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Made you look! While I’m becoming antsy just thinking about the lastFallout 3add-on, “Mothership Zeta,” the latest news surrounding the downloadable content pack is helping to calm me down. MTV Multiplayeronce again spoke withBethesda’s Jeff Gardiner and he finally gave out specifics on the new weapons and unlockable perk. “Mothership Zeta,” Jeff says, “includes a Shock Baton for melee fighters, multiple new firearms including an Alien Atomizer, a pistol, and the Alien Disintegrator, a new rifle....

Today, after work, I’m heading to my favorite game music store to pick up thisMyth: The Xenogears Orchestral Albumthat werecently told you about. The collection of orchestrated, fan-picked favorites from one of the best game music soundtracks of all time is going to be a treat for this huge music nerd. This and theCatherine OST.My wallet weeps. I’m also tempted by the vinyl version of the Xenogears album.Game Swaghas the details on 2,800 yen, six song collector’s item....

Nintendo’s DLC offerings for this week aren’t as Valentine’s Day-themed as we had hoped they would be, but at least one game has some kisses in it. WiiWare titlePucca’s kisses game(500 Wii Points) is abouta gal who dreams of smothering her beloved little ninja Garu with kisses. As the player, you’ll help her get some smooches in in this interactive animation. Inchick chick BOOM(800 points, demo available) you’ll defend chicks through the power of drawing....

Looking for Wii-U updates? Check our Wii Channel news and updates Wii users, expect an update next time you connect your console to that crazy little thing called the “internet.” No, this is not the Opera Browser update; checking news and weather is still out of the question. This update is all about the parental controls, baby. While they were included out of the box, the update tweaks and refines them so that you can further hold down the man....

“Come on Nintendo, we need a hard drive,” are the words of Harmonix design director Rob Kay. We all found out a while ago justhow severely gimpedthe Wii version ofRock Bandis, something which should have come as no surprise. Harmonix doesn’t want any of the blame though, andcites Nintendo’s lack of storage spaceas the reason why one of the big flaws — a lack of downloadable content — is present....

Hopping back into the swing of things with Japanese news, the major CEDEC event is over, and those stories are impossibly long to translate. I haven’t yet worked up to translating thousand-word documents yet. So for now, here are some easier stories: First up we’ve got a little bit on the upcomingDisgaeaspinoffPrinny: It’s Alright if I’m the Hero, Dood?. Famitsu has given usa couple of screensthat aren’t anything new from the traileryou’ve already watched, but we do get a bit of story....

For all youOblivionfans out there (ie, everyone except Ron “I hate Paris Hilton” Workman),CVGhas managed to source a few details about the game’s expansion,Shivering Isles, from the latest issue ofPC Zone. Read on for a few minor details: Revealed in the latest edition of PC Zone magazine, word is that the expansion will offer 30-plus hours of new adventuring, features new quests, monsters, expanded freeform gameplay – quest lines that branch more than before, for example – and a new land “that you can watch change according to your vital life-or-death decisions”....

Two days from now,PS3 owners are getting their chance to sniff thePeggle-powderwith the planned release ofPeggleand the paid add-onPeggle Nightsover PSN. The simultaneous release ofPeggle Nightsis a nice treat — owners of the Xbox LIVE version of the core game have been waiting a long time for the add-on. But as was promised millennia ago,Peggle Nightsis indeed coming to LIVE. And it’s coming before the PSN version launches. Earlier this afternoon, developer PopCap Games announced that thePeggle Nightsadd-on launches over Xbox LIVE on the morrow, debuting at 400 MSP — a stellar price for ahost of fresh(er) contentthat should keep you biting your fingernails in frustration during the hours not spent playing the game and paying attention to dumb stuff like the phone, e-mail orwork....

This morning EA confirmed a lot of what we already know courtesy of terrible people who scan magazines:Bulletstormis indeed the Epic Games and People Can Fly collaboration heading to our PlayStation 3s, PCs, and Xbox 360s in 2011. The first-person shooter leans on the amount of crap we might or might not be able to trigger after pummeling something with bullets. The official release makes mention of a “kill with skill” (‘skillshots’) mechanic that “is packed with blockbuster moments” that’ll gives us points based on the level of mayhem that can be used to unlockheavierguns and thus more opportunities to go nuts....

In presenting its fourth quarter fiscal 2011 results today, THQ has also announced that thepopular uDraw GameTablet— currently available for Wii — will be coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. That won’t be happening for a while, though — “this holiday” is as specific as THQ would get. Talk about a suitable period to put out a device seemingly aimed at younger audiences. No mention of which games, if any, are going to launch alongside the device; still plenty of time to hammer that out....

The problem — and I think I’ve said this before in regard to fanart header images — the problem with having a really kickass community who makes stuff for you is that when it comes time to share their works in an official capacity, there are just too many. I would have loved to include every single techno remix inspired by Podtoid 114 in this week’s episode, but I had to settle for puttingSuper Mega Hyper‘s song at the beginning....

Watch Austin Weber play Unreal with a power glove. Moving his arm controls the camera, his thumb controls propulsion, and his index finger controls firing. Want to learn how to make your own?A step by step tutorial here(summary: rig a gyration mouse to it)

Admission: I’m not so good at multiplayer first-person shooters; I need all of the help I can get. Well, when it comes to id Software’s and Raven Software’s upcoming shooterWolfenstein, GameStop to the rescue! The retaileris offeringan exclusive “Day One Multi-Player Advantage” with pre-orders of the game, which ships this August. This leg-up will let you choose your own weapon or power upgrade in multiplayer right from the start… no work involved!...