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Yesterday, we reportedthatThinkGeekhad sent an unwitting consumer a very clearly “used” Dreamcast console, while advertising them as “new in box.” Contacting us via email, ThinkGeek co-founder Willie Vadnais reached out to us for comment to both explain and make things right. “We have no reason to doubt this post,” he writes, “and we apologize for it. We purchased these new-in-box consoles directly from a vendor who had surplus inventory. We inspected many units before they shipped, and all were absolutely new....

Borderlands 2? Yeah, kind of a big deal. Gearbox Software finally announced the game earlier this month and now they’ve released the first teaser. Unlike normal teasers, this one is all “in engine,” according to Gearbox’s Steve Gibson. 30 second teaser not enough for you? Well Gearbox will bebroadcasting a live demonstrationat gamescom this Friday and the game will be at PAX Prime later this month, too.

THQ knows who’s buttering its bread — the publisher revealed toCVGthat, in addition to its currently announced titles, it’s got another World Wrestling Entertainment franchise up its sleeve. The title will be a fresh game on top of the other franchises previously revealed:WWE Smackown! Vs. Raw, the arcade-styleWWE All Stars, and the free-to-playSmackdown! Vs. Raw Online.Online, however, will only be available in Asia; there’s no Western version planned at the time....

I won’t lie and say I’m a huge fan of Nintendo’s Smash Bros., but Ubisoft’s attempt to mash the popular series together with theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshas my attention. See, I was somewhat of a Ninja Turtles fiend as a child, collecting everything from the Playmate’s toys to the original Mirage Studios comic books. WhileTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Upis based on some kind of weird aesthetic and universe I’m not entirely familiar with, I’m still holding out some hope....

Blizzard may keep hemming and hawing on whether or notDiablo IIIwill leave its snuggly PC home, but Runic Games will verify loot-hungry console gamers get their dungeon crawling fix. The team is making “serious efforts” to bringTorchlightto the non-PC crowd, and that’s just super. “We’re going to put some serious effort into it — pretty quick– gettingTorchlightonto consoles,” confirms Runic CEO Max Schaefer. “There’s a lot of really cool things about the console world, too, that would work well with our game....

With Crytek constantly touting the power of CryEngine 3, specifically how well it looks and runs on home consoles, it should come as no surprise thatCrysis 2is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, as well as PC. But now I’m getting ahead of myself.Crysis 2? Yep, it was announced today. Unfortunately, no screenshots or actual information accompanied the standard vague press release. We do know that EA will be publishing the game through its Partners program, but that doesn’t exactly have the same effect as say, I don’t know,in-game foliage....

Ever since Ubisoft announcedBeyond Good and Evil 2in 2008, gamers have been dying to see what exactly Ubisoft was going to do with the franchise. It’s been two years since then, and little has been discussed with the game, leaving many with anticipation. That’s a major bummer, as not only was the originalBeyond Good and Evilone of the most thematically original games released last console cycle, it was also smartly stylized and intensely beautiful....

I’m sure some of you can see the writing on the wall, right? With the success of the Wii, DS, and services like POGO, the casual games market is set to be the largest, most highly-focused group of untapped money that video game companies will be looking to exploit — perhaps shifting resources toward an easier way to profit and away from hardcore gaming risks.The Wiiand DS fit in perfectly to this idea....

Every promising independent game goes through an initial phase where it’s officially coming out for “digital platforms,” and the team can’t get more specific than that. In the case of Demiurge Studios’Shoot Many Robots, it’s now confirmed for PC, Xbox Live Arcade, and PlayStation Network in 2012, with Ubisoft set to handle publishing duties. Sounds like the game will be playable at PAX Prime, which is really soon, you guys! I could use another cooperative side-scrolling shooter in my life....

“In a world where Metal Gears are Solid, one man makes his stand…” is not a direct quote from this “theatrical” trailer, but it might as well be. Though the above video is incredibly cheesy, it doesn’t stop me getting chills just watching the promise of pure, concentrated awesome coming out of Hideo Kojima’s insane mind.My only gripe is that I wish they’d have used Cam Clarke for Liquid Ocelot. Clarke is one of my favorite parts of theMGSseries (as my constant Liquid impressions on Podtoid might suggest) and while Patric Zimmerman is doing a fantastic job of adding a Liquid flair to his regular Ocelot voice, it’s just not quite the same....

In afurtherattempt to quiet the ire of some disgruntled fans, Valve’s Chet (!) Faliszektold Shacknewsrecently that not only is the promised DLC forLeft 4 Deada reality, but that an announcement regarding such would be on the way shortly. He went on to say that these new goods would also be escorted by promised enhancements like the team-based matchmaking update. Valve’s Marketing VP Doug Lombardi has also noted toEurogamerthat despite fire and brimstone,Left 4 Dead 2is already seeing pre-order numbers that double those of its predecessor at this point in time away from its launch....

WhileDynasty Warriorsfor PSP was a fun little game at the time, it did little to recreate the feeling of Koei’s button mashing battlefield madness in a handheld format. Broken up into tiny little maps with a less-than-impressive strategy element thrown in, it was clear the game was trying to appeal to a more portable environment, but in doing so made for a very flat feeling experience.“Having received so much feedback from fans who were desperate to have the fullWarriorsconsole experience in a portable format we’re really pleased to now be able to give them exactly what they’ve wished for,” stated Koei Europe sales manager Will Curley....

Thelatest renderfor upcoming license-’em-upMortal Kombat vs. DC Universereveals Kitana … and maybe reveals a littletoo muchof Kitana, if women with huge bulbous protrusions from their crotch regions aren’t your cup of tea. My love of women with … shall we say … “groinal gifts” is known to all and sundry, but evenI’ma little intimidated by Kitana’s considerable “bump mapping.” Kitana’sbollock curtainsseem to be a sign of a new trend. We already have to deal with a far more mannish Chun Li inStreet Fighter IV, but if Kitana having a c*nt you may rest your beer on is any indication, one can only expect to see further instances of gynecockogy in the future....