Wealready knewthatOmega Five(800 Microsoft Points) was coming to Live Arcade this week, but the deal has been sweetened:Tron(400 Microsoft Points) will also be released on Wednesday. The side-scrolling shmupOmega Fivemakes me wish that more original games were available on XBLA, rather than rehash after rehash. It has refreshing visuals, multiple characters, and best of all, an old-school mode that is extremely unforgiving in the health department (thinkGhosts ‘N Goblins).The one thing this game doesn’t have going for it is co-op, as it’s offline only....

Seattle, Washington-based Undead Labs has announced today that it has partnered with Microsoft to bring an “open world zombie-survival” game to Xbox Live Arcade. Code-named “Class3,” the third-person open world title finds players facing a classic zombie apocalypse situation. Survivors will be forced to find a settlement, fortify the area from undead attacks, as well as venture out into the world for supplies and to rescue other survivors. It sounds like “Class3” has an action slant to it, as Undead Labs is promising “sweet guns, fast cars, hand-to-hand combat, and copious amounts of zombie gore....

Hi all, just a brief reminder about theBecome The Overlord, Win The Overlordcompetition that I kicked off last week. In my wisdom and benevolence, I have seen fit to grant thee a merciful extra weeked to fashion your ten commandments and send them to me at[email protected]. Of course, when I say this is merciful, I am not covering up for the fact that I was stuck in an office until 3am and thus haven’t had time to choose my winners....

I’ve previously expresseda strange excitementfor Activision’s toy crossoverSkylanders: Spyro’s Adventuresdue to its nineties-flavored gimmickry. The publisher is pumping big marketing dollars into the franchise, but analyst Michael “Don’t Put It In There” Pachter sees only disappointment. “Although we expectCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3to perform very well due to Infinity Ward’s prior successes and the network effect, the success of many other 2H titles (including twoCabela’sgames, aSpider-Mangame, anX-Mengame, aJames Bondgame, andSkylanders Spyro’s Adventure, among others) remains uncertain,” he said....

Persona 3 Portableis coming for the PSP very soon.We brought you a first look last month, but the build I played still had some Japanese in it. Now, with this new walkthrough video from Atlus, we can get a first full look at the localization in action. If you’re unfamiliar with thePersona 3world, this video also gives you some background on what the story is about, as well as Social Links and all the other workings of the game system....

What has always been completely amazing about theAce Attorneygames is their incredible quality throughout the series. Most game series start losing steam around number three, but the adventures of Phoenix Wright, and more recently Apollo Justice, have always been top notch. The games have consistently featured great writing and fantastic mysteries, and the next game in the series,Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgworthseem to be no different. How do I know? Why I’ve played the first level, and so can you....

In this week’s PlayStation Network Update, there’s plenty to play and watch, but only one of the itemscould help you win a new car. It doesn’t hurt that theGRIDdemo (961mb) is also pretty kick-ass. After getting the control scheme down, I found myself addicted to the drifting section of the demo. Actually, all the demos are pretty good this week. There are demos forHAZEandThe Bourne Conspiracy(each about 1.5gb), and theHAZEdemo even supports multiplayer....

Once again, we come to the time of the week when the sun is shining, young men’s fancies are turning into thoughts of love, and birds are alighting from their perches in order to have sex with the sexiest of all the bees. Of course, that also means it’s time to record another episode ofPodtoid. On tonight’s very special episode, Carol is drugged at a party, and Mike has to come to her rescue....

This kind of makes me want to not vote for either of them. Anyway, Podtoid’s tonight. Since everyone’s been playing some of the ridiculous number of great games to come out the past couple weeks, game companies have evidently been too busy to make any interesting news for Jim, Aaron, Topher and I to talk about. That’s where you come in, of course. Ask whatever the hell you want to ask (so long as it’s game-related), and we’ll make an entire episode out of the best questions we have....

[Editor’s note:This is a special edition of theMonthly Musings.AeroxandCaffeinPoweredhave a weekly column on the C-Blogs where they each have a counter-point to a specific subject. This week, Aerox here takes a look at why he thinks licensed games are bad. For the good take, just click thislinkor look right above. Who do you think had the better argument? — CTZ] This is the sixth in a series of ‘dueling C-Blog editorials’ I will be doing withCaffeinePowered....

Production on the fourthResident Evilmoviehas started inToronto, Canada. We’ve heard some details about the plot, in regards to it beingset in Los Angelesat a prison, but what we didn’t know was who actor Wentworth Miller would be playing. Turns out he’s going to be Chris Redfield, which isn’t that bad of a casting choice. Ali Larter will be back as Claire Redfield and actor Shawn Roberts will be playing the role of Wesker, replacing the Wesker actor from the last movie....

The newly revamped PSP Slim (or PSP-2000 for the model number-loving geeks) has just hit the 1 million units sold mark, and that’s just in Japan. What’s more impressive is that it has done so faster than the original PSP did. The new PSP launched on September 20th, which puts the new system hitting the milestone two weeks faster than the original did back in 2004. Both look stellar when compared to the PS3, which took 8 months to sell 1 million units....

If you were looking forward to taking the further adventures of Starkiller on the move with your PSP, tough noogies. LucasArts has confirmed to IGN that development has ceased on the PSP version ofStar Wars: Force Unleashed II. No further comment was given. This follows news that series writer and producer Haden Blackman left the developer last week. It’s unknown if his resignation was in any way related to the project’s cancellation, but the two events seem so close that one can’t help but wonder a little bit....