We’ve beendoing our bestto keep an eye onSEGA Rally, though it tends to want to fly under the radar for some reason. Plus, this is the perfect excuse to use the above picture! TeamXboxhas posted some newSEGA Rallyscreenshots showing off newly unveiled cars, including the Mitsubishi Concept-X, the McRae Enduro, the RUF Rt 12 and a customised HUMMER H3. The Mitsubishi Concept-X and McRae Enduro (sounds like a funny McDonalds menu item) are both concept cars making their video game debut inSEGA Rally, and SEGA Racing Studio’s Lead Car Artist Keith Burden even became involved in the design process of the McRae Enduro....

From my hands-onpreview earlier in the day, you know thatPureis set to be one of the most detailed ATV racers ever made — from the photorealistic environments, to the tricks that can be performed in real life, to much more. The extreme attention to detail also goes into the vehicles, andPurewill let players build their own rides from the ground up. The customization feature is set to be very expansive and will offer players a ton of parts to make their own quads....

Linus is so goddamn cute. This is technically the week for Christmas episodes and Christmas specials and maybe one begrudging, halfhearted Hannukah celebration, but we at Podtoid aren’t really cheery enough to make that whole “Holiday Cheer” thing work very well. So we won’t be doing too much of it. Well, that, and there are almost no videogames about Christmas. Instead, we’ll be talking about procedural narrative versus scripted story, the structuring of franchises, Jim’s finally playedMGS4, and other things....

If you haven’t been following this sequel, it tells the story of Sergeant James Heller, a man who has it out for former protagonist Alex Mercer. This little image manages to promote that vendetta while still remaining pleasantly festive. Which is nice.

Our absolutelymassive review ofPrototypefeatured the views of three of our editors, and came with abonus music video. The end result? A respectable score of 7.5 out of 10. That means that we feel it’s a solid game. And it is. It was solid enough for the original asking price of $59.99, and so it’s definitely worth the limited-time price of $40. The good folks atSteamhave dropped the price of Activision’s latest action game by 20 percent, letting you nab it for $40....

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Netflix “Instant Watch” is the best thing that’s happened to my video entertainment consumption since the advent of VHS. It’s awesome. I steam stuff on my Xbox 360 instantly almost daily. I could do it on my PlayStation 3, too, but I’d have to get up and put a disc in the console. I’m lazy, so forget that....

The more I see of the PlayStation 3, the more I desire its sleek, next-gen, cell-gutted beautiful self. It’s not just the games, but I’ve been overcome with a Sony glow I thought I could fight off, but alas, after seeing what the PS3 finally has to offer, I got little PS3 goosebumps everywhere. This latest development just adds to the tingling. The magazinePSM3got their PS3 the other day and are just now letting us know their full impressions — complete withvideo!...

Good news: Capcom’sResident Evil 5cooperative gameplay mode will support split-screen play so that two gamers can play from one television. The bad news: that screenshot up there is what splitscreen will look like on your television. As someone who often games with his significant other, sitting side-by-side on our couch, this was kind of unacceptable. Difficult to see on our “average” 34″ high-definition television, it took awhile for each of us to adjust our eyes to the two tiny, individual screens....

Capcom is at least discussing the possibility of moreResident Evil 5DLC. In a recent conversation withVG247, Christian Svensson said as much, before adding that the talks were spawned by community response to a message board topic he posted. “We’re talking about it,” said Svensson, a man whose last name reminds me of the hiss of a snake. “I don’t know if you have seen some of the threads on Capcom Unity, but questions came up on whether we are going to do any more....

There’s absolutely no point in trying to build suspense about whether or not we at Destructoid likeI MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1(hereafter referred to asIMAGWZ1T!). We do. It is, quite simply, amazing. The only real question then is, why? What makes this title one of the freshest things to come out of Xbox Live’s Indie Games community in some time? You probably already know the answer to this too, but I’m going to tell you anyway....

New Play Control!Donkey Kong Jungle Beatis the first Wii port that actually haslessin the way of motion controls than its source material. Whereas the GameCube iteration ofDonkey Kong Jungle Beatrequired nearly constant hand clapping and bongo slapping, this new Wii-specific version plays a lot like a traditional 2D platformer. Other than the occasional flick of the wrist, the game is played entirely with buttons and the analog stick. Multiple changes had to be made to game’s design to make it playable with a conventional control scheme, to the point where this really is a completely difference experience....

It seems there’s a little bit of confusion going around about the name of Infinity Ward’s upcoming title. When the game was originally revealed, the trailer referred to the title as simplyModern Warfare 2, distancing itself from theCall of Dutyname. Follow up press releases regarding the title did the same, and I was even corrected by Activision PR in casual conversation when I called itCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2....

A few weeks ago, Sega’s Mike Hayes indicated that his company might be restricting support for the Wii after he claimed thatMadWorldwas on the wrong system. After the inevitable backlash, the company has backtracked, claiming the quotes were “erroneous” despite them having been said. Hayes has assured fans that the Wii is still integral to Sega’s plans. “WithTournament of Legendswe’ve definitely brought that down to more like a T-rated level. So there’s a viable market there,” explains Hayes....