(Editor's Note: GTA4 has landed! And so have blue turtle shells!)

You've probably cut all your lines to the greater world since you got your copy of GTA4 or Mario Kart Wii, so chances are, you got quite a huge load of backlog to catch up on. Just to name a few... the possibility of MGS being playable in MGS4, Scarlet Witch playing a role in Crisis Core's story, and Derek Zoolander playing casual games. Wait... what?! Time to head to the nearest safe-house!

Lately, we've been hearing quite a lot about a new Prince of Persia title in the works at the Ubisoft Montreal labs. Today, we've finally gotten some official word straight from a press release. It's to be released towards the end of the year for the PS3, 360, PC, and DS. But wait, what's this about cel-shaded graphics?

(Editor's Note: Never gonna give you up... Never gonna let you down... Never gonna - blargh. Noooo!!!)

Ready to lock yourself in come the 29th? Grand Theft Auto 4 is just around the bend, so if you're planning to pick one up, be ready to cut off the lines to your social life for the next couple of days. Before then, we'll help you prepare with all the things you may have missed out on during the week. It's twice the fun and twice the surprises here in QuickPeek 44. And we promise, no one will be Niko Bellic'ed.

* Article originally posted Apr 26, 2008 at 12:53PM

(Editor's Note: Seven days have come and gone, and you know what that means! Another QuickJump QuickPeek edition!)

And just like that, it's another weekend. You've probably been busy scrounging up pennies and loose change to save up for GTA4, so there's a chance the you might've missed out on a couple of things that happened this week. Man, have we got a story to tell in QuickPeek 43!

(Editor's Note: Wait... what? Is Zanarkand really out there? And what's this talk about elephants? Up to you to find out, bub.)

42 is a number that holds special meaning to fans of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. And in our very own QuickJump QuickPeek 42, we'll be trying to give an answer to the question of the life, the universe, and everything. Or at least, seven days' worth of all that in the gaming industry...

* Article originally posted Apr 12, 2008 at 04:25PM

This week, about 1.5 million gamers in Japan are going to be scrabbling for more bones, claws, and tusks in Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G. As of April 11, new DLC is available for the gamers. The pack's got four quests included in it and pits the adventurous against the likes of Narugakaruga, Rathian, and a handful of Bullfango. Hunt for the details and screenshots in the full article.

Aww? Can't we all just get along? Jimmy's a good boy. Heck, he might even show some affection to his fellow males (given that he's got about 80-100% popularity among members of the clique). But that's beside the point right now. In Brazil, a judge has ordered that Bully - recently re-release in its Scholarship Edition for the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii - be banned: prohibited from being imported, sold, or promoted, and all that. Attend the PTA conference in the full article.

(Editor's Note: Happy April Fools'! You'd think we'd run skimpy with all the non-news items, but actually, this might be our biggest issue yet!)

Y'know how notorious the gaming community could get during this time of the year. But in between rumors and Metal Creed Solid gags, this here QuickPeek 41 is one heck of a colossus. Dark AleX is back, Jade Raymond makes a cameo, and Niko Bellic's got quite a lot of action cut out for him in GTA 4. Mind the Whoopie cushions! Wohoo!

Remember Hideo Kojima and Jade Raymond's interview from a few months back? Well, we might have been musing about them coming up with a Metal Gear Solid - slash - Assassin's Creed hybrid, and now... well... Let's just say we're pretty amused. In this gameplay video, we see Altair running around a familiar-looking war zone, carrying his own rifle and trying to fight a couple of... nah. Sorry. No spoilers. Anyways, though the video appears to not take itself seriously (clue: April 1, 2008), you can't help but think if there's actually more than meets the eye...

The Crisis Core week has landed! And what better way to to prep you up for Square Enix's latest game on the PSP? Remember Monty Oum's CGI fanvid from a few months ago where hot babes Tifa, Rikku, and Yuna of Final Fantasy and Kasumi, Ayane, and Hitomi of Dead or Alive were pitted against each other in a Brawl - err, brawl, rather? Well, today we've got the sequel to that! And it's packing quite a punch with three new characters that jump into the fray. Who, you ask? Ah, well, sorry... No spoilers! Read more for the video.