Not only do I know how excited you are to start browsing the Avatar Marketplace, I know you’re super psyched to watchmebrowse the Avatar Marketplace. Last night, I gave you the run down on what you can find in the Avatar Marketplace and how much it’ll cost. But what’s it like using it? What does it look like in action? Burning questions, only answered by hard-hitting journalism, of course. Hit the jump for a video walkthrough of what’s currently on the Avatar Marketplace in the next NXE update, scheduled to hit all Xbox 360s in August....

Andy Serkis — who became a household name after bringingThe Lord of the Rings‘ Gollum to life — hascriticized gamesfor having no heart. Serkis feels that with games becoming such a huge medium, their storytelling aspects aren’t doing enough justice to the ever-expanding audience that is embracing interactive entertainment. “Games — there’s no heart in them,” explains Serkis, who was involved in the motion-capture for PS3 gameHeavenly Sword. “They’re not about anything that is lasting....

THQ is doing really quite well of late, especially with its collection of original and promising games. It’s doubtless been helped along by theWarhammer 40,000license, withDawn of Warbeing a superb and popular franchise. Who can blame the publisher for believing that aWarhammer 40KMMO could last for at least seven years? At THQ’s conference call yesterday, the publisher revealed that it would be showing off 40K at E3, and that it believes the game will be its biggest money maker....

The above is the latest bit of media straight from the wacky shores of Nippon showing off the PlayStation 3’s upcomingWhite Knight Story.The last clip I brought youwas the ubiquitous masturbatory CG cut scene made famous by theFinal Fantasyseries, but this piece is actual in-game footage showing off some honest-to-Ifrit gameplay.Of course, what exactly is being portrayed here is sort of up in the air. As far as I can tell, the main character of the tale is surveying a gorgeously rendered field of shrubs, grass and other such fieldworthy flora when he spies an adorable, anthropomorphized platypus wearing an oversized buckeye on his head....

Microsoft is thinking “bundle” this holiday season. On the heels of theCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2bundle announcement, it has been revealed through another that an additional game-themed bundle is coming, and it’s totallyForza-flavored. TheForza Motorsport 3“Super Elite Bundle” is happening … in Europe. Hitting UK retailers October 23rd for a suggested price of 249.99 Euros, theForzabundle comes with a hefty 250 GB hard drive, two wireless controllers, a wireless communicator, and, of course, a “Standard Edition” copy ofForza 3....

If the headline looks familiar, it’s because a day or so ago we reported onGamePro’s upcoming cover storythat they flaunted all over the Internet. But now Activision has gone and revealed their official plans forTony Hawk Proving Ground, a title which will be hitting the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and the Nintendo DS later this year. The game will focus on allowing players to have deeper customization, allowing them to define their character, story and style based on choices that they make....

First off:LOL. Next, look at the App Store screenshots for the gameArmor of God. Right under the text “Collect the Word of God and the Holy Spirit as you avoid the evil spirits by tilting your mobile device left to right” is a familiar image. Remember the cover of PS3 gameDemon’s Souls? Yep, that’s where you’ve seen it. I’m not sure about the other game imagery, but I’m willing to bet that none of it is original....

Angry you may’t play theAssassin’s Creed: Revelationsmultiplayer betaon PlayStation 3? We don’t blame you. Rather than channeling your frustration into being mean on the Internet, you should just wait a day. Starting tomorrow at 10:00am Pacific, Ubisoft will open the beta to all PlayStation Network members. You’ll have the rest of this week to play, which should be enough time to give you a taste of what’s to come. The beta is going to shut down on Sunday; few all-nighters, anyone?...

At this point, I don’t need fancy trailers to sell me onAssassin’s Creed: Revelations. Sure, it’s been less than a year since I plowed throughBrotherhood, but my hunger for the series isn’t sated so easily. But when trailers are this cool, I guess I won’t complain. Backed by a slick dubstep track and cut like a music video (remember those?), I can’t piece together exactly what’s going on, but who cares: it looks awesome....

In Australia, knife fights are all the rage among the kids. A youth worker has decidednotto blame the rise in knife crime on anything tangible, like poor upbringing and a lack of discipline, but has decided to blame something unrelated, because that’s a lot more trendy. Henceforth, videogames now cause knife fights. “Normally they’d have a fight and people might ring around them, and it would be one-on-one, and when one [child fell] to the ground it would be over,” says Les Twentyman, waxing nostalgic about youth combat....

Rebellion will be releasing four maps previously exclusive to owners of theAliens vs. Predatorspecial edition as the “Swarm Map Pack” next week. Two regular maps, and two maps for Survival Mode will be included in the pack, set for release on March 18. So far the DLC has been confirmed for Europe but North American details should be the same. The DLC costs 560 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live, which translates as roughly $7 on the other platforms....

Earlier today, I was told I had no soul. By a nun. A dying nun. Thinking that to be true (after all, that’s a pretty damning source), I was all ready to forfeit my earthly corpus to Baal in exchange for demonic powers, up until I came acrossthis storyin theOrange County Register. After reading it, my heart grew three sizes and burst from its antiquated metal x-ray scanner, and I immediately phoned my local priest....

If you were considering getting a DSi XL — even for just a single, momentary second — and you live in, near or around Canada then you should probably pick up five relatively new games you aren’t playing anymore and head to your local (or not so local) Best Buy. For five used games you can get aDSi XL for free. The titles must have a trade-in value of at least $9, which probably means it is restricted to newer releases and popular games, but that is still quite a deal if you’re done playing them anyway....