ArenaNet has announced the sale of a limited edition ferociously furry Charr plushie from Guild Wars 2. The plushie is named Charrlie (how cute is that!?) and he's available exclusively through the Penny Arcade Store for $34.99.  For a detailed history written by ArenaNet on the Charr race, and why they are so incredibly awesome, check after the break.

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It's time for part two of X-Play's PAX 10 coverage. This year, the indie games we saw at PAX Prime were more incredible and innovative than ever. In this video, Blair Herter covers A Flipping Good Time, Atom Zombie Smasher, Snapshot, Solar 2, and Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony.

Out of this list I really loved the look and feel of Snapshot, so that's the one I'll be keeping my eyes out for. If you want to check out more from the PAX 10, watch our PAX Prime 2011 Top 10 Indie Games Part One video.

At PAX Prime 2011 we got the opportunity to chat with the legendary Seth Killian about Capcom's upcoming fighting games Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom and Street Fighter X Tekken. First Killian goes in to the style of two new characters to Ultimate MvC3, Dr. Strange and Nemesis, talking about their strengths and weakenesses. Then he gives us some insight on how SFXT will play, which I'm sure will please all of the Tekken fans.

Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is coming out this November, while Street Fighter X Tekken is coming out next year.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be in your hands in only a few months but it was in our hands just a week ago at PAX. G4's Leah Jackson spent sometime in the Sky Temple, here's what she thought. Spoiler alert: There's a temple called the Sky Temple.

"I must admit that I haven't played a Wii game in a very long time, but the Skyward Sword controls felt quite natural once I got the hang of them. You move around with the thumb stick, hit Z to lock on to enemies, and thrust out the nun chuck to raise your shield. With the Wii Mote you control Link's sword and pull out your various items. The game promises 1:1 sword action with the Wii Motion Plus, and while I think it failed to live up to that metric, it was still very impressive. If I lifted my sword above my head, Link would mimic that action. If I waved it in front of me, again, Link would do just that. Even when fighting, Link would stab or swing the sword in the direction I did, allowing me to, for the first time ever with a Wii, actually feel like I was swinging a sword. Being a lazy PC gamer myself, I wasn't so used to defending with the shield with one hand and swinging my sword with my other hand at first, but after I saw Link doing it in the game, I began to get the hang of it. I can see many people getting physically tired from this if they really get in to it, but that's half of the fun."

Read all of her The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword preview for more.

We got the chance to chat with Alex Amancio, the Creative Director of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, about the historical title's gameplay and what we can expect this time around. Amancio discusses bomb crafting, traps, the story behind AC: R, and how his team has managed to bring Constantinople to life.

Assassin's Creed: Revelations is coming out for the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 15.

We got the chance to check out some awesome Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gameplay at PAX Prime. CS:GO is the next chapter in the beloved Counter-Strike franchise, and Chet Faliszek, Senior Writer on the game talked to Morgan Webb about some of the new implementations coming to the FPS title including the new matchmaking system and how community feedback was so important when creating the game.

For more on CS: GO you can check out our Pax Prime Counter-Strike: Global Offensive preview.

At PAX Prime, the best cosplayers were out running amok by the hundreds and Kristin Adams got the chance to chat with a few of her favorites. I love cosplay and think that it's a great way to express your creativity and love for your most favorite characters. Kristin got to met up with the entire League of Legends crew,  an Engineer from Team Fortress 2, a whole Mortal Kombat group, Spider-Man, Cammy from Street Fighter, and more.

If you want to check out even more cosplay from PAX Prime 2011, check out our PAX Prime cosplay photo gallery.

Indie games are king of the castle at PAX Prime. This year's PAX 10  games were so innovative, fresh, and some times confusing, we had to break them down into segments. This segment includes games like AntiChamber and Fez, both titles I can't wait for.

This year’s PAX Prime offered up plenty of AAA offerings for attendees to enjoy, but the bread and butter of PAX have always been board games and indie games, even if the convention center layout didn’t do indie developers any favors in terms of giving them the exposure that could lead to that one big break. Anyway, the point is there were quite a few notable indie titles on display at the show, and while I wasn’t able to see them all, I wanted to highlight a couple of the standouts so that you could proptly add them to your radars.

 Vessel

This stunning, fluid dynamics-based puzzle platformer has been on our radars for some time now, just around the time it was nominated for Technical Excellence at last year’s Independent Games Festival. At PAX 2011, I was able to finally get my hands on the game, and while I only had about 15 minutes to play, it ended up being my favorite game of the show. The art direction is jaw dropping, due largely to the slick, clean steam punk style that instantly sucks you in, and the level of detail that is packed into each of 2.5D planes is just remarkable.

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Tonight on X-Play, we head back to the Pacific Northwest to show you what went on at last month's PAX Prime 2011, where you'll get some protips on PAX cosplay from Kristin Adams, get a look at the top indie games from the show with Blair Herter, and go On Location with Sucker Punch honcho Nate Fox in their Bellvue, WA studios.

But that's not all! The rest of this week will also be dedicated to X-Play's PAX Prime 2011 coverage, as Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb take you inside the first-ever Halo Fest, and get a look at Borderlands 2. We also bring you the sights, the sounds, and the magic of late summer in Seattle. You won't want to miss it.

X-Play's PAX Prime coverage premieres tonight @ 6:30PM ET, and continues Wednesday, September 7th, and Thursday, September 8th, also @ 6:30PM.

Also, for G4tv.com's comprehensive PAX Prime 2011 coverage, don't forget to visit our PAX Prime 2011 headquarters!

James Ohlen, Game Director on Star Wars: The Old Republic took some time at PAX Prime to explain all about the new PVP Warzone Huttball and the latest raid-esque Operation, The Eternity Vault. Huttball is a sport that BioWare made up that's basically like keep away but with the Force, while the Eternity Vault will offer the most difficult encounters in the game.

Star Wars: The Old Republic is slated for a holiday 2011 release, exclusively for the PC.

Mike Zadorojny, Content Designer on Guild Wars 2 took some to chat with us at PAX Prime 2011 about the innovative MMO's crafting and combat systems. In Guild Wars 2 you won't need a dedicated healer, and you'll be able to discover new crafting recipes on the go. Also, according to Zadorojny there will be a GW2 closed beta by the end of the year. I hope I get in!

Guild Wars 2 is coming out exclusively for the PC when it's ready.

The voice actress behind Mass Effect's female Commander Shepard, Jennifer Hale, caught up with us while at PAX. We spoke with her about her favorite part of being FemShep, how she records her lines and how Shepard has evolved through the Mass Effect series. Check out our interview below.

Mass Effect 3 will be released on March 6, 2012.

As you may have read in part one of our Halo 4 PAX panel recap, the formation of 343 Industries and how the studio handled the transition from Halo contributors to full on Halo owners put the team in a unique and creatively challenging position. Hardly surprising when you consider they inherited one of the biggest game franchises of all time from one of the most acclaimed developers in the industry. For as much as their PAX panel was devoted to “debuting” 343 and its core creative talent, it was also a time for Halo fans to find out more about what the studio has planned for Halo 4, from the sound design to the overall aesthetic.

Diehard fans of Halo are keenly aware, there are multiple channels through which the epic sci-fi narrative of Halo is told. And while most fans get their Halo fix through the various games, the story continues to be told and expanded upon via comics and books as well.  But if you think these transmedia efforts are standalone efforts meant to simple tide people over between games then 343 Industries creative director Frank O’Connor has some news for you.

“Everything we make in that franchise, whether it’s a comic book, whether it’s a novel, even action figures, they all feed directly into [Halo 4].”

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We have so much PAX Prime 2011 coverage you might have missed all the awesome MMOs that were on the show floor. Actually, there's no way you could miss Firefall's booth, it was enormous. So was the booth for Guild Wars 2. Oh, and of course The Secret World and Star Wars: The Old Republic were there too. Since you couldn't make it to Seattle this year, let Casey Schreiner tell you all about what they were showing off in The MMO Report's PAX Prime 2011 special.

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