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Ariastis writes "UbiSoft has long been against No-CD patches. Referring to them on their forums would get you warned or banned. But now, they have just officially released a patch for Rainbow 6: Vegas 2, which, when opened in a hex editor, can easily be identified as coming from the RELOADED scene group, not from UbiSoft programmers. A picture of hex analysis is shown in the story. See? Piracy isn't that bad! It saves you from having to code fixes for your own games! (Watch the drama on the Ubi Forums before it gets scrubbed clean.)"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

I want to make clear right up front that if you don’t like Aerosmith music then you probably won’t like Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. I think that is pretty obvious, since Guitar Hero involves you trying to play music on a plastic guitar peripheral. I just thought I would make sure everyone knows that the [...]

Soul Calibur IV is shown off on GameSpot's E3 2008 stage show.

Dead Space is shown off on GameSpot's E3 2008 stage show.

Darksiders: Wrath of War is shown off on GameSpot's E3 2008 stage show.

European PlayStation chief discusses the decision to bring the new model to PAL territories, and how it may affect sales.

6 xbox 360 Screenshots posted, from Obsidian

17 playstation 3 Screenshots posted, from Pandemic Studios

11 PC Screenshots posted, from Monolith Productions

9 PC Screenshots posted, from Relic Entertainment