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This Friday is the long-awaited release ofResident Evil 5. For those who flip their, uh, “lids” (and by lids, I mean s**t) for theResident Evilseries, especially theResident Evil 4-style action-fun-time shooty-shooty,Resident Evil 5has been a long time coming. And what can be better than a game that lets you shoot a plethora of multi-racial zombies? How about a whole night of celebrating a game that lets you shoot a plethora of multi-racial zombies?...

Whether you realize it or not, you’ve seen Sculpey around these parts quite afewtimesbefore. But if you’re still unfamiliar with the stuff, all you really need to know is that it’s a brand of clay polymer, quite popular among the customtoymaking crowd. And, much like Elmer’s school glue, I’ve never entirely grasped the fact that you’re not supposed to eat it. This customBoy and His Blobfigure does not help the matter....

Yes, what you are reading is there will be an announcement … of an announcement. That’s the kind of thing that happens in the videogame industry, and that’s the kind of thing you’re going to have to read.Dead Space 2is one of the worst kept secrets in development right now. We all know it’s happening, we even knowmultiplayer may be involved. Electronic Arts won’t open its mouth. It seems that EA’s silence will be broken on December 22, as confirmed byXbox 360 Worldmagazine....

As you know, it’s Super Bowl Sunday (or as our friends in Europe call it “That’s Not Football, Ye Wankers” Sunday). As it is every year, today is a celebration of all things American; from huge guys smashing the life out of each other to clever, gimmicky commercials trying to sell you beer, one only need watch this four hour stretch of television to realize why America is so great....

Electronic Arts is famed for cramming SecuROM into everything, seemingly just for fun. That’s why it’s quite surprising that BioWare’s upcoming RPGDragon Age: Originswon’t be sporting masses of oppressive DRM. Players will only be requiredto undertake a disc checkbefore they can start having sex with sorceresses. “It’s a philosophy that we’re building a game, withDragon Age, that is such a great value to price ratio, and we have such an ambitious and valuable, to fans, downloadable content plan that we trust our fans,” explains EA’s Ray Muzyka....

What do you like on your hot dogs? Me? I’m a mustard and relish kind of guy. Or, on rare occasions, hit me with the chili and onions (and mustard again) for more of a knife and fork kind of meal. Sauerkraut, though? That’s not my style, I’d…oh, wait. Not Sauerkraut —Sakuranaut. Sakuranautis an upcoming Nintendo DS role-playing game, and not a hot dog topping. It comes by way of Marvelous Entertainment, set to hit Japan on November 5th....

3D Realms — the studio I’m convinced is nothing but an extravagant practical joke — has teased “numerous” upcomingDuke Nukemprojects over the coming years, with a “resurgence” planned for the notorious FPS hero. Apparently, the man with balls of steel could be going the way of the “casual” game as well. “There are numerous other Duke games in various stages of development, several due out this year,” says 3D Realms CEO Scott Miller....

There’s no doubt that EA had a big day today here on E3’s Eve. We’ve already gone through theirpress conferenceand announcements, and so it’s nice to see that they gave us plenty of pictures to go with all of this text. Dead Spaceleads our screenshot collection with a few hot new images. I swear, this game looks better every time I see it.FacebreakerandSporealso have plenty to contribute to the gallery. Aside from the above listed, there are at least a couple of screens from each of these titles:Skate It, Mercenaries 2, C&C: Red Alert 3, Warhammer Online, Harry Potter, and SimCity Creator....

To celebrate the announcement ofBulletstorm‘s release date, Electronic Arts has sent along a sexy bunch of art and screens for the kick-ass shooter in which people get the dicks scared off them. Bulletstormdefinitely grabbed attention today, with the overwhelming sentiment being that the latest footage sold them on the title after some initial doubts. It looks thoroughly fantastic and silly, and you just don’t get enough silly games these days. We’ll be getting hands on time with the game this week, so keep reading Dtoid for that....

If you’ve beenfollowing me on Twitter, you may know that I’m making my home in Los Angeles this week for a weeklongPre-E3 Game Critics event, as one of the judges for the show. The grueling five day marathon of meetings with the industry’s top publishers is a sneak peek at some of the hottest games that will appear at this year’s E3, which takes place from June 15 through 17....

AlthoughDale North fully previewedthe latest attempt to makeSilent Hillrelevant again, I couldn’t resist checking the game out myself, instunning 3D.Silent Hill 2is my favorite game of all time, and hearing that Downpour was evoking its spirit while successfully trying new things turned me on. Man, what a letdown. If I had to name E3’s biggest disappointment, it would be playingSilent Hill: Downpourand getting what looked like an even less enthralling version ofSilent Hill: Homecoming....

Wii owners who want to play a hockey game haven’t had any option besides the annual releases from 2K Sports’NHL 2Kseries — until now. According to Canadian news publisherQMI Agency(and as verified by the Twitter account @EASPORTSNHL), EA is set to announce tomorrow its first-ever foray into hockey on the Wii:NHL Slapshot. Just like last year’s fun PSN/XBLA hockey game,3 on 3 NHL Arcade,NHL Slapshotis under development at EA Canada by some members of the same team behind EA Sports’ flagship PS3/360 hockey sims,NHL 10andNHL 11....

With Activisionfiring Infinity Ward bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West, it hasn’t taken Electronic Arts long to put on some white armor and make itself look like a good guy next to its evil rival. EA CFO John Schappert has expressed his disappointment at thebitter legal situation, stating that developers shouldn’t have to get involved in legal battles. “I’m disappointed on a couple of fronts,” expresses the CFO. “I’m disappointed because I think Jason and Vince, on the human side, are two great guys, I know them personally, they’ve done great things....