NowGamer has a pretty well written article about Xbox 360’s 5 dirty secrets. These include: Xbox Live’s closed network, No more MMOs on 360. Ever, More games on two DVDs, Investment in first party games is falling and 360 failure rate. Read more here.

Activision weren’t impressed with StarCraft 2 mod World of StarCraft and attempted to silence everything about it, possibly issuing legal papers. However its creator, who used the official StarCraft 2 mod tools, has since been offered a place at League of Legends developer Riot Games. Read more here.

Red Faction: Armageddon has gotten a new trailer which you can view below. Despite what the trailer says, the game is still scheduled for a May 2011 release.

The first Killzone 3 review has seeped out over the internet and its good news for Guerrilla. CD Action – apparently the biggest selling video game magazine in Poland – has given the third in the series 9 out of 10. Read more here.

Nintendo has released a very handy fact sheet for some of its first-party games heading to 3DS. You will find not only a synopsis for each of the games listed, but gameplay features as well. Read more here.

Nintendo has insisted that its confidence in the “unique” 3DS extends to paying little mind to the competition – including Sony’s PSP2. Speaking at its 3DS event in Amsterdam yesterday, Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton said the firm’s happy with what it’s offering with its 2011 handheld, and insisted it doesn’t look at “the opposition”. […]

“Transmedia” has been a popular buzz word at recently rebranded THQ after the publisher announced in April 2010 that it would be partnering with the SyFy Network on a made-for-TV film based on the Red Faction property. Titled Red Faction: Origins, the film and its game accompaniment, Red Faction: Armageddon, are both due in May, […]

Bizarre Creations’ chances of being bought by another company were shattered today, as Activision issued to the group a recommendation for studio closure. Bizarre Creations is well known for the Project Gotham Racing series, The Club and the recent James Bond 007: Bloodstone. Read more here.

Yesterday’s mandatory Xbox360 dashboard update may not have been as inconsequential as it seemed; those running illicit copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops have found themselves locked out of both games. Read more here.

Gamespot have posted a third developer diary for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, touching on some of the game’s key characters and plotlines. Watch it below:

Last year, games site, games.on.net reported that Eidos Marketing and Communications Director Matt Birch said Deux Ex: Human Revolution would have dynamic difficulty that would scale “based on how much experience points you have, and how you level up within the game.” Apparently not. Read more here.

I gotta say, night time racing in NFS Shift 2: Unleashed will be a real treat. You’ve never experienced night time racing like this before, so watch it below, all actual in-game footage. You’ll get what I’m taking about. While you’re at it, read the accompanying preview. More Shift 2 Unleashed Videos

Can’t wait for Test Drive Unlimited 2 to release? You’re in luck. The first ten minutes of the game has surfaced which you can view below:

Microsoft is to release a mandatory Xbox 360 dashboard update this week that will introduce a few minor changes to your experience. On Wednesday, January 19, an update will re-enable the ‘Boot to Disc’ option Read more here.