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Sega has revealed whatAliens vs. Predator: Hunter Editionwill look like when it hits store shelves on February 19. As werevealed yesterday, this special edition version of Rebellion’s shooter will feature a Facehugger model, Weyland-Yutani badge and posh lenticular postcard. I think this is ten times more awesome than the Modern Warfare 2: Prestige Edition. Even though I will most likely get a review copy of the game, I severely doubt I’d get sent theHunter Edition, so something tells me I’ll be putting a pre-order in very soon....

Behold the work ofchilinand his take on our beloved iconic characters from the videogame world. chilin’s style is very distinct and what’s impressive is all of the different types of style chilin uses to make his works of art. Some of theStreet Fighterheads shot are done with his mighty Wacom while others are done in Photoshop with a mix of other programs. Better yet is thislovely pieceof Morrigan done with the age old technique of water coloring....

Time once again for Backlog, my nightly effort to clean the cobwebs out of my gaming collection. We’ve been playingKiller 7for the last couple of weeks and it’s been completely insane. I want to say that I think the plot is beginning to accelerate towards a mind-conclusion, but that would be a lie. I have absolutely no idea what’s going on and can only estimate that I’m nearly two-thirds of the way through the game....

Yum. You may remember me telling youa few days agothat Cave’sMushihime-sama Futari Ver. 1.5might not be subjected to the company’s usual practice of needless region-locking when it lands on the Japanese Xbox 360 this November. While any Cave fan knows that’s probably wishful thinking, Makoto Asada says they’re at leastconsideringit, and backs that up by stating in arecent poston the developer’s blog that he’ll be meeting with Microsoft next weekend, and “would like to submit proposals in English in the form of a clear framework to deploy and support worldwide....

This really is one of those games you should feel guilty for not playing. Not only does the cyberpunk-themed point-and-click adventure gameBeneath A Steel Skytake place in a dystopian Australia like one of my favorite movies ever,The Road Warrior, it’s also a damned fine game to boot. AlthoughBASSisavailable for freeon PC, the upcoming iPhone version that we’vementioned beforewill not be. With new artwork from Dave Gibbons, a touch-inspired interface, a new hint system (so long, GameFAQs!...

Bungie is such a tease. As the Bungie saga continues to unfold past the unfortunatetrailer-pulling circumstanceat E3, new information keeps popping up. According to theHalodeveloper’s website three distinct games are on the way, but no major announcements of the games or their content will be announced at PAX this year. Brian “Sketch” Jarrard broke the news in the latest Bungie update. …we have no plans to make any big announcements or huge reveals at PAX this year....

Let it be known that boxing promoter Don King is totally and completely bats**t crazy. And while there’s no doubt about that, the jury’s still out on 2K Sport’s upcoming boxing title,Don King Presents: Prizefighter. But as King himself declares, he can promote anything. So promotePrizefighterhe will, this time at the newly launchedHypekingdom.com. Whether or not the game is good has become irrelevant, because this is clearly the best Web site to ever exist on the Internet....

How’s this for weird: Publisher O-Games is giving you the chance to win a copy ofGran Turismo 5… if you buy and play its PlayStation Network racing game,Superstars V8 Racing. Ten copies of the highly-anticipated title will be given away in weekly competitions, which begin on November 12. In-game, global challenges will be posed to players, with the winner taking home a copy of Polyphony Digital’s game. Details can be found on the title’s Facebook page....

The last add-on content forCastlevania: Harmony of Despairis arguably its most interesting yet. As of today, you’re able to grab the final stage and character, both of which are based on a Famicom title from Konami calledGetsu Fuma Den. The level itself is 240 Microsoft Points, while 160 Microsoft Points are required to play as Getsu Fuma. Kind of steep if you ask me, but this stuff is no steeper than any of the previous downloadable content....

Instead of getting into long-winded detail about the upcoming games showcased on the show floor of CES (which mostly included 360 and Games for Windows titles anyway), I thought I’d give you my quick impressions of each title I was able to spend some time with. Before you yell at me aboutCooking Mamafor the Wii, I was a dope and missed my appointment with Majesco. I should be seeing it at the end of the month, so fear not on that....

Sure we sawsome cool stuffand sure we gotlittle-to-no sleep, but that doesn’t keep a robot down. Check out some of our most candid moments as we walked the streets of Vegas. For the photo below, that’s Ron and I at the Sony Online Entertainment poker party.

We’re moments away from the televised broadcast of the 2008 Spike Video Game Awards, live from Los Angeles, California. Now despite the fact that I am on the2008 VGA Advisory Councilthis year, helping to pick both nominees and award winners, I’m not able to attend in person. That honor goes to our very own Chad Concelmo, who just a few moments ago text messaged me “ZOMG FAMOUS PEOPLE!” after seeing what I can only assume to be be actual “famous people....

It seems that big time retailers like Best Buy may be elbowing out some of the competition after all. CompUSA was shutting down some of their less successful retail locations in an effort to cut costs, but it looks like they have now decided to go out of business entirely. The chain was sold by its previous owner, Carlos Slim, to Gordon Brothers Group, who were responsible for the decision to shut down the reamining 103 stores and sell all assets....