People enjoy killing zombies, CONFIRMED! Valve recently released theLeft 4 Deadachievement statisticsfor PC players, and while the results aren’t terribly surprising, they are interesting nonetheless. So far, virtually no one has managed to A) incapacitate a Survivor who has entered and exited a safe room (Lamb 2 Slaughter) or B) kill 53,595 Infected (Zombie Genocidest). Considering how much of a b*tch those two achievements really are, it’s absolutely no wonder they have yet to be unlocked by practically everyone partaking in the zombie apocalypse....

According to the press release that EA shot to our inbox, BioWare will not only have a booth at this month’s Game Developers Conference (Feb. 18-22), but will also be on the lookout for the next undiscovered talent to take their IPs to the next level. If you fit the following description, as quoted by Bioware’s HR Director, Derek Sidebottom, you’ll want to head on over to booth #230 in the Career Pavilion, and pronto:...

TheStarCraft IImodsAiur Chef,Starjeweled, andLeft 2 Diecan now be downloaded as official mods. According toPC Gamerthey should be available on the US servers now, but they haven’t been sighted on the EU servers yet. Now that the three mods have received an official status from Blizzard, they also allow you to unlock new avatars and sweet, sweet achievements — which PC Gamer has listed for your viewing pleasure. The mods are free, so go check them out!...

I’m nearly done withCrisis Core, so I’m just about ready for more Square Enix on the PSP. Squeenix seems more than happy to oblige, withDissidia: Final Fantasygathering steam and looking absolutely gorgeous in the process.In this video, Tidus and Jecht fromFinal Fantasy Xduke it out.FF Xwas not the most popular game in the core franchise, but it certainly had its moments and Jecht was responsible for one of them. Both he and Tidus are looking good in this game, which is the very definition of fan service....

Activision has today revealed (viaGame Informer, which is basically just a big press release these days)Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, a sequel to last year’sWar for Cybertron. Oh, and Dinobat fans are in for a treat, because Grimlock is a confirmed character! Game Informerhas two covers available for its upcoming reveal issue — one with Grimlock, and another with Optimus Prime kneeling over a seemingly dead Bumblebee. Looks like things are going to get serious!...

Ubisoft’s ambitious multiplatform real-time strategy titleRuseis eventually coming out, the publisher promises. It’s just that, you know, it’s delaying it. Again. Confirmed via a message on the game’sofficial Facebook page,Rusehas been pushed back until Fall, with the publisher aiming for a late-September release. The decision is based on “massive feedback” Ubisoft received during the public beta. “While we understand how disappointing this news will be for many, rest assured that this is the best decision forRuseand that this extra time will allow us to implement many of your suggestions and improve the multiplayer experience while polishing the overall game,” the publisher relayed on Facebook, adding that the “project has been ambitious since the start....

Don’t shoot the messenger! There’s somegood newsand some bad news coming from the Ubisoft camp today — well, mostly bad news (for us gamers, anyway). Take a look for yourself: Free Radical’sHaze, which was originally going to be released this December, has now been pushed back into the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007-08. But wait, there’s more:Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Convictionhas been delayed once again and is now scheduled for fiscal 2008-09....

I’ll admit it — with a name likeBloody Good Time, they have my attention. So, what the heck is it? An unannounced Xbox LIVE Arcade/PC game from Ubisoft. Thanks to those helpful rating boards, we know it’s about actors fighting one another on the set of a B-movie. A recentESRB listinghas much more depth: “This is a first-person shooter in which players compete in a “kill-or-be-killed”-style TV program. Cartoonlike characters use frying pans, golf clubs, barbeque forks, machine guns, flamethrowers, knives, and swords to kill other actors on the TV/movie sets....

Some games never die because of the love fans have for them, andVampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlinesis one of those games. A newfan patch— apparently from a series of “proper” ones — was released this week, bring it to revision 7.6b. It restores things like unused music and “bisexual Phil” to the game, as well as fixing a bunch of bugs you can find listed below. Moreover, and just like the case withDeus Ex, anytime someone mentionsBloodlines, somebody somewhere is going toreinstallit....

Nice. Good to see our friends at Video Games Live are doing it up right. The popular video game music concert series will have a special coming to television, airing on PBS in 2010. It will be taped at the February 5th, 2010 show at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.If you want ticketsto be at that show, they go on sale on the 18th of this month....

Wii-kly Update One WiiWare Game and Two Virtual Console Games Added to Wii Shop Channel The latest additions to the Wii™Shop Channel offer a remarkable array of characters you won‘t find just anywhere. A fresh WiiWare™title gives Pokémon lovers a whole new way to wrangle and enjoy their little pals, while a pair of imported Virtual Console™releases will pump up the action quotient—literally—for fans of NES®classics. Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a....

Granted, this doesn’t have a whole lot to do with videogames, but the I’m a Shark meme has some how evolved to be a giant part of Destructoid. The mastermind behind this video and song is none other than the extremely talentedGuitarAtomikand the audio is definitelynot safe for work. And hey, there are a few videogame scenes in the video too!So how does one top a Weekend Destructainment that is started off with I’m a Shark?...

As if we needed any further proof that Japan regards Western gamers as bloodthirsty gorehounds, Omega Force producer Hisashi Koinuma has stated that his team is likely planning a more brutal version ofFist of the North Starfor the roundeye fans. The game is already out in Japan, and seems to be selling quite well. “There won’t be any gameplay changes,” says Koinuma. “However, for overseas fans, we’ll probably adjust the expressions of violence so that it’s more extreme....