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A few weeks ago we found some pretty interesting images of Sackboydressed up as severalStreet Fightercharacters. Today, it was confirmed on theofficial PlayStation blogthatLittleBigPlanetwould feature the characters as DLC. As usual with multiple themed Sackboys, the content can be purchased as an entire package. The four costumes (Ryu, Chun-Li, Guile, and Zangief) are being offered together for $5.99. Separately, the costumes are $1.99 a piece. The costumes will go up on PlayStation network this Thursday....

If you’re a dedicated lad or gal to theHalo 3universe, then Bungie just made you wet yourself as they released a very detailed — and I mean detailed — info sheet on the assault rifle you’ll be using when the game comes out. Think you got what it takes to wield this boomstick? Take a look at the stats: Official designation: MA5CLength (o/a): 88 cm (34.6 in.)Length (barrel): 60.7 cm (24 in....

Ever felt burned by a third party peripheral? At least one particular player has, having suffered injuries thanks to the Rage Wireless Guitar Controller, designed for use with the Wii. After inflicting chemical burns on this poor gamer, the controller isbeing recalled. Performance Designed Products Inc is recalling 57,000 units, which are made for use with the Wii version ofGuitar Hero. Thanks to a manufacturing fault, improperly installed batteries are prone to leaking, turning the plastic toy guitar into a kind of musical Xenomorph....

As a result of Eurogamer’s liveinterviewwith Insomniac’s Ted Price yesterday, we now know a few more things aboutResistance 2that we didn’t have concrete answers on before. Although he didn’t want to commit to whether or not the game would require yet another mandatory install to your PS3’s hard drive (too early to tell, by his calculations), he did offer up this nice tidbit about the finished product not having any loading screens:...

I remember a time when men were men, games were games, and movies were movies. Those days are long gone, and I guess there’s no stopping theWolfensteinfilm that’s been in development hell for the past few years. Speaking withEurogamer, id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has confirmed that the film is still in development. According to Hollenshead, screenwriter Roger Avary is “working on the script right now,” obviously no referring to this very second — Avary could possibly be using the toilet, something which may or may not yield a better result than a film based on the classic first-person shooter....

We’ve been hearing rumblings of an Xbox 360 Elite price drop for a little while now and this Walmart ad has confirmed what we knew was coming. The Xbox 360 Elite will be going for $299 starting next Sunday, a $100 price drop and putting the system square againstPS3 Slim. The Xbox 360 Elite won’t be coming with an HDMI cable, which is no surprise. What is surprising, though, is that the system is coming with composite cables rather than component cables....

You know how every once in a while you see that someone has had an idea that was so simple, so obvious that you are personally angered that you hadn’t had the idea before? This is totally not one of those times for me. I would have never thought to combine the two highly-stylized gamesPersona 4andTeam Fortress 2. Thankfully, Youtube user Nif3 is more creative than I am. They put together this really impressive video using the characters and locales ofTF2in a re-imagined opening sequence forP4....

My two favorites this week are also the worst ones out of the bunch. The first being theAnimal Crossingis tragic spoof. I cried at the original so it just feels wrong to have laughed at the spoof. The worst of course is the dog doing the barrel roll. I’d like to think that the car wasn’t really moving that fast so the dog is OK. The Internets has made me evil....

It’s been a while since children were used to make videogames sound terrifying, but luckily the State University of Iowa has delivered, with a studymaking the claimthat 8.5% of American children are “pathological gamers.” The use of pathological is important, because it makes them sound like serial killers, which is great for whipping idiot parents up into a frenzy. Although the study only surveyed 1,178 youths,The Washington Posthas suggests from the evidence that three million children are now playing videogames by compulsion, helping to make the results sound evenmorefrightening....

Thanks for this, Polytron. Will the painfully long wait forFezbe worth it? That’s the question at this point. If we keep getting more of these “long screenshots,” perhaps it’ll be more manageable.

While the delayBioShock 2into calendar year 2010 may have gamers crying and sad, Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divinich thinks the publisher has made a smart decision. Divinich even goes as far as to say fiscal 2010 could be now be “the year of Take-Two.” “The news ofBioShock 2being delayed into fiscal 2010 has drastically changed my view on Take-Two,” he says. “I originally anticipated that Take-Two would outperform the industry in fiscal 2010....

You know what game surprisingly ruled?Assault Heroeson Xbox LIVE Arcade. So we need a sequel, and we need it now, I’d say. Well, it’s coming, but we’ll have to wait until May 14, when the game hits XBLA for 800 MS Points. While the game is mostly “more of the same,” developer Wanako Studios has added hi-jackable enemy vehicles and more stages. Additionally, on-foot gameplay has been tweaked, with the camera having been pulled in ever-so-slightly to give it a bigger, “fuller “feel....

Best Buyis giving some nice treatsforHalo: Reachpre-orders. Reserving the game before May 15 will get you 500 Reward Zone bonus points along with some free Xbox Live service. Pre-ordering the basic version ofHalo: Reachwill get you a month subscription of Gold. Limited and Legendary pre-orders will get you three months of Gold for free. Not a bad bonus at all. Be sure to follow the glorious@NickChesteras he’s going to be giving away some early accessHalo: Reachbeta codes tomorrow....