This year's Penny Arcade Expo is in full swing, and our friends from Left4Friends are right in the thick of it, running the games gauntlet like marauders with a media pass. First up we have their first impressions on Halo 3: ODST's mutliplayer. Hit the full article for some first impressions along with off-screen videos of the action that takes place in the game's Firefight mode.

Good news for PAL gamers. Tri-Crescendo's fantasy-adventure game Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon is coming your way thanks to Rising Star Games. Thing is, you'll have to wait until next year for it.

Here's a little something for all those missing out on a certain Japanese Wii horror game. XSEED has announced that it will be releasing AQ Interactive's Ju-on game in the US this October.

AQ Interactive has released the first gameplay video for their upcoming Wii horror game, Feel. The game is being made in collaboration with director Takashi Shimizu, the guy who made the Ju-on series of horror movies. The video is made up of gameplay footage interspersed with what appears to be grainy live-action cutscenes. Creepy stuff.

Japanese horror film director Takashi Shimizu is apparently working on a new Wii horror game called The Feel with AQ Interactive. Shimizu will serve as the game's "horror adviser". No word yet on an overseas release, but as long as Nintendo's not the one handling the publishing (I still curse them in my sleep) then there's still a chance that this could get one since they can use the whole "From the director of The Grudge" angle to sell it. More details and some scans after the jump.

Free DLC? On the Xbox 360? Will wonders never cease. It's been officially confirmed by Valve that the upcoming DLC for Left 4 Dead will be free for both the Xbox 360 and the PC.

Since we already covered classic FPS gaming in our earlier Wolfenstein 3D PSP post, let's move forward a bit into the Counter-Strike era with CSPortable, a new version of which has been released by Stealth Kill. More after the jump.


Download: CSPortable v0.79
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

We all know how sucky it can get when you can't wait to get your hands on your Sony PSP to play your favorite games while, say, waiting for the bus, because your battery just ran out. Now, conservation is key, and that's where Torch can help you out. His brewed app, Hold is now on v2.0 and we're sure you'd want to check out what's new. Go on, click on "read more".

Download: Hold v2.0
Discuss: QJ.NET's PSP Development Forums

Waiting to test the Wii Opera SDK raycasting dungeon class beta? It's now open to the public. We've got the changelog and the link to take you where you can access it, so read up on the full post and start tinkering with it. Enjoy!

In an interview with Play.com, CryTek's Senior Games Designer Bernd Deimer and Game Designer Dennis Schwartz revealed details to confirm features that players will be expecting once they respond to the disaster near the Spratlys and deploy themselves into the lush (frozen) tropics of French Polynesia (or China or The Philippines - whichever country that the islands territorially belong to).

With sky's-the-limit requirements that could make your four year old PC cry and graphics that could make Da Vinci look like he was born today, Crysis brings forth another one of those "I'm pretty, love me!" approaches at first glance. But as many serious gamers are wondering, how is the gameplay?

With the Muscular Nano Suit, most of the gameplay issues regarding health regeneration, the superhuman ability to jump higher and run faster (even with extra weight) among others have been addressed. Weapons should be modifiable by weapon add-ons and accessories. So weapons that are scoped here, silenced there, laser tracking-capable here, flashlight-touting there are all possible, although it is unclear as to how far the combinations are applicable.

The full article awaits after the jump!