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Need moreHaloin your life? Good. Warner Entertainment just dropped the release date and packaging details ofHalo Legends, an eight-episode anime series that explores the fiction of theHalouniverse. According to that official release, three versions of the game are slated to thump onto shelves on February 9th. The series will be distributed as both a Special Edition and a standard DVD package The SE — available on DVD and Blu-ray — is a 2-disc joint, featuring “Making Of” segments for each episode, as well as an exploratory piece on how Halo has progressed since it’s Xbox days (“Halo: Gaming Evolved”), audio commentary with Frank O’Connor and Joseph Chou, and widescreen format....

Eidos has revealed that they will be releasing a game based off ofAmerica’s Next Top Modelfor the Nintendo DS on November 7. In the United Kingdom. OK, then … Developed by Independent Arts Software, the game puts players in control of an aspiring model, and will have them competing in different categories like “Make Up,” “Fashion,” “Catwalk,” and “Photoshoots.” No word on whether the game will feature a digital likeness of the bat s**t insane Tyra Banks, or the silver locks of Jay Manuel....

I see the word ‘gym and think of working out, moving, and sweating, and then I slowly back away. ButPuzzler Mind Gym 3Dmay be right up my alley as it has nothing to do with fitness. This upcoming 3DS release is a daily program of brain exercises and puzzles in 3D, so it’s like a gym…for your mind! Expect to bust your brian over visual, memorization, word, and number puzzles in a 90-day program of exercises for the mind....

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Activision’s justification for churning out crap sequels by the bucketload every year!Call of Duty: World at Warreally wasn’t that spectacular, but thanks to name value and the safety of World War II shooters, Activision is in line for a record breaking run as a reward for its yearly “exploitation” plan. Well done Britain. This is the game’s fifth week at the top of the UK chart, and justonemore week will see it claim a record for the longest uninterrupted run heading towards Christmas....

We’ve been getting a ton of emails from disgruntled Steam gamers who claim that Valve’s Anti Cheat bans have been selecting and booting innocent players over alleged infractions inModern Warfare 2. The Steam forums are currently filled with angry threads from gamers purporting their innocence, no longer able to play the latestCall of Duty. Of course, the only people claiming that these bans were unfair are the people have been banned, so we’ve only got their word for it....

In one of the coolest moves within the last two years, a developer has decided not to slap an MP component into its shooter. In a recent conversation withEurogamerat a Tokyo event, Platinum Games’ Shinji Mikami confirmed thatVanquishwould not have a competitive online component for fear of stripping down the title. “Vanquishis very intense, full of action. There are just so many things going on,” Mikami told Eurogamer. “When you take that into a multiplayer environment, then you have to realistically consider shaving a lot of things off and putting them into your multiplayer environment....

It’s strange that among the constantly surfacing reminders of our failing economy that this new record for videogame sales emerges. In 2008, videogames made $21 billion in the United States, with almost a quarter of that number coming from December sales. Here’s the breakdown for the software side, whic totalled $11.7 billion last year: That makes 298 million games sold in 2008.Gamesindustrysays that over half were rated Everyone 10+. In fact, Mature rated titles only accounted for 15....

Here are some stupid old videos that continue to beat the Vuvuzela meme into the ground. It’s the Friday before the July 4 holiday weekend, so news is thin on the ground. Fortunately, silly shit that might be funny is always fashionable, and that’s what I have for you today. The above video is the obligatoryVuvuzela Hero(caught onGamesRadar).Any comedy instrument that the Internet becomes fascinated with needs aHerospoof, and here it is....

A brand new multiplayer shooter is coming to PC and, strangely, iOS devices. It’s calledWarm Gun, and it’s a post-apocalyptic Wild West romp that looks like the bastard offspring ofBorderlandsandTeam Fortress 2, with maybe a little stylistic influence fromRed Steel 2. Derivative though it may look, I’m definitely excited to find out more. Looks like it could be a bucketload of fun, and if they nail the iOS controls, it has every chance of being a major mobile hit....

Possessing themassive thighs of Chun-Liand thecurvy package of Ryu, I strutted into theGameTrailers TVstudios a couple weeks ago and shot a segment in which I talked aboutthe most anticipated games of 2009. When I reached the set I tossed off my red gi and revealed my bulging Zangief pectorals and triangular-shaped chest hair. “I am here!” I proclaimed as I sat down in front of the camera, grabbed an unsuspecting production assistant, and made sweet love to her in front of everyone....

It isbeing reportedthat Xseed and Marvelous USA are working together to bring three unannounced new titles to the Wii and DS. Published for the North American market, no details have been announced as to what these games are, but we should know something pretty soon. One of the three games is a Wii title and it is scheduled to be unveiled before the end of September. There is speculation that it could beArc Rise Fantasia, but we don’t yet know for sure....

Is that a kick-ass logo, or what? This morning, EA confirmedearlier rumorsof a revival of Midway’s arcade classic,NBA Jam,exclusively for the Wii. That last part — that the game is only coming to the Wii — seems to be tempering gamers’ nostalgia-based excitement for a current-gen version of a game they’ve put hundreds of quarters into. Follow me to the jump! [Photo credit:International Arcade Museum and KLOV Forums] So far, all EA has told us is thatNBA Jamis on track for a 2010 release, and that it’s in development at EA Canada....

Square Enix has some good ol’ multiplayer RPGing upcoming up with 3DS gameHeroes of Ruin.I got to check it out at E3and I thought it looked nice. I think it’s going to be one of the first multiplayer games for 3DS that I’ll get into. If you want a better idea of what to expect this new trailer does a nice job. You’ll see what combat looks like, and you’ll get a feel for the world and enemies....