The Daily Hotness: Cobras of doom!

Is it wrong that I want to stuff a live cobra in this lunchbox and give it to some child? Yeah, probably.

Plenty of stuff events happening in the next few weeks in the UK, new PS3 & PSP firmwares are out, Halo almost didn’t have multiplayer, the Mother 3 translation is finally finished, Albert Einstein is assassinated, and plenty more happened on 10/15/08.

Originals:
UK games event highlights: VGL, London festival, GameCity and more. Also, NARP
Extra Life/SingSterling: Best Buy to DOUBLE all donations made today

Contests:
Gears of War cog swag points at viral campaign, also, win this thing
N+ contest winners announed, totally not late

News:
PS3 firmware v2.50 & PSP firmware v5.00 are available for download
Exdeath and Bartz make their Dissidia appearances
Conduit to feature some MAJOR voice talent
Borderlands boasts over 650,000 weapons: Gotta catch ’em all!
Energy Star to have standards for gaming consoles
Shocker: The PS3 is for playing videogames, says Hirai
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe on store shelves November 16
EA calls Take-Two bid a ‘waste of ink’
XBLA games required to work on smaller TVs
Riccitiello claims DRM controversy is overblown, but dislikes own methods
Obama campaign has a presence in Madden 09, change coming for Chiefs fans
Gears 2 pre-orders surpass original game, huge midnight launch planned
Sonic Unleashed bringing news updates every full moon, with new details
Fable 2 flash game nets in-game items
Aykroyd confirms Ghostbusters picked up by Atari, 2009 release
One-of-a-kind custom Ninjatown lunchbox gets my heart rate up
Publishers employ subtle anti-second-hand game measures
Splash Damage bulks up development team
Tokyo Game Show ‘best in show’ announced, Saint’s Row 2 gets snubbed
Halo board game nearing release
PSP-3000 bundle is a go: fire at will, fire at will
Miyamoto is named a ‘new Einstein’
Dissidia will also be downloadable
EA to ‘kill’ at least one game a year, forever
What would have happened if the original Halo never had multiplayer?
Target Mountain? Target to have exclusive content in Shaun White Snowboarding
Phantasy Star Portable coming to the US!
Hollywood’s go-to game girl Milla Jovovich stars in Clock Tower? [Update]
New levels available for N+ today, free of charge!
Fan translation of Mother 3 is finally finished!
Here’s everything you need to know about Far Cry 2’s DRM

Rumortoid:
Next Xbox to be ‘forward compatible’

Offbeat:
FPSBrain XB200 Liquid is a drink for gamers, also German
Idiotic PSP modders advertise services on Craiglist, claims Sony 

Galleries:
Double D Dodgeball gets ‘Big Bang Boom’ DLC, still not what you’d expect
Talk to girls, make friends: Persona 4’s social links explained
Penny Arcade’s Prince of Persia comic launches today, a total tease

Videos:
The assassination of Albert Einstein in Red Alert 3
Get your blasting skills ready: SOCOM Confrontation gameplay
Dreamcast portable appears on the Ben Heck forums
Tyris dismounts in Golden Axe: Beast Rider

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