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According toShowbiz Spy, “Hollywood insiders” are revealing that Kim Kardashian is in talks to star as Lara Croft in a reboot of theTomb Raiderfilm series.We’ve already heard early infoon the film, which is said to be a different take on the character, one aimed at a teen audience. These latest rumors have the film being more “comic-strip,” and shot in 3D. This would usually be the part where I’d tell you who Kim Kardashian is, and maybe list off a few things found on her celebrity resume....

While we’re all excited thatMetroid PrimeandMetroid Prime II: Echoesare getting theirNew Play Control!“Wiimakes,” what we really want is a new adventure. Damn it. If theJapanese Web siteis any indication, one might be on the way. A new teaser blurb has appeared on the site, reading:“Follow Metroid Prime’s history from the perspective of the Space Pirates.”The image and text isn’t clickable, and could eventually lead to anything, including a Web comic, or a picture of Satoru Iwata dressed up like a Space Pirate rolling around in a pit of money....

Team Fortress 2is one of those multiplayer games that you just have to check out. The playful visuals, excellent balance between the wildly different character classes, and the nearly eternal (and free) Valve support are just a few of the reasons it’s worth your hard-earned coin. But if coin is something you’re short on, you’re in luck. Starting today Valve is throwing a free Team Fortress 2 extended weekend party on Steam to celebrate the recently releasedSpy/Sniper update....

Yet again, it seems another criminal has learned that blaming videogames for your crimes will net you a sympathetic ear from some arsehammer, as one more killerhas claimedthat games sent him over the edge. Hu Ange from Sichuan Province, China, is attempting to plead insanity for poisoning his parents. The cause? Games, of course. Ange poisoned his parents with tetramine after sinking all his assets into the online gameLegend. In 2007, he had attempted to poison his father with 20 packs of the poison, but failed....

Seriously, Konami? You’vejustgotten around to doing this? Despite havingalready revealedRocket Knightto1UPweeks ago, Konami has seen fit to announceRocket Knightyetagain, having finally decided that we lowly lesser press are worthy of a press release. You’d be amazed how often this happens, where publishers seem to assume that gaming sites don’t read each other and that nothing has officially happened until their almighty press release arrives. Did Konami really believe that nobody outside of 1UP had heard of the game yet?...

LittleBigPlanetis a place where imagination and fun roams free, where adorable Sackpeople live out magical adventures in faraway lands and a community of dreamers share their creativity with the world. It’s also a place where you’re able to cram an inordinate amount of jizz and knobs and arses into one place.The above video is not clever, mature or even very good viewing. But it has penises in it. Lots and lots of penises....

Here’s a bit of surrealism (or an acid flashback) for your Monday evening: the fine folks over at Bitmobhave dug upa short making-of documentary for Shiny Entertainment’sEarthworm Jim. Depending on your ability to tolerate everything gnarly about the 90’s condensed into six minutes, it might be a little hard to watch. It’s like theChien andalouof our time. If you can get past the quick cuts, the neon, and the bad clothes, the video (below the fold) is acutally kind of interesting....

If someone were to ask what you thought we could use more of on the DS, RPGs likely aren’t going to be the first idea out of your mouth. Not that RPGs on the DS are bad in any way simply on the face of them, but there’s a glut of the things, and quite a few of them are simply utilized as channels through which shovelware can be, well, shoveled....

Space frogs don’t get much harder thanMass Effect 2’sThane. Instead of spending his days croaking on intergalactic Lilly pads, this green dude kills and destroys with the slick and greasy precision of a professional. He’s an assassin, apparently one of the galaxy’s best. And he can be recruited into yourME2suicide squad. Thane seems like an odd bird — dude says he sometimes feels remorse for what he does, but most of the time he feels “nothing....

It’s that time of month again where I plow through the NPD numbers and subsequent “big three” responses and try to make sense of it all. This month we see the same spin recipe we’ve seen for the past half year now, but it all seems fairly defensive now (except for Nintendo). The spin now feels a lot like it did in the 2007 holiday season. Of course, now, just like then, Nintendo is king....

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is now the UK’s biggest selling game of all time, according to the holy keeper of numbers,Chart-Track. The previous title holder wasDr. Kawashima’s Brain Training. It tookModern Warfare 2forty-one weeks to achieve this milestone, and only three of those weeks have seen the game outside of the top ten. Chart-Track didn’t have any official sales numbers to hand, but it’s doubtless that evil publisher Activision will be along later with the figures and the backslapping....

Despite an appeal by Warner Brothers,Mortal Kombatisstill going to be unobtainable(at least legally) in Australia when it launches next month. “We’re obviously extremely disappointed that the refused classification decision has been upheld by the Classification Review Board,” said the publisher. “We want to thank the thousands ofMortal Kombatfans in Australia and around the world who have voiced their support during the appeal process.” Even in the face of defeat, Warner Bros....

Relationships are built on trust and communication. We’re not so sure if all of BioWare and Mythic Entertainment were able to get to know each other beforeElectronic Arts merged them, but we do know now that they’re talking and it won’t just be timid conversation: Mythic will be giving input onStar Wars: The Old Republic. Go, go, MMO! Speaking withEurogamer, BioWare confirmed that they would be, “without a doubt,” receiving help from Mythic Entertainment in regards toSW: TOR....