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According toGamesIndustry.biz, CBS Interactive is laying off staff from various sites, including GameSpot, as they move their new sites around following their acquisition of CNet. They say that GameSpot has been incorporated in a single group that also covers sites like Last.fm and CBSSports.com. “CBS Interactive continues its integration process, which now calls for the further combination of several portions of the division into unified groups oriented around similar content,” said CBS in a statement....

Well, we all saw this coming: Activision Blizzard’s expansionWorld of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich Kinghas been flying off of store shelves. Wait, scratch that — it’s been flying off of store shelves faster than any PC game … ever. Blizzard has announced that 2.8 million copies ofLich Kingwere sold in its first 24 hours; for comparison sake, the previous expansion,Burning Crusade, moved 2.4 million in its first day on shelves....

[Tune in toSaturday Morning Hangoverevery Saturday at 10am Pacific for the latest Xbox Live Indie Games, co-op play and assorted hijinks. Hosted byConrad Zimmerman,Jordan Devoreand the lovelyKatrina. We have a couch! Come join us live onDestructoid’s Justin.tv channel!] If you can’t resist the coppery goodness of hemoglobin, have we got a show for you this morning. Jordan and I will be joined by Michael Herbster of WayForward to discuss the latest entry in theBloodrayneseries,Bloodrayne: Betrayal....

When Maurice linked me to this video, I immediately thought to myself, “I bet we’ve covered this game exactly once before, and Holmes was the guy who wrote it up.” Sure enough, that’show it went down. To my knowledge, this is our first glimpse ofLove Zombiein motion. It’s disgustingly adorable to the point where I want to die — and come back as a happy little Japanese zombie. As Jonathan noted previously, this might be our go-to choice for a solidPikmin-like game until Nintendo finally does something withPikmin 3in the public forum....

When you’re Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal, you can just show up at Rockstar Games’ New York City offices and kick your feet up on their waiting room coffee table, knocking the latest issue ofAlternative Pressright onto the floor. Then, Rockstar’s VP of development Jeronimo Barrera brings him a drink (non-alcoholic — N’Gai’s working, after all) andspill the beans on an upcoming patchforMidnight Club: Los Angelesfor the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360....

Monster Hunter Frontierhas been confirmed for the Xbox 360, and you know what that means — it might be due a Western release.Monster Huntergames have never been huge sellers outside of Japan, but that’s mostly because they end up on platforms without a robust Western online presence. The 360 release could change that, however. “I feel Monster Hunter can definitely succeed overseas,” says R&D head Keiji Inafune. “There’s a high possibility that MHF will kickstart that....

The Wiimote has been used for many a purpose other than what it was intended for, which is pretty cool in the general scheme of things. The latest use has been found by researchers at the University of Denmark and is called the Casmobot — a robotic lawnmower. Check after the jump if you want to see some video of this contraption! Robotics researcher Kjeld Jensen says the Casmobot is about making cutting the grass a more efficient process....

The fate of free-to-play MMOMythoshas been questionable as of late, but out of seemingly nowhere, Redbana has announced that the PC title is now “reborn.” No, the game wasn’t baptized — it’s been tweaked to be more “engaging” and is making an appearance outside of South Korea. The game’s site has a little entry box for anyonewanting to get intothe closed beta, as well as a short blurb about what’s been changed....

Moments ago, as I lie asleep in my bed, I got a weird tingling sensation in the back of my head. Having felt this sensation before, I knew it meant one of two things: first, that my wife just went into labor and my daughter was finally being born or second, Sega has finally dropped a release date forNiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. Unfortunately, as I rolled over, I noticed my still extremely preggo wife sleeping soundly, so I rushed to the computer to find the following tidbit courtesy ofSiliconera:...

Oh look, it’s anotherEnslaveddeveloper diary. Been a while since we’ve seen one of these but withPigsy’s Perfect Tenon the horizon, we get still more developer commentary on what has been one of my favorite games this year. The video talks a bit about Pigsy as a character and goes over the plot of the additional content. I’m intrigued by their claim that I’ll feel more in tune with Pigsy should I go back and play the originalEnslavedstory again....

This picture was taken on Christmas Day at my house. In it, you will see my 16-year-old sister (the fat one, on the left) and my 79-year-old grandmother playingWii Sportstogether. Say what you will about the graphics and the lack of decent launch titles, but Nintendo wasn’t yanking your chain when they said that the Wii can win over non-gamers of any age: it’s simplistic, fun, familiar, and instantly accessible....

SNK announced todayKing of Fighters XIIIfor the arcade. Not much was revealed other than that it would run on the same Taito Type X2 arcade board used forKing of Fighters XII. No release date was announced either and SNK isn’t saying if there will be a console version just yet. So yeah, that’s really all there is to know.King of Fighters XIIIis a thing that will be happening. To make up for the lack of anything really useful in this announcement, please check out one of the best YouTube videos from 2007 above by Kajetokun, the Over 9000 guy....

I may not be a movie connoisseur, but I know what I like. And while Americans love to hate silly videogame-based movies, I love them. I’m the guy they make them for. I may be alone in this, but give meDead or Aliveover something likeCinderella Manany day. It seems that my videogame movie prayers have been answered with the announcement of a newOneechanbaramovie. The Japanese budget hack-and-slash series starring a bikini-wearing, katana-wielding Japanese cowgirl has always raised eyebrows, but some seem more attracted to the game’spromotional campaignsthan the title itself....