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I love how excited that image is. Aspreviously teased, theDead Spacebackpack is still coming, but now we have more substantial details to work with. It’ll be available in January — just in time forDead Space 2‘s launch, no doubt — for $108. However, from now through Thursday, September 23,Visceral is taking deposits. By putting a refundable $40 down now, you’ll get a t-shirt designed by art director Ian Milham and three exclusiveDead Space 2mini lithographs alongside your oh-so-geeky backpack....

Activision has revealed its obligatory pre-order bonuses for upcoming robofestTransformers: War for Cybertron. Depending on where you order it, you can get your hands on one of two extra characters — either Demolisher from Amazon or Shockwave from GameStop. Usually I’d criticize yet another game with multiple exclusive pre-order bonuses, but it doesn’t matter so much this time because there arenotough decisions to make. Anybody with a brain would select Shockwave over Demolisher....

Sick of idiotic teenagers trollingCall of Duty? Well, you’re boned, because Treyarch has no interest in keeping the kids away from its games. “I think it should be handled by the ratings board. I don’t know a tremendous amount about UK ratings boards, but I do know that you have to be of that age to purchase the content, and if parents want to let their kids play it’s completely at their discretion,” said community manager Josh Olin....

Destructoid is no stranger to the myriadMother 3translation dramabombs that have dropped since the game’s original Japanese (andnowhere else) release of the game, mostly due to my corrupt influence. But now we’ve got something new to share with you — very exciting news, but not so much in the ’round-the-water-cooler sort of gossip way thatprevious breakshad been: the two major groups, Starmen.net and Mother3.org, have joined up to work towards a goal of one solid, single translation....

Two Worlds IIhas seen a bumpy ride when it comes to its UK release, which was previously pushed months down the line of the mainland European release. Despite being stuck with an English-voiced mainland release if I wanted to buy it here, it was strangely deemed unfit for the UK. An ‘industry source’ has now told Eurogamer that GAME was the only retail store that would even get the game, and told them that “subsequent reports suggest that there was a shipment issue with the Two Worlds 2 stock, and it is uncertain if any units will make it to the UK....

One of the main benefits of playing Valve games on the PC (aside from not gettingscrewed over on DLCand being free of Microsoft’s evil clutches) is the fact that you get access to a ridiculous amount of mods created by a ravenous community of fans. While Xbox Live will never see that much freedom on its servers,Valve hopes toat least bring a little of the community’s creativity over to home consoles....

The past Spike Video Game Awards have attempted to mix Hollywood with the world of gaming with varied results, and this year’s show (which airs this Saturday on Spike TV) looks to be no different. However, with the synergy of Hollywood and gaming now stronger than ever, it looks like the marriage may start to make a bit more sense. Case in point: Not only will the VGAs host the premiere of Ubisoft’sPrince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, but it will also be the premiere of a new clip from Disney’s upcomingPrince of Persia: The Sands of Timefilm....

Activision is opening up a new games studio and, as one might expect, they desire top quality talent to work there. So, they strolled on over to Visceral Games, the EA-owned studio responsible forDead Spaceand the upcomingDante’s Inferno, andpicked some up. Yesterday, Visceral’s General Manager, Glen Schofield, and COO, Michael Condrey, announced to their fellow employees that they would be joining Activision’s currently unnamed studio. Schofield, in particular, has got to feel like a nasty blow, as he was the man chiefly responsible for pushingDead Spacethrough development....

The Volition crew are baiting people back intoRed Faction: Guerillia’smulti component. And the treat at the end of the stick is a meal. Earlier last afternoon, Volitionannounced the launch ofthe “Get Your Ass Back to Mars” event, a five-day quintuple XP frag and hammer fest that kicks off at some point this December 17th. No mode is off limits and participants should expect to be thumped by anOstrich malletunlock within hours — quintuple XP makes that 120,00 XP goal feasible, which is totally fine by us....

All I can guess is that Brawl didn’t have enough characters in it for someone. I mean, Waluigi is cool and all, but I’d imagine that no one truly misses him for not being in the game. That said, he looks pretty awesome in this video. He looks like a badass because heisa badass. The video even gives you some detailed closeups of Luigi’s evil counterpart, purple clothes and miscolored nose and all....

Here’s what happens when a third-party developer makes a successful game for a publisher — that publisher acquires them. Such is the case with Warner Bros. and Rocksteady Studios, the developer of last year’s critically and commercially successfulBatman: Arkham Asylum. Warner Bros. has announced that its acquired a majority stake of the UK-based developer. Interestingly, Rocksteady studio director Jamie Walker hints at other projects beyond Batman saying “The Rocksteady team is very much looking forward to creating more great games based on widely recognized Warner Bros....

WETkind of stumbled at the starting block when it become one of the victims of the Activision cull following the evil publisher’s acquisition of Vivendi. For a while it looked like the game would be stuck forever in limbo until Bethesdasnapped uptheStranglehold-esque title. NowWETfinally has a release date, and it’ll be rocking your consoles on September 15. “We’ve worked really hard to makeWETdifferent from any other action game available,” says Patrick Fortier, creative director at developer A2M....

Time to dust off your metallic uniframe super hybrid armor — the Sega Genesis shooterMUSHA(1 player, 800 Wii Points)hits the Virtual Console today. Originally released in 1990 (the year the first McDonald’s opened up in Russia!),MUSHAputs you in control of Terri, a female fighter pilot. If you’re looking for a little “pew pew,” this might be the game for you. While Musha leans towards the “hardcore” side of things,Family Glide Hockey(Asksys Games, 1-4 players, 500 Wii Points)might be better suited for more casual play....