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Introversion Software, makers ofUplink, DarwiniaandDEFCONand one of indie game development’s greatest success stories, revealed to Next-Gen their ambitions to get their games on home consoles via digital distribution. This makes a great deal of sense for Introversion, whose games typically take less HDD real estate than your average Photoshop file. Introversion’s director Mark Morris explains: “I think you’ll be seeing some console titles coming out from Introversion over the next twelve months or so … The downloads fit with Introversion very well....

Just like that time when theofficial EA Web site hadLeft 4 Dead 2listed as a PS3-bound title, the publisher says the recent smattering ofMass Effect 2PS3 listingsare bogus. In a conversation withEurogamer, EA has said the listings are incorrect. Don’t get too bummed and hit up that noose in the closet just yet. Currently throughAmazon, pre-orderers of the PS3-bound Collector’s Edition of BioWare’sotherupcoming RPG,Dragon Age: Origins, can net themselves a cloth map, a tin box, and “an unlockable item forMass Effect 2....

Hot off the heels ofLeft 4 Dead 2, it seems as if another boycott is looming on the horizon, and unlike the last one, this is a bit more justified. Following evil Activision’s decision to raise the price ofModern Warfare 2to £54.99 in the UK, angered British gamers are venting spleen and sharing one common sentiment — that they will not bend over and let Bobby Kotick’s gold-plated cock shaft them with the fury of a thousand Suns....

We’re headed into 2011, and Microsoft keeps the discounts rolling. Because after the New Year, they’re marking everything up 150%! (Kidding… I think.) Today you’re able to get multiplayer shooterMonday Night Combatfor 600 MS Points, which is a great deal for a stellar game. Readour reviewfor more details. Avatar-wise, there’s aPlants vs. Zombies“zombie” mask available for 80 MS Points. I’m generally against the idea of paying for Avatar items, but… zombies!...

I’m running out of terms that could even loosely translate to “screenshots” by this point. Thankfully, we’re nearing the end of what Sony had in store for us from their Gamer’s Day event. I have to say,Motorstorm Arctic Edgelooks damn good for being on the PSP. The models for the vehicles in particular look fantastic. I played the game very briefly while at the event and it feels like a good translation of its console brother....

Reminding us that they make games other thanManhunt 2, Rockstar Games has sent over the first images of the the massiveGrand Theft Auto IVSpecial Edition. In case you’ve forgotten what it was, between strangling puppies and pulling the wings off of birds, here’s a run down of what you’ll get: The Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition will be presented in a customized Grand Theft Auto metal safety deposit box. The box will contain:...

Arstechnica brings usan articlethat details Congress (who just ended their 109th session of doing keg stands with Ted Kennedy) having just denied the changes (authored by the man in the picture above,Ted “The Internet Is A Series Of Things I Totally Don’t Understand” Stevens) to the 1996 Telecommunications Act that would have made the Internet a much lamer place for all of us. Now if they could just stopmolesting underage boysandmurdering aides, I’d finally havesomeone to look up to in government!...

What do you call the thing that drives you to win at any costs in any endeavor; that Internal cocktail of honed skills, ruthless guile, pure instinct, and fevered adrenaline. That thing where your palms sweat, and your heart races while the thing that blocks out everything to part where all you may see, hear, smell, taste and feel is the moment you’re standing in? I call it the competitive edge....

WhileDark Sector‘s trailers may be branded with the contraband filth stamp at the moment, and locked safely away in a crate next to the ark of the covenant, some new screenshots have just been snuck out out by some plucky young anarchists, no doubt eager to prove their worth by “sticking it to the man”. Though as much as I lash the the ESRB with the casual malevolence of my forked journalist’s tongue, I have to admit they’ve done us a rather large favor here....

Not a whole bunch out this week. Seriously, compared to the last few weeks, this is just a dead week. That’s not to say there isn’t anything good, and we probably needed a little break to catchup anyway. The standouts are easilyDino D-Dayfor the PC andThe Dishwasher: Vampire Smilefor Xbox Live Arcade. What’s looking sw33t to you?

Destructoid’s regular readers are probably used to mebitching about the lack of aYakuza 3US release datefor the PS3, but I’m sorry — I can’t stop. This gamelooks incredible. And this latest batch of screens (courtesy of the always greatGamekyo) does not help with my lusting issue. Check them out in the gallery below: there’s impressive-looking cityscapes, hostess bar visits (hot!), Okinawa street beatdowns, body slams with epic blur effects, and guys getting whacked in the face with a gas tank....

There is a list of upcoming Nintendo releases bouncing around the blogs this morning, and you might want to take a look at it.GoNintendohas a round-eye friendly version, detailing releases for Japan in one list, and North America and Europe in another. Most of this is stuff we know about, but it’s great to see it on a list with dates attached. U.S. highlights for the Wii and DS:

Before you freak out too much over the “free” part of the headline, let me clarify:Pinball FX 2will hit Xbox LIVE Arcade on October 13 as a platform. I mean that in the same wayGame Roomis a platform. If you ownPinball FX, you can import all of your old tables (including any add-on content you own) intoPinball FX 2for graphical updates and new Achievements. What’s more, there will be fourPinball FX 2tables to try out and possibly buy....