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According to Swedish gaming Web siteInsideGamer, it has been confirmed thatHalo 3will be playable with up to four people in an online cooperative game. This news comes out of a press conference in Amsterdam, where Microsoft and Bungie revealed this highly anticipated feature. In a wild NeoGAF thread of people scrambling for confirmation, Bungie’s Luke Smithinterjected a one word confirmation, causing the Internet to explode all over itself: “Believe.” There’s not much else to say here, as little more has been revealed....

17-year-old Daniel Petric, whowe talked about last week, is currently on trial for the murder of his mother and attempted murder of his father after they banned him from playingHalo 3. After claiming stress and insanity, it seems that the good ol’ “videogame defense” is coming into play, as Petric’sfamily puts heavy focuson his game playing habits. Daniel’s grandfather, Michael Broeckel, claimed that “Danny was very mild and meek,” describing him as a normal teenager, but one with a videogame addiction....

The Nintendo64 had some great games, but they were always few and far between, especially in the early days. That was a big problem for Nintendo’s last cartridge-based console, until Rare came out withGoldenEye 007,that is. Who cared if there wasn’t a new game every week when you could just playGoldenEyeto pass the time? Rare’s first-person shooter paved the way for a genre that would come to consume store shelves and the beloved game is getting a re-imagining for the Wii and DS this November....

If you haven’t heard already, there’s aDead Risingmovie coming. CalledZombrex Dead Rising Sun, it was directed by famed Capcom game producer Inafune himself. The movie will eventually be viewable atDeadRisingSun.com, but those with Xbox Live will get a zombie leg up on the rest with episodic reveals leading up to the movie release. Free downloads of parts of the film will start on Xbox Live as early as August 4th. As a bonus, some episodes will start with interviews with the director on the film....

If you thought that red thing up there was a Frisbee, you are young and I hate you. Unless of course you’re too young to know what a Frisbee is, either, in which case you canreallyget off my lawn. That there’s a 12″ LP, sonny — one that Capcom has just released for all you DJs out there who might like a little Hadoken with yourWIKIWIKIWIKI. The record features a collection of vocal tracks and sound effects on side A, backed with stage themes on side B, all sampled fromStreet Fighter II....

If you haven’t already playedImmortal Defense— known around the Burch household as“the single best tower defense game ever made next toPlants vs Zombies“— you’re in luck. In celebration of his own birthday, creator rinkuhero has dropped the price of his metaphysical epic from $15 to $3. Gohereand enter “BMCN000H7” (without quotes) as a promo code. You won’t see the price reduce until you click “confirm order.” All proceeds presumably go toward fundingSaturated Dreamers, rinkuhero’s next project....

-Rule-breaking -Free, and downloadablehere. Since much ofKaroshi 2.0‘s charm comes from its ability to consistently surprise and befuddle the player, I won’t say anything more. It’s really fun, really original, and the bestKaroshigame ever (in other words, don’t bother with the first one,Karoshi Factory, or the online flash adaptation until you’ve finishedKaroshi 2.0). Hit the jump for a more detailed explanation of why this game kicks butt, but be warned — you will be spoiling a lot of the fun for yourself, should you do so....

It would appear that “you didn’t get it” has officially become the popular way of developers to escape acknowledging criticism of their games. While talking aboutKane & Lynch 2, IO Interactive has joined the ranks of Silicon Knight, Factor 5 and Dark Energy Digital in transferring the blame of a poor review entirely to the reviewer. “I think it’s a game that you either love or hate,”says general manager Niels Jørgensen....

Keita Takahashi may be famous for making bright, happy games such asKatamari DamacyandNobi Nobi Boy, but the quirky developer has a bleak and depressing view on the future of the games industry. In fact, he doesn’t think he sees much of a future at all, and certainly not one with him in it. “I’m actually not thinking about a future in games. It’s not that I’m not interested in them, but I want to try lots of different things,” he explains....

So how many of you remember whenAtari remade Warlordsand itdidn’t look at all that fun? Yeah, forget about that and watch this video. It’s really odd for a company to remake a game twice on the same platform, but who cares when the second attempt looks this good? From what I can tell Warlords is gonna feature a lighthearted medieval theme, epic sounding music, fast 4 player action and genuine strategy elements added in to the original arcade formula....

PC gamers, we haven’t forgotten about you! Early this morning,Jim toldy’all that the Survival Pack DLC forLeft 4 Deadhad officially gone up on Xbox LIVE, but many of the comments on his post included the word “Steam” or “PC,” and involved multiple question and exclamation marks. Won’t someone think of poor Samit? In case you hadn’t spent your day waiting for the Survival Pack to download from Steam, or read this post’s headline for that matter, let me reiterate: the DLC has been released....

Backlog is back with another installment and another bit of progress onTimeShift. When we last left your intrepid hero, he was being set upon by seemingly unending waves of highly-aggressive enemies who, while not particularly smart, take far more damage than one expects the human body capable of. And they do not relent (lest you stop time and take the gun from their hands which is, admittedly, pretty damn funny to watch)....

It’s a big world. It’s an even bigger world when viewed from a height of only a couple of inches. We’re playingDeadly Creaturesfor the Wii onBacklogright now and I’m finding it to be a pretty great game. Playing as the tarantula is completely different from playing as the scorpion, one favoring dexterity and the other raw power, and switching between the two so frequently keeps it fresh. And I thought that I was going to feel dizzy or disoriented with all of the wall crawling but the camera manages to keep up most of the time and I’m impressed....