PlayStation Move is officially on store shelves next Sunday, September 19, although if you’re lucky you can buy one right now.Heavy Rainis on store shelves as I write this, but if you want to play it with Move, you’ll have to wait until September 22. Sony has announced that it will be releasing a free patch to update Heavy Rain for Move on that day; just boot up your game and the patch will automatically apply itself, provided you’re online....

Picture this: You’re in a class room, surrounded by your peers, and your professor walks in. Even before sitting down, he announces that he has a project for all of you, and he begins to hand out papers. As you receive yours, you scan it quickly, and realize the only thing written on it is:‘MTV created an MMO based on their fictionalized version of The Laguna Beach. Please discuss.’ Before you’re given the opportunity to embrace sweet, sweet death by jamming your pencil swiftly through your ocular cavity and into your frontal lobe, your professor replaces all your pencils, pens, compasses, sharp-cornered notebooks, and even the zippers on your clothes with styrofoam replicas, and you are forced to write with crayons all over the sides and top of your desk, since paper could have been used to slash your wrist....

When I’m in the mood forPac-Man, my favorite way to play it is to fire up theChampionship Edition, but I can definately see the advantage of being able to fire it up on your computer anytime you get the urge. Namco now offers the option of playing bothPac-ManandDig-Dugthrough Facebook, and while the demos are free, there’s a catch: actually downloading the game costs $9.99, and you’re able to’t play it in your browser....

Square-Enix has announced thatNecromachina, formerly known asMoon Diver, will be on the show floor at E3. The above trailer for the Xbox Live Arcade game looks totally amazing, if you ask me. 2D side-scrolling action that looks chaotic and fun with support for four players appeals to my interests. The game is being directed by Kouichi Yotsui, the man behind Strider, and it’s totally apparent. The style of action and even the look of the characters falls right in line with that series....

WhenKaykafirst told me thatRockstarhad a newGrand Theft Auto4trailer, I was more excited than the time I blacked out and verballyharassed women. So when I looked aroundRockstar’spage with the trailer, imagine my utter contempt. Actually, you don’t have to imagine. Here’s what I felt in textual form: “Hey, there’s nothing here,scrolls down, OH YOU SON OF A …”. OKRockstar, we know that you know that everyone is excited about your game....

Major release for this week isSpider-Man 3for all the major systems. Check outDick McVengeance’s excellent preview of the gameto get an idea of it will be. As long they stuck with the same formula asSpider-Man 2, then I know this game will be great.Sadly, everything else looks pretty “meh” for the week. What’s looking sw33t to you Dtoiders?WVC:XBLA:PS3:Spider-Man 3X360:Spider-Man 3Wii:Spider-Man 3,Legend of the Dragon,HeatseekerPC:Spider-Man 3,UFO: Afterlight,UFO: ExtraterrestrialsGBA:Spider-Man 3DS:Spider-Man 3,Rafa Nadal TennisPS2:Spider-Man 3,Legend of the Dragon,HeatseekerPSP:Asphalt: Urban GT 2, Legend of the DragonAsphalt: Urban GT 2(PSP)Legend of the Dragon(Wii, PS2, PSP)UFO: Afterlight(PC)UFO: Extraterrestrials(PC)Heatseeker(PS2, Wii — video is for the PS2 version)Rafa Nadal Tennis(DS)...

It’s almost the end of the year but there’s still some big games to game to hit the shelves before the years is all said and done. And easily the biggest game of 2010 isCall of Duty: Black Ops. There’s more buzz and attention on this game than anyCall of Dutybefore and it’ll be interesting to see if this one can stand up to the power house that wasModern Warfare 2....

[Update: Sony’s released some footage of Wipeout 2048 which does a better job of showing off the title than these rotten screenshots they gave us. Check it out at the end of the article.] Sony’s Liverpool Studios is doing what it does best, currently developing aWipeoutgame for the NGP. Tentatively calledWipeout 2048, it’s a brand new game built from the ground up, and one that the studio says is its “biggest newWipeout” in years....

Activision just dumped a ton of information about upcomingGuitar Hero World Tourdownloadable content in our mailbox. Seriously … they’ve decided to tell us about everything they’re releasing through January of 2009. deep breath January 22– Australian Band Track Pack January 29– Full Oasis album,Dig Our Your Soul Wow. I often wondered why MTV Games/Harmonix only reveal DLC week by week. I think I just figured out why. Travis Barker, Rascal Flatts and Oasis Songs Among New Downloadable Guitar Hero(R) World Tour Tracks in January...

Nintendo has registered a special commemorative logo to celebrate the 25th anniversary of iconic platform hero Mario. Quite what Nintendo is planning to use the logo for remains to be seen, but it’s fair to assume that upcoming Mario titles will get it slapped on the box. There aren’t that many games coming out to celebrate Mario’s special year, however. We have a newMario vs. Donkey Kong, and Japan’s getting aSuper Mario All-StarsWii release, but I can’t think of much else....

Despite launching the Wii Speak peripheral and doing practically f*ck-all with it, Nintendo is apparently actively dissuading other developers from using the thing either. According to High Voltage, the publisher told them not to use Wii Speak in the upcoming online shooterConduit 2. “We have a Rival system that allows you play with people who aren’t just your friends and it will be chat-enabled using the upcoming Headbanger headset,” says Chief Creative Officer Eric Nofsinger....

There’s no official price for Nintendo’s 3DS yet, but we do know a bit more that could help us land a closer guess. AVentureBeatinterview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata tells us that they won’t be selling the console for less than production cost. Of course. But it also says that the production price for the 3DS is more than the DS. Of course. “What I can confirm is that, in terms of the production costs, it will cost more than the costs for the Nintendo DS today,” he said....

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’ssoundtrack is pretty, well, timeless. There are plenty of covers based on the soundtrack, but it’s not often that you hear an assortment of the songs getting covered on an ocarina … of time. オカリナでゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ[Niconico, viaSp0rsk’s YouTube— Thanks, rj! ]