Phil Kollar

ort Sony in response to the "evil" PSN hackers.

"Competition: It means different things to different people." Thus
begins the trailer for Gameloft's latest release, Green Farm. So what
does competition mean to Gameloft? Spoiler: It involves taking other
peoples' ideas and barely changing them.

Because of World of Warcraft's wildly high number of paying players, a drop of any amount -- even a fraction of the total -- is
noteworthy. Following the release of the latest WoW expansion,
Cataclysm, Blizzard's MMO has experienced such a drop.

This week, we check out the co-op-focused PlayStation 2 brawler that sees kombatants Liu Kang and Kung Lao take center stage.

Upward and onward, mighty Marvel marching squad! On this astounding edition of Reiner and Phil, we invite benevolent Ben Reeves to show us a power-packed portion of the new Sega game starring none other than the Mighty Thor! Excelsior!

The writing team at Valve took what might be viewed as a shortcut
in having Portal protagonist Chell remain mute. Wolpaw explained this decision
during a lecture at New York University yesterday.

Late last year, Blizzard announced that it would be donating 50
percent of the profits from two new World of Warcraft pets to the
Make-A-Wish foundation. That donation -- a whopping $800,000 -- has been
made, and we've got the video to prove it.

tation Network security breach.

As previously promised, a level editor for Super Meat Boy has been released for the PC version of Team Meat's challenging platformer.

cutting its staff
considerably.

If you're concerned about the quality of the upcoming
Tomb Raider movie reboot project, I've got good news. Studio GK Films
has turned to a fairly well-respected writing duo to the pen the film's
script.

ticle and not risk spoilers. You have been warned.

We heard earlier today
that BioWare's Mass Effect 3 has been pushed back to a 2012 release
date. Now EA has warned that the same fate could befall BioWare's other
hotly anticipated title, the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Ever feel like you're drowning in sequels? We feel you. Sequels are big business, though, and Electronic Arts has the evidence to show it.

tire film series.

Are you tired of Nintendo HD rumors yet? Too bad! We've still got a good
month left until E3, so we're likely to continue picking up on hearsay
and speculation until the hours before the big N's E3 press conference.
Here's the latest batch of rumors.

A Metro 2033 sequel has already been confirmed
under the title Metro 2034, but now THQ is changing the name to stick with the Metro 2033 moniker.

Ever since its debut trailer earlier
this year, zombie game Dead Island has been building more buzz than
is normal for European publisher Deep Silver. Perhaps that is the
reason that Deep Silver has signed a distribution deal with Square Enix.