"This is very much a triple-A project," Sega West boss Mike Hayes added. "We want this to be a peer to the likes of Dead Space 2."

It'll be interesting to see how it all turns out, especially considering that Creative Assembly's last departure from strategy wasn't exactly well received. Hopefully Creative Assembly can pull it off.

First up, an update rolls out tonight at 9PM EST which features:

• A redesigned item shop aimed at reducing the amount of time it will take to learn the intricacies of item purchases. The overhaul is also meant to add a layer of clarification for existing players. New elements include a a search panel, a revamped purchasing interface, item progression panel, and dual modes.
• New fully interactive hero guides which can be customized, and ranked by the community. With this tool players can now set defaults for recommended items and builds, and the community can highlight which are deemed the most useful..
• All new "simple" tooltips aimed at making Heroes of Newerth more accessible for new players, as well as "advanced" tooltips for increased clarity, consistency, and useability for current players.
• Two new avatars - Winston Charmadon, and Thor Thunderbringer.

Finally, anyone that plays Heroes of Newerth during the promotion will earn 100 Gold and Silver Goblin Coins after their first completed game.

If you haven't tried Heroes of Newerth yet, now's the time. I can recommend it for the gameplay alone just as much as I have League of Legends, and these changes serve to make the game much more accessible to new players.

Right. So this morning I was at a red light and the woman in the car beside me suddenly bowed her head and did the sign of the cross. WTF!! Did she know something I didn't? I was paranoid after that! I think praying while driving should be illegal. It's got to be about as bad as texting, especially when they have their eyes closed. I'm going to start up a new organization. Mothers Against Prayers (M.A.P.). Alright, so I'm not a mother, but "Random Individuals Against Prayers" wasn't working for me. BTW, my new organization is charitable. Send money. I'll be at a highway exit.

Today, we're proud to announce our first-ever Gearbox Community Day (http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/communityday).

Open to all and free to attend, Gearbox Community Day is a celebration of our awesome fans, our history as a studio, the launch of Duke Nukem Forever, and of what lies ahead for Gearbox.

Taking place at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas, TX on June 11, Gearbox Community Day offers attendees...

- The chance to play Duke Nukem Forever alongside the Gearbox crew and hone their multiplayer skills before the game is released in North America.

- Panels and presentations from the people behind some of Gearbox's biggest games, including Duke Nukem Forever, Borderlands, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Brothers in Arms, and more!

- The first public unveiling of never-before-seen materials by Gearbox.

For registration and more information, including discounted hotel rates, please visit http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/communityday

Brawl Busters is a dynamic new action brawler that features competitive and co-operative battle modes all in a unique third person view. With its simple and intuitive controls, this easy to pick up and play game makes team strategy a must as player's battle against each other or team up against computer controlled enemies.

Players will find five unique character classes including the Slugger, the Firefighter, the Rocker, the Boxer and finally, the Blitzer. With its signature funky visual style, the game will offer seven exciting maps and will also feature a huge variety of customization options including body type, gender, weapons, costumes and accessories along with the ability to upgrade weapons and costumes with new abilities. Brawl Busters will feature an intense Training Mode, Challenge Missions, leader boards and persistent stat tracking.

Rift players can also bring a friend to the game with the "Ascend-a-Friend" perk plan. If you con a friend into signing up, then something I don't quite understand will happen. Read more.

“I am delighted that my game will arrive in May, since that’s the same month as the National day of Norway and I have a Facebook friend that is Norwegian” says Ernest Hamilton, Main Character. “Another thing that makes me happy is that the players will lend me a helping hand on my adventures when the game is out – it’s hard doing everything yourself even though Sasha is a great sidekick. Make me look good gamers!”

Key Features:

• Entertaining and Addictive Game Play
• 30 levels to master
• 3 unique lands to explore
• Upcoming DLCs and monthly updates
• Indie Game Challenge finalist

Update: Thanks acare84 for pointing out that there is a Fortrix 2 demo on the official site.

Players spawn with a lame pistol, but every other gun in the game is so powerful as to make tactics pointless. Take the shrink ray: it requires you to wander over to your miniature prey to stomp on them, but it’s basically a one-hit kill. Determined mini-Dukes occasionally prolong their re-spawn by retreating into the cracks of the walls like miniature mice-men, but it almost never pays off. You shrink – you die.

But like the rest of my time with Duke’s stubbornly crass and occasionally archaic multiplayer, it’s short-term fun that eventually leaves you cold. Like rolling around in filth.

Roughly 10 million Microsoft users already have cameras attached to their devices. That's the number of Xbox Kinect systems sold since the motion-sensing game system was released last year.

It seems like a no-brainer that Microsoft would integrate Skype's advanced chat technologies with that, as well as with its Xbox LIVE service.