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We’ve gone hands on with Midway’s upcoming pro wrestler title,TNA iMPACT!on anumber of occasions, but they were always tight-lipped on one thing: the game’s career mode. At aTNA iMPACT!event that took place in Trenton, NJ this past weekend, Midway finally pulled off the covers on the game’s interesting on the single-player career progression. The game initially puts you in the shoes of a Midway designed wrestler named Suicide, who is quickly making his way through the ranks as one of TNA’s top superstars....

One of the main reasons I even got into watching the WWE when I was younger was because of the female wrestlers like Trish Stratus and Stacy Keibler. What? I’m a guy. Deal with it. I checked outWWE All Starslast week, and noticed that there wasn’t a single female fighter on the roster. So I asked Mike McTyre, one of the producers on the game, why we won’t be seeing the lovely Divas of past and present....

X-bit Labs hasa storyup today that mentions a quote from Sony’s European President Phil Harrison heavily hinting that downloadable movies would be coming to the PlayStation 3. Here’s the quote; “I think PlayStation 3 needs to stand for gaming and digital entertainment in the living room pushing the envelope of high definition, pushing the envelope of broadband, and of course that includes more than just games. We don’t have the announcements that you’re probably looking for today, but it is digital data....

The rumoredDragon Age: Originsexpansion, “Dragon Age: Origins — Awakening,” is a real thing. This morning, EA and BioWare announced the expansion, confirming several details leaked days prior, thanks to an odd European retailer listing. The expansion appears to take place after the events in the core game, tasking users with rebuilding the devastated Grey Warden ranks in a place named Amaranthine as the order’s new Commander. Don’t think the Darkspawn are toast....

In light of thePrince of PersiaWii announcement, a few of us on Destructoid were debating whether or not the Wii would succumb to the same fate as the GameCube. While some of us believe the console will see several quick and dirty ports that won’t compare to their PS3 and 360 counterparts, several of us still have enough faith in developers to believe that eventually the Wii will be blessed with a large library of games built specifically for the system from the ground up....

Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires launches next week, bringing the new weapons from Dynasty Warriors 6: Special, a full-on strategy mode and a character edit function to the game. I’m playing the game right now, and so far I like what I’ve been seeing. One of the big additions to the game is a new playable warrior, Meng Huo. He was strangely absent from DW6, but he’s returned in all his half-naked glory, and Koei has released a video of him in action....

One of the big shockers from the Microsoft press conference was the unveiling of a newFinalFantasy XIIItrailer and the subsequent announcement that the once exclusive title would be coming to the Xbox 360. The foregone conclusion one could draw from the announcement is that all Square Enix titles have the propensity to float multi-platform. Fortunately for the Sony crowd, aPSUinterview with Square Enix executive Shinki Hashimoto has revealed thatFinal Fantasy XIII Versuswill remain exclusive to the PS3:...

A few days ago, Midway gifted us with theirofficial E3 game lineup. Despite the assortment of titles, the game on everyone’s mind is stillMortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. Today, we have a host of new screens and a special never-before-seen gameplay trailer that will be shown at E3 this year. Consider this our little gift to you. The screenshots show off a few new characters in action, including the Flash, Catwoman, Sonya Blade, and Shang Tsung....

I’ve made it clear in the past that I’m pretty much obsessed with any and everything having to do with Atlus’ Trauma Center series. A few days before this year’s E3 kicked off, Atlus announcedTrauma Teamfor the Nintendo Wii, an all new adventure which allows you to play as any one of six characters working in a bustling hospital. When I visited Atlus at this year’s E3, I had a chance to sit down with PR extraordinare Aram Jabbari and find out a little bit more about what to expect fromTrauma Teamwhen it comes out in 2010....

Konami’s press conference for E3 is coming and speculation is running a little bit rampant. Good thing we have Samit Sarkar and Conrad Zimmerman to break it all down for you as it happens. We heard a rumor on our way in that there’s going to be a big announcement out of all this, so I wouldn’t miss this if I were you. Hit the jump for the live blog!...

Splinter Cell Convictionwas the most pleasantly surprising thing I saw at E3 today. Period. Part of that may be that I found the franchise’s last installment,Double Agent, incredibly depressing. But more likely it’s due to the fact that withConviction, the guys at UbiSoft have managed to create something that is not only stylistically spectacular, but — at least, as it was presented to me during a fifteen minute developer playthrough — could potentially be an even better fusion of stealth and balls-out action than anything we’ve seen before (yes, including theMetal Gear Solidseries)....

Every time Chad Concelmo smiles, dolphins all across the world give birth to rainbows. What’s that have to do with anything about this post? Nothing. It’s just a fact. What this post is about, though, is Chad and is obsession with all things Nintendo. He loves the Big N and can’t wait to see what happens with the nextZelda. Chad is also looking forward to the 3DS and he and R3y here speculate as to what the new handheld will be like....

Ok, we get it.Halo 3has ahigh probability of being awesome.Halogameplay aside (I’m not opening that can of Shai Hulud), fans and haters alike have to agree that the Haloverse is one of the most immersive and rich in the genre. Think of it as theHarry PotterorPokémonof FPS: the content may be derivative, but the narrative and the history are so well designed that players can’t help but get sucked in. Look at the success ofRed vs....