Daily Wrap-Up

Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• The release date for Borderlands 2 has been revealed.
• Check out this Borderlands 2 Doomsday video.
• Find out what you get when you pre-order Borderlands 2.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Naughty Dog confirms plans to release a new addition to Uncharted 3's Survival Mode in March.
• 2K Games confirms a June 26 release date for Spec Ops: The Linem with Premium Edition bonuses for those who pre-order.
• Sony released its latest PS Vita firmware update today, v1.61, in advance of the handheld's North American release tomorrow.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Check out our hands-on preview of Prototype 2.
• Epic Games recently held a game jam with students studying Train2Game courses, which resulted in four new iOS dev teams.
• Mojang's Markus 'Notch' Persson wants us all to just chill out and let the Psychonauts 2 situation work itself out.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Capcom reveals a bunch of new facts about the stories, characters and situations in Resident Evil 6.
• Capcom confirms that the final four unannounced Street Fighter X Tekken fighters are M. Bison, Akuma, Jin and Ogre.
• Double Fine's Tim Schafer confirms that he's having a dialogue with Mojang's Markus Persson about Psychonauts 2.

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Is Valentine's Day over yet? Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• The demo for Mass Effect 3 is the ultimate tease.
• Sony confirms a May 29 release date for the PlayStation Vita FPS, Resistance: Burning Skies.
• A new 10-minute video from Square Enix offers new looks at Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Valve confirms that Steam's weekend downtime was due to a power failure after last week's hacking revelations.
• Codemasters will release a DLC-packed 'Complete Edition' of Dirt 3 for Xbox 360, PS3 and Windows PCs next month.
• Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops beats out KOTOR, Portal and others for Guinness's "best game ending ever."
• Uncharted 3 fans, it's time to put your skills to the test in Sony's Uncharted Experience.
• Check out our early look at the PlayStation Vita.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• PlayStation Vita owners got a treat last night when the PlayStation Store finally went live in North America.
• Take your first look at the box art for Sega's upcoming tactical shooter, Aliens: Colonial Marines.
• VBlank Entertainment's game of top-down open world, Retro City Rampage, is getting "big news" on February 20.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Sony confirms that its UMD Passport program won't be available to PS Vita users in North America.
• EA Sports reveals the full 36-song soundtrack listing for SSX, which arrives on February 28.
• Square Enix officially reveals Sleeping Dogs, the open-world action game once known as True Crime: Hong Kong.

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Who's in the mood for a bacon milkshake? Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe is reportedly leaving Utah-based studio Eat Sleep Play amidst layoffs.
• Beenox takes to Facebook to answer fan questions about its upcoming movie-game, The Amazing Spider-Man.
• Hideo Kojima reveals that the upcoming PS Vita port of the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection uses the device's rear touchpad.

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Happy Monday! Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Sony will be releasing another firmware update for the PlayStation Vita on Wednesday, February 8.
• Square Enix confirms that the planned Final Fantasy 10 PS Vita release is actually an HD remaster, not a remake.
• The full set of Xbox 360 Achievements for BioWare's upcoming Mass Effect 3 have been revealed.

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Good eve, my little Chocobos. I'm currently obsessed with Final Fantasy 13-2 and anticipate playing it in my pajamas all weekend long. But enough about me, what are you going to do this weekend? Hopefully something nice, fun, and safe. Before you head off to whatever adventures await you, check out the latest video gaming news, Kupo!

• The first details on Naughty Dog's The Last of Us clear up some of the speculation after 2011's VGAs trailer.
• EA and Microsoft launch the Mission Command Facebook app, giving Mass Effect 3 fans the chance to win prizes.
• Sony shares a first-look gameplay video of NetherRealm Studios' Mortal Kombat port for the PlayStation Vita.
• The Call of Duty Elite premium content that came to Xbox 360 last month will hit PS3 consoles on 2/28.
• Atlus reveals a new location in Cyanide Studio's Game of Thrones RPG with a newly released trailer.

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• Xbox Live Silver members who download the Mass Effect 3 demo will get Gold status until the game's launch.
• Konami will at long last release The Simpsons Arcade Game for XBLA tomorrow and for PSN on Tuesday.
• Electronic Arts confirms that Starbreeze's upcoming Syndicate reboot will have no locked Online Pass content.
• Last year's Nintendo DS game Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective comes to the iOS App Store in North America.
• Xbox 360 users who buy Dragon's Dogma in May will receive early access to Capcom's Resident Evil 6 demo.
• We have a release date for the HD version of Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc.

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• Today marks the launch of Rift Lite from Trion Worlds, a free-to-play option for the studio's popular MMO.
• Sony confirms that PS Vita games purchased through PSN will be cheaper than their boxed counterparts.
• Bungie confirms that the ongoing transfer of Halo data to 343 Industries will conclude on March 31.
• Takashi Miike confirms that he's planning a global release for his film adaptation of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
• Valve releases its free Steam Mobile app, bringing on-the-go community features to iOS and Android devices.
• Warner Interactive confirms that Gotham City Impostors will be coming to XBLA and PSN next week.
• Check out an epic rap battle between Master Chief and Leonidas.

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• Electronic Arts continues to tweak its Online Pass formula with SSX, which allows for code-free multiplayer gaming.
• Polytron's 2D/3D platformer Fez gets an ESRB rating, raising hope for a forthcoming release announcement.
• Sony Online Entertainment confirms the March launch of a free-to-play model for its EverQuest MMO.
• A consistently low stock price prompts NASDAQ to threaten THQ with a July delisting if things don't improve.
• Activision reveals the RADNET Edition pre-order incentive for Prototype 2, offering seven weeks of bonus DLC.
• The cast of Mass Effect 3 has been announced. Check it out!
• Check out the first 15 minutes of Final Fantasy 13-2.

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Here are today's stories covering video games, gadgets, and pop culture.

• Monday's X-Play will feature an exclusive first-look at Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker.
• A pink Nintendo 3DS hits on February 10.
• Anti-gay activists have targeted Star Wars: The Old Republic.
• According to a Microsoft representative, there will be no new Xbox in 2012.
• Capcom officially announced Ace Attorney 5.

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