Last weekwe told you about a possible leak from SCEE’s annual staff meeting, whereSCEE President David Reeves supposedly told his staff that they would become more competitive with pricing starting in March 2009. Since then, we’ve had our fingers crossed for a PS3 price drop. According toVG247and their unnamed source, Reeves sent out an email SCEE staff today reminding them that a non-disclosure agreement was built into their contracts. In other words, he saidshut up and quit talking about that....

Nintendo may have started the craze with the N64, but fans of all consoles these days seem to get excited over the idea of owning a multi-colored variety of them — even if they are the same in every other respect. Mysterious to me too, but that’s consumer behavior for you. Anyway,Kotakuis reporting rumors swirling around Sony, which say that white PS3’s will be available in March of this year. Their reasoning?...

Here we go. Now that Microsoft is confident in charging money for its useless Avatar clothing, we’re finally getting stuff thatalmostapproaches interesting. No more sunglasses or silly shoes, we’re actually getting videogame-themed clothes for our videogame Avatars on a videogame machine. How about that? The only trouble is, we now have topayfor it. Revealed at the Comic-Con “Gearsiverse” panel,these uniformswill allow your Avatar to represent either the COG or the Locust....

There’s really no sense in beating around the bush: LucasArts is bringing theSecret of Monkey Island: Special Editionto Apple’s App Store. Earlier this afternoon, LucasArtstweeted, “For our Monkey fans — an iPhone sized wallpaper. No reason. Wink wink nod nod.” At the front end of the tweet was a link to the wallpaper promised in the message. The image was the cover art forSecret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. In a recent interview, LucasArts’ CEO Darrel Rodriguezoh-so-subtlyconfirmed thatLucasArts titles would be making their way to the App Storewith the same language used in the tweet this afternoon: “On iPhone, you know Apple’s policy that we can’t talk about a release until it’s ready to release,” he said....

You may remember theSecret Worldtrailer and concept artwe showed you a little over a month ago. An upcoming MMO from Funcom,Secret Worldis set in modern times and has no classes or levels, instead opting for an entirely skill-based system — something not seen very often in the MMO world. Each player will belong to one of three ‘secret societies’, all fighting each other for something called anima.

Here we have the latest trailer forSonic & Sega All-Star Racing, which features its own Sonic-themed holiday song knock off. What’s most amusing about this trailer is thinking that Sega paid someone to re-write lyrics to a holiday classic for a promo. Then, they paid someoneelseto sing it. For what? A one-minute and twenty-second spot that’s going to run on gaming Web sites like ours? Silly, I say! Well, I’m amused, I’ll say that much....

Earlier today, weran a storyabout SCEE’s Andrew House claiming that Europeans don’t care about the expensive nature of the PlayStation brand. Well, he didn’t stop there, becoming quite candid about the PSPgo’s ridiculous European price hike. Do youknow whySony’s charging so much for the new PlayStation Portable? Because it can, dummy! When asked byMCVif R&D or retail markups were the reason for the PSPgo’s exorbitant 250 Euro price tag. House is remarkably honest, stating that there is no valid reason for the cost, Sony simply felt like charging that much....

Yesterday, Sony revealed the US box art forHeavy Rain, and compared to the European package, it was awful. Fortunately, enough people thought so for Sony to take notice, and SCEA has responded to the hate with a compromise. It will offer up a printable version of the UK box so that fans can use that one instead. “We’ll be doing that for those that would prefer the UK artwork. Keep an eye out on the blog around launch,” confirms associate product manager Christian Cardona....

The VGAs may be looked at with cynicism and contempt by a great many among the gamer community, but there’s no denying that it’s about as mainstream an award show as we’re going to get. With that in mind,the nominations are in, and we now get to see who’s vying for the biggest accolades that Spike TV has to offer. Game of the Year is betweenAssassin’s Creed 2,Batman: Arkham Asylum,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,Left 4 Dead 2andUncharted 2: Among Thieves....

In the latest “Behind Closed Doors” look atSplinter Cell Conviction, we learn a bit about Sam Fisher’s reason for coming out of hiding. He’s looking for his daughter’s killer, and unfortunately, the bad man is not hiding a bed in the Fisher loft. The search takes the now-grizzled sneaking man to Washington, where some serious stuff goes down and he becomes entangled in some larger Third Echelon thing. Despite Fisher’s harder edge, he totally pulls aSaved By the Bellmove on a chick in the video, slamming his fist into a locker while standing in front of her....

Today, Cryptic finally officially unveiled that they are working onStar Trek Online. Interestingly, not only PC players will have the ability to join in on the intergalactic fun. According to the game’sofficial page, it will also be developed for the console format. The game will utilize the same engine that is being used withChampions Online, so the natural indication is that Xbox 360 users will at least get the first crack at a home version ofStar Trek Online....

Taito has announced today in Japan thatPuzzle Bobble Live!is on its way to XBLA, priced at 800 MS points, bringing along this gallery full of screenshots with it. If you live in North America, you probably knowPuzzle BobbleasBust-A-Move, which is most likely what this new version will also be called when it makes its way to the states. The game’s single-player mode features 135 stages, split into 5-stage “zones,” as well as a Vs CPU mode and Endless mode, which has your Xbox Avatar come out tobothercheer on Bub or Bob as they’re trying to work....

MoreBorderlands 2with Tara Long and this time she’s talking to Art Director Jeramy Cooke about the world of Pandora. The color scheme is much broader in the second installment with grasslands, a frozen wasteland, and possibly volcanoes. A few other features are also discussed, such as the addition of a mini-map. One of the coolest things in this video, at least to me, was that the entire continent has already been mapped out....