Although Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3 and Xbox 360) has more or less gotten the approving nod of critics all over, some people are  pointing out what they deem to be a flaw in the game's introduction. The complaint: it's too slow. Game write Corey May, however, justifies the slow pace of the introduction. Check out what he has to say about it in the full article.

Not too many people are fans of the ratings board in Australia. And for good reason. They've been known to censor games, which would have otherwise been fine for other territories as a Mature game, or even refuse to rate them, which is essentially commensurate to imposing a ban on the game in the country. One such not-fan is God of War creator David Jaffe.

Homebrew coder maRk2512 has released a new version of his highly addictive homebrew puzzler QuirkDS and renamed it PuzzleBoy.  If you're not familiar with the game, QuirkDS is a remake of the old school Gameboy title, Kwirk.

Download: PuzzleBoy 041209 update

Valve has once again released a new patch of Team Fortress 2. The sizable update, now available on Steam, includes a ton of bug fixes and adds checks to prevent transferring .smx, .gcf, and .sys files between client/server.

Die-hard Devil May Cry 4 fans out there will surely put this at the top of their Chrismtas wish lists. It's the one and only Red Queen, as weilded by hunky Nero up for grabs via the Capcom Store.

Early last week, EA announced that they are bringing the adrenaline pumping franchise, Mirror's Edge to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Although very little detail was revealed regarding the title, today, EA Mobile has released the first gameplay trailer of the game. Check it out after the break.

id Software is confident that Rage (PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360) will "blow past any expectations" that Doom and Quake fans may have. Creative Director Tim Willits boldly makes this statement in an interview with Now Gamer, exclaiming that Rage will definitely be "something special."

With the PS3 consistently beating the Xbox 360 in the charts in the past couple of weeks, it's not surprising at all to see that Amazon.com has brought the Elite Bundle's pricing US$ 30 under that of the PS3. Hey, those stocks gotta get moving.

As promised, United Front Games is back to once again give us another video walkthrough of ModNation Racers. But that's not all folks, for those who are eagerly awaiting to tryout the customizable kart-racing game,  you'll be excited to hear that starting on December 18,  you can participate on the open beta of the game.

I hope those of you who ordered their Lightning Pink Limited Edition Final Fantasy XIII PS3 console have an extra US$ 168. That's because that's the additional cost that's been added on top of the original US$ 529.90 price tag. Yeowch.