Good news PS3 owners, Bioware's hit Mass Effect 2 is finally getting a PS3 release. Slated for a January 2011 release, Mas Effect 2 for the PS3 will give PS3 owners their first chance at experiencing life as Commander Shepard.

This is a great move forward for the PS3 but there are a few problems with the release of Mass Effect 2. The game, which will feature some bonus materials, will not allow players to play through the first game. This will alter the way the game is experienced next to the PC and Xbox 360. Hopefully the new content will be a good trade off.

Look for Mass Effect 2 on the PS3 in January 2011

With the recent release of the Legends and Killers Pack, more and more players are enjoying Red Dead Redemption online. However, some players are taking this as an opportunity to take advantage of these returning players with tainted save files. To combat this issue Rockstar Games is getting ready to eliminate the problem.

In one week, Rockstar Games will begin banning players that have hack save files. This warning by Rockstar Games gives players a full week to delete these questionable files. This also gives Rockstar Games a full to ready the ban-hammer.

If you don't want to get hammer dropped on your Gamertag or PSN name, you should get rid of the files by Tuesday of next week, August 24th. On the other hand if you're looking to take a risk, find one of the save files and have an adventurous week. Just remember you’ll be a cheater and the Penny-Arcade taught us an important lesson about cheaters years ago.

Source: Rockstar Games

You can't have an expansion to World of Warcraft without a Collector's Edition. Every release of the game so far has had one and now it's time talk about the Collector's edition of the newest World of Warcraft expansion Cataclysm.

This new Collector's edition which was announced today will feature a new 176 page art book, behind the scenes DVD, Soundtrack, Mouse Pad and a deck of the World of Warcraft trading card game. Oh, and just like the other Collector’s Editions of World of Warcraft's, you will also receive the special in-game pet Lil’ Deathwing.

This new Collector's edition will cost $80 and will only be available at retail stores. As for a release date, it's still up in the air. Currently the game is the beta test phase and doing incredibly well. Hopes are that a release date will be issued very soon but even it’s unknown when we’ll hear about a release date.

Over the next year Terminal Reality’s Infernal Engine is set to power some of the hottest games. Today the lineup of the games using Terminal Reality’s Infernal Engine was released and by the looks of it, the Infernal Engine is getting quite a workout.

Each game on the list is better than the last with the cross-platform Def Jam Rapstar slate to help the engine shine. In the coming months games like Disney’s Guilty Party for the Wii and The Force Unleashed II for the Wii will help to put the Infernal Engine on the map but in 2011 the Infernal Engine really takes off. In 2011 the Infernal Engine will power both Thor and Captain America on the Wii and PSP. If that’s not enough, you can look for The Ginder in 2011 on Xbox 360 and PS3 which is also getting a boost from the Infernal Engine.

"We couldn’t be happier to have this line-up of incredible titles over the coming months" said Joe Kreiner, VP Sales and Marketing at Terminal Reality. "Between all the great games that have licensed the Infernal Engine, and the amazing projects we have developed in-house, it’s shaping up to be another banner year for our company.”

I think you can agree that the next year looks pretty exciting for the company that brought us Ghostbusters: The Videogame. With a line up this strong I can’t wait to hear about more great games from Terminal Reality and its Infernal Engine.

 To some gamers, Downloadable Content is a bad word. The idea of paying for new content is a concept some gamers still can’t understand unless that DLC is worth playing. Rockstar Games is trying to display that worth with a new DLC pack The Legends and Killers Pack for their hit Western, Red Dead Redemption. In this new pack players get new multiplayer maps, new character models and a new weapon, the Tomahawk. It’s a set of add-ons that’s perfect for any fans of RDR.

Early this year during PAX East, Uber Entertainment introduced gamers to Monday Night Combat. At the show, the game was seen as the best game on the floor. At the time it was even considered to be a hit before a release date was even announced. Was this too much hype too soon or were we all just accepting the inevitable?

On the surface, Monday Night Combat is a mix of Game Shows, Team Fortress and Defenders of the Ancients. However after playing the game you’ll start to redefine this concept and find that Monday Night Combat is more like a third person Demigod that sits in a game show and looks slightly similar to Team Fortress 2. Later you’ll discover a much deeper experience. 

Last week, 2K Games and Irrational Games announced the next iteration in the BioShock series. This new game titled BioShock: Infinite is slated to be the next step in a franchise that’s becoming one of the most iconic first person shooter series since Half-Life. While this is announcement creates wonder and exciting for fans of the first two games or fans on the game’s creator Ken Levine, already within days of the announcement the game is already teetering on the verge of overhype.

Let me start out by making something completely clear, I’m a huge fan of BioShock and BioShock 2. I think the first game is one of the most impression combination of well crafted gameplay and clever write of this gaming generation. I felt the second game was as impressive but in no way superior to the original. When this newest title was released, it was the most exciting news of the week, month and summer. However, it looks like I’m not the only one excited about the project.

To announce the game, Irrational Games and 2K Games hosted an elaborate press event in New York City which I was not asked to attend. Not that I should have been invited but I need to disclose my absence. On the other hand, the long list of game journalists that did attend the event have issued lengthy previews of the game. This made the late week’s game news and weekend gamer chatter all BioShock all the time. If you’re working for Irrational Games, this means the event was a great success but could this cause a little too much hype?

When you’re looking at one of the most anticipated games of the last ten years it might be hard to not feel like you’re going over the game with a fine toothed comb. Every nook and cranny should be examined with the finest care. But, will you find the game you’ve been looking for? Or a game that’s too close to its predecessor?

In the month before the release of StarCraft II, Blizzard ran an extended beta that gave gamers an endless amount of time to explore the game’s multiplayer. This review isn’t about that. While the world was drooling for the multiplayer, I was begging for the singleplayer, and I got everything I wanted and more. The story of StarCraft II is undeniably one of the best stories in gaming. Before starting this sequel I had planned on picking up the StarCraft books. After playing the game it became clear that I had to pick up those books. That’s something I can’t say about most games that have corresponding book series, but the StarCraft story totally grabbed me.

It’s easy to get excited about a game like Guild Wars 2. The first game was near perfect and it’s extremely playable even today. With the next game in the series, Arena Net is taking Guild Wars 2 into a new level of storytelling with what they describe as a living MMO where players alter the world with their actions. It’s an ambitious idea that could work and after watching this new trailer you’ll be quick to jump on this bandwagon.

I’ve already watched this trailer a few times and I can’t get over how it looks like a mix of Guild Wars 1 and Aion. I haven’t heard about any connection between the two other than the publisher but no matter how you see it, this game looks amazing. I do however suggest you watch the video at least twice. There’s a point where I stop listening to what the dev team was explaining and I watched just video in awe.

The Nintendo is a bestselling system to the point that at one time you were either a gamer that had a Wii or a gamer that wanted a Wii. A few years in and now it seems like every gamer that was looking for a Wii has one and Nintendo wants to make sure you know it. In a recent press release Nintendo announced that the Wii has reached 30 Million units sold.

That’s impressive whether you like the Wii or hate it. Selling that many units since 2006 is big in any market but in a gaming market during this garbage economy it’s huge. Let’s hope they have continued success.