• There are some new details about Extreme Escape Adventure: Good People Die, the sequel to Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. The game plays a bit differently this time. Everyone has a bangle that adds or subtracts points when they cooperate with or betray others. Only when the bangle has 9 points can the person escape. There are also some new character details, but they could be spoilers if you haven't played 999 yet. I expect lots of awesome puzzles and craziness from this game.

• The opening cinematic of Final Fantasy Type-0 murders a Chocobo. I'm guessing there's no Chocobo racing or any fun and wacky Chocobo stuff here.

• This live-action trailer for Skyrim has a real dragon in it. Kind of.

• Rockstar announced Grand Theft Auto V Five. Not sure why they needed to put "Five" over the "V."

• The PS3 Battlefield 3 didn't include Battlefield 1943, despite EA saying it would earlier this year. EA's "solution" is that PS3 players can buy DLC earlier. That's not a solution, EA. Also, some Battlefield 3 online pass codes aren't working. Great job, EA.

• The Diablo III Collector's Edition includes an art book, soundtrack, behind-the scenes Blu-ray, in-game goodies, and most awesomely of all, a 4 GB USB soul stone with Diablo skull base. I hope the console version gets this kind of treatment.

• Tom Hulett, senior associate producer of Silent Hill: Downpour, has stated that Silent Hill could expand into other genres. So, Silent Hill cart racing?

• You could design a move for Dead or Alive 5 and see it in the game.

• Tim and Eric from Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job made a live-action Saints Row: The Third Professor Genki trailer. Great job!

• There's a Jaws game coming to the 3DS and Wii with Jaws: Ultimate Predator. Eat innocent swimmers in 3D.

Movies

• The first footage from the Phoenix Wright movie is from some Japanese show. It's looks amazingly un-objectionable.

• The Dark Knights Rises prologue will play in front of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. So, people will leave when it's done and MI's box office take is going to be falsely inflated.

• Warner Bros. is "vaulting" the Harry Potter films after December 29th. That means Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will only be available for about a month-and-a-half.

• There's been a bounty of Souls Calibur V news this week. First up, Ezio from Assassin's Creed will be a guest character in the game. This is way better than Vader and Yoda in IV because Ezio is a perfect fit for Soul Calibur, however there's no sneaking around for a quick kill in a fighting game. As a stark contrast, Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny's Dampierre will be a pre-order bonus character, which actually sucks because Dampierre is by far the worst character in the series. Even if you don't use the code to get Dampierre, you may want still pre-order the fantastic Collector's Edition. It's a cool big book case, with a soundtrack, making-of DVD, art book, a piece of art, a letter on parchment paper, and black knight and paladin DLC. The epic tale of souls and swords will continue on Jan. 31st.

• Saints Row: The Third has a Whored Mode. It's like Horde Mode, but with whores and is completely ridiculous. There's also a new trailer that parodies a couple high profile first-person shooters.

• Pinball FX 2's Paranormal table will be free on Oct. 26th - Nov. 2nd. Be sure to download it before it goes to normal price. Zen Studios also announced the X-Men table as part of the Vengeance and Virtue pack for both Marvel Pinball and Pinball FX 2.

• So, there have been some shenanigans with a lot of the "online pass" codes that unlock the single-player Catwoman content in Batman: Arkham City. Codes either don't work or are not even printed on the DLC paper. Many of the pre-order costume codes don't work either.

• Gears of War 3's Raam's Shadow DLC will be out on December 13th for... $15? Ouch. The DLC includes a 3-hour campaign set before Gears 1, new multiplayer characters and weapon skins. $15 still seems like a lot, though.

• Japan's Club Nintendo's platinum bonus for the year is an incredible dot Mario cushion. Now this is something they need to sell by itself.

• PixelJunk SideScroller will be out on Oct. 25th to continue the adventure from PixelJunk Shooter 2.

• Capcom has finally officially announced the Devil May Cry HD Collection.

• The PlayStation Vita will be to on February 22nd, if want one.

• The full version of the original Sonic the Hedgehog will be unlockable in Sonic Generations.

Movies

• Sony Pictures will be making an Assassin's Creed movie. So will the movie be bundled with Assassin's Creed 6 when it comes out on Blu-ray?

• Unfortunately, the American live-action Akira is now officially green lit.

• Fox is making a Punisher TV series where Frank Castle will be a detective who moonlights as a vigilante. This already sounds terrible.

• The Underworld trilogy is being re-released in a new Blu-ray set. Everything is the same as the previous releases but now there's an Underworld anime included.

• There's going to be a Micronauts movie with the Zombieland writers writing.

• Speaking of Zombieland, there's also going to be a Zombieland comedy series on TV.

• Street Fighter X Tekken's special edition has something new for special editions: a build-it-yourself 5" tall arcade cabinet bank. This is probably in-scale enough for some figures to make a cool diorama, too. I hope it's made of plastic at least, and not cheap cardboard. It also has an Udon prequel comic, and 36 gems + 9 bonus gems if you pre-order. Wait, what the heck are gems? You'll be able to assign gems to your fighter to help out their stats. Sounds like some Pocket Fighter or Power Stone stuff there.

• Batman: Arkham City's Catwoman content is locked behind an "online pass." Why is it called an online pass if it unlocks single-player content? Also, GameStop will be handing out the "online pass" with used copies of the game, making the pass pretty much pointless. There will also be Nightwing DLC on November 1st for you Nightwing fans.

• Mass Effect 3 will have multiplayer in the form of 4-player co-op. However, the multiplayer campaign will have separate characters , but will have a direct effect on the single player campaign.

• That Persona 4 anime is on Hulu. Neat.

• Apparently there is "no room" for a Warhammer 40K: Space Marine sequel. That's too bad.

• Final Fantasy XIV is still being planned for the PS3 between October and December of 2012. Before that, there's going to be a huge update for the PC version that fixes lots of things wrong with the game.

• Final Fantasy XIII-2 will have two DLC packs a month. That seems like too much.

• Hideo Kojima will keep making Metal Gear games until he dies, but he also wants the series to continue after his death. Who can make Metal Gear games as good as he does though? Kojima is also working with Mages (formerly 5pb) on a game and anime project.

• Rumors indicate there might be a Jak and Daxter HD Collection for the PS3 in 2012. I'd say it's obvious considering how many HD Collections have been coming out.

• There's going to be a Wii that no longer has GameCube support. Hmm, maybe I should actually buy a Wii before that one hits.

Movies

Power on!

• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future and Skeleton Warriors will finally be on DVD on 12/6. I doubt the Captain Power set will include a Powerjet you can shoot at the screen, but it would be cool. I wonder if the shooting-at-the-screen thing will even work with my old Captain Power jet. There were 22 episodes of Captain Power, but I didn't realize that Skeleton Warriors only had 13 episodes. I guess it felt like a lot more when I was younger.

• Here are a few more Avengers photos that try to make up for the bland first photos from last week.

• If you've ever wanted to see a bunch of real-life videogame characters hanging out in a bar that isn't a cosplay convention, then watch the PlayStation Michael commercial. It has a ton of game characters in a bar, the real life likenesses are practically spot-on, and the original voice-actors are doing the voices. It doesn't just have Sony characters in it, but also third party, which is really cool because it's not just a Sony commercial, but for gaming in general. Also, Sweet Tooth playing Sackboy in Chess is just awesome.

• Gears of War 3's first real DLC will be the Horde Command Pack with new maps, characters, weapon skins and fortifications for Horde mode. It will be out November 1st for 800 Locust beans.

• Resistance 3 and Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection have, and now Ratchet & Clank All 4 One is getting awesome reversible cover art. You can also check out the PlayStation Blog to see all the rejected versions of the regular final cover art which are all so much better than the actual final cover art.

• Sega is bringing Yakuza: Dead Souls to the U.S. in 2012. Yakuza fighting zombies? Awesome!

• A special Char Nintendo 3DS will be bundled with SD Gundam Generation G. Too bad I don't want a 3DS.

• New character teasers for Street Fighter X Tekken have arrived with the power of Mecha Zangief.

• It looks like Namco-Bandai didn't make enough Collector's Editions of Dark Souls to meet the number of pre-orders. Whoops. At least I got mine.

• It's a new trailer for Aliens: Infestation. Damn this game looks good.

• This month is Tomb Raider's 15th Anniversary and with it is a special Anniversary gallery with new art every Monday and Friday.

• Here's a trailer for a game called Gravity Daze for the Vita that has anime girls, gravity manipulation, and a cat. It'll be called Gravity Rush when it comes over to the U.S.

• Level-5's gorgeous game Ni no Kuni will be called Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch when it gets released in North America.

Back by popular demand is the weekly update. Enjoy it when you can. It may not be all the time, but it'll still be around.

• There is going to be a Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Limited Edition that includes a 250-page art book. It's not anywhere near as awesome as Japan's limited versions, but at least it's something. Speaking of the MGS collection, the Snake Vs. Monkey mini-game has been cut since Ape Escape is a Sony title and the MGS collection is also hitting the Xbox 360.

• One more reason that Aliens: Infestation for the DS will be awesome: Bishop's knife trick is a mini-game.

• Dead Space 3 could take place on an ice planet, trading black space for blinding white. My eyes are already hurting.

• Square Enix's Army Corps of Hell removed the "Memory Stick Required" logo from the box, but I think the bigger news is that there's a game called Army Corps of Hell.

• Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada said that Final Fantasy IV has greatly damaged the brand. I'd say Final Fantasy XIII helped a bit, too.

• Dark Souls is almost here, so here's a trailer of bosses that will kill you.

• King of Fighters XIII has been delayed until November 22nd, but that's fine because it's looking better than XII. There's a new trailer, too.

• The ridiculous case of Bethesda Vs. Mojang over the word "Scrolls" is going to court.

• Eat at Subway and you can get into the Uncharted 3 multiplayer a month early and win cool prizes.

• Two Sports Illustrated swimsuit models have been digitally reproduced in Need for Speed: The Run. The trailer shows them pumping gas because, you know.

• Nintendo is being sued over the design of the Wii Mote, UltimatePointer says the design infringes on their pointer, which is basically used for Power Point presentations.

Movies

• Kurt Russell is replacing Kevin Costner in Tarantino's Django Unchained, which is awesome news.

• Lionsgate has acquired the rights for a Dead Island movie, but it's more going to be a movie based off the trailer than the actual game.

- Shawn - 10/2/11