BioWare and Electronic Arts has announced that Dragon Age: Origins (PS3, PC, Xbox 360) has officially gone gold and is now currently in manufacturing ready for the November 3 launch date across North America.

John Carmack has been in the news a lot lately. Most recently, the id Software co-founder shared some of his thoughts on who he thinks will be the first to roll out an eighth-generation console. His bet? Sony will be out of the gate first.

The PS3. Gaming console, Blu-ray player, multimedia powerhouse, and pretty soon in Japan, the big black box of porn. Leave it to Japan to give owners more reason to love their PS3s - DDM.tv is gonna launch a porn-on-demand service for the Sony PlayStation 3, bringing top quality HD adult films straight into your TV screens. Minors, be advised. How many times have I said that lately?

From UK and been having problems accessing and/or using the PlayStation Network between 5PM and midnights the past week? That would be thanks to Sky Broadband. The company has since sent out their apologies, explaining what the problem was. Explanation and apologies after the jump.

Despite fears that the on-going trend of digital distribution may be bad for retailers, analyst Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee believes that retailers and walk-in stores have nothing to worry about. At least not yet. Meeting with four key GameStop execs, the analyst shares his thoughts and predictions regarding digital downloads.

Surely you've heard of OnLive. The harbinger of console-death. The future of video gaming. The messiah and all that blah. Well Sony doesn't think it's all that. Nuh-uh. Snap snap.

Read Sony's reaction to OnLive after the link.

If you've been pretty pissed about NBA 2K9 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) crashing left and right, you'll need this patch. This long list of tweaks and fixes go cover general features, gameplay, and all the way to online play. Be sure to read up on this so you won't have to regret playing and losing your progress to crashing.

Before, we've seen a handful of studies on video games and their varied effects on kids, teens, and even adults. Usually, the studies have to do with violence or sex or stress relief and whatnot. This new study is the first I've actually seen linking video games to civic development and political awareness. Check out the full article for an outline of findings that the research team has gathered. It's a treasure trove of interesting little snippets of gaming goodness.

If you thought that all the StreamMyGame service can do is stream your video games from your PC to your console, then think again. StreamMyGame has announced that its software now allows you to run 2D applications like those found on Microsoft Office on your low spec Windows notebooks, Linux devices, and even your PlayStation 3. To find out more about this, check out the full article.

There's a thorn with every rose, and in the line of broadband Internet, ain't that a fact? We've heard about Time Warner Cable and World of Warcraft connectivity issues before, but this new ISP issue is packing smoke. Subscribers of Tiscali are disgruntled at the apparent blocking of peer-to-peer (P2P) connections by their ISP. Even multiplayer connectivity is also hampered, as complaints roll in from players on EVE Online, CoD4, and ET: Quake Wars.