Thebig piracy debateis one that will rage forever and ever, but at least on studio doesn’t seem to care very much. Volition, currently developingSaints Row: The Third, is more concerned with making a decent game, and will worry about piracy when it has a game worth stealing. “I don’t think [piracy] is something at the forefront for us,” said studio manager Eric Barker. “First and foremost, we want to verify we’re making a game people would want to pirate....

The Internet has become so important to most of us that it’s difficult to imagine life before it existed. Quite an amazing thing to think about when you consider the fact that the “WWW” only really took off in the mid-nineties. When itdidtake off, however, the games industry was there, and we thought it would be fun to go back in time usingWaybackand take some snapshots of the gaming world as it looked when the Internet was but a fledgling infant....

Here’s a brand new developer diary forThe War of the Worlds, being developed by Other Ocean and coming soon to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. It looks decent. Graphics and animations aren’t anything to write home about, sure, but I’m a total sucker for everything else they’re saying in this video. When someone starts throwing about that their inspirations are classic 16-bit titles likeFlashbackandOut of this World, my first reaction is to want to buy them a nice dinner and maybe go back to my place afterwards....

[Update]Winner is @BrooksEakin! Congrats! The OneUps are fcking awesome. There one of my favorite videogame cover bands as they add so much style to their jams like no one else can do. Recently I noticed that their Twitter follow count is pretty low. That’s bullsht and we’re going to fix thatRIGHT NOW. So we’re doing a Twitter giveaway and The OneUps have given usa ton of their merch to give out....

Talk about great timing! Followingword that a demoforSplinter Cell: Convictionwas still going to happen, we now have another update on that front: it’s coming exclusively to Xbox LIVE on March 18. Remarkably soon, isn’t it? The cheerful news was divulged on — where else? — Inside Xbox. We’re told it contains the bathroom interrogation scene that was shown in the first set of pictures from the revamped game plus a later level where the story is more developed....

Siliconera hasword— and a very convincingJapanese websitefor corroboration — that Capcom is looking to you, the fan, to help decide on what platform you’d like to see the nextMega Mantitle. Obviously any platform would be suitable for the umpteenth iteration of the lil’ blue fella, but I’d like to think that at least the illusion of choice that Capcom is presenting here should be enough to quell any revolutionary thoughts your Orwell-addled brains might have....

Just…just watch the trailer above. It’s for the latest game from the team behindDisgaea:Z.H.P. ~Unlosing Ranger VS DarkDeath Evilman~. Damn skippy. See that? SEE THAT? That’s the effing title of the game. It’s stunning, and you should definitely see this game in action. My PSP is seriously stoked for this title. Did you see the equipable weapons? Sexy-Jiggling boobs? Prinny hats? Fourth-wall breaking self-awareness that only Japanese developers seem capable of doing, this title is straight up awesome....

Despite the industry’s perpetual felching of 3D’s chocolate squinter, Nintendo believes that the technology has not yet hit the mainstream. Never fear, however, for the 3DS will be the first “mass market” 3D product on the market. According to Nintendo’s beefburger boss, anyway. “Consumers have a limited amount of time every day to invest in entertainment. Therefore we’ve got to bring out more compelling entertainment experiences than what others are doing,” says Nintendo of America’s Reggie Fils-Aime....

When NCsoft announced they had formed Carbine Studios way back in 2007, both companies were tight-lipped about what Carbine would actually be working on, aside from it being a new MMO. Almost four years later, Carbine unveiledWildStarat gamescom and PAX, and I was able to sit down and talk with the devs to learn just whatWildStaris, and what Carbine is hoping to accomplish with the game. WildStar(PC)Developer: Carbine StudiosPublisher: NCsoft Carbine’s presentation started out with some information about the studio....

Multiplayer is pretty much the main — and only, really — reason you’d want to playAliens vs. Predator Classic 2000in the year 2010. As of today, it is now something we can access; a patch went up on Steam enabling the mode. I could go on and on about how a large portion of the game has not aged well, but then I remember this is a videogame in which you can kill marines and Xenomorphs as a Predator....

I was just cruising around Amazon, hoping to get a ken on what sorts of deals they’ll be having on games for Cyber Monday, when I found a bunch of lightning deals have already started and there’s some great bargains you’ll want to jump on right away. You can nabValkyria Chronicles IIfor PSP at $19.99,Bayonettaon PS3 for $15 andSplinter Cell: Convictionon Xbox 360 for fourteen bucks. AndFront Mission Evolvedis going to be coming up cheap very soon on all platforms....

Midwayis a sinking ship. The money’s gone, the final bonus payouts have become scandal, and they’re selling offMortal Kombat. Not good, folks. But even in the midst of their 10-K filings we get some updates on…new games? So get this:This Is Vegasis still on track for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. I thought it would be dead by now! A few weeks ago, someone told me that it’s still going, and I didn’t believe him....

Backflip Studios is currently working on an iPhone game based upon the 1992 epic,Army of Darkness. Cruelly overlooked by the Academy, this modern classic (and the trilogy it concludes) has been the subject of a number of videogame adaptations over the years with very mixed results. The iPhone title, scheduled for release early in 2011, will have players controlling Ashley Williams as he defends the Necronomicon from Deadites. Word is, there will be some tower defense-inspired gameplay at work....