This doesn't bode well for Microsoft, considering that they only recently lifted the XBL age restrictions for social networks. A 27-year-old Missouri man has been convicted to more than 10 years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old girl in California. They met through Xbox Live.

With 2010 just literally a couple of weeks away, it sure helps to know what games we should expect for the new year. Aaron Greenberg obliges the Xbox 360 gamers as he confirms their line up of Xbox 360 exclusives for the first half of 2010 in the latest Major Nelson podcast.

The ESRB has just slapped Atlus Games' Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey with an M rating. The reason behind this rating: graphic text and phallic monsters.

Valve sure isn't wasting any time. They're on a roll with these updates, and they're rolling them out fast. These changes will be automatically applied as soon as your Steam client is restarted. Full list after the jump.

We're not entirely sure if this would be the DLC that Naughty Dog promised to send out in time for Christmas, but apparently, two new multiplayer skins were found in Uncharted 2.

Holidays in the Millenium City is about to be threatened by the Attack of the Misfit Toys! Who's to say you can't do anything about it, though? Cryptic Games has made sure that you will be able to enjoy the holidays by sending out loads of Christmas goodies in Champions Online.

Eagle-eyed Street Fighter fans who tuned in to Capcom and Famitsu's live stream demo of Super Street Fighter IV late this week have unearthed an interesting rumor nugget from the game's character select menu: there will be ten additional characters in total, and four of them have yet to be revealed.

Here's something to pique your curiosity. Sony has gone and filed a US trademark for something called "Qriosity." In keeping with the strange spellings and pronunciations of the Xross Media Bar and Qore, that's pronounced "curiosity." They've also started to send out feelers to gauge gamer reaction on possible premium PSN services.

"Innovation" is one of those buzzwords we hear every now and then in the games industry. Which games or consoles innovated the most? Which ones didn't? According to BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuck, JRPGs as a whole have been guilty of being stagnant for the past few years.

Good news, Europe. You won't have to wait too long to join North America in all the MAG shooting action next year. Zipper Interactive and Sony have dated the 256-player multiplayer shooter's European release.