What We Learned This Week: Nerdfights Are Plaguing The Office

This week we kicked off Videogame Deathmatch: Best Franchise Edition. We're giving you the chance to decide who will take the crown of best video game franchise. And while you might be able to vote and be on your merry way, the G4 staff has been arguing non-stop about which series will take the prize. So far we've had Nerdfights for GTA vs Half-Life, Madden vs. Mario and Gears of War vs. Final Fantasy.

Here's our slate of excellent web shows for your watching enjoyment:

• Feedback: The Feedback team take on Nintendo's 3DS.
• The MMO Report: Casey takes a look at Rift's post-launch updates.
• Sessler's Soapbox: Adam Sessler wonders if the gaming industry is putting technology before creativity.
• Fresh Ink: Blair Butler is at WonderCon so some of the G4 staff filled in for her. A few of the comic's covered are: Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine, G.I. Joe: Cobra Civil War, and Clive Barker’s Hellraiser. 

And now the news...

Monday

• Check our new releases list to find out what games are hitting your platforms of choice this week.
• The maker of QWOP has a new game: GIRP.
• The Nintendo 3DS is only a day out from release in the United States, and reports of errors are tricking in from all corners of the i
• Aperture Laboratories have created new trustworthy bots for Portal 2.
• The first sexy pictures for the 3DS have been released.
• Crytek released a Crysis 2 PC patch over the weekend to remove auto aim and fix other bugs.
• Would you see Angry Birds: The Movie?
• A recent BBC news segment featured a kid reporter talking about games.
• Namco Bandai has trademarked Katamari amore, could this mean a new Katamari title is rolling out soon?
• Mortal Kombat's entire roster hasn't been revealed yet but that doesn't mean we don't already know who to expect as DLC.
• Nintendo has responded to reports that the 3DS is causing headaches and throwing errors.
• Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D, the upcoming RE game for the Nintendo 3DS, will ship with a demo for Resident Evil: Revelations.
• Sword & Sworcery EP is a jaw-dropping experience from Capy and Superbrothers that will make you want an iPad.
• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a third-person multiplayer shooter coming later this year
• That's because Monday is the day Nintendo uploads games to their marketplaces: WiiWare, Virtual Console and DSiWare.
• Anti-gaming graffiti has been prayed on KOEI's building in Japan.
• Check out this awesome/scary remote controlled Creeper from Minecraft!
• The GT Academy Tournament in Orland, Florida targets GT5 players and wants to turn them into actual racers.
• BioWare is looking into using Dead Space's envoirnment HUD, or heads-up display, as inspiration for Mass Effect 3.
• Check out the Squier Rock Band guitar in action in the video below, with Thunderdikk!
• Feedback needs your questions, because it is very, very hungry. Like an angry baby.
• Check out this new StarCraft 2 parody song "Fly Like Aiur".
• Gnome Chompski has always been a hero.

Tuesday

• The rumor-mill says an announcement of Modern Warfare 3 is coming in April.
• More casting notices suggest character in Grand Theft Auto 5.
• Go Around the Net with Kevin, Candace and a painful car jump fail!
• A novel based on video game Rage will be out in August.
• Find out who will win Wrestlemania 27 in this WWE All Stars triple threat match between The Rock, The Miz, and John Cena.
• Bioshock creator Ken Levine gets some Face Time with X-Play.
• The guitar used to compose all the music from the Silent Hill games is on sale.
• Tokyo Game Show will consume a lot of power, power that could be needed to help fix the nuclear reactor.
• TECH REVIEW: Kevin and Candace review the Motorola Cliq 2 on Gadget Pr0n.
• Brothers Mario 2: Kong Country is the latest video documenting the drama, the violence, and the desperation of The Mushroom Kingdom.
• The PlayStation Rewards program has been put on indefinite hold.
• Nintendo says the 3DS has set handheld sales records.
• Mass Effect 2's final piece of DLC, Arrival, is out now.
• The Darkspore closed Beta begins today and ends April 1.
• The Nintendo 3DS has been taken apart by a research firm who has confirmed the materials used to make the 3DS cost $100.71.
• Someone literally microwaved their new Nintendo 3DS.
• Adam talks about how he sees the 3DS, Kinect, and Move as signs that the games industry is putting technology before creativity.
• Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon has been recreated with chiptune music made strictly from a NES.
• Valve let it slip that they're not done with Gordan Freeman, so could a new Half Life be on the way?
• WWE All-Stars: Who Got Left Off The Roster?
• Jurassic Park: The Game, the upcoming game from Telltale, will feature plenty of dinosaurs for you to interact with.
• EA is looking to hire a web ninja for their unannounced MMO.
• A Nintendo distributor in Spain may have accidentally slipped the upcoming release dates for several 3DS games.
• Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D has a new trailer featuring Resident Evil veterans, Jill Valentine and Albert Wesker
• Microsoft is doing an Xbox 360 System Update Preview program for their new release and Microsoft wants you to help.
• Rumors are swirling that Mortal Kombat will be the first game to feature Warner Bros' version of Online Pass
• Resistance 3 will have PlayStation Move support.

Wednesday

• Battlefield 3 is back with yet another gameplay video in the "Fault Line" series. This game is looking quake-tastic.
• Get a 15 minute gameplay look at BioWare's final DLC, "Arrival," for Mass Effect 2.
• A couple new Max Payne 3 screenshots have been released.
• Rumor has it that the update to the 360s disc format adds a GB of space.
• G4 is proud to announce the return of Videogame Deathmatch!
• Mike Tyson has lent his name to a new boxing game that is not Punchout.
• According to Nintendo, the company's next home console won't be in 3D.
• The Team Fortress 2 community has raised over $300,000 in hat sales.
• The new Nyko Power Pak + battery adds long life to Nintendo 3DS handheld systems.
• Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima got promoted to Vice President at Konami.
• Fez creator Phil Fish won't be making any games for Nintendo's WiiWare anytime soon.
• Feedback takes on Nintendo's new 3D handheld in this episode where we hold nothing back. Find out what we thought inside.
• A Silent Hill fan film is in the works and if this trailer is any indicator of how creepy it will be, well then it really creepy.
• Jake Gaskill and Stephen Johnson battle over which franchise is better: Grand Theft Auto or Half-Life.
• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has its first official trailer and it's super short and vague.
• Three Big Pigs is a political reimagining of Angry Birds.
• Super Meat World for the PC is coming out very soon, are you excited?
• Here are the Halo: Reach pros that we're going to be watching for at MLG Dallas.
• This story trailer for Fear 3 will give you nightmares.
• Check out this gameplay video from Child of Eden.
• BurgerTime HD will be released on all current-gen consoles this summer.
• Check out our preview of SOCOM 4's multiplayer beta in this gameplay video.
• Check out our newest impressions on Resistance 3.

Thursday

• According to Capcom, Mega Man Universe is no more.
• X-Play takes a look at the top 5 most embarrassing games.
• A new Bloodrayne game is coming out this summer.
• Check out amazing indie game Tesla: The Weather Man.
• Activision has announced a new Spider-Man game: Spider-Man: Edge of Time.
• Around the Net with Kevin and Candace!
• Want some indie love on your PlayStation 3? Check out these indie titles that are easy on the wallet.
• Rockstar designed the cover for Esquire's 20th anniversary issue.
• The newest Minecraft update is live. Download it and get a wolf!
• LA Noire has another trailer showing off how insanely advanced and life-like their graphics are.
• TECH REVIEW: Candace and Chris take a look at the Toshiba Camileo S30 camcorder.
• Sony has officially canceled the MMO The Agency.
• Videogame Deathmatch rolls along, and in this Nerdfight Mike and Kevin go head to head with Mario vs. Madden.
• Reports are coming in that massive layoffs have taken place at sevreal Sony Online Entertainment studios.
• Most of Batman: Arkham City will take place on the streets of Gotham City.
• Casey discusses the new Jedi Progression trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Rift's newest update, and Uncle Casey's Mail Bag.
• Check out our list of Call of Duty: Black Ops pros to watch at MLG Dallas.
• Retailer GameStop has purchased Spawn Labs and Impulse.
• EA has issued cease and desist orders to fan sites that host flash versions of Ultima IV.
• Rift has been around for a month now. How have things been going in this new MMORPG?
• Bungie has begun hiring a ton of PlayStation 3 experts.
• Video game box art is vital to a game's performance
• Major League Baseball starts today. How did our hometown heroes the Dodgers do in MLB 11: The Show vs. MLB 2K11?
• We are going to be streaming all of MLG Dallas this weekend.
• Epic's Cliff Bleszinski recently gave Morgan Webb and the X-Play crew a tour of Epic Studios.
• We take a look at the new 3D iteration of the adorable Nintendogs series with this Nintendogs and Cats Review Verdict!

Friday

• StarCraft 2 is coming to consoles. April Fool!
• Duke Nukem Forever will feature poo-flinging.
• Check out these Elder Scrolls: Skyrim screens.
• Homefront has a title update live that fixes profile freeze issues.
• Check out the first gameplay video for Saints Row 3.
• The creator of the Madden series is suing Electronic Arts.
• Mortal Kombat's tag team feature has a new trailer and this time the girls are fighting it out.
• TECH REVIEW: Kevin and Candace take a look at some of the top Bluetooth accessories for your mobile device.
• A mini-game on Pokemon.com lets you meet one of Eevee's seven evolutions in the Pokemon Dream World
• Telltale has announced the complete first episode of Back to the Future for the PC and Mac will be free.
• With Nikole in one corner with Gears of War, and Leah in the other corner with Final Fantasy, who will win this Nerdfight?
• Master Chief and Samus Aran battle it out in this week's Links Of TheFeed
• Insomniac Games held its third annual community day in Hollywood this week. If you weren't able to make it out, here's what you missed[[/link]
• If we can trust the EA Download Manager however, we can get excited for Battlefield 3 on November 2, 2011.
• A disabled gamer named Broly has been playing video games his whole life.
• There are three matches in Videogame Deathmatch that are tight. Help decide the winners!
• Clive Barker's new Hellraiser comic reviewed on Fresh Ink Online
• Check out our list of StarCraft 2 pros to watch at MLG Dallas.
• It's been 20 years since Street Fighter II first appeared and Hadoukened us in the heart. Remember it?
• Check out this Dungeon Siege 3 Lucas video. It's awesome.
• Ruter Hauer's new movie Hobo With A Shotgun is immense, graphic, violent, campy fun. A must see.
• Guild Wars 2 thought they'd jump on the April Fools Day bandwagon and release a fake class.
• Check out the MLG Dallas Pro Circuit stream all weekend long.
• We met up with Miki Taka, Randyl Dawn, and Courtney Day at Need For Speed Socal. What's it like being a NFS Girl?