When Capcom asked its community members if they wanted DLC or a separate game for Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition, they really wanted answers. As it turns out, more folks and heavier reasoning said they'd rather have DLC. Giving in to consumer preference, the publisher decided to have the version as downloadable content.

SCEA has announced a new downloadable map pack for SOCOM: Confrontation is on the way. Known simply as the Cold Front pack, it will be loaded with new features and contents, including a brand new snowy Eastern European area of operations. It will also include two new maps and three classic SOCOM maps for 16 to 32 players.

Capcom has unveiled the system requirements for the upcoming Resident Evil 5 on the PC. The game which features include support for NVIDIA’s new GeForce 3D Vision technology, new costumes and a new and improved mercenaries mode will be released on September 14.

Chris Redfield and his beloved guns will be gracing PC monitors in North America and Europe this September. If you've got the equipment, you can even see him and Sheva shoot some zombies up in glorious 3D. Details after the jump.

Here's some more good news to all the MechWarrior fans out there. In celebration of BattleTech's 25th anniversary, Smith & Tinker has given MekTek the go signal for MechWarrior 4 to be distributed for free on BattleTech.com. It's a nice way of getting old fans reacquainted with the series as well as to draw interest for the new MechWarrior reboot for PC and Xbox 360.

Games for cheap! Get some good titles for your PS3 or Xbox 360 for as little as US$ 9.99, courtesy of BestBuy. Other titles on sale are at US$ 19.99, and there are more at US$ 39.99. Pretty good sale, this one. List is in the full article.

That's right, Gamestation's Advent Calendar is back, and we're gonna be seeing one discounted title every day until Christmas. Follow this calendar of games-for-less and I'm sure you won't use boughs of holly to deck your halls this Christmas.

Saboteur (Xbox 360, PS3) won't be making a splash on Q1 of 2009 as originally expected. Pandemic and EA's freedom-fighting action-adventure title has been pushed back to the next fiscal year. Read up on it more after the jump.

Yay for more destruction! Pandemic Studios has announced that they're prepping an update for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Called the "Total Payback" update, it's set to add more features to the game.

We have several weeks left before we finally get our hands on Konami Digital Entertainment's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and the home stretch of the waiting period is killing us. To keep you preoccupied, we decided to feature some of the key characters of the game on a weekly basis to freshen our memories on their roles in the series. This week, we've got the creator of Metal Gear REX and nerdy sidekick extraordinaire Hal "Otacon" Emmerich.