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Activision is having major 50% off sale on a lot of its digital Xbox 360 content this week, and because of that, I’ve learned a few things. One, I had no idea that Activision publishedCarcassonneorGolf: Tee It Up!; that’s fascinating. Two, I also realized how ridiculous a list ofCall of Dutyadd-on content looks: “Invasion,” “Skirmish,” “Bravo,” “Valor,” “Variety,” “Pack 1, “Pack 2,” “Pack 3″… Anyhow, there are some good deals here, which Major Nelson has kindly listed on his blog....

Looks like thelegal shenanigansbetween fish-faced Courtney Love and fish-hearted Activision are not over yet. The latest development in the battle for Kurt Cobain’s soul has seen Activisionyanking Youtube footagethat shows Kurt singing things he wouldn’t sing. A humorous compilation video of Cobain belting out Bon Jovi songs and bringing the noize has been removed, with Activision invoking its copyright claim. Ordinarily, that would be no big deal — companies hate Youtube and frequently pull rank to get their stuff removed....

It’s been a little over six years since developer Remedy has visited the world ofMax Payne, and it doesn’t have plans to revisit it anytime soon. Speaking toVG247, the developer (who is currently putting the finishing touches on Xbox 360 exclusive Alan Wake) since it sold the IP to Rockstar, don’t expect any Remedy-developedPaynetitles anytime soon. “I haven’t seen it,” said Remedy’s Oskari Hakkinen. “I mean, I’ve seen screenshots [ofMax Payne 3], and you know what?...

Check that video out. I will wait. That is some hot sh*t right there. Trine is a 2D platformer just announced today which will be coming to Playstation Network and PC next summer. In it, you will switch between three different characters, each with their own skills, to solve puzzles and traverse some really gorgeous looking levels. The video we have in the player really doesn’t do it justice. You can see how fluid the animations are, but a lot of the detail in the characters and environments are a bit fuzzy....

Here we go with this week’s Art Attack Friday. Since I know you all have been desperately craving a fix of hard-coreStarFoxfanart, I offer you the work ofnemurismto satiate your needs. Nemurism’s extensive collection of fan artwork not only features the colorful cast from theStarFoxfranchise, but also sneaks in a variety of other characters originating from videogames, anime, and evenPrison Break. Nemurism’s delectable use of pastel palettes and loose brush-work gives each of her videogame tribute pieces a soft and light-hearted edge to their otherwise polygonal façades....

PAX knocked me on my ass, so it’s been a while, but welcome back to a brand new edition of Ask The Weekly Geek! This week, I will use my MASSIVE BRAIN to tackle yet another inquiry by you, the intrepid Dtoid reader. Prepare yourselves for a cranky rant about morality, it’s anecdotally delicious! Q:What will it take for the AO rating to be legitimate and not just a death sentence?...

Atlus is killing me. The combination of their constant stream of uniquely awesome releases and asskicking preorder goodies have been relentless lately, and I feel like all I do is verbally blow them every time I write a post that involves anything they do. On the other hand, they are kind of the company I’ve been waiting for: willing to put out any type of game no matter how quirky, focused on RPGs, and all about the retro difficulty....

You liked our old game? Come help us make the next one! Could you imagine? I would think that would make a really fan-y game, but I’m sure that Atlus had some checks and balances in place. In a postmortem, Atlus said that they addedPersona 3fans to theP4development team. They helped by getting feedback on the first game and evaluating content on the new one. I thought thatPersona 4improved just about everything wrong withPersona 3, so maybe this should be something game makers do going forward....

Eidos and Warner Bros. Interactive launched its new Web site forBattlestations: Pacifictoday,Battlestations.net, and it’s everything you’d expect. It’s got game screenshots, movies, blogs, contests, and there’s even a podcast. Along with it, some new screenshots and a video have been released, and it’s also what you’d expect. It’s got planes with guns shooting at other planes with guns. And there’s some aircraft carriers getting shot at, too. And the music, well, it sounds like music you’d expect in a game that takes place between the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Okinawa in 1945....

I really appreciate behind the scenes look at how videos are made. I was super impressed by theHalo 3: ODSTshort and couldn’t imagine all the work that went behind it. This making of video, by way ofG4, shows all of the work that went into this fantastic ad. Many of the scenes that I thought were computer animated turned out to be real too, including the Brute related stuff. The behind the scenes look also has one extra scene that was cut from the final ad and you may check it out after the break....

Bomberman Live(that awesome game with Mr. Destructoid in it) is getting a sequel! It’s been a few years since the original game first appeared on Xbox Live Arcade, but Hudson has recently announced thatBomberman Live: Battlefestwill be hitting XBLA, PSN and WiiWare very soon. Battlefestbrings a whole new batch of modes to the game, including VIP, Capture the Flag, Capture the Crown and Bankroll. A new batch of Powerups such as Cluster Bombs and Lazer Bombs will be in attendance, joined by a eighteen new characters that join the original cast....

Never seen a Broken Pixels episode? No? Well wtf have you been doing with your life? If you’re like me and have nothing better to do on a fine Sunday evening, then I suggest you finally get aquainted with the crew of Broken Pixels as they continue to Mystery Science Theater 3000 the game industry. Watch as they plow through a plethora of vagina bugs inNecro-Nesiaand slash their way through the mediocrity ofRed Steel....

On Friday, Bungie releasedtheir weekly update, discussing the CG used in the recentHalo 3trailer, the “Bubble Shield” and … Ok, screw this. There is no way I’m writing an update about which member of Bungie fell out of his chair, or how many times someone sent them a sock encrusted with bodily fluids to show admiration for theHaloseries (Rob, I’m looking in your direction). Sadly, I think I’m alone. These weekly “updates” (face it, if they had a mood indicator and a blurb about what they were listening to, it would bea Livejournal post) are picked up by video game news organizations, and tens of thousands of people all over the world, in the same way that our simian forefathers first gathered around a black obelisk....