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Yesterday, we discussed howThe Washington Timeslaunched a scathing attackupon Sony’s mismanagement of the PlayStation 3. Apparently, that publication is not the only outlet to notice, as Sony is coming under fire from all angles right now. First of all,one analyst has declaredthat Sony ought to be “worried” about the PS3, claiming that some “very hard decisions” will need to be made in the New Year and stating that the value difference between the PS3 and Xbox 360 is now “out of whack....

Nerve.com— the Internet’s answer to the cosmopolitan ideal women have created for people based on televised philosophies exuded bySarah Jessica Parker’sHarpy Attack Force Alpha— stumbled upon the strikingly brilliant idea of asking video game devs for sex advice. After all, who knows sex better than people who stereotypically have never seen a breast, and who still believe me every time I mention the sideways orientation of Japanese cooters? That said,the information they giveis pretty spot on....

It’s gotten a lot better in recent months, but for a while there, you couldn’t search through the Xbox LIVE Marketplace without seeing an assortment of lackluster Xbox LIVE Arcade word games creep onto your screen. With this in mind, I was more than cautious upon seeing what was up withQuarrel. Quarrelis coming to us from digital toy boutique Denki, and surprisingly enough, the game is looking quite decent. From what I can gather based on this debut trailer, it’s sorta like a mash-up betweenScrabbleand …Risk?...

Despite the fact that industry analyst such as Michael Pachter doubtedRed Dead Redemptionwould make much of a splash the game has been almost universally praised by critics (our review is coming, I swear), been the talk of much of the gaming community, and possibly sold like gang busters. How well has it possibly sold? It is looking to take the prize for the biggest UK launch of 2010, beating outFinal Fantasy XIIIand other major releases....

Battlegrounds is the digital download multiplayer “prequel” of sorts to THQ’sRed Faction: Armageddon, which hits shelves next March. Coming to PlayStation Plus: Zen Pinball, Early Access to Swords & Soldiers, and Red Faction Battlegrounds Beta Access[PlayStation Blog]

What do you get when you add waggle to one of the most critically acclaimed games ever, and then slap a $29.99 price tag on it? You get over 1 million units shipped worldwide, that’s what! Today, Capcom announced thatResident Evil 4 Wii Editionhas hit the 1 million unit shipped milestone. Imagine that, an M-rated “hardcore” title selling by the boat load on the Wii! Hey, maybe people actually will buy these kinds of games for the Nintendo’s console if they’re actualy — gasp — good!...

Kane & Lynch: Dead Menwill forever go down in history as one of the most controversial games of all time. It was the eye of the notorious “Gerstmanngate” storm, slap-bang in the middle of an event that exposed the problems between game reviewers and marketing departments when GameSpot writer Jeff Gerstmann lost his job following a negative review of Eidos’ third-person-shooter. There is no doubt that the game will forever be linked with Jeff Gerstmann and his review, and there is also no doubt that opinions of the game itself were tarnished by the controversy....

We hear things. Somtimes we tell you about them, but sometimes we can’t just be all “Hey we heard this thing.”Back in March, we heard some things about Sony’s next PlayStation Portable, and we put it in a video discussion feature. Here’s what we heard: We heard it was internally being called “PSP Go!”, and that Sony was already showing it off to potential developers and business-types. We also heard the unit would be small, about the size of a Blackberry, and would come in two flavors — one with 8 GB of internal memory, and one with 16 GB of internal memory....

Ooh, nowthisis exciting. Kotaku, using a number of sources including a sketch by an unnamed Chinese blogger who purportedly has a 3DS dev kit, has come up with an outline of expected features for the handheld. We only have a few days until the official reveal, sure, but this is too crazy not to talk about. Those with a heart condition and anyone who can’t handle taking gaming coverage with a fistful of salt, please leave the room....

[Update:Microsoft is calling Walmart’s price drop an “independent decision” on a “temporary price cut.” It added, “We’ve made no announcements about price drops, and do not discuss our pricing plans in advance.” So either buy your 360 at Walmart for $50 cheaper than competing retailers or take the chance that others will soon follow.] If you’re looking to pick up an Xbox 360, you might want to wait. A leaked upcoming circular for retailer Walmart shows that the price of the console may be cut by $50....

San Francisco is home to the Sony PlayStation store, and for last two days it has also been home to something else: the hardcore. Over 750 people were lined up and waiting outside the Metreon when the PlayStation store started its midnight sale of the PS3. Some people getting in line as early as Wednesday at 5 a.m. By 11 p.m. on Wednesday, the line had become 300 deep. Always fashionably late, I grabbed my camera and headed down to try my luck....

With David Karakker out of the picture, Scott Steinberg will finally be taking his rightful throne as Vice President of Product Marketing for SCEA. With over 20 years of marketing experience, Steinberg has worked with the likes of Sega (as VP of Marketing), Crystal Dynamics, and Eidos Interactive. Perhaps you’ve heard of them. Steinberg’s new boss, Peter Dille, is pleased as punch to have him on board. “We are thrilled to have Scott join our team,” he said in today’s press release, “as he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the PlayStation marketing staff and the management group here at SCEA....

There are 60,000 or so of you out there who get to watch the video below. That’s because you went out and boughtMadWorldand loved how awesome it was. Maybe, like me, you’re still trying to figure out the perfect combination of stop signs through the neck, trash cans over the head and spikes through the chest that get you the greatest high score. The rest of you get your act together, go buy the game and stop giving excuses why you aren’t....