Dark Horse Comics will be publishing a 3 issue comic series based on the upcoming id Software game Rage. The first issue is scheduled for June 22nd. The series will be written by Rex Mundi writer Arvid Nelson with art by Andrew Mutti.

Remember Ape Escape? It was the first game for the original PlayStation to make use of the DualShock controller mandatory. Also it had monkeys and the catching thereof. Six years after the release of the last “real” Ape Escape for consoles, Sony’s announced “PlayStation Move Ape Escape”, set to hit PSN this summer.

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Here’s something for those of us not lucky enough to be at PAX East this weekend to be happy about. While everyone in Boston is busy nursing pre-PAX party hangovers, we’ve learned that Batman: Arkham City has gotten official release dates for multiple regions.

Most of the attention of the latest PS3 firmware update (humorously numbered 3.60), version 3.60 has been on the addition of online game save storage for PlayStation Plus subscribers. But that’s not the only new addition to the firmware, it seems. According to reports from hackers, changes to the way the PS3′s software works means that the system’s previous hacks no longer work.

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Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral has been named the ‘fastest selling consumer device’ by the Guiness Book of World Records according to a BBC News story – a title previously (albeit briefly) held by Apple’s iPad. 10 million of the HAL 9000 forerunners controller-free gaming devices have now been sold worldwide in the four months since launch. This compares with around 15 million iPads sold over eight months – only half as [...]

So…. there’s this incredible new game with a trailer that has recently surfaced. The story takes place in what appears to be a sort of dystopian future with Asian-inspired architecture, where these giant mechs are encumbered to bear fisticuffs and duke it out in barren city landscapes in order to survive. Developer Adhesive Games has been working on this title for only 9 months, but what you may soon see [...]

There’s only four days left to vote for the BAFTA GAME Award 2010! The BAFTAs are one of the most sought-after prizes given out during the awards season. It’s mostly associated with the film and television industries from which it derives its name (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), but since 2006 they have held a separate awards ceremony honouring the work of the videogames industry. Last year’s big [...]

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YouTube user aislinntrista24 has made a very special tribute to Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 by fusing some of the excellent character animations with the style from legen- (wait for it) -dary anime Cowboy Bebop. Check the video out after the cut, with special soundtrack “Tank!” by The Seatbelts.

PlayStation 3 owners with a PlayStation Plus account will be able to save their games online starting tomorrow, March 10th.

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FINALLY. The first piece of DLC for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, “Reverie,” is due out at the end of this month and will cost 800 MSP/$9.99 for the 360 and PS3 respectively. Spoilers behind the cut!

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