Avalanche Studios, the studio behind theJust Causeseries, is working on a SEGA-published downloadable vehicular top-down twin-stick shooter using theJust Cause 2engine. In the immortal words of Senior Producer Andreas “Snygg” Thorsén: “The IP is all about driving or flying around blowing stuff up while playing with your friends and that to us, is a dream-project.” Did you expect anything else? The game will have local two player co-op and up to four-player online co-op, and you will shoot a lot of stuff....

DsiWare has kind of bleh since its launch, with my only two notable favorites beingMighty Flip ChampsandPictobits(although I am quite looking forward tothe new Shantae game!). Perhaps Konami will bring something interesting to the table with their newly announcedReflection, which they showed off at GDC earlier this year. You play Kirra in the game, a young lady who must retrieve a magic mirror that’s been broken. As you’re able to see from the screenshot above, you’ll be challenged to keep track of what’s happening on both screens as you platform and puzzle-solve....

An anonymous e-mail hit the tips line earlier today and after placing a call with Microsoft’s technical support, we can confirm that starting February 2, all launch day Xbox 360s will no longer be covered by Microsoft’s three-year extended warranty. The warranty should have technically ended at the end of September last year, as I was told by the technical support agent. If you’re unfortunate enough to own a launch version of the Xbox 360 and need to send it in for repairs after February 2, you’ll have two options available to you....

Much to the delight of many, theLEGO BatmanWeb site is up, and ready to show that the Dark Knight can dominate the landscape as well as anyStar Warsgame can. Featuring character bios,Batmantrivia, and even a few viewable cut-scenes from the upcoming game — there is quite a bit to be seen. You can even read an online comic book inspired by the game itself. If that alone isn’t enough to hold you off untilLEGO Batmanarrives, you can try your luck at the mini-game foundhere....

Here’s anotherEpic Mickeytrailer that shows some actual gameplay, instead of showing a bunch of people talk about why it’s relevant to Disney fans. He sure loves to get his paint all over the world. If you’re wondering whether the game is actually any good, Jonathan Holmes posted hisreviewtoday and dared to give it a score! It looks to me likeEpic Mickeyhas a few gameplay issues that nobody who loves Disney will care about, and which some non-fans might complain about....

You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. Since the last few weeks have been unusually difficult, I decided to take it easy on everyone this week. The theme is insanely obvious, so get your guesses in as fast as you can before they’re all finished....

WithGuitar Hero World Tour‘srumored October releasedate quickly approaching, that can only mean one thing: we’ll soon be cleared of rumored songs for the high-anticipated game. But until Activision and Neversoft decided to come clean, here we go … The latest issue of theOfficial Xbox Magazinehas revealed a handful of tracks, some of which had previously only been rumored. Songs include Dinosaur Jr’s “Feel the Pain,” Lost Prophets’ “Rooftops,” Nirvana’s “About a Girl,” and The Doors’ “Love Me Two Times....

Yup, “retromazing.” It’s the new word I just made up. I hope you like it.There are a surprising amount of people out there that are upset with the 8-bit look of upcoming WiiWare titleMega Man 9. I truly don’t understand this negative reaction. While other companies are either releasing upgraded versions of old games or moving old franchises into the new millennium of technology, Capcom took a major risk and created anoriginal, nostalgic work of art that is inevery wayan 8-bit game....

The updates toMinecraftare getting increasingly better at providing us with things we didn’t even know we wanted. Look no further than these adorable wolves, which are being included in beta version 1.4. You can tame them and they’ll be your best friends forever. What’s more, Notch has provided an update on achievements and stat tracking; namely, they’re coming to fruition. “We’ve got a couple of people in the office who don’t like achievements in games at all,” he sayson his blog, “so the goal is to design something that they’re fine with....

Over The Top Games’ platformerNyxQuest: Kindred Spirits(1,000 Wii Points, 1-2 players)is finally available for download on North American WiiWare today. Formerly known asIcarian: Kindred Spirit, the game might throw offKid Icarusvibes, but actually looks to be more similar to the killerLost Winds; players use the powers of Zeus to do things like control wind and modify the environment to progress. Then there’s Nintendo’sRock N’ Roll Climber(800 Wii Points, 1 player), the odd little number that has you climbing rocks....

PAC-MAN just turned 30. He’s looking pretty good for 30. Maybe it’s all the power pellets. Namco is celebrating his birthday with anIndepdence Day sale. Beginning on July 2nd and ending July 5th, Namco titles on PC, iPhone, iPad and Android platforms will be deeply discounted. Some stuff will be 80% starting tomorrow. On top of that, wares at clubNAMCO will be 15% off.Maybe you could get this awesome pot holder....

Before visiting Treyarch’s studios a few weeks ago to check out their upcoming James Bond title,Quantum of Solace, I hadn’t seen many Bond films. It’s embarrassing to admit that I hadn’t even seenCasino Royale, the series’ recent cinematic reboot starring Daniel Craig. Perhaps I went into this preview less than a man. So my first look at the upcoming first-person/third-person hybrid action title was a bit of a crash course, if you will....

Charlie Day is the saving grace ofIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. RetroforceGO! might complain that we ripped off their theme for this week’s episode, but I say they ripped off our day to record. It all evens out. Anyway, yeah: this has been a slow-ass week in gaming news, so Podtoid is running on 100% listener questions tonight. Tiff is out, replaced tonight by Samit Sarkar, who is notably less fun to mock and insult when he tries to make a point....