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Bizarre Creations has revealed to UK gaming Web sitePro Gthat the upcoming Xbox 360 racer,Project Gotham Racing 4, will ship with a new version ofGeometry Wars. CalledGeometry Wars: Waves, the game will be exclusive to the retail game, and will not be available on Xbox Live Arcade. According to Bizzarre Creations, Waves will not be a true sequel, but will be based onGeometry Wars: Retro Evolved. Could this be a co-op version of the game?...

EVO 2011 is taking place at the Rio Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas from July 29-31. You’re going to have to prove your worth if you hope to make it though! EVO has partnered up with with eight major tournaments around the US and Canada to create tournament seeding at the Evo World Finals. The people that kick ass during this tournaments will get spots at the finals, so I have to ask: Think you got what it takes to make it?...

Consider this the video game version of Cribs, because frankly that’s exactly how Game Trailers has presented it. Overall, this is sort of an interesting look into how industry folk spend their time at work (and for EA L.A. peeps, at play as well). There aren’t any major announcements in the vid, but rather it’s just a look into some interesting gaming culture — at least, I find it interesting....

Ever since the early days of the PlayStation 2, the number one biggest weapon in an anti-Sony fanboy’s arsenal has been the “it’s more difficult to develop for” bomb. Things haven’t changed much with the PS3, and now even developers are are saying it, which lead many to speculate that PS3 game delays happen for this reason. The team behind Ubisoft’sGhost Recon Advanced Warfighterand it’supcoming sequelare saying just the opposite....

Halloween is this weekend? Let me tell you a little something about being a shut-in. You lose all concept of time. You know how every now and then you’re able to’t seem to remember what day it is or are convinced that it’s one day of the week but really it is another? Spend enough time in the same enclosed space and it becomes months you can’t keep track of anymore....

Today’s gaming setup belongs to the one and only atheistium. She has quite the collection of games, toys, and stickers all over her room. It’s kind of funny seeing all of her consoles so cramped up on her desk. You need more room, atheistium! Checkout her blogfor more pictures of her setup. Hit the jump for the Community Highlights, as always. Some of the more interesting community stuff from this past week includes evil chad still being alive, the next Educate Yourself is going down, Dtoid Cincinnati is going to have an epic party, plans for an Australian NARP are underway and much more all after the jump....

Welcome, one and all, to the first installment of our ten-part “How to not look like an idiot inTeam Fortress 2” series. Starting today, and working up to the official launch ofThe Orange Box, we’ll be dishing out (mildly questionable) advice for every class in the game, as well as some general tips that remain common to all characters. Today’s spotlighted character is the Scout: quick, nimble, and armed with the most powerful shotgun in the game, the Scout is a heck of a lot more powerful today than he was in the olden days ofTeam Fortress Classic....

And no, I’m not talking about that flimsy pamphlet-sized printout you got with the originalValkyria Chronicles. I’m talking about the huge, officially-sanctioned, 400-pageValkyria Chronicles Design Archive,which blessed persons at Udon publishing are bringing over to the U.S., in English.Preorders are almost half-off on Amazon right now. It’s got character designs, concept art, mechanical sketches and diagrams, background information and developer commentary, all that good stuff. I imported the Japanese version way back when, and I can tell you right now, it’s brilliant....

After a long hiatus due to world traveling, I am back with some more songs about videogames. This week in the Mushroom Singdom, we’ve gotKirby 64: The Crystal Shardsfor the Nintendo 64andPsychosis, which was on the Turbo Graphix 16. In terms of the songs, I find it funny because I spent literally ten minutes writing thePsychosissong that I thought came out really well. Especially compared to theKirby 64song, on which I spent the better part of an hour....

IGN may be one of the single worst gaming sites around, yet for some reason, people still flock to it like it’s an oasis of insider knowledge. Perhaps it’s time to really wake up and smell the smoke coming from the pea brains within. Case in point: Check out what made theirGAMING peripheralof the year: Xbox 360 HD-DVD Add-onSony made a controversial choice when it chose to base the PlayStation 3 upon the brand new Blu-ray disc technology, and has since run into some pretty serious production complications as a result....

Xoldiers, by Cactus and Terry Cavanagh, is so damn fun you might not even notice it’s an artgame. The premise — you simultaneously control an entire squadron of soldiers who must kill everything that stands in their path — is simple, entertaining, and proven surprisingly deep by the level design. I won’t say any more, suffice to say that you’ll get out ofXoldierswhatever you put into it: whether you just want to play an above-average action shooter or if you’re willing to make yourself aware of the cleverly integrated anti-war message, you’ll find whatever you want to find....

Infinity Ward has promised that the PlayStation 3 version ofModern Warfare 2— which has been overrun by hackers — will be fixed as soon as possible. “I just left a security meeting with the coders here at Infinity Ward where we discussed a lot of solutions,” said community manager Robert Bowling. “I feel good about the meeting, but of course I can’t go into detail on the possible solutions we discussed as we don’t want to give out any information that could potentially hinder the security any further....

Insomniac Games has announced today that its partnered with Electronic Arts to bring a “brand new universe and franchise” to both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Little beyond the fact that it’s happening is known at this time. “You may be wondering why we’re announcing this game now, and how it relates to our existing projects,” Ted Price said in astatement posted online. “We’ve been developing games on an annual pace during the last 16 years....