For those of you that don’t know, Black Mesa is a fan made mod, that is recreating Half-Life. Its going to use the Orange Box Source Engine and its really looking better then Half-Life Source released by Valve. There’s still no date, but they say its getting close hopefully they will take the extra time and get it the Steamworks with all the goodies.

No word on when this coming but this is the Street Fighter Sackboy pack.

“The chaos in Mumbai, India is half a world away, but that hasn’t stopped the violence from touching the world of gaming. Among the casualties is Michael Rudder, a Canadian voice actor with credits in games, movies and cartoons.

CBC News is reporting that Rudder, whose credits include Splinter Cell, Jagged Alliance 2 and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, was having dinner when his hotel came under attack. Rudder was hit by three bullets.

According to Synchronicity Foundation vice president Bobbie Garvey, “Rudder was taken to the hospital. He did have surgery [that was] very successful. He was in intensive care for a little while, but he is very stable and he is healing at the moment.”

Rudder was in India with two dozen other people as part of a Synchonicity spiritual retreat. Best wishes to him and his family on a speedy recovery.”

Huge new Home article over at IGN. Basicly all the same old stuff we heard before so go read it if you wish. The point of this post? Well Sony is still sticking by the Home will be out by the end of the year. So that means about 35 days away.

Keep in mind tho they are using the normal word play tricks. This isn’t the full verison, but instead the Open Beta which is normally like the full verison in terms of MMOs which this sorta is. So get excited but don’t cry like a wimp when you pop in and only half the features are there. You’ve been warned.

In their press release for the announcement, Nintendo stressed that they believe the new bundles will be big sellers for “first-time gamers and veteran players alike.” With any other company, we’d say it sounds like wishful thinking, but nothing seems to be able to stop the juggernaut of constant sales that the DS has become. Enjoy your new Black Friday colors, consumers.”

In doing some research i found out that both of these packages are on sale at amazon right now for 134.99, which includes free shipping and no tax. This is $15.00+ off MSRP.

“A brief post on Bungie.net announces a change of title for the stand-alone Halo 3 expansion Halo 3: Recon. Henceforth it shall be known as Halo 3: ODST. Not exactly an earth shattering adjustment, but one Bungie says, “is a more straightforward account of the experience that awaits and the role you will assume as you explore the streets of New Mombasa.” In the Halo world, ODST stands for “Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.” They’ve been seen before in Halo 2 and 3, as well as showing up in some of the Halo novels. In the game you’ll be dropping in well behind enemy lines to make your way around New Mombasa.

Other than the new name, everything else stays exactly as originally announced at TGS: it will release next fall, include new Halo 3 multiplayer content, still have the coveted recon armor in it, and have “one or two unrevealed surprises” (shock).

The post also reconfirmed that the next DLC maps for Halo 3, the “Mythic Map Pack”, will hit sometime early next year. That’s the six map pack comprised of the three planned to ship with the Limited Edition of Halo Wars — Assembly, Sandbox, and Orbital — along with three others — Citadel, Heretic, and Longshore. “

We’ve introduced our very own PlayStation credit card to offer fans a new way to show off their PlayStation pride and earn reward points towards the purchase of PlayStation and SONY products.
We’ve even sweetened the pot with a special introductory offer. Starting today until December 31, 2008, you could save $150 on the purchase of a PLAYSTATION 3 this holiday. There are a couple ways to do this. You can go to to www.sony.com/newpscard to get instant approval for your card, and an immediate $150 credit when you purchase a PS3 directly through the website.
Or you can go www.sony.com/getpscard to apply for the card and upon receipt of the card, use it at any authorized PlayStation retailer to purchase a PS3. The $150 credit will show up on your billing statement.

Xbox 360

• Sonic Unleashed
• Winter Sports 2 The Ultimate Challenge
• NPPL Championship Paintball 2009

Nintendo Wii

• King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga
• Winter Sports 2 The Ultimate Challenge
• Safecracker
• Ultimate Band
• Cake Mania: In the Mix
• Skate City Heroes
• AMF Bowling World Lanes
• Championship Foosball

Playsation 2

• Sonic Unleashed
• Winter Sports 2 The Ultimate Challenge

PSP

• Mytran Wars

Nintendo DS

• Chrono Trigger
• Age of Empires: Mythologies
• All Star Cheer Squad
• Ski & Shoot
• Emma in the Mountains
• Personal Trainer: Cooking
• Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine
• Neopets Puzzle Adventure
• Syberia
• Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force
• Cradle of Rome
• Ultimate Band
• Bratz Kidz

PC

• Zoo Tycoon 2: Ultimate Collection
• Band Manager
• Neopets Puzzle Adventure
• Gothic 3
• Disney’s Bolt

HADOUKEN!!
Don’t forget Playstation Users will able to download the Street Fighter Underground Remix Soundtrack for free

Wanted to let everyone know our homie’s over at Classic Gamer Brain dropped a new podcast for everyone to listen to. If you haven’t checked out the first one then you’re missing out. You can listen to the previous episode here.


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We decide to shoot for a weekly podcast, negating everything we said last week… oh well. Poot and I discuss Dragon Ball Origins, Old Commodore 64 games, and how much we hate Sony.