out of the hardware, notably pushing SPU usage on PS3, improving multi-core performance on Xbox 360 and adding PC specific features and technology," said DiRT 2's executive producer Gavin Raeburn.

The game is in development for the Xbox 360, PC, DS, PSP, Xbox360, Playstation 3 and Wii. Expect it in stores during September 2009.

By the look of it, we have a whole bunch of racing games in the making - NFS: Shift Forza 3 and, of course, DIRT 2.

Hey guys, we've just received a new trailer for Tales of Monkey Island, so give it a look:

Hollywood Reporter has the word that Universal snatched the rights, after a 4-studio bidding, to create a movie based on Atari's classic game oldie "Asteroids." That's gotta be one of the silliest idea Money-wood came up with yet.

Matthew Lopez is penning the script for the adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (also working as producer for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra). Wait a second; a script? For Asteroids? What script? How the... never mind, I don't wanna know.

Anyway, it's clear this one has no background, no lore, no characters whatsoever, so they're probably just looking to cash in on the franchise, while coughing up another Armageddon style blockbuster. Believe it or not, Universal is no stranger to this type of movie project. The studio already made flicks based on Hasbro board games such as "Battleship" and "Candyland."

Trine, the downloadable fantasy themed action platformer, is set to go online today - or in approximately 5 hours, as written on Steam. The game costs $30 and can be purchased through Steam. PS3 owners can also look forward to this game, only they'll be paying for a slightly cheaper game. Yep, the PS3 edition of Trine costs $20; hm, actually that's not "slightly" cheaper at all.

Those who want to get a taste of the game before purchasing can always try out the PC demo for Trine.

Well children, I've decided to give Mr. Payne the benefit of the doubt. Considering all this shit that went on in his life, you'd understand the radical change of appearance. After all, it won't be so bad playing as a bald, fat guy with a beard. It would make a nice change.

Also, I foresee a glorious gaming future ahead, with macho, muscle-obsessed heroes being replaced by drunks and even lowlifes, bums and hobos, who occasionally pause from living in the gutter and then go around kicking butt. An interesting shift in characterization and storytelling. Female characters should just have less clothes on. Don't make me play as a female hobo; that's just too much for me to handle at this point in my life... or any point in my life.

The latest developer diary for Splinter Cell: Conviction shows off a bit more footage from Ubi's approaching game. Check it out:

Ubisoft refused to give any details about this one for a long time, until it was finally showcased at this year's E3. Well, all we can say is that it definitely seems promising, so let's hope it turns out okay when it hits the market this fall.

According to a post over at the Wolfenstein Forums, the minimum system requirements for Raven's upcoming shooter Wolfenstein are as follows:

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP or Windows Vista(R) (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c (included & required for Windows XP & Vista)

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3400+ processor
RAM: 1GB RAM
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA(R) Geforce(R) 6800 GT or ATI Radeon(TM) X800
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
HDD Space: 8GB (Plus an additional 800MB for Windows swap file)
Media: 100% Microsoft Windows compatible DVD-ROM drive
Internet: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer

Guess we'll have to wait to find out the recommended specs.

Monolith Productions, the folks behind games like F.E.A.R. 1 & 2, No One Lives Forever, Condemned 1 & 2, are seeking help for "a cutting-edge first-person action game on PlayStation 3, XBox 360 and PC" (thanks Blue). They are referring to the title as "a triple-A next-generation console title."

The development studio highlighted preferred experience - "XBox 360 and/or PlayStation 3 development experience."

Although I'm pretty much certain this is the next FEAR game, it would be nice of them if they decided to develop another N.O.L.F. title. Oh man, that would be awesome indeed.

These look nice.

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I've been looking forward to a decent racer and Forza Motorsport 3 looks like fun.

This is another example of the industry sucking us dry. Microsoft is one step closer to further commercializing its Xbox Live system. The company announced it's going to bring Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) recognized rich media technologies, including Silverlight, to Live within the next year.

"Silverlight-powered media on Xbox will have the same appearance as ads seen on a Web browser. Think technology that competes with Flash, only supported by 6 million Silverlight developers worldwide who now have the option to tap a variety of Microsoft tools and technologies and develop marketing campaigns for Xbox," reads a report on Media Post.

"Today, movie trailers are available in a high-definition (HD) format, but Silverlight will deliver 1080p HD and 5.1 surround sound without discs directly into the Xbox," said Sean Alexander, director at Microsoft's Advertising Business Group.

The creators of one of the worst games we've played in a long time -- Damnation -- have been fired. "The entire Blue Omega team was laid off today (well, starting Friday). If anyone has job openings, send them my way and I'll pass them on," wrote programmer Geoff Rowland on his Twitter account.

What's more, documents dug up by Shack show a messy legal situation between Codemasters, Blue Omega and two subcontractors – Velvetelvis Studios and Point of View. Apparently, Codemasters removed the Blue Omega from development duties, while Point of View continued working on the project, prompting a $75,000 lawsuit from Blue Omega.

Figures. What a waste of time and money for everyone who had the misfortune of getting involved (not to mention to people who actually spent money on this disaster of game).

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Scratch what I fucking said a few weeks ago, that it's gonna be a decent gaming summer. It's one of the worst summers for video games ever!