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Over the past few weeks Ubisoft has been heavily teasingSplinter Cell Conviction— a welcome change from the past few years when Ubisoft went dark with the title. A few minutes agoConvictionwas shown at Microsoft’s E3 press conference and it was beautiful to see and to finally get some solid details and a release date. (It’s due out this fall). The game’s story revolves around an ancient Sam Fisher and his attempt to find the men who abducted his daughter....

I literally have no idea what is going on here, but it seems thatUSA Todayis writing from the future. The Project Natal event hasn’t even occurred yet, but they have all the information written up in a nice story like it already has. We trust them, so let’s run with it. Its’ called Kinect.Part of that rumorI posted ten seconds ago (gotta love E3) seems to be true. The post reveals little more information on the subject, possibly because their time machine didn’t let them hear sound or something....

Right off the bat, I need to say this —Dead Islandis not the bad game I feared it would be. I went into the hands-on demo worrying that, after all the hype, Techland’s open-world zombie holiday would be too rough to enjoy. However, while there is indeed a roughness to it, the enjoyment factor is firmly in place. I just wish I didn’t spend so much time kicking zombies in the crotch so I could have appreciated it more....

At the Sony press conference, it was announced that a large amount of third party companies were going to be creating games for the PlayStation Vita. At the same time as the announcement, the official press release hit our tips line. THE MAGIC OF THE INTERNET! The full list is pretty impressive: LEVEL-5, Square-Enix, Epic, Ubisoft (to name a few). Hit the jump to check it out.

Upcoming PSN puzzle-platformerTales from Space: About a Bloblooks pretty cute. It’s about alien blobs that fall from space to a planet where they’ll need to eat everything they come across to get out of captivity. You start out small, but through eating everything in sight you’ll be able to eventually nom on buildings, helicopters and other large objects. There’s a lot to like here with the funky art style and the puzzle-y gameplay....

Summer is approaching and with summer comes the next EuroNARP!Onceagain, we’ve planned an insanethree dayevent for all you European Dtoid members! This year the event is made even more special because of three reasons. Teh Lair is celebrating it’s fifth birthday! Our heaven-like location,Teh Lair, was opened in August 2005 after a few weeks of making it worthy of living in (mistic lived there for more then a year.) We had our opening LANparty and it was brilliant....

Nimbuswas arather fun indie title for PCthat had you gliding through puzzle-centric environments at breakneck speeds. It didn’t seem to garner too much attention from the public, but enough of you played it for an upcoming PlayStation Network version to happen. “New content as well as improvements for areas which were cut due to lack of time for the Steam version” are confirmed forNimbus+. On the official Noumenon Games blog,we are told that“the plan is to bring some of the improvements we currently have planned forNimbus+over to PC where possible....

Community outcry has its advantages. AFar Cry 2community developer recently revealed and attributed an upcoming “hardcore mode” updateto forum dwellersthat feel as if Ubisoft’s shooter lacks realism in the multiplayer department. The update will include a new hardcore mode, stronger guns, and an ability to tweak respawn time. Below is a snippet (the rest is after the break) of the rest of the enhancements: It’s unclear if this is downloadable content or not, but hardcore mode — and its various balance tweaks — will make its way to all platforms with Ubisoft’s “next round of patches....

Finally, aftera few delays and some controversy, Subatomic’sFieldrunners HDfor the Android OS is now available. There’s two ways to get it, depending on where you call home. if you’re in the United States, it’s the free app of the day on the Amazon Appstore. If you’re not in the US, you can findFieldrunners HDon theAndroid Marketfor a buck. These are day-one deals — tomorrow the app will go up to its regular price of $2....

Microsoft’s retail training site,Expertzone,has a listing for aFinal Fantasy XIIIXbox 360 bundle set to hit American shores later this year. jmoe316 on NeoGAF found the promo ad which states the system will include a 250GB harddrive, two controllers and a copy ofFinal Fantasy XIII. The system will go for $399 and the listing says the bundle will be for a black console yet the packaging is showing off a white console....

Nobou Uematsu’s record label, Dog Ear Records, is primed and ready to release its next collection of NES themes.Pia-Com IIprovides us with piano arrangements for music fromCommando,Final Fantasy III,Castlevania,Spelunker,Milon’s Secret Castle,Goemon,Wizardry,Fantasy Zone, amongst others. The disc will have ten tracks in total, and is set to release on Sept. 22nd. That’s three more thanPia-Com I. Nice. Pia-Com Ihas music fromMotherthough. That’s pretty tough to beat. Regardless of which collection is better, the concept behind these CDs is fantastic....

Here’s a couple of news bits on the upcoming DS RPGFinal Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. First off, there’s the official box art, which you can see above and in our gallery in a larger format. I think it looks pretty nice. If you are a preorder customer, there’s a few goodies that you can look forward to. A limited edition first-run poster will be included in the first manufacturing run of the game....

I got to playBit.Trip FLUXin its entirety yesterday. I loved it so much, but I promised the guys at Gaijin Games I wouldn’t tell you that (or anything else about the game for that matter) without their explicit permission. Luckily for me, reader NintenDaan scored these pics of the game from completing theBit.Triplevel inMission to Snowdriftland, which allows me to post them for your delight. Sadly, I’m not sure if I can tell you anything else about the game; not until I hear from someone at Gaijin....