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Today’s HAWP gave us the treat of Ashley Davis’ wonderful art styling. She retold the tale of Metal Gear Solid in an adorable way. More, please!

Rev ranted about the most important game of 2008, Ashley Davis looked at some old videogame themed cartoon shows, Colette loves Final Fantasy VII’s Wall Marker, Jim reviewed Transformers, Samit previewed MX vs. ATV Reflex, Command & Conquer officially announced, MechWarrior 5 confirmed and plenty more happened on 07/09/09.

Destructoid Originals:
Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Once Upon a Pixel
RetroforceGO! records episode 95 tonight: Listener questions
Rev Rant: the most important game of 2008
From the Console to the TV Station: Part 1
Final Fantasy VII’s winning formula: Wall Market

Community:
Thanks, Fallout 3, for making me think about my actions
Community blogs of 07/09/09
Forum of the day: Assassin’s Creed 2: Better or Worse?

Reviews:
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Previews:
MX vs. ATV Reflex
‘Splosion Man

Events:
GameStop hosting midnight launch events for NCAA Football 10

News:
Miyamoto wants Wii Sports Resort island to be a ‘character’
GameStop: Reserve Splinter Cell Conviction, get a shotgun
The Witcher patch 1.5 strips DRM, also adds user content
LBP user-created levels might be playable in LBP 2
Arkham Asylum takes a cue from Prince of Persia’s Elika
Mythic Entertainment will have a hand in SW: TOR
Command & Conquer 4 announced again
Prototype is cheap on Amazon today
Dead to Rights Retribution delayed
Kingdom Hearts keyblade was originally a chainsaw (WUT!)
TV TrickleSaver can turn you too into a dirty liberal hippie
Ghostbusters, Fuel demos for Xbox 360 now on XBL
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 hitting XBLA on July 29
DICE is adding servers, fixing issues with Battlefield 1943
More (and maybe all) of Guitar Hero 5’s track list revealed
Tretton: Selling PS3s is like ‘being out in a storm’
Resident Evil producer: Adult Wii games need an ‘X-factor’
EA coming out with a new NERF game for the Wii
‘Call of Duty’ sneaks onto Modern Warfare 2 final cover art
‘Splosion Man, Shadow Complex, and more get priced, dated
Activision explains why Call of Duty’s back in Modern Warfare
Hey BioWare, why no Baldur’s Gate 3?
Good Old Games nabs Rebellion plus other assorted goodies
Full-frontal nudity ‘undecided’ for Dragon Age: Origins
Cursed Mountain cover art surfaces, lookin’ creepy
Shatter headed for PlayStation Network on July 23
BioWare’s Muzyka: RPGs and shooters are blurring genre lines
Scribblenauts has the greatest ESRB rating summary ever
Dante’s Inferno Web site takes us on a tour of Lust
P.E.I. goes to bat for Longtail Studios with tax breaks

Offbeat:
Asteroids and astronauts make up today’s shirt Woot
Behold, a new MechWarrior game appears
Wiimote mod controls 15 ton metal arms … OF DOOM!
How to tell if a Big Daddy is about to throw down

Media:
Famitsu is useless for real info on the SaGa 2 remake for DS
Trials HD gets emotional, lets me talk about Boondock Saints
New Space Bust-A-Move trailer is filled with bubble popping
Alien Breed Evolution announced, looks suitably slimy
Save the world by destroying the world in Tornado Outbreak
Nathan Fillion talks about his role in Halo 3: ODST
Possible Halo: Reach footage hits the Internet (Update)
Jack Black explains the history of the battleaxe
Get Prototype tips & tricks straight from the source

I’m a ninja so I naturally despise pirates. But in the case of Titmouse Games’ Seven Haunted Seas, I’ll make an exception. The game is looking really hot and I look forward to giving the game a go.

Luc Bernard gave us a couple of exclusive looks at some of his upcoming projects, Jim reviewed Mega Man Starforce 3, we previewed Machinarium, when a one-of-a-kind Chun-Li art piece, Suda 51 wants Travis Touchdown in the next Smash Bros. game, our future gaming will involve real candy, Jordan took a look at some Warcraft III mods and plenty more happened on 07/08/09.

Destructoid Originals:
Exclusive: A sneek peek at Luc Bernard’s next iPhone game
The Podcastle episode 38: Guns
Games Time Forgot: Pulseman
Venturing into the insane world of Warcraft III mods
Exclusive: New tune for Mechos Wars WiiWare, art for MW 2010
Exclusive: First peek at Titmouse’s Seven Haunted Seas

Community:
Community blogs of 07/08/09
Forum of the day: Starcraft 2!

Reviews:
Mega Man Starforce 3
Peripherally Speaking: Tournament Edition FightStick
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

Previews:
Machinarium
Darksiders: Wrath of War

Contests:
Win Neves Plus swag: game copies, t shirts can be yours!
Win this Chun-Li art by dressing up as her

Events:
Find out what the f*ck Starfy is in New York City

News:
Sony claims it’s not playing catch-up with Xbox Live anymore
‘Lucidity’ is a LucasArts thing, to be released on XBLA
GameStop now selling Bionic Commando for $19.99
Alan Wake PC release date will be addressed by Remedy later
MS believes Avatars are more popular than Gears of War 2?
Could music games ditch consoles in the future?
Left 4 Dead 2 gets cricket bat, doesn’t go to the Winchester
PopCap introduces WoW themed Peggle …. for free!
BioWare: Sex scenes ‘make sense’ in some games (i.e, ours)
Digital download comics coming to PSP in Japan
Sony bites back at Activision over PS3 price threats
EVE Online: Banker’s virtual theft causes real life panic
Mortal Kombat 3 movie filming in September?
It’s real! Hudson officially announces The Calling for Wii
Suda 51 wants Travis Touchdown in Smash Bros.
First PSP game to hit 3.5 million: Monster Hunter
Dragon Quest IX is too big for more than one save slot
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! Check out this free demo!
Sony’s Tretton: PS3 price cut? Pfffffffft!
Band of Bugs gets playable Avatars, new DLC, and more
Singularity release pushed out of 2009 by Modern Warfare 2
GWAR and more rock Comic-Con’s Brutal Legend Metal Meltdown
Rhythm Heaven producer Tsunku says that America has rhythm
German gamers protest government’s war on videogames
Square Enix and Eidos restructure to make Square Enix Europe
Nippon Ichi brings a new musical RPG to PSP
UFC 2009: Undisputed receiving patch ’soon’
Ascaron confirms new Sacred 2 expansion
Japan gets PS3 demo for Tales of Vesperia on July 13th
@EA_UK_PR - how’s C&C4 going? can we have the press release
2010 Independent Games Festival now accepting submissions
Left 4 Dead meets LittleBigPlanet

Offbeat:
This is how you beat Final Fantasy Legend in two minutes
Play Mega Man on the Atari 2600, if you wanna
26 years late: Atari Donkey Kong easter egg finally found

Media:
Kill zombies with Skittles in this augmented reality game
I’m interested: new Monster Hunter Tri trailer is convincing
NHL 10 trailer discusses gameplay additions, improvements
New Dragon Age: Origins assets arrive, combat a focus
DDO: Eberron Unlimited will be available on August 4

That is art for an upcoming PSP game called Queen’s Blade. Women fight while being nearly naked. Oh, Japan!

We celebrated the best and worst 4th games, Pokemon Red is blatantly better than Pokemon Blue, the Asteroids screenplay was leaked to Destructoid, Jim brought us the last of the ScrewAttack convention coverage, NIS America is looking for an editor and plenty more happened over the weekend.

Destructoid Originals:
The best and worst ‘4th’ videogames EVER!
Madballs in Babo Invasion: The DLC that could have been
Weekend Destructainment: Break it down
Discountoid: Big sales on Wii and DS, plus other bargains!
How Pokemon Red is blatantly better than Pokemon Blue
Best of the Network this week
Games of the week for 7/5/09: Handlebar edition

Community:
Leaked pages from the Asteroids movie screenplay
Community blogs of 07/04/09 and 07/05/09
Forum of the day: Reborn Destructoid MGO Clan

SGC 09:
Metal Gear FAIL
Liveblogging the Jack Thompson debate
Jack Thompson keeps his clothes on

AX 09:
Demon’s Souls release date announced, perks included
NIS America is looking for an editor…now

News:
Tecmo Koei: Please drop the PS3 price!
Xbox 360 outselling Wii in UK by two to one
Electroplankton making a splash on DSiWare (Update)
Amazon offers Animal Crossing City Folk for $20
Sesame Street approves of videogames
Gearbox: How did we forget games were supposed to be fun?
Part of latest Gears 2 patch probably not working offline
Telltale: ‘our engine doesn’t run on the PlayStation yet’
New EGM to invade all of your devices at once
New ‘Hot Shots’ title features pie tossing, book organizing
World in shock at mention of upcoming Skate sequel
Valve to announce Left 4 Dead DLC soon, crybabies
Valve: People always complain
Tecmo Koei wants fresh IP in Europe
LucasArts teases ‘Awesome news for old school fans’ Monday

Offbeat:
See the Little Sister ‘makeover’ of BioShock 2
I don’t feel so good: Buy your own Left 4 Dead health pack

Media:
Pizza power! More TMNT: Turtles in Time: Re-Shelled footage
Katamari Forever vid shows off Autobot King of All Cosmos
Dropping from the sky: Section 8 has plenty of it
PSPorn: Queen’s Blade advertising and trailer titillate
Ubisoft takes over publishing for Heroes Over Europe
HD Wii emulator is actually better than the Wii … a bit
Wolfenstein 3D full motion comic teaser makes us think

Destructoid brought you an exclusive look some hot artwork from Unbound Saga today. It’s some hot stuff. There’s even a image with a shark!

Rev ranted about Metroidvanias, Jim reviewed Overlord II, I checked out Madballs in Babo Invasion, GameStop is bundling weird crap with their Wiis, Columns is free on the iPhone and plenty more happened on 07/02/09. 

Destructoid Originals:
Exclusive: Unbound Saga comic book pin-up artwork
RetroforceGO! records ep 94 tonight: Naughty retro games
Indie Nation: Rosemary
Rev Rant: Metroidvanias

Community:
Community blogs of 07/02/09
Forum of the day: The Pub

Reviews:
Yosumin Live!
Overlord II

Previews:
Madballs in Babo Invasion

News:
Gears of War 2 multiplayer event happening this weekend
Shocker: Activision thinks Guitar Hero > Rock Band
GameStop bundling rubber duckies with Wiis … WHAT?!
‘Cataclysm’ is all the rage: Blizzard files new trademarks
inFAMOUS Home space available today
Asteroids: The Movie. Seriously.
No More Heroes, Muramasa, coming to Xbox 360/PS3?
THQ sues Jakks Pacific over WWE contract
Rock Band DLC: Seriously, ‘Hammer Smashed Face’ OMG (update)
Patent parasites sue Microsoft over Xbox Live
Silverlight and LIVE integration will make ads ‘organic’
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon on Amazon’s Deal of the Day
More Left 4 Dead Xbox 360 content is coming
Capcom teaser reveals Sengoku Basara 3
Expect more of the same from upcoming Wii Zelda title
Breaking: Valve still hates the PS3!
Tony Hawk: Ride board could be used for Silver Surfer game
Sony: PSP without UMD was the plan all along … Muahahaha!
Suda 51: No More Heroes needs a new platform
Fallout 3 is half-price on Steam
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time gets pre-order incentives
Namco Bandai acquires Dragon Ball franchise, could hint at Atari’s future
Best day ever? Fez coming to XBLA in 2010
Fan translation of Culdcept DS rocks my world
Steam madness: 20 games from 2K for a cool $54
Impulse offering Red Faction 1 and 2 with Guerilla reserves

Offbeat:
Zombie Snake vinyl figure is beyond awesome
Shin Megami Tensei: the …Pachinko machine?

Media:
THWAD! New enemy screenshots for Unbound Saga
Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance is available, here’s a trailer
Game creators talk about Batman: Arkham Asylum
Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles features wet zombies
Somehow this Infinite Space anime has to do with the game
Little King’s Story goes gold, also new videos
Grandmaster Flash in DJ Hero, will probably yell… a lot
Celebrate July 4th with a free iPhone version of Columns!
New Magnacarta 2 features an abundance of highlights
DiRT 2 screens remind us that yep, the game does still exist

Oh yes, we have them. They are awesome. You should check them out. 

Anthony looked back at Rogue Trooper, we reviewed Ghostbusters, PS3 Slim manufacturing might begin soon, more Uncharted 2 beta is coming, God Eater is an awesome name, Final Fantasy Gaiden is on the way and plenty more happened on 07/01/09.

Destructoid Original:
Games time forgot: Rogue Trooper
Check out Into the Night with Chris Crawford & Jason Rohrer
Forums, we have them: July edition

Community:
Community blogs of 07/01/09
Forum of the day: Black Sigil

Reviews:
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Wii)
Let’s Tap

News:
Wolfenstein minimum PC specifications revealed
XBL Silver members will get three hours of Last.FM a month
Waiting for Kingdom Hearts 3? Prepare to wait a lot longer
Go Go Go: Amazon has your Street Fighter IV Fightsticks
Square Enix teaser is for Final Fantasy Gaiden
Blue Omega sends the Damnation devs home
Silverlight coming to Xbox Live, bringing crapload of ads
Rumortoid: PS3 Slim manufacturing to start in July
Korean PSPs are huge, cover boobs
Truck containing 1,300 Xbox 360’s stolen in Canada
Pachter: PlayStation games to account for 31% of the market
id Software to build a third team, will probably make a game
Louisiana-based nonprofit funds student game design project
Sega likes motion control and its ‘land grab’ opportunity
Fitness company trademarks Fitness Hero and Workout Hero
Pachter: Mobile games are a fad and EA is wrong
Missed the Uncharted 2 beta? Chillax, another demo is coming
Microsoft’s LBP, Kodu Game Lab, is available on LIVE
Namco Bandai’s God Eater has an awesome name
Get all bloody with Punisher No Mercy demo tomorrow
Dave Perry shows off streaming game service Gaikai
Kids steal Wii, mom pawns Wii, everyone gets arrested
Play The Bigs 2 with the New York Mets
Why doesn’t Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 have as much blood n’ guts?
Yay, fireworks: Warhammer Online live event underway now
Death Knight will be fixed in WoW Patch 3.2
Say goodbye to Merchants of Brooklyn and hello to Drug Wars
Predictable: StarCraft II gets LAN petition
Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed hitting PSN soon
Rumortoid: UFC banning fighters that sign for EA’s MMA game?

Offbeat:
Show off how sad AND retro you are with today’s Woot shirt
Custom Toy Delights: Paratrooper Labbit and Luigi Dunny
RUN FOR SHELTER! In Crysis, it’s raining men … literally!

Media:
This looks amazing: New Shatter gameplay
New Tales of Monkey Island trailer
More Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! vids for your perusal
BlazBlue is ready to rumble: this launch trailer proves it
Rocket Racing: An XBL Community Game you should care about
Madden NFL 10 dev diary explains why online franchise rocks
New Darksiders trailer is all growly and stuff
New Splinter Cell video takes us two hours to download
FIFA 10 teaser claims game footage; I call shenanigans
Section 8 concept art shows tough men doing tough things

We’re half way through the year so we thought it would be a good idea to look at the best videogames of 2009 so far. There were a lot of great games this year so take a look at our list and see what you think of it. 

Topher looked at videogame characters he would hump like crazy, Dale reviewed Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, ScrewAttack Gaming Convention is this weekend, the Pirate Bay goes legit and plenty more happened on 06/30/09. 

Destructoid Originals:
Podtoid 104: Billy Mays here
Videogame characters whose leg I would hump
The best videogames of 2009 … so far
RetRose Tinted: Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker
Rumor about a rumor: Wii version of Brutal Legend canceled
Indie Nation: AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!
Game Debate to the Death! Prototype VS inFamous

Community:
Untapped Potential: Motion control
Untapped Potential: The calculation of situations
Community blogs of 06/30/09
Forum of the day: Fighters. Which one was the best?

Reviews:
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)

Contests:
Win a copy of Halo Uprising (Update)

Events:
Atlus at Anime Expo: Win signed Demon’s Souls canvas art
Comic-con exclusive Devil My Cry 4 replica sword is sex
PAX 2009 keynote speaker announced
Capcom brings Tatsunoko Vs Capcom to Anime Expo
ScrewAttack Gaming Convention this weekend! Come say hi!
GameUniCon 09, New England’s biggest videogame convention

News:
JOURNALISM: Ubisoft bringing Imagine Reporter to the DS
The Pirate Bay sold, going legit
Fable III confirmed yet again
Rare: No one knows who we are
PlayStation accessories to be blessed with official seal
Sony patents PS2 emulation software for PS3?
Sony pulls the plug on PS1 home dev Net Yaroze community
100 million used games traded annually in US
MadWorld soundtrack officially released, available now
UK Charts: Fight Night punches down Prototype
Renegade Kid shows off its muddy 3D DS platformer
Blizzard defends Starcraft II’s lack of LAN support
Gears of War: Jacinto’s Remnant announced, hits July 28
Pachter: Wii HD could ’seriously damage’ PS3 comeback
Sega thinks M-rated Wii games are still worth making
Blizzard to offer World of Warcraft faction swapping service
Chinese government banning gold farming
Retro goggles do nothing: Dark Presence and digitized actors
Dress up like Michael Jackson in Battlefield Heroes
Monolith making a new FPS, needs engineer to engineer things

Offbeat:
Why didn’t I think of that?: The NES controller doorbell
Best Mario/Luigi/little boy/fruit snacks ‘rap’ video EVER!
NeoGAF adds Scribblenauts hype with fan art avatars
God of War character designer creates 12" Akuma statue
Stop the presses: Professor Layton is on Twitter
The Super Game Boy Super Nintendo controller

Media:
Metroid Prime Trilogy art book is totally foxy
Edge of Twilight screens look all steampunky
Red Faction: Guerrilla getting three separate DLC packs
NBA 2K10 Anniversary Edition may actually be worth the price
Skate 2 ‘Maloof Money Cup Pack’ available on July 9
Ridiculous art for the Aliens game that never was (update)
Want some Blood of Bahamut trailers? Good. You’ve got ‘em
New Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement screenies look cutesy
Some hot Marvel vs. Capcom 2 art for you to check out

Jonthan Ross brought you a extremely detailed preview on StarCraft II today. Not only that, but he also brought us an awesome interview on the game too. I’m really looking forward to StarCraft II now. How about you? 

Destructoid went to the Russian consulate, I previewed Dream Killer, Dead Space: Extraction’s box art looks hot, Ryu and Wolverine go at it and plenty more happened on 06/29/09.

Destructoid Originals:
Destructoid interview: StarCraft II’s Dustin Browder
Destructoid at the Russian consulate
New releases: Call of Juarez, BlazBlue and more
Overlord II devs on DLC and screaming mothers
Podtoid 104 records tonight, tell/warn your loved ones

Community:
Untapped Potential: Outcast and the support for Voxels
Community blogs of 06/29/09
Forum of the day: Game suggestions for a Brazilian English teacher

Previews:
StarCraft II multiplayer
Dream Killer
King’s Bounty: Armored Princess
Captain Blood
Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

News:
Zeno Clash "The Pit" DLC is: free, awesome, now available
Lost Planet 2 producer on demo’s release: ‘Soon, I guess’
Gran Turismo 5 will get a release date ’soon’
Sega’s PSP music game is full of upskirt fun
Mythic and BioWare may work together in the future
Man gets life for killing over a PlayStation 2
Monkey Island: Special Edition may hit another platform
Button punching could be coming to FNR 4 as DLC
Street Fighter III HD Remix probably not going to happen
Design a Raskull contest over, a new Raskull appears
Warriors: Legends of Troy official site has some red on it
Nintendo DLC: Water Warfare, fishing, Opa-Opa’s tears, more
Are PS3 exclusives failing to perform?
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts OST headed for retail, iTunes
No LAN for you: StarCraft II won’t have local support
NG Sigma 2: 14-year-old has huge boobs, new face
New content for Final Fantasy XI announced with extra moogle
StarCraft II’s map editor set for launch, possibly beta
Celebrate July 4th with the Sacktue of Liberty
Worms 2, King of Fighters ‘98 comes to XBLA this week
PC version of Trine costs 2x the PSN version (update)
Motley Crue, Dream Theater and more rock Rock Band Unplugged
Microsoft inks a deal to bring Canal + content to Xbox Live
Every id property ever coming to the iPhone
Double Dragon, Speedball 2 vanish from XBLA
Pachter: PS3 will overtake Xbox 360 … in 2015
Serious Sam HD could come to PSN later… if you want it
Fable II ‘Knothole Island’ DLC price slashed
Halo: Reach might use Project Natal

Offbeat:
lol wut: Earthworm Jim "Making of" documentary is rad

Media:
Dead Space: Extraction box art has a lady and aliens on it
Fragile confirmed for UK release, also gorgeous new screens
Murder ze Nazis in Death to Spies: Moment of Truth
Learn medieval Russian battle history in XIII Century! Woo!
Men of War: Red Tide takes you back to WWII, again
Ryu and Wolverine CONFIRMED for Marvel vs Capcom 2
Take to the skies in IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Find out what it’s like to be a trucker in Rig’n'Roll
Unbound Saga goes between the panels in new video
Here’s a first look at the Burnout fanatic’s car of choice

Whoever thought redoing those old classic photos of Lara with the new model is a genius. Which version of Lara do you all prefer?

Jim talks about videogame characters that he would have sex with, Weekend Destructainment was indestructible, Anthony reviewed Battlefield Heroes, new No More Heroes 2 details emerge, Nathan Fillion plays the Halos and plenty more happened this past weekend.

Destructoid Originals:
Videogame characters that I would have sex with
Weekend Destructainment: INDESTRUCTIBLE!!!
Best of the Network this week
This Week in the Community: SimToid
Games of the week for 06/28/09: Born to be alive edition

Community:
Community blogs of 06/28/09
Community blogs of 06/27/09
Forum of the day: So what is it that makes Zelda so great?

Reviews:
Battlefield Heroes

News:
Pratchett says gaming is still lacking in writing
Natal + PS3 wand = crappy third party plastic crap
Facts, inFamous has them
Aliens RPG gets final nail in the coffin
Rumor: Sony to start working on a gaming phone
MMOs on consoles face many problems
BlazBlue DLC jumps the gun, sucks crocodile nuts
Get 12 months of Xbox Live for $27.99
Analyst says Sony’s motion control beats Natal
Latin is awesome: Memento Mori gets a release date
Why you can’t play Hulu on your PS3
No More Heroes 2 details emerge, courtesy of Nintendo Power
NBA Live 10 will improve, dev promises
Capcom has a teaser site with 1560 on it
June 29 is still not MvC2’s release date
Get Michael Jackson’s Thriller for free on Xbox Live
Everquest and Everquest II getting expansions
Halo Avatar clothes spotted
Rumor: 1 vs. 100 out of beta and giving prizes next week
Math shows that Wolfenstein will have 1,638 kills

Offbeat:
UK store using fighting games to sell clothes
Nathan Fillion plays the Halos
Tiger plays his own game as well as he plays the U.S. Open
New Lara Croft poses make old Lara look like a bobble head
There Will Be Brawl shows us a very troubled Waluigi

Media:
Blood and gore: The Punisher: No Mercy has plenty of it

"Hey what the f**k are you kids doing on my f**king lawn?! And don’t look at me when I’m f**king talking to you.

Get that kid of my ice you little wankers. Alright, give him the stick. DON’T GIVE HIM THE STICK!

OHHHHHHH!!!" 

Destructoid Originals:
READY TO FRIDAY
Fanboy Friday: Dixaxis In Your Arse Edition
Art Attack Friday: DW3Girl
Top ten Jeff Goldblum games (because I think he is dead)
Friday Night Fights: Meat cubes and free swag edition
Indie Nation: Curse

Community:
Untapped Potential: A true family computer
Community blogs of 06/26/09
Forum of the day: Books on Videogames

Reviews:
Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled
The Munchables

Contests:
Twitter Friday: Bustin’ makes me feel…aw, nevermind
Win an Nvidia 9800 GTX + and maybe be able to play Crysis

News:
Uncharted getting a movie
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is Koei Tecmo’s first official game
25 million Americans played music games in April
Silver DualShock3 now available, Red and Blue coming this fall
*Sigh* … Yet another Square Enix countdown teaser
Closed beta for Tropico 3 to kick off in July
PS3 firmware 3.0 to be a ‘completely new system’ (Update)
Sony: Home to be ‘essential’ for all PS3 games
Left 4 Dead NXE theme comes with free OXM issue
Could Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles see a 2009 release?
Dragon Quest IX only has one save slot: Everyone PANIC!
Activists cry about ‘predatory’ game industry
Finding is half the battle in upcoming G.I. Joe game
Lord of the Rings: War of the North trademarked
THQ working on an accessory, will hit in 2010
Australia is also banning Second Life
PS3 Slim and a PS3 price drop happening this fall?
The bidding is over: Warner Bros. the likely owner of Midway
Champions Online open beta to happen in mid-August

Offbeat:
Sega’s robot girlfriend will love you long time

Media:
Korg DS-10 Plus, new musical software announced for DSi
TMNT: Smash Up trailers has turtle, human, and robot power
Machinima’s latest episode of Inside Gaming features a Shark
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood shows off its multiplayer
Section 8 screens arrive, still better than Velvet Assassin