That's the best Zelda themed whistle ever!

HAWP takes on Uncharted 2, Holmes reviewed Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Nick checked out ModNation Racers, Wal-Mart has some good Black Friday deals, a new Super Street Fighter IV fighter will be revealed soon and more happened on 11/20/09.

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Hands on: Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks train whistle
Friday Night Fights: Left 4 Dead 2 edition
Fanboy Friday: Xcoxucka Edition

Community:
The wrong thing: The poacher class
Community blogs of 11/20/09
Forum of the day: The Arcade (general gaming discussion)

Reviews:
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

Previews:
Chugging along with Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Unleashing creativity with PS3-exclusive ModNation Racers

Contests:
24 hour contest time GO: For the Glory (PC)

Black Friday:
GameStop deals leaked for your pleasure
Wal-Mart has a great PS3 bundle

News:
Currently 'no plans' to bring Resident Evil 5's DLC to PC
'The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned' gets its own site
Sonic Classic Collection coming to DS because we need it
Zombies were discussed for Modern Warfare 2
Aliens vs. Predator WILL have dedicated servers
PS Store Update: adhocParty and Peggle
Ultimate cheapassery: The 2-hour Torchlight demo
Real men have an actual box for their Netflix PS3 disc
Amazing lawsuits filed against Nintendo and Microsoft
Rock Band DLC: Tom Petty, Kelly freakin' Clarkson
Left 4 Dead 2's Midnight Riders have a blog and stuff
Games on Demand: Saints Row 2, LEGO Indiana Jones
British intelligence group advertising on Xbox Live
Worms 2: Armageddon gets a big ol' update
Sony: PS3 will hit 13 million sales next year
What the foxtrot? Jurassic: The Hunted gets an XBL demo
Modern Warfare 2 becomes huge PC success
Fail: Ubisoft passes on No More Heroes for PS3, 360
SSFIV update: New character to be revealed next week?
Resident Evil 2 and Soul Reaver now out on the PSN store
Sonic costumes coming to LittleBigPlanet

Offbeat:
You will never look at Mario the same way again
Crazy enough to work: Left 4 Dead campaigns in L4D2
A new use for your Steel Battalion controller

Media:
VGA teaser shows off a new 2K game
Watch some BioShock 2 deathmatch action
First Darksiders 'Hellbook' reveals powers, weapons
The Beatles: Rock Band gets a new holiday commercial
ModNation Racers videos are mod-tastic... or something
Mass: We Pray is really a Dante's Inferno viral

Spike released a new teaser today for some mysterious game by 2K. No details were released but we were promised the full reveal during the VGAs on December 12.

Unfortunately for Spike, it looks like this trailer was already released. Four months ago in fact. 1Up caught  the original video which reveals this new game to be Spec Ops. For those of you that don't remember, Specs Ops was a war game for the original PlayStation, PC and Dreamcast. It was also complete crap.

The trailer does look interesting, but the name Spec Ops just brings up bad memories. How about you? Does this look good to any of you?

I have to indulge in a little narcissism right: not only did I get farther along in the second dungeon of Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks than any other journalist who previewed the game, I had all of Nintendo congratulate me on the achievement. I then proceeded to destroy them in the freshly announced multiplayer mode (except one round where I lost horribly, but we don't talk about that.)

All in all, I came away as the best Zelda player in the universe, proving once and for all a college education is really going to change your life.

While I'm sure some of you are utterly fascinated with this information, I bet even more of you are interested in Spirit Tracks itself. After all, it is a freaking Zelda game, and it is coming out in less than three weeks. Any other year, and we'd all be crapping ourselves to get a hold of this game. After spending sometime with this little choo-choo that could, I think there's going to be a whole lot to look forward with this game. Hit the jump to see our latest preview on Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

In recent years, Capcom has made some great progress in terms of becoming invested in PC gaming. The developer's last couple of major releases have seen solid ports, and in many cases, their exclusive goodies make these the versions you'd want to get above all else.

I'm not saying the company is perfect -- simultaneous PC and console releases, please? -- but it's certainly a major step up from the days of Resident Evil 4 on PC. Gross. That's why the recent news of Resident Evil 5 DLC for consoles felt off.

Not once did Capcom reference the PC version of RE5 in its announcement. Speaking to G4, a Capcom rep briefly stated there are "no plans for PC at this point," in reference to the Gold Edition content.

Perhaps they're waiting to see how the add-ons perform on consoles first, or they just don't have the resources to target all platforms at once. Or could it be a factor of sales not meeting expectations? I'm sure we'll know the reason before too long.

November 24? Why, that's next week!

In the rush of recent releases, I had almost forgotten about my beloved Borderlands and its premier downloadable content pack, "The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned." From what I can tell, it'll be an awful lot like Zombi 2, minus the zombie-on-shark action and nudity. Boo!

But who knows, maybe they've hidden the old insert-glass-shard-into-eye scene as an easter egg?

Gearbox has devised a dedicated site for the add-on, complete with all the back-story you'll ever need, some new screenshots, and a tease for an upcoming trailer. I'll bet you anything the video goes live on Monday, just in the nick of time.

Worst case scenario, you ought to go visit the site for the sinister tune that plays. It's kinda catchy.

In this episode of "Adventures in Batsh*t Insane PC Gamer Trickery," we get to see how a conversion of Left 4 Dead to the Left 4 Dead 2 standard is done. Someone was crazy enough to bring the first game's campaigns into the sequel, and it's paid off. Mostly.

You see, there is known breakage. The final moments during the finales tend to result in a crash, for instance. But it's progress, for sure. Obviously the next step would be to get the original survivors into the South in a playable state.

If you aren't scared away by warning messages, and you own both games legit, then proceed to the instructions on how to accomplish this black magic over at Left 4 Dead Mods.

[Via Kotaku]

Steel Battalion? One of the best games to ever hit the original Xbox. It's a game where you control a giant mech using two joysticks, three foot pedals and a 40 button controller that came with every game. Steel Battalion was great, but the huge price tag prevented a lot of people from experiencing it.

The controller doesn't have any use outside of Steel Battalion, but Japanese VJ, Bonsajo, modded his into something useful. His controller mod allows him to fade, scratch, change color and do all sorts of other things to images appearing on the screen that I don't really fully understand why but STEEL BATTALION!

[via Kotaku]

In case you didn't hear, the Spike VGAs are coming up, featuring the fabulous Nick Chester as a judge. If you haven't voted yet, you can head right on over here and vote. While you're voting, take a look at the nominees. Do you notice anything odd? Something missing, perhaps?

I know! I couldn't believe it either!

The fact that Killzone 2 is not up for GOTY is nothing short of a travesty. While I just wept quietly to myself in outrage, other more proactive gamers took to the internet to rage about it.

Hit the jump.

Media Molecule has heard your cries, and have delivered -- Sonic the Hedgehog costumes are coming to LittleBigPlanet in December. 

That's the good news. Bad news, it's based on Sonic Unleashed, which is probably not how you'd like to remember Sonic's speedy little hero. Regardless, that's the only way you'll get costumes for Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Dr. Robotnik, and -- gasp -- Sonic the Werehog. 

Admit it, you want these... right?

[via Siliconera]

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When it comes to RPGs, enemies mostly come in four varieties: humans, flora, fauna, and monsters. Typically you'll see the first and the fourth as major foes, and the second and third as the fodder you mash while building money and experience. When you defeat foes such as the Turks in Final Fantasy VII, evil is punished, no big deal. Toppling a behemoth isn't much of a moral issue either because you know he'd tear you a new materia hole if given the chance.

But what about when you're running around outside Midgar, trampling into the wilds and intentionally stirring up fights? Sure, it appears as innocent grinding, stomping around and making noise to scare out the animals, but let me tell you what you're grinding there -- animal guts.

When I first heard that Capcom's next Resident Evil game was going to be a sequel to the Wii-exclusive Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, I was pretty disappointed. Umbrella Chronicles actually turned out to be great -- much better than I thought it would be -- but still, nothing about the game demanded a sequel. However, that's what we've got, like it or not, so instead of b*tching about what The Darkside Chronicles isn't (namely, a new RE4: Wii Edition-style masterpiece), let's focus on what the game is: an on-rails shooter specifically designed for the home console market.

Will The Darkside Chronicles live up to the expectations of Resident Evil fans? More importantly, does it work to deliver enough punch to satisfy the home console gamer despite the fact that the action is on rails?

Hit the jump to find out.

If my preview of ModNation Racers wasn't enough for you, or if you were all "tl;dr," then this post is for you. 

Sony and United Front Games dumped a bunch of straight up game footage videos on us, in addition to the packaged trailer I posted along with my hands-on preview and details. The first one, seen above, gives you a better idea of how the game's track designer works. It's overwhelming, easy to use, and completely awesome all at the same time.

Hit the jump to check out some of the game's character creation in action, as well a video of the game's racing in action.

ModNation Racers is slated for release in 2010, exclusively for the PlayStation 3. 

Two fantastic PlayStation One era games are available on the PlayStation Network Store this week. Resident Evil 2 and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver are both up for grabs for the low price $5.99 each.

Resident Evil 2 is the best Resident Evil game right after Resident Evil 4. The story, the atmosphere, the G-Virus creatures -- the game was a thing of beauty. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is also good, but the game was so confusing to play. I just remember having an extremely hard time trying to get through the game when it originally came out. Maybe it's time to give it another go, though.

Any of you planning on picking either of these up?

Earlier this week, we got an e-mail about Mass: We Pray, a Wii-like game where you Church at home. The Web site and video for the "game" was pretty outrageous, and pretty much bordered on heresy. Well it turns out the whole thing was a viral for the Heretic section in Dante's Inferno!

Reader patty n. went back to the Mass: We Pray Web site today to see if the pre-order link would work. Instead, patty got the above trailer showing off the Herectic level. After the trailer finishes playing on the Mass site, a link comes up for you to damn your friends on Facebook with this app. It's neat in a "I have five minutes to kill" kind of way, I guess.