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It has recently come to theattention of Microsoftthat some of Xbox LIVE’s shadier members are using a hack to gain precious Achievement points forGears of War 2. The perpetrators? They’re going to have their gamerscores reset and will be labeled as cheaters in their XBL profiles; here’san exampleof what happens when youfind a stranger in the alpsscrew with the big M. All I have to say to the cheaters is this: way to ruin the fun of Achievements, guys....

Today’s gaming setup belongs to craineum. craineum installed some awesome shelving to hold his consoles and games up and has a coffee table that houses most of his gaming accessories. He has a number of consoles, games and a lot more that you can see over onhis Community blog. DtoidSeattle-Vancouver is holding a NARP later this month, Pendelton and megaStryke are engaged, take a look at the Mr. Destructoid bobble head, Phallus Knife Fight has an obsession with Samit Sarkar and more happened in the Community over the last couple of weeks....

As Nintendo puts it, “Sometimes the Wii-kly Updates have a nice, unifying them [sic]. Sometimes they don’t.” While they think this week doesnothave a unifying theme (there’s a shooter, a fighter, and a platform/RPG), I beg to differ — all of them will cost you more than $4 and less than $9. Somehow, they’re also all linked to Sega. See, it depends on how you look at these things. The attack of the Virtual Console shmups continues this week withZANAC(NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points), developed by the now disbanded developerCompile, creator of thePuyo Puyoseries....

THQ has announced it’ll be working with Turtle Rock Studios on the developer’s next title, due out in calendar 2013. They swear it won’t be shown at E3 2011, so consider your dreams officially crushed. “Turtle Rock Studios is responsible for one of the most original, critically acclaimed co-operative games of this generation, and we are incredibly excited to be working with them on their next project, which looks set to make a similar impact in the multiplayer space,” says THQ EVP of core games Danny Bilson....

It’s a classic story: Human trucker boy meets zombie girl. Boy saves girl from house fire, girl wants to eat boy’s brains, boy bashes girl’s skull in with a hammer. This, my friends, is the mis en scène for three newSilent Hill Originsgameplay trailers.Incidentally, somebody at Konami is really happy with themselves about the whole hammer bit – it’s the focal point of all three videos. Forget problem solving and critical thinking, this Q4 PSP title is all about visceral, yet ultimately unsatisfying, button-mashing....

The PS3 version ofTrineis coming to the European PSN soon. In an official release, publisher Nobilis and developer Frozenbyte announced that the lauded puzzler is slated to hit Euro PlayStation Store on September 17th. That’s like, uh, tomorrow. The North American release of the downloadable is slated as “TBD” in this latest press release. The game was supposed to hit PSN this July. Ina recent interview, Frozenbyte’s CEO Lauri Hyvarianen blamed testers, physics, “unlimited gameplay possibilities,” and small bugs as the reason why people still aren’t playing this thing on their PS3s....

Hot on the heels of Mastiff’s announcement of theirMajor League Eating game, Ubisoft has announcedMy Weight Loss Coachfor the DS, a game which attempts to coerce our portly peers to dust off the Cheetos crumbs and get active. While Major League Eating hasn’t been confirmed for the Wii, Nintendo would be incredibly remiss in not snapping the title up and bundling it withMy Weight Loss Coach, the irony factor alone would sell at least three copies (which is three more than would likely have sold in the first place)....

[It’s time for anotherMonthly Musing— the monthly community blog theme that provides readers with a chance to get their articles and discussions printed on the frontpage. — CTZ] It’s a sad truth of the gaming world that the our learningabouta game tends to end on shipping day. Before then, we are practically drowned in the deluge of previews, screenshots, demos, trailers, quick looks, hands-onandhands-off observations, openandclosed betas, cheesy marketing-directed developer diaries, and “exclusive” early reviews....

It’s only been a day since we heard abouta possible sequeltoCrackdownafter members of Realtime Worlds left to form Ruffian Games, but we have already got an update on the situation for you. Realtime Worlds studio manager Colin MacDonaldtold VG247 that“Although to date we haven’t had an offer from Microsoft for theCrackdownsequel rumored, we continue to have ongoing discussions with them.” On the possibility of the company not reaching an agreement, RTW CEO David Jones said he would “be gutted not to be involved,” but if there was no alternative, he “would want to see it done justice – by an established, renowned developer that had the track record of delivering the quality gaming experienceCrackdownplayers would demand....

The Entertainment Software Rating Board has justpostedthe ratings breakdown of games published in 2010. As you can see in the chart above, a little more than half of all games received the all-ages rating, while games rated E10+ and teen were fairly even at around 20% each. Games rated mature only made up 5% of all games released this past year, a statistic which may surprise you. With how much drama is drummed up in the media, you would think that most games were hyper-macho bloodsports filled with enough raw sexual energy to make even Dr....

We reported yesterday that two Visceral Games executiveshad left the companyresponsible forDead SpaceandDante’s Infernoto form a new Bay Area Activision studio, but now we know a few more specifics on the project they will be heading. Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey,according to IndustryGamers, will be working on a new game based on an existing Activision franchise. The information came from an Activision Blizzard representative, who also said we won’t be getting “more details regarding the game” until “a later date....

We’re a week away from the launch of one of the year’s most highly anticipated releases,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. So what better way to celebrate the release of the game than by having a contest? First up, if you didn’t know, GameStop has been giving away daily prizes forModern Warfare 2for a little while now. All you have to do is pre-order the game from GameStop and then enter their sweepstakes over onSurprize Attack, where they’re holding raffles twice a day....

If you haven’t read this recent ESRB rating for WiiWare massage gameEnjoy Your Massage, I’ll let you do that first: This is a massage simulation game in which players match patterns in order to perform back massages on clients. Players are prompted to rub specific areas of clients’ backs in order to relax them. After massages are performed correctly, players are presented with images of the female clients in various poses (e....