For those who love a good round of the free-to-play FPS, Eliminate, but can't quite splurge on the in-game costs, ngmoco is rolling out a few special offers to keep you playing, minus the playing. For those unwilling to pay or wait 240 minutes for the refill, you can complete in-game marketing offers and be rewarded with Energy.

The official launch of Modern Warfare 2 is only a couple of snoozes away, but apparently, it just can't wait. Another game has its street date broken again, frustrating people who haven't gotten in on those early purchases. One retailer raking in the dough out of this whole deal is GameStop, whose outlets in the Northeastern states have started selling Modern Warfare 2.

This week's iPhone Weekend Warrior is all about the numbers: 100,000 App Store apps, N64 games in the iPhone, RC3 for blackra1n, and two first person shooters that you don't want to miss - all written in five articles. It's a short list, but heavy on the good stuff, so be sure to matter-load right here.

20 years after Nintendo launched the Game Boy, the immensely popular portable gaming device has now been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of an elite list of legendary playthings. An honor well-deserved. Seeking to continue their hardware success, Nintendo has had another busy week, topped off with updates from three of their biggest execs.

Homebrew coders Arikado, SifJar and PhoenixTank has released a new version of Dop-IOS MOD, a modified version of Dop-IOS that allows you to select which IOS to install to other IOS with or without the trucha bug. The latest update has has added some brand new features and various other bug fixes.

Download: Dop-IOS MOD v8

Heads up hunters! Capcom has released a brand new downloadable quest for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite that will surely test your skills and abilities. Challenge Quest08 will pit G-Rank  hunters against three tough monsters in the Moat Arena. But wait, before you head out to the quest, be sure to download the latest bonus goodies of the game. It will come in handy, nya! More after the break.

With the games release date just around the corner, Ubisoft has unvelied a brand new developer diary of Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) entitled "Home Sweet Home" in which they discuss the new features of the Animus, new details on assassin's villa and the games massive environment.

Homebrew coders Sleepper, M@x and the rest of project PSPKVM dev team has recently released the second test version PSPKVM v0.5.5, a port of SUN's phoneME Feature that enables MIDP/JavaME applications to run on the PSP. The latest update features a new file based MP3 playback and added  a "mark all command" to AMS folders.

Download: PSPKVM v0.5.5 Test 2

Homebrew coder Zx-81 has dropped by our forums to release a new version PSPMancala, a homebrew game based on the Awari variant of the classic count-and-capture board game called (you guessed it) Mancala. The latest update now features a more improve graphics and icons, much tougher AI and added EBOOT music.

Download: PSPMancala v1.1.0
Download: PSPMancala v1.1.0 (source)

A new patch for the recently released Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now available via Steam. The small PC demo update fixes sporadic game crashes that some gamers have experienced as well as adding missing dialog subtitles and some other enhancements.