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When I think of Sidhe Interactive,Shatteris what comes to mind. NotBlood Drive, which the New Zealand-based studio was also responsible for alongside Activision. Thankfully, it appears the plan is to move away from the latter type of game and develop more independent titles for digital distribution. In a discussion with Joystiq, Sidhe co-founder Mario Wynands said exactly that: “What we are trying to do, given where retail in general is going, is continue to move towards being independent....

Harmonix/MTV Games’s upcoming music/rhythm gameRock Bandwill support downloadable musical content, and we’ve learned that Nirvana’s popular albumNevermindwill be among those releases. Nirvana’sNevermindrocked the early 1990’s with its smash single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and eventually went platinum, moving over 25 million albums worldwide. CVGsays that the album download will be made available after the game launches later this year, but no release date has been given. The first downloadable album will be The Who’sWho’s Next, which MTV Games says will be available soon after the game’s release....

So, Sony promised something special on October 5, and that “something” has been revealed. It’s avideo. Not a major announcement, not a new game, just a video. Oh, and the PS3 is cheaper now, or something. How boring. And yet, this is one of the most awesome f*cking videos I’ve seen in a while, so you know what? I think we should all forgive Sony. Seriously, watch it. It’s pretty much the most fantastic letdown you’ll ever see....

You know what they say: where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Rumors of a newSSXhave been floating around long enough that it seems inevitable that Electronic Arts is cooking up something. These latest rumors come fromKotaku, whose sources say thatSkatedeveloper EA Canada is currently working on the title for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Unsurprisingly, the new game is said to featureSkate-style right analog stick for trick controls. The source also says that the game will take the series “back to its roots....

Commander Shepard needs to be more than an intergalactic jerk inthe nextMass Effectif he plans to salvage what’s left after the Reapers crash his little space party: he’ll need to keep his new crew together. Scouring the galaxy for the roughest and toughest appears like it was the easy part. You may remember the first 90 or so seconds of the above. The footagedebuted a week ago. But stay frosty — this is an expanded version of that trailer, adding some additional cut-scene material of Thane, Grunt and default Shepard battling some space monsters before spotting an ominous floating tower-thing....

If you haven’t already caught it onRAB’s blog,Street Fighter IVgoes on sale this weekend for half price on Steam. Capcom is being awfully nice to us lately with all these discounts. FirstPSN bundles, theniPhone price cutsand now this? It’s suspicious. I bet they’ve been cheating on us. The game will be available at the absolutely silly price of just $19.99 until Monday, cut from its regular price of $39.99. It’s not the best entry in theStreet Fighterseries, but grabbing this for twenty bucks is as good as stealing it, so if you’ve been thinking about the PC version,now’s your chance....

Ever since I got my hands onStreet Fighter IV, I’ve been longing to have a copy here in my home. And thanks to the announcement of the upcoming Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions, my dream will one day be a reality. But what about the Wii owners? Don’t give up hope yet, waggle warriors! “The more people that ask about it, the more likely we are to move in that direction,” said producer Yoshinori Ono in an interview withSiliconera....

Capcom has passed along over 100 new screenshots fromStreet Fighter IV. For the first batch, we have some great shots of Rufus engulfing Ken Masters with his fatness. Justlike the last photo dump, most of these photos are sequential as it shows some of Rufus’ attacks from start to finish. You remember that episode ofThe Simpsonswere Agent Mulder and Scully from the X-Files guest starred? There this one scene where they had Homer run on a treadmill and Agent Scully became hypnotized by Homer’s fat as it bounced up and down....

What’s the deal with huge recreations of video game consoles and accessories lately? Last week we talked about the massiveAtari 2600 joystick,and there has also been somehuge NES padsin the past. We also recently saw thesuper-sized Wii Remote,which doubled as a storage cabinet. Now another gamer shows off his storage solution, and this time it is styled to look like a giant Xbox 360 console.This three-hundred percent scale upright Xbox 360 console replica even features a glowing light ring, and it opens up to store magazines, cords, and …magazines....

The Tempura of the Deadis a game in which you’re able to switch between playing as PresidentObama/LupinTompson and a no-nonsense samurai at the press of a button. Zombies and other assorted creatures have overtaken the United States, and it’s up to you to juggle undead heads and save the country. It is incredible. Specifically,The Tempura of the Deadis incredible in that it feels like it came from an alternate universe where videogame graphics were unable to progress beyond what we had in the ’80s but everything else was....

Hey, rememberDead Rising 2? Remember how we’ve seen next to nothing of the game for months now? Remember that time? Well Tokyo Game Show is on us and we’re finally going to be hearing aboutDead Rising 2later this week. We might even get to play it! Until then though, we have at least one new screenshot to show off to you all by way ofCapcom Europe. So, am I the only one that wants to say that the moose helmet is going to be the best weapon in a game for 2009 … or 2010?...

The fight against so-called ‘violent’ videogames is quickly degenerating into self parody. With the arguments against the games industry becoming evermore flimsy and social clowns like Jack Thompson increasingly desperate for attention, every new attack launched against a videogame has become one new farce after another. This past weekend saw the idiocy hit critical mass however, when, asI reported myself, the Church of England threatened to sue Sony for allowingResistance: Fall of Manto show the interior of Manchester Cathedral....

Everyone is bushed after a weekend of partying. I wishIwas bushed after a weekend of partying. Somebody better send me some swag, or else I’m going to throw the mother of all hissy fits. Our extended PAX coverage begins with a look at some cool indie games likeRetro/Grade,Retro City Rampage,SpyParty, and more. Jordan is confident thatDonkey Kong Country Returnswill be a solid successor, and Nick blows his load overEnslaved‘s opening minutes....