Don't think the adorable blobs have forgotten about you! LocoRoco has got some holiday treats for you as well, and they come in threes.

We won't linger too much on the introduction for this video post. It's 12-minutes long, after all. But why would you want to watch a game video that long, you ask? Because it's Mass Effect 2's first 12 minutes, that's why. After the jump, you go.

Sega's also getting in on the spirit of giving this holiday season as prep to kick off the SEGA MEGA SALE on the PlayStation Network. Product discounts up to 40% off are sure to drive you loco.

It's a double-treat from NIS America as they've announced that the release of
Holy Invasion Privacy: Badman 2: Time to Tighten Up Security will also be coming with the original game, What Have I Done to Deserve This?

Did you know that there's a NASA MMO in development? Well there is, and a demo is reportedly going live next year.

Ubisoft is throwing in a lot of new gameplay elements in Splinter Cell: Conviction, but one thing that's noticeably absent is the Spies vs. Mercenaries online multiplayer mode. Patrick Redding, Conviction's co-op game director, explains why.

This week's batch of downloadable titles for the Wii brings the total of WiiWare and Virtual Console games to a nice, round 500. Nintendo's celebrating with the Virtual Console debut of the original Super Smash Bros. game. Hit the jump for the rest of this week's downloadables.

Dirk the Daring leads this week's batch of DSiWare releases as Dragon's Lair hits the Nintendo DSi handheld's download service. Backing Dirk up are a bunch of cards and a notebook. Hmmm.

Codemasters is letting everyone know that a new Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising DLC pack is going live on the Marketplace today. PS3 and PC gamers will have to wait a bit. Details past the jump.

Zipper Interactive has announced that MAG has gone gold in North America, Japan, Korea, and the rest of Asia. Righ on schedule for its January release. Best of all, they also announced that the free open beta -- Beta 5 -- is kicking off soon. Real soon. Schedule details past the jump.