Somebody's obviously excited! No less than Charles Martinet, the famed voice behind Mario the plumber, has taken to his Twitter to tweet about "a new Mario game". And no, he's apparently not referring to the New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

The average age of a gamer is starting to edge higher. Gamers are also less healthy and more depressed than those who don't partake in our particular brand of entertainment. That's what a CDC survey suggests, at least.

PopCap Games has already expressed their intentions of eventually bringing Plants vs. Zombies to home consoles, and it looks like they've decided to start with the Xbox 360.

Bungie will be throwing in some free exploration elements into the Halo equation in the upcoming Halo 3: ODST. In an interview with the Seattle Times, Bungie also revealed that they've added in some mystery-solving elements as well.

Midway is now owned by Warner Bros. -- by default. The LA Times report that the media conglomerate has won the bidding rights to Midway for US$ 33 million. So how come they won it by default? According to reports, the big WB was the only one who had a "serious offer".

A couple of Sony's massive online games -- Zipper Interactive's MAG and SOE's very own The Agency -- are rumored to be gearing up for beta releases soon. More after the jump.

Sony is sending out a call for questions. They want to know... what do you want to know about inFamous and MAG? Two upcoming PS3-exclusive action titles, and they're feeling generous with details. Y'know what people say... ask, ask, ask, and you shall receive. Eventually. So grab those thinking caps and jolt yourselves awake; go on and ask them your questions - they're listening.

It looks like NCsoft will be literally taking the kid gloves off in terms of its focus in the MMO genre. In an interview conducted by Kotaku with NC West president of publishing David Reid, he mentioned that they will be redoubling their efforts on large, triple-A MMO titles from now on. Check out the details of this interview in our full article after the jump.

It's time to pick up the pieces and move on. That's precisely what the folks from the former Flagship Studios are doing. Flagship Studios Seattle puts on a brave, new face and has now introduced themselves as Runic Games. See what's brewing in this new company at the full article.

At the recent Gamefest event in Seattle, Xbox Live GM Eric Kilgore has confirmed that yes, developers will be able to incorporate the new Xbox Live Avatars into Xbox 360 titles. Don't think you'll be able to replace Marcus Fenix with your Avatar in Gears of War 2, though, as Kilgore also said that only games rated E10+ will feature Avatar integration. At first, at least. More in the full article.