The so called Halo “Mythic” update is coming on September 23, and it’s not all that mythical. The title update is pretty extensive, including revised maps on certain playlists (no shield doors on Epitaph? Ouch), redesigned Bungie.net stat tracking, and a new ranking system. Never fear, your old rank will stay right where it is.
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“Braid has the potential to change the way you think about reality. It will certainly change the way you think about video games.” - Jason Roher, Arthouse Games
“Braid is an ingenious and startlingly creative puzzle game, built with an understanding of good game design that even some of the industry’s most revered figures could learn [...]

Ryan Payton left his assistant producer post at Kojima Productions in Japan to be closer to his family in Washington. If a recent post by Kotaku’s Brian Crecente is true, he’ll be doing just that on top of taking charge of a very high profile project.
According to Kotaku’s sources, Payton has been hired by Microsoft [...]

In this crazy video game world we live in, there are rumors and then there are rumors. If a recent one posted on the VGChartz forum is any indication, Microsoft is getting preparing to launch the new Xbox Experience in a big way, and it’s not too far away either. To see the details, see [...]

Gamers looking forward to EA’s upcoming survival horror title Dead Space got some good news today, as the company announced that the game will be shipping a week early. Originally slated to arrive on October 21, the game will now ship on October 14.
“The development team at EA Redwood Shores is getting into the Halloween [...]

SNK fans rejoice. While we’re still waiting for Samurai Shodown on the Arcade in any form, King of Fighter’s can certainly hold us over. A leaked Tokyo Game Show exhibition list has revealed the title on SNK’s slate. The game was re-released on the PlayStation 2 over the summer in Japan as King of Fighters [...]

After weeks of rumors, speculation, and retail flyers that spilled the beans, Microsoft finally confirmed this evening that all of their Xbox 360 SKUs will get a price cut. Starting on September 5, the Elite system will sell for $399.99, the 60GB Pro system for $299.99, and most notably, the Arcade system for $199.
“We are [...]

Remember back when Microsoft paid Rockstar $50 million for the exclusive rights to Grand Theft Auto IV’s downloadable content (which we’re still waiting for)? Well, Sony has borrowed that idea for the upcoming EA release Mirrors Edge. Unfortunately, no numbers were divulged, but one can assume it was a whole lot less than $50 million [...]

Microsoft has cut the price of the Xbox 360 in Japan, according to a report on Reuters this morning. In a move to compete with Sony and Nintendo for marketshare, prices on all models of the system will be reduced by 30 percent.
As such, the Xbox 360 Arcade unit will now sell for 19,800 yen, [...]

Ubisoft’s upcoming strategy title Tom Clancy’s EndWar came out of E3 2008 with quite a bit of buzz, and today the company revealed that they’ll be letting Xbox 360 users see what all the talk is about with a demo for for the game this October.
“We believe EndWar will revolutionize the strategy genre on consoles [...]