When you're top dog everyone wants to take you down. When it comes to MMOs, no one is as big as World of Warcraft. Since the game's release its become one of the the largest pay-to-play games in history. However, this huge success doesn't allow Blizzard to just jump by and wait for the next big to come along and toss them from the top of the gaming mountain. Which is why, keeping up with the latest MMO trends is a tough job.

Recently while speaking to PC gamer, World of Warcraft lead designer Tom Chilton explained that the growing number of games using the free-to-play mode could prompt Blizzard to make some corrections to their current model. Ultimatly it doesn't mean that World of Warcraft is going to dump the pay-to-model and open the flood gates but it does mean they're keeping an eye on the current trends.

Recently Valve began releasing a series of videos used to demo Portal 2 at the E3. The videos are a lot of fun to watch and really display that this is a full out sequel. Each video shows the vast scope of the new title and the growth in gameplay and story. However, there is a great possibility that we’re looking at too much at one time.

With these seven videos, we learn about new characters and a lot of new weapons and style of play. Now, it’s true we would probably see all of this content over the next few months before Portal 2 is released but dropping it all at one time or over the course of a week is a little strange. Maybe I wouldn’t be so concerned if these video were released slower.

Either way, the videos are available here in all their glory. It’s up to you to watch them or leave them alone. Just follow of the Link or scroll down and enjoy, the choice is yours. 

If you grew up after 1984 you already know the Transformers. Since its original release, every generation has had some iteration of the robots in disguise. Recently kids have been reintroduced to the franchise with two new movies and the new anima styled show, Transformers Animated. However, for older gamers, we still long for the days where Bumblebee could talk and the storylines weren’t crammed into a marathon of explosions. 

The stories of the first Transformers series were dark and always worth watching. Even today if you pick up some of the older episodes you’ll see that the show still holds up. There was so much potential for a decent video game, sad to say the technology just wasn’t available to make a proper game when the show first aired. There were a few attempts at a game over the years, but nothing worth talking about. Now, over 20 years later the time has come for there to be a game that features the original Transformers based on the original storyline. Hopefully it’s worth the wait.

The investment of the PlayStation 3 is finally paying off for Sony. After four long years Sony's flagship systems is now making some cash. While talking to IGN (via 1up) Sony Worldwide Studios president, Shuhei Yoshida explained that the entertainment giant is not losing money on each system produced.

"This year is the first time that we are able to cover the cost of the PlayStation 3," Yoshida said. "We aren't making huge money from hardware, but we aren't bleeding like we used to."

This is great news for those that are fans of the system but don't expect this to become the foundation for price cuts on the system. This only means that Sony is making money on the system. Price cuts will come much later. 

When it comes to patches, some people wonder what needs changing, while others want to know what took so long. Either way a few changes are needed in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and tonight we're getting those changes.

Starting tonight at 1 a.m. EST the Bad Company 2 servers will go down for four hours to apply some needed changes. This means two things for hardcore BC2 players.1. you can get some sleep tonight and 2. you can cry that the changes suck a little after 5 a.m. tomorrow morning with fresh cup of coffee.

Full patch notes after the jump.

The fun part about free-to-play games is that they last a long time. This is probably why we need to remind you that they hit a milestone. For Battlefield Heroes that newest milestone is its first anniversary.

For those playing the game, it might not seem like they've been a war for a year. For those that haven't played the game you might still need a reason. Well today and tomorrow you can jump on Battlefields Heroes and get an xp boost along with some bandages to celebrate the anniversary with the code you'll find after the jump.

There are three types of PC gamers. You have the gamers that’ll use any computer around, there are the hardcore gamers that build their own machines and then you have those looking to pay top dollar to have biggest and the best computer available. Now Acer, the world second largest computer vendor around is drawing a line in the sand with their new top of the line PC gaming rig, the Acer Aspire “Predator” AG7750.

This new gaming monster is packed with tons of power, housing an Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 with 3-way SLI support and 12 GB DDR3 memory. It’s an insane amount of gaming potential in one little box.

“Designed to conquer and destroy, the Aspire Predator boasts a rugged, intimidating chassis as well as super power and speed,” said Steve Smith, senior business manager of consumer desktops for Acer America. “It’s a smoking hot gaming rig delivering eye-popping graphics and dynamic audio for a jaw dropping experience that will fire up even hard core gamers. Plus, plenty of room for future upgrades will assist gamers in their quest to reign supreme in the new world order.”

The new Acer Aspire “Predator” AG7750 is available now starting as an MSRP of $1,999 at most computer retailers.

The idea of Hulu on a home console system is good for everyone. The only real question is who will get first or again for that matter. Currently no system has full access to the website that’s destined to be a subscription based website but that could all change again.

Last week the question of Hulu’s future was brought up by Bloomberg (via, Joystiq) and they claim a deal could finalize this week. This could all be rumor but with Sony gearing up to release PSN+, adding Hulu to that service would be it a very interesting accumulation of features to most PS3 owners. 

There’s a rumor going around that The Old Republic might have a super secret beta test this weekend. It might sound exciting but there’s not much you do no matter if this rumor is true or not. Supposedly, Lucas Arts has the beta testers under a very strict NDA and they only invited 100-200 outside testers.

To give you a visual idea of how much this beta will mean to you if you’re not one of the very few what’ve been invited try this; take your left hand and make an L. Next bend your index finger so the tip of you index finger and the tip of your thumb are touching. You now have the perfect visual representation of a secret beta that you’re not invited to. If you did get into the beta, than have fun with it and congratulations. 

The demo for Crackdown 2 is monstrous. With so much content crammed into one free download a timer was needed to keep gamers for sitting inside the game even after the full game was released. Thankfully this didn't stop all gamers in trying to get more out of the Crackdown 2 demo.

A new video has been released to give gamers the ability to break the Crackdown 2 demo timer. This method will allow gamers to have endless fun in the small corner of Pacific City. Just try to use this crack quickly since Microsoft should be prepping a patch to stop this very soon.

Source: 1up